Be A Good Republican: Attack Empathy, Defend Torture
When the Senate Judiciary Committee convenes hearings on the confirmation of President Obama's choice to fill the seat of retiring Justice David Souter, the first Republican to speak on the matter will be Senator Jeff Sessions R-Al.
Chosen by the Senate Republican Caucus to represent the interests of good Republicans everywhere, Sen. Sessions will be certain to inquire of the nominee whether he or she believes recent practices of US interrogators amount to torture and whether the nominee bears any empathy toward anyone to such a degree as it could affect his/her decisions.
He will do what good Republicans expect him to do, he will show that good Republicans everywhere believe that empathy is bad and that torture is good, and that no Republican could, in good conscience, vote in favor of a nominee who could empathize with those less fortunate or see any illegality in torture.
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