Posted on 06/17/2005 7:07:48 AM PDT by NonZeroSum
June 17th, 2005
WASHINGTON (APUPI) Amidst growing outrage at his comparisons of US troops to Pol Pot's regime, Nazis and Stalin's Gulag, Illinois Senator Richard Durbin backed off from his earlier comments today, reading from a prepared statement outside his office that he hadn't meant to directly compare the situations:
"I realize that my comments unjustly slandered many people in southeast Asia and other places who were simply trying to achieve a better society, and did not intend to compare what they did to the horrific atrocities that were occuring, and continue to occur, in Guantanamo. I wish to deeply apologize to those, like International A.N.S.W.E.R, who properly took umbrage at such an odious comparison. I hope that this apology will finally lay this issue to rest."
He refused to take any further questions.
I don't think it's reading comprehension, per se. I think that many people are simply satire challenged.
The problem with satire with the rats, unless it is clearly marked satire at the top, middle and bottom, what was said or printed could be true.
If last week, one had published that Durbin compared Gitmo to the Nazis as satire, then Durbin said what he did this week, where did the satire stop?
And the dims either support, or abstain from comment (like hitlary).
On the other hand, "they", might stop it with the silly stuff... that would be BAD.. better they make fools of themselves.. like they are..
Nevermind..
I think the most effective way is to email his contributers:
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00004981&cycle=2004
Hurt him where it counts!
You're scaring me.
You're right. That old thread is still very funny, thanks for the memories!
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