Dirty Dick Durbin
Dirty Dick Durbin: the Shame of Congress
By Daniel G. Jennings
Anyone who wants to know why Americans have such a dim view of Congress and politicians in general should examine the antics of one Richard J. Durbin, the second ranking Democrat in the US Senate.
Earlier this week Dick Durbin gave a short speech about the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Cuba in which he compared the actions of American intelligence operatives and military personnel at the facility to Nazis, Soviets (the word Communist not being in the modern liberal vocabulary) and Pol Pot the psychotic Cambodian dictator whose followers murdered three million innocent people. Durbin has refused to apologize for his disgusting remarks or retract them despite a fire storm of controversy.
Ordinary people who view this incident ask themselves why is Dick Durbin behaving this way? Does Durbin actually believe that Guantanamo Bay is a hell hole like the Nazi Concentration camps or the Stalinist Gulag or that US military personnel are operating like Nazis or Communists? Of course not Durbin knows good and well that there is little or no truth in his moronic statements.
So why is Durbin saying such things? Two reasons; publicity and money, the only things that seem to matter to the New Class now in control in Washington. Durbin knows that he’ll attract a lot of attention by making such statements, the TV cameras will start following him around. The executives at the TV networks will invite him on the interview shows and his name will fill the headlines. Until this debate, I had never heard of Durbin now his face is almost as ubiquitous as Michael Jackson’s. Durbin has become a major national figure by making these horrible statements.
Durbin also stands to make a lot of money out of this nonsense. He’ll undoubtedly get a major book deal worth millions of dollars from a major publisher because of this stupidity. Dirty Dick will get a lot more campaign contributors, rich lefties like Billionaire George Soros and the Hollywood contingent will undoubtedly get out their checkbooks for Durbin because of these disgusting antics.
The most disturbing and disgusting aspect of this sorry tragicomedy is that Durbin’s behavior could put national security at risk, provoke terrorist attacks and make it easier for military and intelligence operators to engage in the kind of behavior he is decrying. If our intelligence and military personnel think that they’ll be branded Nazis for using questionable or extreme methods they may not go far enough next time they have a major terrorist in the bag. Our troops and agents in the field might not get the intelligence they need and terrorists could be free to attack us.
Durbin’s statements will give America’s enemies yet another propaganda tool to attack us. These words will be used to incite and justify further terrorist attacks and used as an excuse by those at home and abroad who don’t want to take part in the terror war. It could be harder for Americans to wage war on terror and easier for terrorists to get away. Real people in the real world could die because of Durbin’s words.
Finally, if Durbin and company keep going around exaggerating the wrongdoing at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere they’ll end up like the boy who cried wolf. Sooner or later the media and public will believe every report of wrongdoing at US detention facilities is a fraud. Then when a credible report of real abuse comes down the pike nobody will believe it and what few rights the prisoners have will be gone for good.
Durbin’s statements are the most disgusting display of irresponsible behavior on the part of a US Senator since the days of Joseph McCarthy. Remember McCarthy? He falsely accused innocent people of being Communist spies making it harder for Cold War spy hunters to do their job at a time when Communist espionage was widespread. Like McCarthy, Durbin is using the Senate to make false or exaggerated charges, besmirch the reputations of the innocent and undermine national security in the name of self promotion. In a way, Durbin is worse than McCarthy, Tail Gunner Joe didn’t try to sabotage America’s war effort for personal gain which is what Dirty Dick appears to be doing. We haven’t seen such disgusting behavior on the part of a member of Congress since the Civil War.
If Congress wants to regain its credibility it has only recourse. Do to Dick Durbin what it did to Joe McCarthy, censure Dirty Dick as soon as possible. If Congress doesn’t do so there will be hell to pay.
Unfortunately, the Senate won’t take action against Durbin because the Republicans want Durbin free to act in such a reprehensible manner. Durbin’s antics make the Democrats look bad and increase the chances of Republican victory in 2006 and 2008. Durbin will be left free to undermine our war effort with his reprehensible antics, so the GOP can get a few more votes.
Is it any wonder that Americans have such a dim view of Congress? The behavior of Dick Durbin demonstrates that our self-proclaimed leaders don’t care about National Security, the reputation of our country, the reputations of our military personnel, the truth or the safety of the Americans, foreigners and US military personnel who could be hurt or killed by the terrorists inflamed by Durbin’s remarks. The real question we have to ask is how long are the American people going to put up with such behavior on the part of our politicians?
