The Republican party's boner...er...Boehner acknowledged today that the U.S. tortured people.
"Last week, they released these memos outlining torture techniques. That was clearly a political decision and ignored the advice of their Director of National Intelligence and their CIA director," Boehner said at a press conference in the Capitol.
Of course, such clarity is a no-no in the era of 'enhanced interrogation techniques'. His spokeshole was quick to clear things up:
Regarding the Boehner's use of the T-word, Boehner spokes[hole] Michael Steel writes, "It is clear from the context that Boehner was simply using liberals' verbiage to describe these interrogation techniques. The United States does not torture."
Get it? The United States does not torture. Because they don't call it that any more.
You know what else the U.S. does not do?
The U.S. does not do space travel. That's just using geek verbiage.
The U.S. does not build highways. That's just using engineer verbiage.
The U.S. does not participate in the Olympics. That's just using jock verbiage.
The U.S. does not do lots of things...as long as you say so.