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Durbin 'regrets' Gitmo remarks
Washington Times ^ | 6/18/06 | Rowan Scarborough

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 109th; commie; durbin; durtbin; loser; pig; regret; rowanscarborough
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In a second attempt at damage control, the first being his spin and refusal to apologize on the floor of the Senate, Dick Durbin once again fails to retract his accusation that U.S. Marines along with other Americans acted like Nazis, Soviets, and the Kmher Rouge at Guantanimo Bay. The Senate must censure him. The damage he has done with reckless and false assertions about Americans is immense. How long will it be before the Senate holds him accountable for such a despicable act?
1 posted on 06/18/2005 3:52:36 AM PDT by advance_copy
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To: advance_copy

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.


2 posted on 06/18/2005 3:56:36 AM PDT by Moose Dung (Soiling the Shoes of the Lunatic Left)
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To: advance_copy
What Durbin said:   ...our soldiers around the world and their families at home deserve our respect, admiration and total support.

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.

3 posted on 06/18/2005 3:57:45 AM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: advance_copy

Slowly twisting in the wind. I like that.


4 posted on 06/18/2005 3:59:32 AM PDT by wingman1 (University of Vietnam 1970)
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To: wingman1

True, but the cost for his twisting is too high.


5 posted on 06/18/2005 4:03:17 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: advance_copy
"This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners."

This, after the references to Pol Pot, etc.

No misunderstanding here: Sick Turban.

6 posted on 06/18/2005 4:08:36 AM PDT by Ed_in_NJ (Who killed Suzanne Coleman?)
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"I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood," said the Illinois senator."

No, Senator, we understood EXACTLY what you meant. It was as clear as the spit I wiped off my uniform at O'Hare airport in 1970. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was YOUR spit.
7 posted on 06/18/2005 4:08:36 AM PDT by shibumi (This is the strangest Life I've ever known.)
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To: wingman1

I'm convinced little Dicky Durbin is the bastard son of Hanoi Jane and Al Jazeera :)


8 posted on 06/18/2005 4:08:50 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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"I have learned from my statement that historical parallels can be misused and misunderstood.

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.

9 posted on 06/18/2005 4:10:21 AM PDT by carlr (The dems slogan "even though we support our nations enemies,don`t question our patriotism")
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Thanks for the link, here's my note to him:

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.

10 posted on 06/18/2005 4:10:30 AM PDT by Former Dodger ( "Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." --Einstein)
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How long will it be before the Senate holds him accountable for such a despicable act?

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.

11 posted on 06/18/2005 4:11:57 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Former Dodger

BUMP


12 posted on 06/18/2005 4:12:23 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: DB

"... 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.


13 posted on 06/18/2005 4:12:34 AM PDT by wingman1 (University of Vietnam 1970)
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To: advance_copy
"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."

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.


14 posted on 06/18/2005 4:12:59 AM PDT by BigBadWolf (For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.)
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Sen. Durbin, add this to your list of mistreatment of the terrorist.....

http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371347/post


15 posted on 06/18/2005 4:18:54 AM PDT by SR 50 (Larry)
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To: Former Dodger

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.


16 posted on 06/18/2005 4:21:23 AM PDT by Moose Dung (Soiling the Shoes of the Lunatic Left)
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To: advance_copy
Can ANYONE explain why he isn't being asked by administration and leading GOP party officials to resign his position in the Senate: aka Trent Lott???

Personally, I think he should be charged with sedition

17 posted on 06/18/2005 4:22:03 AM PDT by Popman (In politics, ideas are more important than individuals.)
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To: advance_copy

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.


18 posted on 06/18/2005 4:28:16 AM PDT by SR 50 (Larry)
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To: advance_copy
That's a non-apology apology.

Your feelings were NOT misunderstood, Senator.

What you meant came through LOUD AND CLEAR.

19 posted on 06/18/2005 4:30:12 AM PDT by mewzilla
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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.


20 posted on 06/18/2005 4:30:26 AM PDT by putupjob
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