Whitehouse to Mukasey: Why Aren't You Investigating Torture?

[borjon23]

Whitehouse is the best interrogator in the Senate.

[Yanadew]

This in incredible! I am so disappointed!

[mmm413]

All treaties, conventions etc. are US law. It's in the Constitution. So Bush & Co have broken the law because waterboarding is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. We tried and convicted Japanese officials after WWII for waterboarding. This is insane.

[ArmchairRevolution]

Wasn't part of Muskasey's confirmation a pledge to open up to the Congress what he knows as AG regarding waterboarding(Since it takes one to know one apparently)? This is evasion worthy of Alberto G. Same shit different guy.

[mmm413]

Mukasey refused to even engage in a conversation about waterboarding.

[ArmchairRevolution]

But admitted that 'if it were done to me, I'd call it torture'.

Thanks Mikey!

[mmm413]

A lot of GOPhers have admitted that if waterboarding were done to them it would be torture. The party of physical cowards.

[dhendrix63]

I don't know that I have ever witnessed an Attorney General, someone that is supposed to uphold the law no matter what, go to such great & extraordinary lengths NOT to answer a question. Amazes me that Bush can find people to cover for him to the detriment of their own reputation.

[ArmchairRevolution]

I haven't seen such an evasive AG since...well, Alberto Gonzahahahalez.

[triondan]

addressing comment below, HOW do we vote the whitehouse out of office? doesn't sound like such a bad idea.

we NEED a new path, new way, tired of corruption, money becoming far more impt than lives of people.

disgusting.

[mmm413]

Probably talking about Sheldon Whitehouse.

[776281]

Water boarding is torture - We are better than that aren't we?

[eekdog2005]

Bush: "We do not torture" = "we torture" and we run black ops. we rape american tax payers to the tune of trillions by misleading the public about threats of terrorism as our borders remain open & our economy drops like wtc7.

[Visfen]

so his defense was, "I don't wanna tell you because it might hurt our agents"? haha. wtf.

[cobwebhead]

Found it - Michelle is on the board of Treehouse Foods which shuttered a pickle processing plant, resulting in the loss of jobs for 153 people.

I doubt this was Michelle's call, but assuming it was, I'm sure it was the kind of heart wrenching dollars & cents business decision that's made in America every day. I bet Romney has had to lay people off too.

Are you advocating socialism? Do you think businesses should be forced to lose money? Should business people not be allowed to run for office?

[bigge525]

I cannot believe the Dems we elected last

year screwed us over once again by laying

down for Mukasey's nomination. Please join

me in saying a big "fuck you!" to dems like

feinstein that keep screwing us!!

[mccage]

what a waste of government time... we should vote whitehouse out of office for wasting out time and money.

[VerbotenDingleberry]

Too bad YT doesn't allow Islamofascist beheading videos or I'd just supply a list here.

Torture is in the eye of the beholder.

[FurkDaJerk]

Beheading, imo, is not torture. It SHOULD be a quick, and painless death.

Waterboarding, and such, IS torture. Period

[Visfen]

I thought torture was in the eyes of the Geneva convention, the UN, the constitution and if anything the person that is subjected to the treatment not the person doing it.

I mean, for me, waterboarding you would be fucking awesome but does that mean it should be legal?

[chris7777777777777]

what a waste of money, having a hearing about torture

[tjilluhman]

Is his last name really Whithouse? :D

Whitehouse for President! lol

[sarcasmosis]

This man should be hanged in the town square.

[sanarkhos]

This is the first Congressman grilling this douche who isn't mugging the camera for votes at home. But does he have the balls to suggest Mukasey ought to be held in contempt?

*crickets*

[cobwebhead]

Michelle is a FULL TIME VP at the U of C medical center, where 13 of 16 VPs also make more than $300k. And as a Harvard Law graduate, her income is probably in the bottom half of her graduating class.

If you're looking for muck, you should google:

"Jack Abramoff Tom Delay ASG"

and read up on how the wife of ex-exterminator DeLay was getting paid by a slush fund controlled by Jack Abramoff for a no-work job.

