We, the Undersigned

[forsyth]

The following Senators approve of torture and secret prisons and holding people without evidence. These are their names, may they live forever in infamy. There are 12 Democrats and 53 Republicans on the list. These are the Senators who are so scared of something, either "the terrorists" or Karl Rove, that they're willing to give up their humanity.


YEAs ---65
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

The following Senators don't. There are 33 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 1 Republican on the list. At least they tried.


Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)


I'm just going to link to the House summary, but 219 Republicans and 34 Democrats joined the ranks of the damned, and 160 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 7 Republicans opposed it.

Also in favor, one Republican President and one Republican VP.

The Republican Party is overwhelmingly officially in favor of torture, secret prisons, "disappearing" people, and similar travesties of justice. I can only hope that this will be something that leaves them deservedly cast aside on the ash heap of history with the other monsters, ones we'd thought were confined to the past but I guess aren't.

Comments

[leticia.livejournal.com]

Every one of my represenatives, even /Dicks/ who's Republican and surprised me voted against this insanity.

Sure makes me feel like I have a voice in this country. We don't even get a presidential primary because we don't make people register to vote in a primary.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Cool, that means we have a big ol' list of who should be the last group subjected to the torture and secret prisons. And they can hardly object that they didn't want them.

"What's the big deal? He/She voted for secret prisons and torture, so that's what he/she's getting. Can't say fairer than that, now."

I'd love to see a headline like "Torture/Gulag Senators Get What They Voted For" - it'd be a great warning for future politicians.