This is infuriating
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Penn said:Opinion:
"This isn't a Republican vs Democrat thing; it's about senior Democrats who are so over-invested in their hatred of a passing administration that they've signed on to the nuttiest slurs of the lunatic fringe.
It would be heartening to think that Durbin will himself now be subjected to some serious torture. Not real torture, of course; I don't mean using Pol Pot techniques and playing the Celine Dion Christmas album really loud to him. But he should at least be made a little uncomfortable over what he's done -- in a time of war, make an inflammatory libel against his country's military that has no value whatsoever except to America's enemies.
Shame on him, and shame on those fellow senators and Democrats who by their refusal to condemn him endorse his slander."
I most assuredly agree.
I agree.. this guy is a freakin jerk!
ylexot
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Durbin Apologizes
...and the Oscar goes to...Senator Durbin!
ylexot
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Of course not. Haven't you learned the double standard yet? Democrats can make stupid and blatantly inflamatory statements with no repercussions because they apologize a few days later after defending their statements. Republicans can make seemingly innocuous statements that few people even notice, much less are offended by, explain and apologize immediately, and get crucified for it *cough*Trent Lott*cough*.Penn said:
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I was listening to Hannity the other day, and he was talking to two of the guardsmen who guarded Hussein over in Iraq, and one of them said something that I thought was very telling. He told about his first meeting with Saddam Hussein. One of the other guards too him to Husseins door to introduce them, and Hussein came to the door and stuck his hand through to shake hands with the guard. The guard shook Hussein's hand, and Hussein said "it's a pleasure to meet you," and the guard responded without thinking and said "it's a pleasure to meet you too."
The guard said he thought about those words immediately afterwards and said to himself "why did I say that? It's not a pleasure to meet a guy like that. And why did I shake hands with him... he could have pulled my hand back through the little door and chopped it off", but I think that just shows the real difference between our troops and the Nazis, Soviets, or Pal Pot's guys. Our troops haven't been raised in an environment where you can burn your sister alive for dating the wrong guy, or where you have to step over rotting bodies in the street to go anywhere, or you watch your neighbors get systematically rounded up, deported, and executed.
For the most part our kids grow up with a good bit of the Golden Rule, having respect for others, and basic courtesy. And those who go into the military definately get a very healthy dose of discipline when it comes to dealing with other people, courtesy, professionalism, etc. So it comes as no surprise that the first response of one of our guys meeting Hussein would be a very courteous one. And that's the way I bet 99.9% of our troops deal with the insurgents and POWs. That's a far cry from the Nazis chuckling as they shot people in the head, after making them dig their own graves; or the Soviets working people to death in labor camps, or the Khmer Rouge torturing and killing teachers because they were seen as a threat.
The guard said he thought about those words immediately afterwards and said to himself "why did I say that? It's not a pleasure to meet a guy like that. And why did I shake hands with him... he could have pulled my hand back through the little door and chopped it off", but I think that just shows the real difference between our troops and the Nazis, Soviets, or Pal Pot's guys. Our troops haven't been raised in an environment where you can burn your sister alive for dating the wrong guy, or where you have to step over rotting bodies in the street to go anywhere, or you watch your neighbors get systematically rounded up, deported, and executed.
For the most part our kids grow up with a good bit of the Golden Rule, having respect for others, and basic courtesy. And those who go into the military definately get a very healthy dose of discipline when it comes to dealing with other people, courtesy, professionalism, etc. So it comes as no surprise that the first response of one of our guys meeting Hussein would be a very courteous one. And that's the way I bet 99.9% of our troops deal with the insurgents and POWs. That's a far cry from the Nazis chuckling as they shot people in the head, after making them dig their own graves; or the Soviets working people to death in labor camps, or the Khmer Rouge torturing and killing teachers because they were seen as a threat.
ylexot
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Ask and ye shall receive...vraiblonde said:
There are some other interesting results from the poll as well.
You da man! Thanksylexot said:
Ahhh...I see you've met the President of Christyvrainia!FromTexas said:
"...but don't want to be called a Nazi by a Senator from Illinois?"Lenny said:
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I'm thinking that Durbin and the Dems are doing to Democrats what Frist and the Republicans did to the Republicans with the Terri Schiavo case. Maybe both dumbass actions will cancel each other out.
I like how Ann Coulter, in her column today, caught that "if anyone was offended" part of his sometimes tearful apology.
"<!--StartFragment --> (He then offered the typical Democrat "if/then" non-apology: i.e., "if my remarks offended anyone," based on the rather remote possibility any sentient, English-speaking adult who didn't hate America could have heard them and not been offended.) ".
Wuss.
"<!--StartFragment --> (He then offered the typical Democrat "if/then" non-apology: i.e., "if my remarks offended anyone," based on the rather remote possibility any sentient, English-speaking adult who didn't hate America could have heard them and not been offended.) ".
Wuss.