Peter King: Torture Report Used To Distract From Obamacare By Those Who ‘Hate America First’

Posted by | December 10, 2014 16:30 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics Top Stories


To Congressman Peter King, if you wanted the torture report released you hate America.

In an appearance today on Newsmax, Rep. Peter King claimed that the CIA didn’t torture anyone — calling their enhanced interrogation techniques “mild” — and decried torture critics for having a “‘hate America first’ attitude that is self-loathing, self-hatred.”

The New York Republican then told host J.D. Hayworth that the report came to light as a way to deflect attention from Jonathan Gruber’s testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Obamacare.

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70 responses to Peter King: Torture Report Used To Distract From Obamacare By Those Who ‘Hate America First’

  1. edmeyer_able December 10th, 2014 at 16:32

    Uh Pete… just maybe if you support torture you hate the US.

  2. edmeyer_able December 10th, 2014 at 17:32

    Uh Pete… just maybe if you support torture you hate the US
    And btw you should be happy something is distracting your base as you strip the EPA of funding, try to gut Dodd-Frank and take health care from millions of people. All while you raid their pensions and increase the amount of dark money that will be buying your votes next year.

  3. OldLefty December 10th, 2014 at 16:33

    Torture Report Used To Distract From Obamacare By Those Who ‘Hate America First’
    __________

    Like Peter King?

  4. OldLefty December 10th, 2014 at 17:33

    Torture Report Used To Distract From Obamacare By Those Who ‘Hate America First’
    __________

    Like Peter King?

  5. tracey marie December 10th, 2014 at 16:37

    This guy just cracks me up, I roll my eyes and chuckle.

  6. tracey marie December 10th, 2014 at 17:37

    This guy just cracks me up, I roll my eyes and chuckle.

  7. Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 16:46

    Why would anyone want to distract from Obamacare when it’s working so well?

    • Bunya December 10th, 2014 at 17:13

      Then maybe it’s Peter King distracting us with the torture report. Lord knows he wants to distract us from the wildly successful Obamacare.

  8. Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 17:46

    Why would anyone want to distract from Obamacare when it’s working so well?

    • Bunya December 10th, 2014 at 18:13

      Then maybe it’s Peter King distracting us with the torture report. Lord knows he wants to distract us from the wildly successful Obamacare.

  9. tiredoftea December 10th, 2014 at 17:07

    Yes, let’s keep doing immoral, illegal and ineffective things just because we’re “exceptional”.

  10. tiredoftea December 10th, 2014 at 18:07

    Yes, let’s keep doing immoral, illegal and ineffective things just because we’re “exceptional”.

  11. Denise December 10th, 2014 at 18:29

    I cannot believe these morons were re-elected! why would the president want to draw distraction from a program that enabled citizens to have access to quality, healthcare? that makes about as much sense as Bachmann saying the white immigrants w from Europe were American, even they are undocumented illegals from another country. All this, from the race of people in which many claim they are superior to everybody else. If King, Bachmann, Gohmert, Palin..are examples of superiority, this explains why the country is going backwards!

    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:37

      You want to understand it all?
      Hmmm…well, OK. Do the following:
      Hit yourself in the head with a 5 pound sledge repeatedly, whilst listening to Limbaugh and watching a D’Souza film, for about 2 hours.
      Then give yourself a home lobotomy.
      Repeat (including the lobotomy) as often as it takes until you start to think “This kinda makes sense!”.
      Then get drunk on cheap wine.
      That should get you close.

  12. burqa December 10th, 2014 at 18:29

    Peter King has always had his eye on the Oval Office, and it looks as if he’s making an early move to get ahead of other contenders for the GOP nomination with this bit of idiocy. It’s not as juicy as some of his previous idiocy, but it worth moving up one place in the Right Wing Dunce Contest.

    Let’s go to the leaderboard for the current rankings!

    1) Mitt Romney
    2) Michele Bachmann
    3) Nyewt Gingrich
    4) Steven King
    5) Sarah Palin

    6) Rick Santorum
    7) greasy-haired Rand Paul
    8) Donald Trump
    9) Peter King
    10) Herm Cain

    11) Christine O’ Donnell
    12) Louis Gohmert
    13) Rooty Giuliani
    14) Paul Ryan
    15) Eric Cantor

    16) Tim Pawlenty
    17) Allen West
    18) Todd Akin
    19) “Mo” Brooks
    20) Rick Perry

    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:31

      Where’s the jebster…surely HE will redeem us!

      • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 18:38

        And I don’t see the Canadian Cuban on here.

        • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:38

          Who is TOTALLY A US CITIZEN, of course…

          • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 18:40

            Actually, he is. I looked up the requirements, his mother was a citizen, that makes him a citizen from birth.

            • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:41

              So he SAYS!!!!
              I want to see multiple copies of the BC, an announcement in a rural Mid-West American newspaper, and a full bio of his biological father.

              • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 18:42

                What about his metaphysical father?

                • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:43

                  I’ll meditate on that at level 3…
                  (QUICK! Name the film!)

                  • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 18:46

                    Doesn’t ring a bell.

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:48

                      Hint
                      (No fair looking at the URL while hovering over the link…)

                    • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 18:49

                      Is that Zardoz?

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:52

                      Yup
                      Just as odd,messed up,and hard to follow as any RW thought process out there…
                      But with bewbs.

                    • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 18:52

                      Never saw the movie, but once you’ve seen Sean Connery in a red diaper, you never forget it.

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 18:53

                      Oh, friend…see it.
                      It cannot be explained; it must be experienced.

                    • tiredoftea December 10th, 2014 at 19:02

                      More not fair linking that on a Wednesday!

