Posted on 06/17/2005 6:15:18 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
(6-16) Mr. DURBIN. What I have said is, if you were asked, without being told where this might have occurred, as I said here directly in the RECORD, you might conclude that it was done by one of those repressive regimes because that was the kind of heavy-handed tactic they used, the kind of inhumane treatment in which they engaged. You would be surprised to learn that according to the FBI, it was something that occurred at Guantanamo in a facility under the control of the United States of America.
WRONG!!
Anyone see the word "MIGHT" in his original quote?
(6-14) Durbin: "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. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners."
PING....
I was right....
A VERY good and important catch, Oxen.
and the first crack in the dam appears.
"Turbin" Durbin should be thrown in Gitmo, given a complementary Koran and a continnental breakfast and locked up for a lng time. jmo
I got a kick out of his attempt to blame it all on the "right wing media".
Tomorrow he'll say that he might have said might yesterday.
Durbin and the Dems are TOAST ... And they know it
great catch!
Yea .. he thinks WE should apologize for what HE said
Great catch.
I watched him last evening trying to get around it. Good for Warner, McConnell, and Sessions smacking him down.
Can anyone else verify this for me?
Was using the word "our" a Freudian slip on Durbin's part? Could be since it seems that he's more concerned with the treatment of the enemy than he is of anything else.
"The Durbin Award" is established this date and will be awarded annually to the lowest POS treasonous bastard who holds public office in our fair land.
Fashioned in the likeness of Benedict Arnold on one side and the sleaze Durbin on the other, this miniature statuette is sculpted out of various forms of dung and is kept frozen 24/7 except on "Durbin Day", the day the POS is displayed and awarded to the newest POS to win the award.
Never had a moment's doubt :)
Slimey, yellow little traitor. Now he is going to try and weasle his way out of it by telling us what he DIDN'T SAY and it is right there where it was heard and recorded. Sorry durby...we ALL heard what you said. He said what he said and he meant what he said.
IMPEACH DURBIN. IMPEACH DURBIN. He does not deserve to sit in that seat one minute longer.
There is no other option!!!! Remove him from his post for COMPARING our military men and women NAZIS!
No one should ever forget that.
He did everything but use the words, Jengis Khan........
Sen. McConnell doesn't have the integrity or guts to admit that at least 10 deaths amount to more than one little incident.
(6-16-2005) DURBIN: "What I have said is, if you were asked, without being told where this might have occurred, as I said here directly in the RECORD, you might conclude that it was done by one of those repressive regimes because that was the kind of heavy-handed tactic they used, the kind of inhumane treatment in which they engaged. You would be surprised to learn that according to the FBI, it was something that occurred at Guantanamo in a facility under the control of the United States of America.
(6-14-2005) DURBIN: "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. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners."
EXCELLENT POST OXEN!
Last night I was struck by an odd thought that seems to work for me.
The democrats remind me of the chimpanzee (General Thade?) in the 2001 planet of the apes flick when he realizes that his power is slipping away. He went totally insane and ran the gammut of emotions from rage to bargaining to begging back to rage throwing himself screaming against the wall.
Long time no see, MM.
Since the state of Illinois continues to move EVER FURTHER from the mainstream of middle America (reference it's two Democratic senators and it's current status as a SOLD BLUE STATE in Presidential elections--Durbin's outrageous comments actually DO reflect the liberal consensus in this liberal state--which continues its steady movement further to the far left.
It's so sad that even now--he refuses to see and acknowledge how harmful his comments are to those serving our country in uniform. So sad.
Great catch. These liberal idiots always have some BS stunt up there sleeve when they get called on something they did.
Nice catch.
Are you saying that "At least 10 prisoners have died at Gitmo?"
We are talking about Gitmo here, are we not?
How many prisoners have died at Gitmo?
It doesn't matter if he throws the word might in there, it's still an outrageous statement. ESAD Durbin!
and MORE pubbies should have standed up with power and strength in their voices and not just a slap on the wrist from McClellan. I like McClellan but in this instance we needed Ari.
In fact, NO prisoners have died at Guantanamo (NONE), but the Pentagon has acknowledged five instances of abuse or irreverent handling of the Koran, the holy book of Muslims.
Next step?...Durbin denies the Holocaust?
Nice catch BUMP!!
I wonder why it is not reported (coff coff) in the lame stream media is what those terrorists at Gitmo try to do to the guards. Why doesn't someone report on the feces under the fingernails of the prisoners that they try to scratch the guards with. Why doesn't someone report on the attempts to bite and otherwise compromise the guards. Why doesn't anyone besides Rush tell us how well the terrorists are fed. My husband wished he could eat so well.............
Excellent catch. Maybe someone should start a clock to see how long it takes for any, and I mean any, Democrat to condemn these remarks.
bttt
The Democrats really have come unhinged.
dick turban doesn't even have the strength of his own stupid convictions ... what a sissy ... what a girly-man
I always count on a Leftist to make false allegations.
Thanks for being so dependable.
If you believe that you are a complete idiot!
I tried to rewrite Durbin's name, last night and this is what came out... "Senator Turd-bin".
I am going with . . .
SENATOR Dick bin Turd!
...maybe its that time of the month for him?
Let's make the "barefoot detainee" feel better. Turn off the rap music, and give him silver napkin rings at his next meals.
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Then lets move Gitmo to northern Alaska!!!
The fact is that NO prisoners have been killed or died at Gitmo... And 10 out of how many thousands in Afghanistan and Iraq? The Nazis and communists set out to systematically kill MILLIONS, and accomplished their goals quite eficientally.
You neobolsheviks in this country are so blinded for your hatred of this President that you either a)have no sense of perspective or b)you believe every bit of the marxist propaganda that is thrown at you.
I've followed your idiocy on this forum for years, and you confirm one medical fact. A person can survive for extended periods of time with only a brain stem.
Gitmo called death camp
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published June 16, 2005
The Senate's No. 2 Democrat has compared the U.S. military's treatment of a suspected al Qaeda terrorist at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay with the regimes of Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Pol Pot, three of history's most heinous dictators, whose regimes killed millions.
In a speech on the Senate floor late Tuesday, Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, castigated the American military's actions by reading an e-mail from an FBI agent.
. . .
About 9 million persons, including 6 million Jews, died in Hitler's death camps, 2.7 million persons died in Stalin's gulags and 1.7 million Cambodians died in Pol Pot's scourge of his country.
No prisoners have died at Guantanamo . . . . "
For your lies, you and Dick bin Turd should be tarred, feathered, and hauled out of town on a rail.
Please link to your source that lists the 10 GITMO terrorists that died.
The below link comes from the Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050616-121815-1827r.htm
"No prisoners have died at Guantanamo, and the Pentagon has acknowledged five instances of abuse or irreverent handling of the Koran, the holy book of Muslims"
Just because you wish it so doesn't make it true.
LOL. I spoke to some people in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri yesterday. I live in Pa. ALL OF THEM knew that this is all BULL!
Let the "barefoot detainee" ..... be a complainee. Most all Americans get the drift.
;-)
The audio from Durbin's speech should be broadcast over and over...
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