Senator Dick Durbin Dec 17, 1998 Don't Question Press Clinton's Attack on Iraq, Need Unity

Senator Dick Durbin ^ | July 24, 2003 | the eagle has landed

[TheEaglehasLanded]

UNITED STATES SENATOR ILLINOIS DICK DURBIN P R E S S R E L E A S E

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For Immediate Release Contact: Melissa Merz (202) 224-7028 December 17, 1998

DURBIN STATEMENT ON MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ I fully support President Clinton and our national security team's decision to take swift action against Saddam Hussein.

The attack against this dictator should come as no surprise.

The record clearly shows that he has harassed American and United Nations inspectors, ordered the destruction of important documents in anticipation of inspections and hampered the ability of inspectors to carry out their mission. His defiant protection of his weapons of mass destruction cannot go unanswered.

The mission has bipartisan support, including U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee; U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN); and U.S. Sen. John Warner (R-VA), incoming Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

I call on those who question the motives of the president and his national security advisors to join with the rest of America in presenting a united front to our enemies abroad.

The men and women who are risking their lives in defense of our national and global security deserve nothing less.

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Here is the link if you doubt the authenticity http://www.senate.gov/~durbin/PressReleases/981217b.htm and all his other press releases are at http://www.senate.gov/~durbin/PressReleases/index-topic2.htm

[SpinyNorman]

The RNC should be making 5,10,15 second radio/tv spots with a simple: "Who said this?" Then read the statement, and give the author and date.

Unlike Josef Goebbels and the Democrats, we will be repeating the TRUTH over and over until people actually know it!

[Blood of Tyrants]

The spin has already begun. The leftist x42 worshippers and Bush haters are saying that ithere is a huge difference because clintoon just lobbed a few cruise missiles and didn't commit ground troops. Gary Hart was spouting off the LLL (latest liberal lie) on Hannity Tuesday.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Please apply for a job with the RNC! (At teh very least send your idea to them, please!) They should do several of these, including scrolling the names of all of the Dems who voted to support Clinton's bombing of Iraq and overthrowing Milsovich (sp).

Brilliant!

[OldFriend]

Called Senator Durbin's office and read this statement to his aide..........the response was........The Clinton administration is over now!

[scan58]

Yeah...it didn't do much but hit a coupla "camels' butts", if I recall.

[Mo1]

..........the response was........The Clinton administration is over now!

Are you serious?

[OldFriend]

Those were his exact words........give them a call......1-877-762-8762......it's toll free to the US Capitol and they'll connect you to anyone you wish.

I read the statement to the man and he gave me that bull$hip back.

He also made the comment that Senator Durbin didn't call the President a liar altho I made no mention of anything that could have brought his comment.

[b4its2late]

Dick Turbin.

[paladinkc]

(Why are they not on the floor of the House and Senate with those big giants chart and graph boards they love to use so much showing the RATS their quotes on the matter??? Why are they not infront of every TV camera and microphone they can find??)

maybe these people know something we don't and maybe they are waiting for just the right time to attatch the zinger and turn up the juice, one can only hope, but you never know with a bunch of rino's

[an amused spectator]

Chris Matthews has really lost it now [used the word ["BS" (and not barbara streisand)] on air today July 23, 2003

Senator accuses White House of retaliation July 22, 2003

An Honest Assessment of Sentator Richard Durbin (Illinois) July 17, 2003

Senate Defeats Call for Intelligence Probe; 62-34 to shelve an amendment pushed by Durbin July 17, 2003

White House Aide Behind Uranium Claim, Senator Says July 17, 2003

Senate Agrees to Durbin Amendment Regarding Reports of Iraqi Acquisition of Uranium from Africa July 10, 2003

Durbin still undisputed king of flip-flop April 23, 2003

[an amused spectator]

Called Senator Durbin's office and read this statement to his aide..........the response was........The Clinton administration is over now!

One could do all kinds of fun things with this statement.

For instance: Any political position held by Dick Durbin during the Clinton Administration is no longer valid.

[Mo1]

So Durbin office thinks Saddam was a nuke threat only when Clinton was in office .. but not when Bush is in office huh?
Someone forgot to tell Clinton


"There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime poses a threat to his people, his neighbours and the world at large because of his biological and chemical weapons and his nuclear programme."
Clinton's speech to the Labor Party in Britain
Wednesday 2 October 2002

[OldFriend]

Seems that is the position taken by Durbin's office.

In other words, that was then, this is now........I suggested to the man that the only thing that changed ws that we had a president named Bush who finished the job.

[BlessedByLiberty]

I bet they're still sputtering! Bravo! :)

[.cnI redruM]

Durbin - hypocrit!


This man needs a battery acid enema

[Maria S]

I have been hearing Nancy Skinner on the Doug Stephan show lately...she's apparently a liberal demo. and she's running for the US Senate in Illinois. She sounds sooooo much like Hillary Clinton (screechy voice). Any chance she might win? Good ole' Doug sure seems to like her...seems like it would be giving her an advantage to continue to be on his show as a sort of co-host every day!

[m1-lightning]

On the issue of hypocrites...Tom Daschle

This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war. --Tom Daschle, March 20th 2003, when President Bush, struck Iraq

We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that . . . we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily. --Tom Daschle, Sep 25th 1998, when President Clinton, struck Iraq

[OldFriend]

The left lamenting our unwillingness to wait for the French and the German's to see things our way!

[.cnI redruM]

Tom Dachele IS a battery acid enema!

He is beyond repugnant.

[Ann Archy]

I call on those who question the motives of the president and his national security advisors to join with the rest of America in presenting a united front to our enemies abroad. The men and women who are risking their lives in defense of our national and global security deserve nothing less.

Dick Durbin said these above words......is ANYONE going to ask him about these words??? Chrissy Matthews????