From Harpers

Torture and Logic

Here's a great example of how Palin's rhetoric and experience, much less her stance on issues like the environment and abortion, contradict those of McCain.

A lot of prisoners had it much worse — a lot of — a lot of prisoners had it much worse than I did. I'd been mistreated before, but not as badly as many others. I always liked to strut a little after I'd been roughed up to show the other guys I was tough enough to take it. But after I turned down their offer, they worked me over harder than they ever had before — for a long time — and they broke me.

— John McCain, in his acceptance speech

Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America, and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?

— Sarah Palin, in her speech the night before