Yesterday, Durbin was attacked by the right-wing noise machine...

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of talk radio. Michael Savage almost had an heart attack on his program. Rush was spouting his propaganda...and Hannity...and others. And today, the so-called esteemed Senators carry their talking points to the floor of the Senate, spouting the same crap that is on talk radio.

Good for Mr. Durbin, he did not fold under their questioning and clarified that he was reading from an FBI report that had been released by the Freedom of Information Act. Then they tried to corner him by accusing him of comparing the torture acts in Quantanamo to Nazis and Pol Pot. What he actually said was that if someone read the report and did not know where it came from, they might think it was something that might be done by the Nazis or Pol Pot...there is a distinction that was lost on the right-wing radio hosts and the Republicans on the floor of the Senate.

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1. and today Rush apologized for calling Sen Clinton Hitlery

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RL

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2. Apparently, all the folks upset with Durbin

Fully expect the Bush administration to command a military that would reduce captured persons to a catatonic state, held in perpetuity without charge or trial, and the fact that this sounds disturbingly similar enough to Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot really upsets these assclowns.

They should be mad at themselves that Durbin's suggestion apparently rang so true for them.

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3. Rush played a doctored tape of Durbin

It cut out the part about laying in feces and urine. The wingers are all lying about what Durbin said.