Courtesy of Hugh Hewitt comes an editorial in the Dallas Morning News today regarding Durbin's self-serving apology on the senate floor.
We're sorry that anything else Mr. Durbin might say about allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay simply cannot be believed, thanks to his way-over-the-top screed.
We're sorry that in his haste to score political points against the Bush administration, he chose to squander his credibility by linking U.S. troops to despots who killed millions of innocent people.
We're sorry that at this key moment in the war on terror, when democracy demands a full and open debate on all U.S. policies and tactics, he so devalued his own voice and potential contributions.
We're sorry that Mr. Durbin woke up this morning still the Senate's assistant minority leader the second-ranked Democrat and that it apparently hasn't occurred to fellow Democrats that he should step down from the leadership.
I would love to believe that Durbin's credibility is shot because of this, but to believe that suggests that other's credibility has been damaged by things they have said in the past. Kennedy, Byrd, Biden, etc., all appear to have just as much credibility in the eyes of the leftist rank and file as ever. In fact, even centrist Democrats, like Lieberman and...McCain are afraid to put Durbin in his traitorous place.
The left is a machine that loves propaganda, and I doubt that any Democratic senators will pay a political price for treachery. At least, not as long as the inmates continue to be in charge of that particular asylum.
UPDATE: Blue State Conservatives has an example of a real apology, and GOP Bloggers wonders if Durbin's apology will lead to one from Harry Ried.
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