Posted on 06/18/2005 3:52:36 AM PDT by advance_copy
Sen. Richard J. Durbin expressed a conditional "regret" yesterday for his remarks linking Guantanano Bay interrogations to Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Pol Pot after Vice President Dick Cheney and the American Legion unleashed another day of rebukes of the Senate's No. 2 Democrat.
Mr. Durbin had refused to apologize for his Nazi speech in a Senate debate Thursday. But as the high-ranking Democrat and his party continued to feel a political backlash, Mr. Durbin issued his third -- and most contrite -- statement yesterday.
"I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood," said the Illinois senator. "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."
Hours earlier, Mr. Cheney kept up the pressure on Mr. Durbin, and the nation's largest veterans groups called on the senator to apologize.
"Senator. Durbin's remarks could very well make him the 'Hanoi Jane' of this conflict," said American Legion National Commander Thomas P. Cadmus. His reference was to actress Jane Fonda, who visited North Vietnam during the war and posed for photographs in an anti-aircraft battery.
"I am totally outraged by his hideous slight of those he should be honoring for their selfless devotion to this nation," said Mr. Cadmus, who leads the 2.7-million-member, nonpartisan group.
Mr. Cheney said on a Nashville radio station that "for him to make those comparisons was one of the most egregious things I'd ever heard on the floor of the United States Senate."
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Don't hesitate to let Turbin Durbin know how you feel. You can send him a quick email here:
http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
dung.
What Durbin was thinking: ...our soldiers around the world and their families at home deserve our respect, admiration and total support, but they're not getting any respect from me.
Slowly twisting in the wind. I like that.
True, but the cost for his twisting is too high.
This, after the references to Pol Pot, etc.
No misunderstanding here: Sick Turban.
I'm convinced little Dicky Durbin is the bastard son of Hanoi Jane and Al Jazeera :)
There are no historical parallels here Senator.
Until he realizes that,any thing he says to try to back out of this is meaningless.
When you throw s##t you always end up with a lot more on yourself than others.
Senator Durbin,
Your comments comparing the actions of our military interrogating KNOWN TERRORISTS and ENEMIES of this country to the actions of Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot were DISGRACEFUL.
It is too bad that you allowed your political ideology and need to embarass our president led you to make these harsh and slanderous remarks.
Isn't it time to think of what is BEST for AMERICA, rather than what is best for the DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
Howard Dean is teaching you all very well.
Man that felt good.
This is largely the same Senate that refused to allow witnesses during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. The Senate also imposed an artificial "time limit" on the proceedings so the Senators could punt at first down and 10.
BUMP
"... the cost for his twisting is too high."
The damage has been done, true. However, the results are going to be far different than they were during the Vietnam Era.
Sincerely regret IF? What kind of mamby-pamby bullspit is that? Only thing worse than this idiots original comments is his half-ass attempt at an apology. I don't suspect anyone "misunderstood" his true feelings.
Sen. Durbin, add this to your list of mistreatment of the terrorist.....
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371347/post
Great Letter!!!
Former Dodger wrote: "Man that felt good."
Toss that thought on top of the comments of a few thousand other pissed off Americans and perhaps Durbin and Co. will 'feel' it too.
dung.
Personally, I think he should be charged with sedition
Post 15.. try it again.
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371347/posts
Hope it works this time, one letter sure makes a difference.
Your feelings were NOT misunderstood, Senator.
What you meant came through LOUD AND CLEAR.
This is not an apology. It is the usual arrogant statement that he regrets he was misunderstood. We are too ignorant to understand the bigger picture. Dirt Bag Durbin is just the usual arrogant democRAT who has defamed our honorable men and women in the Armed Forces.
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