Don't drink from the Republican trough

It’s hard to imagine politicians telling lies. It’s a dirty job but somebody had to do it seems to be the message coming from Washington, D.C. these days when the topic of waterboarding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay prison surfaces.

Having nothing but bitterness to cling to following the trouncing President Barack Obama gave Republicans in November, the GOP is now trying to blame torture on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The party of elephants has called for an investigation into claims that Pelosi had been briefed by the CIA about the tortures, as Obama is stepping up pressure to close the prison.

As if out of a cheap dime novel, former Vice President Dick “Shoots his friends” Cheney made a sinister appearance on TV demanding that the prison remain open and touting the benefits of torture outweigh the detriments.

Now that’s a charity that could possibly fix the economic mess Republicans created, isn’t it? It’s difficult to see what useful information any of the torturees would divulge, though. As Judge Judy tells miscreants on her TV court show, “I can tell you’re lying because your lips are moving.”

-Peace