Head of the Connecticut For Waterboarding Party

Really, there's no other phrase but evil fuck that can describe Joe Lieberman now. Please leave the Democratic caucus.

Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “reluctantly acknowledged” that he doesn’t believe waterboarding is torture. According to the Connecticut Post, Lieberman downplayed the severity of the waterboarding because it doesn’t inflict permanent physical damage:

In the worst case scenario — when there is an imminent threat of a nuclear attack on American soil — Lieberman said that the president should be able to certify the use of waterboarding on a detainee suspected of knowing vital details of the plot.

“You want to be able to use emergency tech to try to get the information out of that person,” Lieberman said. […]

“It is not like putting burning coals on people’s bodies. The person is in no real danger. The impact is psychological,” Lieberman said.

What a sad man. This is something that the amoral Bush Administration doesn't even allow anymore. That's because it's a criminal act in violation of international law. In Bush's case, he just wants to be able to travel abroad without being under indictment.

Quite the company Joe Lieberman has found himself in: Antonin Scalia and Dick Cheney.

Scum.