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:07

                      I’ll make it up on the Thursday open thread.

            • tiredoftea December 10th, 2014 at 19:02

              Only if you read the 14th Amendment, not according to Orlie and the birth certificate crowd.By their definition, he doesn’t qualify.

    • searambler December 10th, 2014 at 20:41

      Don’t forget Governor Crispy Creme, who was totally exonerated in the Bridge-gazi scandal a week ago. Thereby giving him a mandate to run for POTUS…..

  13. Denise December 10th, 2014 at 19:29

    I cannot believe these morons were re-elected! why would the president want to draw distraction from a program that enabled citizens to have access to quality, healthcare? that makes about as much sense as Bachmann saying the white immigrants w from Europe were American, even they are undocumented illegals from another country. All this, from the race of people in which many claim they are superior to everybody else. If King, Bachmann, Gohmert, Palin..are examples of superiority, this explains why the country is going backwards!

    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:37

      You want to understand it all?
      Hmmm…well, OK. Do the following:
      Hit yourself in the head with a 5 pound sledge repeatedly, whilst listening to Limbaugh and watching a D’Souza film, for about 2 hours.
      Then give yourself a home lobotomy.
      Repeat (including the lobotomy) as often as it takes until you start to think “This kinda makes sense!”.
      Then get drunk on cheap wine.
      That should get you close.

  14. burqa December 10th, 2014 at 19:29

    Peter King has always had his eye on the Oval Office, and it looks as if he’s making an early move to get ahead of other contenders for the GOP nomination with this bit of idiocy. It’s not as juicy as some of his previous idiocy, but it worth moving up one place in the Right Wing Dunce Contest.

    Let’s go to the leaderboard for the current rankings!

    1) Mitt Romney
    2) Michele Bachmann
    3) Nyewt Gingrich
    4) Steven King
    5) Sarah Palin

    6) Rick Santorum
    7) greasy-haired Rand Paul
    8) Donald Trump
    9) Peter King
    10) Herm Cain

    11) Christine O’ Donnell
    12) Louis Gohmert
    13) Rooty Giuliani
    14) Paul Ryan
    15) Eric Cantor

    16) Tim Pawlenty
    17) Allen West
    18) Todd Akin
    19) “Mo” Brooks
    20) Rick Perry

    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:31

      Where’s the jebster…surely HE will redeem us!

      • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 19:38

        And I don’t see the Canadian Cuban on here.

        • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:38

          Who is TOTALLY A US CITIZEN, of course…

          • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 19:40

            Actually, he is. I looked up the requirements, his mother was a citizen, that makes him a citizen from birth.

            • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:41

              So he SAYS!!!!
              I want to see multiple copies of the BC, an announcement in a rural Mid-West American newspaper, and a full bio of his biological father.

              • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 19:42

                What about his metaphysical father?

                • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:43

                  I’ll meditate on that at level 3…
                  (QUICK! Name the film!)

                  • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 19:46

                    Doesn’t ring a bell.

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:48

                      Hint
                      (No fair looking at the URL while hovering over the link…)

                    • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 19:49

                      Is that Zardoz?

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:52

                      Yup
                      Just as odd,messed up,and hard to follow as any RW thought process out there…
                      But with bewbs.

                    • Larry Schmitt December 10th, 2014 at 19:52

                      Never saw the movie, but once you’ve seen Sean Connery in a red diaper, you never forget it.

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 19:53

                      Oh, friend…see it.
                      It cannot be explained; it must be experienced.

                    • tiredoftea December 10th, 2014 at 20:02

                      More not fair linking that on a Wednesday!

                    • Hirightnow December 10th, 2014 at 20:07

                      I’ll make it up on the Thursday open thread.

            • tiredoftea December 10th, 2014 at 20:02

              Only if you read the 14th Amendment, not according to Orlie and the birth certificate crowd.By their definition, he doesn’t qualify.

    • searambler December 10th, 2014 at 21:41

      Don’t forget Governor Crispy Creme, who was totally exonerated in the Bridge-gazi scandal a week ago. Thereby giving him a mandate to run for POTUS…..

  15. Foundryman December 10th, 2014 at 20:36

    The call for the arrest and trial of Bush/ Cheney and company should be loud and endless. These right wing wack jobs who want to yell ‘impeach Obama’ in every breath, should be met with war crimes and human right charges for their little liars. Then we’ll see who really hates America, the right who gave us war and torture, or the left who tried to get us out of it.

  16. Foundryman December 10th, 2014 at 21:36

    The call for the arrest and trial of Bush/ Cheney and company should be loud and endless. These right wing wack jobs who want to yell ‘impeach Obama’ in every breath, should be met with war crimes and human right charges for their little liars. Then we’ll see who really hates America, the right who gave us war and torture, or the left who tried to get us out of it.

  17. Jimmy Smith December 10th, 2014 at 20:47

    I thought Obamacare issues were only to deflect attention from Benghazi but now I find out that torture information is only there to deflect attention from Obamacare which, by extension, is deflecting attention from Benghazi …
    Why didn’t he miss the middle step and say that the torture information is there to deflect attention from Benghazi?

  18. Jimmy Smith December 10th, 2014 at 21:47

    I thought Obamacare issues were only to deflect attention from Benghazi but now I find out that torture information is only there to deflect attention from Obamacare which, by extension, is deflecting attention from Benghazi …
    Why didn’t he miss the middle step and say that the torture information is there to deflect attention from Benghazi?

  19. rg9rts December 12th, 2014 at 11:53

    Listening to King is torture

  20. rg9rts December 12th, 2014 at 12:53

    Listening to King is torture

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