GOP: Blame Dems for Torture Too

By Countdown

April 28, 2009

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In the aftermath of the release of the OLC torture memos, The Nation's DC editor Chris Hayes appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Thursday, April 23, to discuss the recent congressional finger pointing, namely House Minority Leader John Boehner's insisting Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew of the "torture techniques" (Pelosi has denied all knowledge). All "verbiage" aside, Hayes says the GOP is scared and that Republicans are "making two simultaneous arguments. They want to use torture as a wedge issue but at the same time want to say the Democrats signed off on it which are sort of incompatible...they want to drag down everyone if anyone goes down."

--Madeleine Kuhns

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