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Durbin issues non-apology on Website
US Senator Dick Durbin ^

Posted on 06/17/2005 3:01:29 PM PDT by Republican Red

"More than 1700 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq and our country’s standing in the world community has been badly damaged by the prison abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. My statement in the Senate was critical of the policies of this Administration which add to the risk our soldiers face.”

“I will continue to speak out when I disagree with this Administration.”

“I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood. I sincerely regret if what I said caused anyone to misunderstand my true feelings: our soldiers around the world and their families at home deserve our respect, admiration and total support.”


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KEYWORDS: apology; dickinhanddurbin; durbin; holocaustdenial; turbandurbin
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Yesterday Durbin stood by his words and would not apologize.

Durbin must be feeling the heat.

Obviosuly not enough since it is NOT an apology but another rant.

1 posted on 06/17/2005 3:01:29 PM PDT by Republican Red
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To: Republican Red

I don't think there's any reason to accept an apology if one is offered. Let him stand by his words and face the consequences.


2 posted on 06/17/2005 3:04:36 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
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To: Republican Red

He should still be hanging from a tree -- and if he was to show up in Iraq, and face our troops, it would be alot uglier than that, and well deserved.

Commie pig!!!


3 posted on 06/17/2005 3:04:54 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Republican Red
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!

Link to contact your senator
Link to contact your representative


ABC CBS NBC CNN its all the SAME, Propaganda.
Might as well call them all AmeriJazerra.
Show them how much Gravitas Hugh Bris has. Vote with your remote! Shut down the Alphabet channels.

He's Got A Plan
Zippo Hero
Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes

Don't be a know nothing do nothing dumbocrap!

"Hitlery's legal stance on everything

4 posted on 06/17/2005 3:05:27 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Man, You should have seen them, kickin Edgar Allen Poe! Koo Koo Kachoo)
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To: Republican Red
Will do nothing to stem the outrage, but it does effectively demonstrate that he's starting to feel the heat.

He's about four days from blubbering on television. Sometime around late afternoon, Tuesday.

5 posted on 06/17/2005 3:07:05 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Republican Red
I sincerely regret if what I said caused anyone to misunderstand my true feelings

Oh I think we understand you, Dick.

6 posted on 06/17/2005 3:07:18 PM PDT by silent_jonny
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To: Republican Red

Watch. He or his supporters will turn this around and say that because you don't let him run around and make baseless and idiotic claims that this obviously must be a Communist/Nazi/Fascist/etc. regime.


7 posted on 06/17/2005 3:07:21 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper ("I don't know what happenned, but I know it's wrong.")
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To: Republican Red
This idiot is trying to lay any blame on us for misunderstand his vile remarks toward the military. Well Turban what about the vile insults to Jews, Gulag and Pol Pot victims?
8 posted on 06/17/2005 3:07:56 PM PDT by ncountylee
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To: Republican Red
He already posted a more heartfelt apology earlier today.
9 posted on 06/17/2005 3:07:58 PM PDT by NonZeroSum
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To: Republican Red

Another two-bit hack ward-heeler type politician.

Damn idiot doesn't have enough sense to realize he's dug himself into a very deep hole, so he keeps furiously digging.


10 posted on 06/17/2005 3:08:35 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: Republican Red
Here's my post from yesterday:

PREDICTION: Durbin's office (he won't give it himself) will release a short statement that will try to walk the fine line of agreeing with everything the ADL said in their statement and standing by his previous remarks.

Pretty close on, I'd say. He did not issue it himself, it was put on his website, it was short, and he's trying to walk that fine line.

Don't worry, Dick, I don't have your office bugged. You are just a disgusting piece of liberal garbage. A totally predictable one, at that.

11 posted on 06/17/2005 3:09:57 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: Republican Red
Dear Dick,

Veterans don't easily forget slurs and don't fall for non-apologies.

Love,
John Kerry

12 posted on 06/17/2005 3:10:35 PM PDT by AmishDude (Join the AmishDude fan club: "Bravo" -- EODTIM69; "Very good!" -- pepperdog)
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To: dead

We heard it here first! I'd like to buy a thursday morning square


13 posted on 06/17/2005 3:10:37 PM PDT by txroadhawg (Don't believe any statistics unless you made them up yourself)
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To: Republican Red
Let what Durbin said be " seared" into everyone's memory so that it may be instantly recalled on election day. What a jerk!
14 posted on 06/17/2005 3:11:14 PM PDT by afnamvet (31st Fighter Wing Tuy Hoa AB RVN 68-69 "Return with Honor")
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To: Republican Red
Forget it DICK!!!! You're just trying to redux the treason you and your ilk pulled off during the Vietnam war. Once a loser, always a loser. YOU are not what I would call an AMERICAN. You just live here.
15 posted on 06/17/2005 3:12:24 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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To: AmishDude
No kidding. This twerp things he can equate our service personnel working hard in Gitmo with the SS and then claim he supports them. Yeah, sure...that's the ticket....

waddapuke

16 posted on 06/17/2005 3:13:59 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Republican Red

Duck Furbin


17 posted on 06/17/2005 3:15:17 PM PDT by doug from upland (MOCKING DEMOCRATS 24/7 --- www.rightwingparodies.com)
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To: Republican Red

18 posted on 06/17/2005 3:15:53 PM PDT by petercooper (Put Mark Levin on the Supreme Court.)
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To: Republican Red

I wrote to his office, as has my wife, requesting his resignation. I will accept that but not an apology. It is too late for that. I await the next election to see him GONE.


19 posted on 06/17/2005 3:16:18 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Republican Red
our country’s standing in the world community has been badly damaged by the prison abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

Senator,I don`t give a rats behind as to what money grubbing,slimy,euro-socialist or murderous,blood lusting,islamofacist bast##ds think of us.

And as a U.S.Senator neither should you when our security and American way of life is threatened.

20 posted on 06/17/2005 3:16:31 PM PDT by carlr (The dems slogan "even though we support our nations enemies don`t question our patriotism")
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