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Recent polls show support for Dick Cheney at eighteen percent. Of course it is amusing to see support for this tyrant at such rock-bottom levels. Obviously it's laughable that Cheney has even a single supporter. That's not the point. The point is who are these people? There is a lesson to be learned here and it's an important one.
Who are these people? Who continues to support Dick Cheney (and by association, the President)? What should be done? Should these people be engaged in debate? If you do you will be wasting your time, time better spent stopping them. Should we teach them the error of their ways? "If they haven't learned by now," the saying goes. These dead-enders, to borrow a phrase, are people who would, for example, support the use of torture. Torture! Think about it!
If an agent of the current administration tortures someone, they must begin by torturing someone that COULD be innocent. They torture to gather proof of guilt. So, lacking proof, they torture the innocent. Remember, "innocent until proven guilty?" I ask because Dick Cheney has forgotten this American truth. If the torturers knew a person to be guilty, why the need for torture? If they don't know their victim to be guilty, then they MAY be torturing the innocent!
Torturers say they are seeking information. They want to know something they don't know. Sadly, what they don't know is that they may be torturing innocent people. That's being kind. They may INDEED know they are torturing innocent people. Torturers say they are looking for confessions. What they'll probably get are worthless confessions. Those tortured will say anything to stop the torture. Most intelligence experts say so, loudly and often. Let's face it. This administration tortures people because it is within their means and their makeup to do so. Eighteen percent of those polled support Dick Cheney who supports torture.
People are rendered. Rendition is a euphemism for kidnapping. People are kidnapped by the Bush/Cheney administration to various places so that they can be tortured without witness. If this doesn’t frighten you then I am sorry, you don't understand the problem.
Eighteen percent of those polled support Dick Cheney. They support a man who supports torture. What to do about these people? Freedom means nothing to them. The Constitution means nothing to them. Goodness and mercy mean nothing to them. What do we do with these people? Do we debate them? I say no. I say we stop them. Don't ignore them. Stop them. Support a leader, a Congressman, a Senator who will stop them. Vote out anyone who has or will support the Bush/Cheney administration. Defend your constitution! It will then defend you by stopping those who torture. Insist, strenuously, that laws against torture be passed. Insist, vigorously, that existing laws and treaties against torture be enforced.
Who are these eighteen percent who support Dick Cheney? How do YOU feel about our Vice President?

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