/ By Evan Derkacz

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Colbert celebrates Bush torture [VIDEO]

'Because basic human rights is something we all need to compromise on...'

September 26, 2006 |

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To the president's attempt to change the Geneva Convention to allow torture: The Republican "rebels" stood up and said "no"...

While:

"The Democrats stood up and said: 'we're just gonna wait over here; you tell us when you're done.'" Watch video right.

Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.

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