White House Castigates Durbin for Remarks

AP ^ | June 16, 2005

[2001convSVT]

Despicable, despicable.

[ambrose]

McClellan may be a nice guy, but he has been pitiful as a spokesman. Bring back Ari Fleischer.

[ambrose]

yup.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Durbin, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat...

"Number 2" pretty much says it all.

[montag813]

Turbin Durbin also compared Gitmo to Nazi concentration camps? The White House should denounce this strongly. Where is the ADL to demand he visit the Holocaust Memorial?

[csvset]

Brooks beats Sumner

[in hoc signo vinces]

Bush needs to do one of these things himself...ditto on the McClellan comment...nice guy but not a good choice for this position.

[MplsSteve]

Does anyone know if Durbin has ever been down to Guanatanamo?

The reason I ask is that if he personally witnessed the actions of some detainees (ex: assaulting prison guards, spitting on them, etc), I'll bet he change his tune real fast.

I think a week spent aassiting the guards in Guantanamo would do a lot to cure Durbin's attitude problem.

[fatteddy]

"penis' durbin is a left wing moron....sounds like a ted kennedy clone.....we always hear these dem's attacking everything but the republicans always answer the same ....nothing! sometimes i'am ashamed of there silence....just say durbin's a idiot......what are they scared of?

[Fudd Fan]

Well, really the Constitution does. U.S. Armed Forces defend the basic rights therein.

[OldFriend]

Who knew Durbin was trying out for Baghdad Bob's old job.

[advance_copy]

Does anyone know if Durbin has ever been down to Guanatanamo?

Per Tony Snow, he has not.

[NeoCaveman]

or some republican senator, have any of them spoken up?

Jeff Sessions did.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I just called Senator Durbin's office to correct his misapprehension that the GITMO detainees are somehow covered under the Geneva Convention. I was very polite about it, but the person doing the answering rudely hung up without bothering to acknowledge my presence.

If that is the quality of help that Mr. Durbin has working for him, then all I can say is "heaven help him."

[Fudd Fan]

Durban should be made to apologize then resign. We need to keep up the pressure on this one.

He'll have to compete with Baghdad Bob for that.

[jsk10]

censured isn't NEAR strong enough. i want impeachment or a resignation or a coliseum with detainees and durbin battling it out.

[Mr. Keys]

Why, they can't upset the country club atmosphere you know. They'll all be having cocktails and cracking jokes together. It's just politics .

[Petronski]

The Geneva Convention does not apply.

[Fudd Fan]

I think I like the way your mind works.

[cripplecreek]

"The Geneva Convention does not apply."


True, we give them far more than we are required to do.