Eric Zorn: Durbin should have stood up for his opinion

[Martin Eden]

Great column in Thursday's Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0506230236jun23,0,1334769.column

Durbin should have stood up for his opinion
by Eric Zorn

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Dick Durbin needs a new speechwriter.

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Not that I'm applying for the job or anything, but here is what Durbin should have said Tuesday:

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"As I said last week, quoting Colin Powell: The use of such bestial interrogation techniques will `reverse over a century of U.S. policy and practice ... undermine the protections of the law of war for our own troops ... undermine public support among critical allies, making military cooperation more difficult to sustain.'

"It is immoral, ineffective and un-American for us to torture prisoners. The America I believe in has long been the world's beacon for human rights and dignity; for fairness and due process of law. T

"The America I believe in is better than the America on display in our overseas prisons. The America I believe in inspires rather than disgusts the international community.

"If anything I said caused you to believe that I was equating American soldiers with Nazis or equating American leaders with Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot, then you are an idiot.

"I said nothing of the kind.
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More good stuff: He rips into Mayor Daley pretty good too: read the entire column:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0506230236jun23,0,108207,print.column

[Totally Committed]

1. Outstanding...

I agree wholeheartedly.

TC

[RetroLounge]

2. I like Zorn

He makes the Trib readable...

RL

[struggle4progress]

3. kick

[TankLV]

4. Sad. And way too late to do any good. But welcom nonetheless.

Notice how the repukes have topped themselves and said even more outrageous things than we ever could.

And notice the crickets chirping.

[Larkspur]

5. Durbin should hire Zorn as a speech writer or contract him for special

occaisions, like political firestorms erupting over truthful remarks.