Rick at Stones Cry O…

Rick at Stones Cry Out says basically what I was planning to write on the Durbin situation. Anyone (Democrats especially) remember Trent Lott?

Number two ranking Democratic Senator, Dick Durbin apologized for his utter ignorance of history, insult to those who suffered at the hands of Pol Pot, Nazi’s, and the Soviet’s, and smear of the U.S. military.

While those harmed by his outrageous comments may accept his apology, as Trent Lott learned, an apology does not absolve one from responsibility. Let’s see if the Democrats pressure Durbin to forfeit his leadership positions, like Republicans pressured Lott, for his reprehensible comments. I’m not holding my breath.

Bravo to Democratic Mayor of Chicago, Daley, whose son serves in the ARMY, for standing up to his Senator. Hiss to John McCain for suggesting the apology should end this issue. An apology is only the beginning of an appropriate response.

While I wouldn’t call Lott’s remarks “reprehensible”–they were polite words at a birthday party that, if you thought about them long enough and connected enough dots, could be considered offensive–I do agree that once those dots were connected it was difficult for Lott to keep his place in leadership, and the Republicans did the right thing.

Now we have the same behavior by Durbin; denial of any problem, followed by apologizing for being misunderstood, followed by further apologizing for the words themselves. Will we see anything at all by the party to deal with this? If not, their moral authority to call out Republicans for their comments ought to be under serious scrutiny by the American public.

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