FRANK GAFFNEY AND OTHERS ON HUGE EGO HEWITT'S SHOW

Gaffney repeated the tired wingnut smears about Obama, such as claiming Obama blames America for all the world's ills. Gaffney also said that Newt Gingrich is one of the "serious persons" and Hewitt naturally agreed, thus confirming that both of them are living in a wingnut fantasy world.

Michael Gerson was on next and denounced the release of the torture memos and the talk of prosecutions for those who authorized torture. Hewitt agreed once again and thought that the investigation of the torture issue would turn into a witch hunt. Hewitt also used the old "we are at war" defense and claimed that all this does is weaken our national security.

Andy McCarthy then came on and said that waterboarding is legal. (Hewitt also said he worked at DOJ for one year, something I didn't know.) McCarthy went on to make another popular wingnut defense of torture by asserting that the President's primary responsibility is to protect Americans. This is a revisionist view of the Oath of Office, which states:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."