Dem Senator Reminds Us After Palin Waterboarding ‘Baptisms’: She Was Almost Veep

Democrat U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy speaks to supporters at his primary victory party in New Haven, Conn. Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman. Murphy wil... Democrat U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy speaks to supporters at his primary victory party in New Haven, Conn. Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman. Murphy will face Republican Linda McMahon in the fall. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) MORE LESS
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) wanted to remind everyone after Sarah Palin said waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists: she could have been vice president of the United States.

Murphy’s tweet is in response to Palin, during a speech at the National Rifle Association’s “Stand And Fight” rally on Saturday saying that if she were in charge the United States would clear that waterboarding “is how we baptize terrorists.”

“C’mon! Enemies who would utterly annihilate America, they would obviously have information on plots. They carry out jihad. Oh, but you can’t offend them. Can’t make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen,” Palin said. “Well if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”

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