Liberal Democratic Politics, Discussion and Snark

Well, we already knew that the Bush Administration was a bunch of criminals, but here’s the proof that they knew it and tried to make it okay:

The Justice Department sent a legal memorandum to the Pentagon in 2003 asserting that federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president’s ultimate authority as commander in chief overrode such statutes.

This particular memo was penned by John C. Yoo, then a deputy in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. John C. Yoo is the Administration’s architect of torture. There is zero way to make this funny or lighthearted. John Yoo is unamerican and deserves to be held responsible for destroying our constitution, our national dignity and our standing in the world. Not to mention all of the crimes committed in Liberty’s name due to his vicious pen.

David Kurtz at TPM is following the latest Rasmussen Poll:

Rasmussen is just out with its latest poll, showing Hillary’s lead in Pennsylvania is down to 5 points.

In the same poll a week ago, it was a 10-point spread.

Late Update: SurveyUSA also has new Pennsylvania poll out, showing Hillary with a still-healthy 12-point lead, although that, too, is down, from 19 points in the last poll.

Regardless of the breathless pundits, Hillary winning Pennsylvania is a foregone conclusion. As much of a hullabaloo as will be made, she’s not Rocky, and it’s not a comeback. What’s important is not whether she wins, but by how much. And by the looks of things, she’s getting closer and closer to the statistical margin of error (which is +/-4). Uh-oh!

Hillary Clinton needs to win landslide victories in all of the remaining primaries to even seem viable. Fortunately for Barack Obama, that appears to be slipping away. By the way, I can’t get enough of this headline: “Somebody forgot to tell Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential race is over and Barack Obama won.” Priceless.