Did Ted Kennedy just come out in favor of torture?
That's what viewers of the New England Cable News network were asking themselves earlier this week, after the Bush-bashing Democrat said in an interview that torture is "an American value."
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WRKO Boston radio talker Howie Carr alerted NewsMax to Kennedy's latest verbal gaffe, which transpired as the blooper-prone Democrat explained how his colleagues would handle the confirmation of attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales:
"I think there will be a vote on Mr. Gonzales," Kennedy explained. "I think the principal kind of issue is - ah - torture is an American value."
Apparently oblivious to the fact that he'd just endorsed a practice his party claims to deplore, Kennedy blathered on:
"Americans don't welcome torture. And we have read about Abu Ghraib, we've read about what's happened in Guantanamo. The CIA, the FBI, the Red Cross, the DIA, the Defense Intelligence [Agency] - all have remarked about the torture that's taken place at Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan."
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After all that, we're not exactly sure where Kennedy stands on torture. But perhaps his good friend, Sen. 'Osama' Obama, can clear up the confusion.
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