By Daniel G. Jennings
Anyone who wants to know why Americans have such a dim view of Congress and politicians in general should examine the antics of one Richard J. Durbin, the second ranking Democrat in the US Senate.
Earlier this week Dick Durbin gave a short speech about the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Cuba in which he compared the actions of American intelligence operatives and military personnel at the facility to Nazis, Soviets (the word Communist not being in the modern liberal vocabulary) and Pol Pot the psychotic Cambodian dictator whose followers murdered three million innocent people. Durbin has refused to apologize for his disgusting remarks or retract them despite a fire storm of controversy.
Ordinary people who view this incident ask themselves why is Dick Durbin behaving this way? Does Durbin actually believe that Guantanamo Bay is a hell hole like the Nazi Concentration camps or the Stalinist Gulag or that US military personnel are operating like Nazis or Communists? Of course not Durbin knows good and well that there is little or no truth in his moronic statements.
So why is Durbin saying such things? Two reasons; publicity and money, the only things that seem to matter to the New Class now in control in Washington. Durbin knows that he’ll attract a lot of attention by making such statements, the TV cameras will start following him around. The executives at the TV networks will invite him on the interview shows and his name will fill the headlines. Until this debate, I had never heard of Durbin now his face is almost as ubiquitous as Michael Jackson’s. Durbin has become a major national figure by making these horrible statements.
Durbin also stands to make a lot of money out of this nonsense. He’ll undoubtedly get a major book deal worth millions of dollars from a major publisher because of this stupidity. Dirty Dick will get a lot more campaign contributors, rich lefties like Billionaire George Soros and the Hollywood contingent will undoubtedly get out their checkbooks for Durbin because of these disgusting antics.
The most disturbing and disgusting aspect of this sorry tragicomedy is that Durbin’s behavior could put national security at risk, provoke terrorist attacks and make it easier for military and intelligence operators to engage in the kind of behavior he is decrying. If our intelligence and military personnel think that they’ll be branded Nazis for using questionable or extreme methods they may not go far enough next time they have a major terrorist in the bag. Our troops and agents in the field might not get the intelligence they need and terrorists could be free to attack us.
Durbin’s statements will give America’s enemies yet another propaganda tool to attack us. These words will be used to incite and justify further terrorist attacks and used as an excuse by those at home and abroad who don’t want to take part in the terror war. It could be harder for Americans to wage war on terror and easier for terrorists to get away. Real people in the real world could die because of Durbin’s words.
Finally, if Durbin and company keep going around exaggerating the wrongdoing at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere they’ll end up like the boy who cried wolf. Sooner or later the media and public will believe every report of wrongdoing at US detention facilities is a fraud. Then when a credible report of real abuse comes down the pike nobody will believe it and what few rights the prisoners have will be gone for good.
Durbin’s statements are the most disgusting display of irresponsible behavior on the part of a US Senator since the days of Joseph McCarthy. Remember McCarthy? He falsely accused innocent people of being Communist spies making it harder for Cold War spy hunters to do their job at a time when Communist espionage was widespread. Like McCarthy, Durbin is using the Senate to make false or exaggerated charges, besmirch the reputations of the innocent and undermine national security in the name of self promotion. In a way, Durbin is worse than McCarthy, Tail Gunner Joe didn’t try to sabotage America’s war effort for personal gain which is what Dirty Dick appears to be doing. We haven’t seen such disgusting behavior on the part of a member of Congress since the Civil War.
If Congress wants to regain its credibility it has only recourse. Do to Dick Durbin what it did to Joe McCarthy, censure Dirty Dick as soon as possible. If Congress doesn’t do so there will be hell to pay.
Unfortunately, the Senate won’t take action against Durbin because the Republicans want Durbin free to act in such a reprehensible manner. Durbin’s antics make the Democrats look bad and increase the chances of Republican victory in 2006 and 2008. Durbin will be left free to undermine our war effort with his reprehensible antics, so the GOP can get a few more votes.
Is it any wonder that Americans have such a dim view of Congress? The behavior of Dick Durbin demonstrates that our self-proclaimed leaders don’t care about National Security, the reputation of our country, the reputations of our military personnel, the truth or the safety of the Americans, foreigners and US military personnel who could be hurt or killed by the terrorists inflamed by Durbin’s remarks. The real question we have to ask is how long are the American people going to put up with such behavior on the part of our politicians?
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