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Posted on 06/21/2005 11:36:34 AM PDT by quidnunc
Chicago Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says Senator Dick Durbin should apologize for comments comparing American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazis.
Daley says Durbin — a fellow Democrat — is a good friend. But he says it's wrong to evoke comparisons to the horrors of the Holocaust or the millions of people killed in Russia under Stalin or in Cambodia under Pol Pot.
And Daley says it's a disgrace to accuse military men and women of such conduct.
Last Friday, Durbin said he regretted any misunderstandings caused by his comments earlier in the week.
He made the comparison after reading an F-B-I agent's report describing detainees at the Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as being chained to the floor without food or water in extreme temperatures.
His son recently enlisted, and I believe he quit his job to do so. His was almost 30 years old, and is certainly someone who didn't need to enlist, but started thinking about it after 9/11.
I could complain for a while about Daley, but he is not an anti-military dem.
Guess Osama/Obama wants to be the senior senator from Illinois..
It's time for people to start stepping up and calling these fools on this out of control talk!
Ah...yeah, that might do it. I think most Dems are happy with the fiction that anything goes in bashing Bush but that they still support the troops. Durbin crossed that line by a long way.
This just happened earlier today.
The local news outlets don't even have it up on their Web sites yet.
I had to click on the link to make sure!
You finally did it! Finally!
You posted the whole article!
Dick Daley has problems of his own with U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald breathing fire down his neck. He will be lucky to survive politically.
The Mafia has spoken....
Daley is an imbecile. And he would do anything to get or keep power, even say this stuff himself. But he gets very agitated when anyone threatens to rock his boat. For political reasons, he needs to get the ducks back in line.
Bump!
This military family will settle for no less that Durbin oustr!!!!!!!!!!!
You must preview your post!!!!!!
What good is an apology? He MEANT everyword he saod and an apology will only be fraud.He needs ot get SLAMMED big time in public. Kicked out..I wont hold my breath waiting for the Senate to act on this..or anything else for that matter..Bunch of useless , bloated crooks,,Rep and Dems alike.When are we going to elect STATESMEN again ?
Carolyn
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Expulsion would be better than censure. No doubt about it.
He stated yesterday that this was not at the level of a censure. Yes, that's your pubbie leadership - your other faction of this "Two-Party Cartel".
That's why we call and email.
Daley is not happy with this kind of idiocy for more than one reason. His son, Patrick, just enlisted in the Army after getting an MBA from the University of Chicago. Patrick is a patriot. And such stupid comments just lose votes for the Rats. While he is happy for any distraction from the thieving, looting and general skullduggery of his administration I don't think this is why the Mayor has said this.
Comments such as Durbin's are worth their weight in gold to those patriots who care about their country. Each word can be measured in votes lost. Speak up Dick the nation wants to know what you really think.
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