"Some MAY believe I crossed the line"

You did cross the line jerk!

This is an apoligy? Another 1/2 assed retraction of things he met in his heart, senator Durbin, joins hanoijane fonda and hanoi john kerry as betrayers of America. Why do democrats defend this moron?

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Under fire from Republicans and some fellow Democrats, Sen. Dick Durbin apologized Tuesday for comparing U.S. interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to Nazis and other infamous figures.

"Some may believe that my remarks crossed the line," the llinois 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.

The apology came a week after Durbin, the Senate minority whip, quoted from an FBI agent's report describing detainees at the naval base in a U.S.-controlled portion of Cuba as being chained to the floor without food or water in extreme temperatures.

"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime -- Pol Pot or others -- that had no concern for human beings," the senator said June 14.

The comment created an uproar on the Internet and on talk radio, but Durbin refused to apologize. Democrats joined Republicans in chastising Durbin not only for his initial remarks but for insisting that the White House apologize for its policies.

On Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a fellow Democrat, added his voice to the criticism, saying, "I think it's a disgrace to say that any man or woman in the military would act like that."

Immediately after the apology, Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war, spoke in Durbin's defense. "All of us, I believe, who have had the opportunity to serve in public life from time to time have said things that we deeply regret. I know that I have. I would like to say that the senator from Illinois, he did the right thing, the courageous thing, and I believe we can put this issue behind us."


You are a better man than I Senator McCain, I do not and will not forgive,a leader of the country that by his words gives aid and comfort to the enemy, and supplies them with a propaganda tool.
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I believe his apology about as much as I believe Hillary Clinton is a "centrist".
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Yeah, I saw this on the news yesterday.

Prototypical NON apology. It's right up there with, "I'm sorry IF YOU were offended."

Meaningless.
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You are a better man than I Senator McCain


You're being too generous.

McCain, he neither expressed regret for his words (though he may regret the heat he is taking) nor showed any courage. (And stuff like this is why I voted against you. )
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Part 3 of Durbin Squirmin.  And he still speaks with a forked tongue.

This was not an appology, it was a CYA all the way.

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I think he finally realized that he had accidently announced his retirement, and he is trying to retract it ...

It also goes to show what a detriment McCain has become for the Republican party. He's beyond a 'uniter' at this point, he's a Democrat sympathist who waters down every Republican effort in the name of compromise. He is 100 times more dangerous for the Republican party than someone like Zell Miller is for the Democratic party.

Expect him to run for President again. All this mediation and diplomacy isn't just for the sake of Congress. I'm betting he'll be behind the podium in the primaries in 2008. Between him and Hillary it would be a no-brainer, but he isn't much more palatable to me than the average Dem.
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#2 by Gene Nash
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Yeah, I saw this on the news yesterday.

Prototypical NON apology. It's right up there with, "I'm sorry IF YOU were offended."

Meaningless.


absolutely, a non apoligy fr4om what I deem is traitorous behavior, he should be shot.
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#1 by Island Dog
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


I believe his apology about as much as I believe Hillary Clinton is a "centrist".


well to be fair shrillery is a centrist {compared to dean and others of his ilk}
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#4 by Dr. Guy
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Part 3 of Durbin Squirmin. And he still speaks with a forked tongue.
This was not an appology, it was a CYA all the way.


yes he is trying to clean up a mess, but, but, but he is sure going about it half assed.
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#3 by Gene Nash
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


You are a better man than I Senator McCain


You're being too generous.


I think john McCain is a great american and a real life hero
He has never tried to cash in on his P.O.W. days or his service to country unlike another john I know.
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absolutely, a non apoligy fr4om what I deem is traitorous behavior, he should be shot.



Whoa, I mean you may not agree with what he is saying, which is fine and neither do I, but to say he should be shot is a little totalitarian don't you think?
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Wow, so he's sorry that his hateful words elicited the reaction he intended. Wow, what a sincere apology!!
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#10 by enigmagnetic
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


absolutely, a non apoligy fr4om what I deem is traitorous behavior, he should be shot.



Whoa, I mean you may not agree with what he is saying, which is fine and neither do I, but to say he should be shot is a little totalitarian don't you think?


nope not at all, traitorous action deserves to be treated harshly. How many american fighting men and women did he put at serious risk by his words?
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#11 by ParaTed2k
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Wow, so he's sorry that his hateful words elicited the reaction he intended. Wow, what a sincere apology!!


KInd of like well I only met to wound him, if he did not move the shot would not have killed him , so I am sorry he moved and died.
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nope not at all, traitorous action deserves to be treated harshly. How many american fighting men and women did he put at serious risk by his words?


