Gonzales Confirmed

First is factually challenged, the second is just foolish.

"Mr. Gonzales was at the heart of the Bush administration's notorious decision to authorize our forces to commit flagrant acts of torture, in the interrogations of detainees in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib," said Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA). "The war room in the White House became the torture room."

Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) also criticized Gonzales, saying, "Of immense significance, this legal framework endangered American troops by making them more vulnerable to like treatment. Prisoner abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere has deepened the anger and resentment that some feel toward our country, and has given a propaganda club to our enemies."

Teddy, just can't seem to get facts straight. Gonzales didn't create policy and he merely worked with the DOJ to get the governments legal position. Gonzales also stated too the bloated tick from the people's republic, that he didn't approve of torture.

As for Carl Levin, when did he start to believe that a US soldier would get as good a treatment by the insurgent/terrorist? Does he forget the civilian contractors shot and beaten to death and then burned in the streets? Did he miss the beheadings? We're not fighting signatories of the Geneva protocols here. They're called terrorists.
What rock has this fool been hiding under?

Then there is the inflammatory rhetoric from the republicans.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a blistering message to Senate Democrats.

"Though I would have thought that the results of the last two elections would have tempered the obstructionist behavior of the Democrat leadership, sadly, it has not," Cornyn said in a press release following Gonzales' confirmation.

Why bother stating the obvious? This won't win you votes and the voters should already be seeing this for what it is. Well, at least those that aren't going to vote democrat for the sake of voting democrat.