[bittyrock]

Sheldon Whitehouse is the Man...He is Good to Go in person as well. But he keeps it real down in Washington!

[dylanw26]

Who needs screen writers? This was pure hilarity, I tell you.

[h2oholic]

Everyone should go to Knowbeforeyouvote . com

[garvess]

No they shouldn't. What are they gonna do, all the candidates are criminals and even if you dont vote one of them will still get in.

[h2oholic]

Vote for RON PAUL no criminality there . I agree all the others are CFR members

[mrd999]

Acceptance of his reply requires a level of unspoken trust that the administration has not earned. Not even close. The mere fact that Mukasey has provided such a response insinuates there is no better response.

[DevBlazed]

Only in America.

[lhooq21]

This is such a joke!! This guy is not investigating because he is punking out to Bush. He is just a Bush chump, when will we stand up to this BS?

[TrevorJNoyes]

Dem or Republican doesn't matter only Ron Paul can fix this.

[Devin1498]

Can't wait for a Democratic president!

[TrevorJNoyes]

Which part can't you wait for the stock market crash, the bankruptcy or the high 12+% interest rates? Vote Ron Paul he is the only solution it is sad that the main stream media has excluded him.

[Devin1498]

um he's not going to be elected buddy.

[TheShock3r]

that wont solve shit. obama or hillary . where is the hope in that?

RON PAUL 08

[Shultzgti]

You're playing right into it. The Dems build it up(taxes) so the Republicans can tear it down(war). The cycle continues. This is the plan.

[btinder711]

You are an idiot.

[Devin1498]

lol and Satan is working with Tom Cruise to bring down the UN!! AHHH RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

[sanarkhos]

Wow. The Democrats act weak (waaa, we need a 60% supermajority) so more people will vote Democrat, and soon they will own it all!

AND YOU BOUGHT IT!!!

Look, tool, partisanship IS WHAT GOT US HERE! Do you see any of these Democratic FUCKS defunding the war or voting against the USA PATRIOT Act or holding this douche in contempt?!

Schumer (earlier TPMtv vid) even asked this douche to BE THE LEADER!

BWAHAHA! I laugh in the face of your insanity!

[santasxgirlfriend]

reminds me of when one asks the cat if he peed on the houseplant-

[SwobyJ]

This is like myself not knowing what to say to my parents after getting caught doing something wrong... so obviously I loled.

[jimbojim68]

I saw the title and thought "Whitehouse? The Bush White House?" It was surreal moment to think Bush cared about doing the right thing and our image abroad.

[stevenmirelague]

the us has proven its system of checks and balances is failing. it cannot even enforce one of the basic tenets of democracy: transparency.

american democracy is dying.

[dejahthoris]

No, it is gone

[lhooq21]

true true

[fermium77]

I love how Whitehouse sometimes just stares in disbelief at answers, creating awkward silences. It's quite cinematic.

[Wendy62]

Remember, the Dems approved Mukasey.

[milkmantx]

Who appointed him?

[hypnofan35]

It's simple gangsta logic congress dude. We torture them, they say what we want them to say or tell them to say.  It's da law! Quit blabbing at me or we'll get you for dis.

[hypnofan35]

Anyone who is not an insider, is then designated as an outsider and subject to false accusation and subsequent torture to admit to crimes not committed. It is just that the power structure is so corrupt they feel it is their right to make things up and torture people as a proof to their delusional nature.

[unixaaron]

I like this muskey. I know all our nation's dark secrets are gonna be kept so secret that they will be forgotten about. and all the victims will just have to suk it.hahahaha,,, 1948

[hunterswine]

it is time. youtube is a weapon point your weapon. expose these fakes for what they are! liars

[hunterswine]

they all lie wake up people up are under attack

[hunterswine]

here it is- you must ask permission, to think for yourself in washington.

[mikie1973]

he is a real ass

[MessaicComic]

who is? elaborate.

[mikie1973]

mukasey