Durbin's Dirty Deed Remembered

I'm glad someone is continuing to keep the focus on Durbin's treachery.

WASHINGTON -- More than two weeks after citing Nazis and other brutal regimes in criticizing U.S. tactics at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) remains under fire from critics who claim the lawmaker's subsequent apology was insufficient.

Move America Forward, a group affiliated with the conservative political public relations firm Russo Marsh & Rogers, is planning a national ad campaign that scolds Durbin for his June 14 statements and what the organization refers to as his "non-apology." "Sen. Durbin's non-apology is not accepted," said Melanie Morgan, co-chair of Move America Forward.

"He has offered the lame excuse that he never meant to disparage our soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen. But if not them, then who was it that he was accusing of acting with such butchery and murderous behavior as the Nazis, Soviets and Pol Pot?" Morgan said.

Move America Forward will launch its ad campaign Monday, July 4. The ad, punctuated by shadowy images of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, questions Durbin's loyalty to U.S. troops.

The group has purchased national air time on Fox News Channel as well as time on three Illinois stations: WCIA in Champaign, WMBD in Peoria and WREX in Rockford. It's unclear how long the ads will run.

Article at the Chicago Tribune.