Posted on 06/21/2005 6:31:19 PM PDT by generationfixit
WASHINGTON - Under fire from Republicans and some fellow Democrats, Sen. Dick Durbin apologized Tuesday for comparing American interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to Nazis and other historically infamous figures.
“Some may believe that my remarks crossed the line,” the Illinois Democrat said. “To them I extend my heartfelt apologies.”
His voice quaking and tears welling in his eyes, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate also apologized to any soldiers who felt insulted by his remarks.
“They’re the best. I never, ever intended any disrespect for them,” he said.
It didn't take long from the time Daley said he should apologize until he went out and did so. The crying was probably over how close he came to being cut off from the Daley Crime Machine's money supply.
A more forthright apology would be better than crocodile tears.
Did he admit that HE LIED?
Because when you say something that know for a fact is NOT TRUE ...You Are A Liar..
Did he apologize for the harm he has caused...or the moral
he has undermined or the future terrorism he has enabled
and encouraged?
Will he apologize to the mothers of our dead...thanks to
him and his ilk and their incessant undermining of our
troops..
Will he go to Gitmo and offer to be a guard for a month or two...and serve at the lowest rank doing the dirtiest jobs
to show his support?
Dick Durbin crying? GOOD-he should!
Could you see the puppet strings?
There are three and only three possibilities to explain why Durbin said what he did and is now apologizing for it:
1. He really believes the treatment at Gitmo is Nazi-like but his remarks have become a political liability so he's a cowardly, anti-American hypocrite.
2. He never really believed the treatment at Gitmo is Nazi-like but just said it to get attention, in which case he is an opportunistic swine.
3. He believed it at the time he said it but has since learned it's not true so he's a gun-jumping moron and a shallow imbecile.
If there's a fourth explanation, let me know.
True enough. When I heard the audio of his remarks I thought to myself " my God he is crying..they gotta get rid of this head-case"
If we've made him cry, that's a start.
But only a start. This man needs to be driven to his lousy, stinking knees.
When a senior Senator in the leadership of the minority party accuses U.S. Marines and intelligence officers of acting like Nazis, Soviets, and Pol Pot, it takes more than alligator tears to settle the matter. Durbin's false accusations were made on the floor of the Senate and he has yet to retract them, despite his so-called apology. The Senate must formally rebuke Durbin so the record reflects that our legislature firmly rejects his outrageous assertions.
I think you summed up the possibilities nicely!
So Dickie Durbin did a Reverend "Swaggart" ehh?
"...If there's a fourth explanation, let me know..."
Sure thing, because he's a dick!
He p___ed off Mayor Daley.
Yeah, he cries. Why am I reminded of Bill Clinton crying at Ron Brown's funeral?
LOL....thanks...I'll never forget that as long as I live..
Apology not accepted. RESIGN!
...well...Rush has "Dingy" Harry...will he now have "Flaccid" Dick?
"Am I jumping high enough now, Mr. Mayor?"
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