Only the Republicans could take a statement criticizing unacceptable behavior by the government and turn it into a smear against the man who said it....and succeed.
And only a Democrat would be spineless enough and stupid enough to apologize for their statements instead of standing firm and letting others who support them stand up and defend them....and thus delegitimitizing their original statement.
Its a sad sign of the times.
The 'Conservatives' are the new 'liberal' and the 'Liberals' are the new 'conservative'.
And once again, a Democratic 'leader' pulls the rug out from under his supporters by backing down in the face of Republican hot air.
What respect Durbin earned by making his statements is gone with interest due to his truly pathetic 'apology' to the scum who slandered him.
Its not rocket science.
All Durbin had to do was HOLD HIS GROUND. That's all the thinking independents like me need to see, a Democrat WILLING to stand by their words and actions and you've got our support. That's why I like and support Boxer, because she doesn't back down from the Republicans, she's willing to FIGHT for what she believes in.
How can I defend or support a man who pulls the rug out from under me by backing down from his statements? How can I respect someone ashamed of telling the truth? How could I (assuming he was in my district) vote for a apologist who folds under the Rightwinger ranters? How could I trust that man to work for my state's best interests when he won't even do his best to defend himself?
The Republicans have been fighting for over four years to change the status quo of the USA, they will not stop until they hit something bigger and meaner then they are.
And the only way that's going to happen is if the defenders of what America USED to stand for develop some party discipline and GROW SOME FUCKING SPINES!!!