See, this nice firefighter saved me. It's time for
you to fess up Kat Killer Bill and save your
soul.
Talk Left ran the following
Call for Sen. Frist to Apologize to Sen. Durbin
Why is no one calling on Senator Bill Frist to apologize to Senator Dick Durbin? Sen. Frist, repeating a false headline in the Washington Times, accused Sen. Durbin of saying Guantanamo is ?a death camp." (Frist's statement, in two parts, is here and here. (pdf)) Read Senator Durbin's remarks (pdf). He never said that.
Frist also falsely claimed that Durbin said our service members are ?committing genocide and war crimes.? Durbin never said that either. Most outrageously, Frist essentially accused Durbin of encouraging suicide bombers:
?It is anti-American and only fuels the animus of our enemies who are constantly searching for ways to portray our great country and our people as anti-mUlsim and anti-Arab. It is this type of language that they use to recruit others to be car bombers; suicide attackers; hostage takers; and full-fledged jihadists.?
This is a transparent attempt by the right-wing to change the subject from the real problem ? torture. The Bush administration?s torture policies are un-American and they put our troops and risk and make American less safe.
People should be calling for Frist to apologize and retract his comments about Durbin and for the White House to rescind their torture policies. Our initial post on Senator Durbin's comments is here and a follow-up on right wing spin is here.
Update: Atrios and Blogging of the President join the call for a Frist apology.