I agree it was stupid of him to say that but if the U.S. would shoot him we would be lowering our "supposedly" high standards of humanitarian rights. We might as well be torturing prisoners at that point. It's just like people that are pro-life but approve of capital punishment, logically it doesn't make sense.
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14 by enigmagnetic
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


agree it was stupid of him to say that but if the U.S. would shoot him we would be lowering our "supposedly" high standards of humanitarian rights. We might as well be torturing prisoners at that point. It's just like people that are pro-life but approve of capital punishment, logically it doesn't make sense.


what was stupid was him not retracting it right away, and ok shot is to harsh, how about sending the idiot to Iraq to explain to our fighting men and women what he met instead?
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what was stupid was him not retracting it right away, and ok shot is to harsh, how about sending the idiot to Iraq to explain to our fighting men and women what he met instead?


Considering every soldier that I have talked to including the one's in my family are incredibly disillusioned to the point where all they would probably do is complain about the situation in Iraq, they should make him actually spend a week in Gitmo with a digital camera in his own cell receiving the same treatment. Wouldn't that either shut him up or confirm his assertions?
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how about sending the idiot to Iraq to explain to our fighting men and women what he met instead?


That's even crueler, considering what they would most likely do...
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#16 by enigmagnetic
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


what was stupid was him not retracting it right away, and ok shot is to harsh, how about sending the idiot to Iraq to explain to our fighting men and women what he met instead?


Considering every soldier that I have talked to including the one's in my family are incredibly disillusioned to the point where all they would probably do is complain about the situation in Iraq, they should make him actually spend a week in Gitmo with a digital camera in his own cell receiving the same treatment. Wouldn't that either shut him up or confirm


pRESIDENT BUSH issued invite to the entire senate to go see what happens at gitmo, but I am sure when they come back the left will say, I did not see anything, BUT that does not mean it did not happen.
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17 by NJforever
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


how about sending the idiot to Iraq to explain to our fighting men and women what he met instead?


That's even crueler, considering what they would most likely do...


I think having to face those he accussed is a fair and just punishment.
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pRESIDENT BUSH issued invite to the entire senate to go see what happens at gitmo, but I am sure when they come back the left will say, I did not see anything, BUT that does not mean it did not happen.


Whether the accussations are correct or not we can all certainly agree Gitmo is a lightning rod for anti-U.S. sentiment which we do not need right now. Something needs to be done, especially since we have now two Ex-Presidents now clamoring for its closure.
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#20 by enigmagnetic
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


Something needs to be done, especially since we have now two Ex-Presidents now clamoring for its closure.


sure 2 dems exes, imagine that dems sticking together.
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sure 2 dems exes, imagine that dems sticking together.


yeah I can say that the right definitely is working in unison much better, but even so their statements add credibility to the accusations.
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I agree it was stupid of him to say that but if the U.S. would shoot him we would be lowering our "supposedly" high standards of humanitarian rights. We might as well be torturing prisoners at that point. It's just like people that are pro-life but approve of capital punishment, logically it doesn't make sense.


The Constitution still says that Treason is a capital offense! He deserves a trial for his treason and if convicted, he deserves the penalty according to the Constitution.

Of course, the traitor considers himself above the great unwashed and the keepers of the Gulag, so he expects to be treated with kid gloves.

He is filth.
Whether the accussations are correct or not we can all certainly agree Gitmo is a lightning rod for anti-U.S. sentiment which we do not need right now. Something needs to be done, especially since we have now two Ex-Presidents now clamoring for its closure.


Gitmo is a lightning rod for a press that seems to relish the role of "voice of the terrorist". They don't care how many Americans get killed, how much Iraqi's new found freedom is extinguished or it YOU get raped and die. They want their pathetic clout and their by-lines.

The terrorists say jump, they don't stop to ask how high, they just print "JUMP". and enigmagnetic, you are jumpin'!!!
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#22 by enigmagnetic
Wednesday, June 22, 2005


sure 2 dems exes, imagine that dems sticking together.


yeah I can say that the right definitely is working in unison much better, but even so their statements add credibility to the accusations.


it's a good thing accusation are not enough to condemn people huh? or else the left would be in for a world of hurt. the right too.
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Gitmo is a lightning rod for a press that seems to relish the role of "voice of the terrorist". They don't care how many Americans get killed, how much Iraqi's new found freedom is extinguished or it YOU get raped and die. They want their pathetic clout and their by-lines.

The terrorists say jump, they don't stop to ask how high, they just print "JUMP".


ted , anything the left can do to demean bush or his administration is fair game as far as they are concerned, the truth be damned, they felt they has bush on the ropes over abu grahib and they are trying to replay that all over again. the far left have become caricatures of what a dishonest politician is.