Posted on 06/22/2005 8:29:22 PM PDT by quidnunc
The world's columnist, Mark Steyn, opened the show today with lots to say about Iraq, Durbin's non-apology apology, and a lot more. Here's the transcript:
HH: Mark Steyn, I've got a lot to cover with you today. Columnist to the world that you are, you slammed Durbin hard this weekend. Did you consider his remarks on the floor of the Senate yesterday an apology?
MS: No, I didn't. They were the standard political apology, where you go, I'm sorry if some people misunderstood me. Nobody misunderstood him. He made an explicit comparison that is fatuous and insulting. And for him to cry and boast about how many soldier's funerals he's been to, and all the other rubbish he's done this past week, only added, I think, to the deep contempt in which large numbers of Americans, and large numbers of people in his own state now hold him. It's all his fault.
HH: I agree with you completely, and I think that despite John McCain's absolution … what's with McCain, Mark Steyn?
MS: Well, I think he's got the … he's one of the worst examples of that thing that I don't actually think plays well in the country at large … that Senatorial clubbiness, where they all carry on … I mean every time I watch Senators talking about each other, they remind me of Arab League meetings, where you know, it's one emir fawning on a president for life. It gives me the same creepy feeling as that. And that's what I think is quite repellent about it. You know, it's interesting. This whole business of war, terrorism, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, the whole lot, the country actually has a fiercer will, and a tougher backbone, than their national legislators do on these issues. And that goes for both Democrats and Republicans.
HH: I hope you're right. There was an amazing exchange a couple of hours ago on Inside Politics, featuring Robert Novak and Paul Begala. It takes about three minutes. I need you to hear it, and then we've got to talk about it. Here's from Inside Politics, just a couple of hours ago.
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It doesn't read like 'Combat Veteran', does it, J-H?
These a$$holes are like cockroaches..............FRegards
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