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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"I've come to understand that was a poor choice of words," said Durbin.

That's no apology. Anything short of saying that his comments last week were outrageous and reprehensible and that he was totally out of line comes up short. ...and in his case, far short.

13 posted on 06/21/2005 3:15:53 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

That was no apology! Mr. Mojo said it right.

I want a REAL APOLOGY. Not this ha*#-a*^ed nonsense. His "tears" don't mean anything to me.

Say it like Mr. Mojo says it!


24 posted on 06/21/2005 3:23:23 PM PDT by meema
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I thought his claim that he had a "poor choice of words" missed the mark on so many levels.

His entire comment about treatment of prisoners was wrong. It was based on old reports. His concerns were not "legitimate". He was wrong that the incidents he mentioned from the FBI memo were "horrible", or that they were anything at all like what repressive regimes would do.

It wasn't his "words" that were a poor choice, it was his attack on America that was poor.

It was his TRUE FEELINGS that were wrong, not the way he expressed them. He was saying that he thought America was treating prisoners in Guantanamo as badly as a dictator would do.

Thursday he tried to deflect criticism by saying "We don't know if the people mistreating the prisoners were military". But he did say it was America.

He also gave a quote that said that it was the administration that should apologize for authorising TORTURE of prisoners. That was a lie as well. And he said that we rejected the Geneva Convention. That is a lie. THose quotes were played by Al Jazeera.

I actually don't doubt that Senator Durbin has a love for our country, and feels for the troops, and really wouldn't want to hurt the troops on purpose.

But he clearly wants to hurt the administration.


30 posted on 06/21/2005 3:28:00 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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