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Posted at 7:21am on Jun. 30, 2008 Call Your Congressman

By Erick

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Posted at 6:12pm on Jun. 28, 2008 *Mister* Delahunt responds.

Calling it an "apology" insults everyone's intelligence.

By Moe Lane

Like Ed Morrissey, we were forwarded a clip of William Delahunt's inarticulate, artless - in every sense of the term - and almost semantic-free... "response" is the best word, I suppose. "Apology" implies an acceptance of wrong-doing. At any rate, listen for yourself:

audio file here
(Via The Mark Levin Show)

Ed's covered a good deal of what I would have, but I just want to clarify something. When Erick said:

If you do not call your Congressman today and demand the House of Representatives, at the very *least*, censure Congressman Delahunt, well damn us all. We have no right to carry on our fight.

...Erick wasn't trying to suggest that our right to speak would be taken away from us if we didn't protest; he was suggesting that there are limits to how much externally-directed hate a man or woman can shrug off, and still keep his or her self-respect. In other words, there is a line - and Delahunt blasted right across it.

I had originally posted two paragraphs of what might have been somewhat self-defeating ranting here, so let me erase it all and get straight to the point: if you do not understand why we are justifiably infuriated at not just what Delahunt did, but where and why he did it, then you are part of the problem - and you do not actually understand us at all.

Moe Lane

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Posted at 5:28pm on Jun. 28, 2008 David Addington, not yet killed by al Qaeda (much to Rep. Delahunt's dismay), PWNs Debbie Wasserman-Schulz

By Jeff Emanuel

Not allowed to return to his usual daily affairs after essentially being wished a slow death at the hands of al Qaeda by Democrat Congressman and Obama superdelegate Bill Delahunt (MA-10), David Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, had to grit his teeth and face a barrage of mindlessness from Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20), as well, in Guantanamo Bay/detainee treatment hearings on Capitol Hill Thursday.

From the C-SPAN transcript (both transcript and video are available here):

Wasserman Schultz: Did you discuss specific types of interrogation methods that interrogators should use while at Guantanamo Bay on the detainees?

Addington: I don't recall doing that, no.

WS: That means you didn't, or you don't recall doing it?

A: I don't recall doing it, as I said

WS: Well, it's hard to fathom that you would not have a recollection on specific conversations about typeds of interrogation methods as opposed to just generally talking about interrogation.

A: Is there a question pending, ma'am?

WS: The question is I don't believe that you don't recall whether you discussed specific interrogation methods. So I will as you again. Did you discuss specific interrogation methods on any of your trips to Guantanamo Bay with people who would be administering the interrogation.

Read on.

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Posted at 6:26am on Jun. 27, 2008 Damn us all and our party if we let this go

Congressman Delahunt can be reached at 202-225-3111 and by fax at 202-225-5658

By The Directors

It is no secret that public discourse in this country has become very shrill. Blogs on the left regularly feature vulgar diatribes against the right. Some on the right do the same. Keith Olbermann tells the President to "shut the hell up" on his television program. The New York Times publicly reveals the name of a CIA agent who did the dirty work of interrogating captured Al Qaeda operatives. The left says, "So, the right did it to Valerie Plame," treating as morally equivalent the disclosure of the spy no longer spying and the disclosure of one of the men Al Qaeda would love to behead.

While Congress has also descended into a more shrill style, until yesterday it had not crossed one line of civility that never should be crossed on either side.

David Addington is the Vice President's Chief of Staff. Yesterday, he testified before Congress.

During the course of the hearing, Congressman and Obama Superdelegate William Delahunt (MA-10) asked Mr. Addington about water boarding. Mr. Addington responded that he would not go into details because Al Qaeda is probably watching.

Congressman Delahunt's response was, "I'm glad they finally have a chance to see you."

Mr. Delahunt now denies he meant what he said. But what he clearly said was "I'm glad they finally have a chance to see you." Al Qaeda now knows the face of one of the men who relentlessly pursues its henchmen and deals with their interrogations. Mr. Addington volunteered for public service, not a death sentence with Congressional encouragement. Mr. Delahunt is both a vile liar and a cowardly lion willing to roar down at Mr. Addington while encouraging terrorists to do his dirty work in a war he has been ineffective at stopping.

The left, while attacking Charlie Black for stating the obvious -- that a terrorist incident helps the GOP politically because they are seen as more competent in the national security arena -- is defending this degradation of congressional discourse and vile swipe at Mr. Addington.

This discourse — a member of Congress glad Al Qaeda has a face it can pursue — is beneath the dignity of the Congress and beneath the dignity of civil discourse in this country.

If you do not call your Congressman today and demand the House of Representatives, at the very *least*, censure Congressman Delahunt, well damn us all. We have no right to carry on our fight.

The number is 202-224-3121 and Congressman Delahunt's email address is william.delahunt@mail.house.gov.

And some intrepid reporter should ask Mr. Obama what he thinks of this.  After all, Mr. Delahunt was one of Mr. Obama's early supporters and is now an Obama superdelegate. Of course, you can ask Barack Obama yourself at (866) 675-2008.

When you call your Congressman, you should make sure he knows an apology from Mr. Delahunt will not suffice. Delahunt clearly is lying about and denying his statement. "I'm sorry" would just be more of the same.

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Posted at 7:38pm on Jun. 26, 2008 Representative Bill Delahunt (MA-10; Obama): "I’m glad they finally have a chance to see you, Mr. Addington." [UPDATED]

"They" being al-Qaeda, you understand.

By Moe Lane

And "Mr. Addington" being the Chief of Staff for the Vice President.

I'm simultaneously sorry for, and envious of, Allahpundit: repeated exposure to this kind of filth has made him numb. I'm personally ready to punch the wall.

By the way, Representative Bill Delahunt has been an Obama super-delegate from the start.

Of course he was.

Moe Lane

[UPDATE: And now, the predictable attempt at an explanation from Mister Delahunt:

Delahunt said he was just trying to express that he was glad to see Addington. Delahunt said he recalls saying "I," not "they," during the testimony – though the video, broadcast on C-SPAN, shows he was talking about Al Qaeda.

Perhaps Mister Delahunt may want to contemplate whether his mental faculties are up to the task of representing the Tenth Congressional District of Massachusetts. Interestingly, that comment remains true whether or not he actually believes what he was saying there...]

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