Should I email this to Santorum?

[hopein08]

Honestly, I'm looking for feedback. Any suggestions that I ought to add? If I send it, I doubt it will get a response but this makes me mad....


Senator Santorum:

On Thursday, May 19 you stated on the floor of the United States Senate, "The audacity of some members to stand up and say, 'How dare you break this rule.' It's the equivalent of Adolf Hitler in 1942 declaring, 'I'm in Paris. How dare you invade me. How dare you bomb my city. It's mine.'"

Thankfully, the mainstream media seems to have picked up on this and you were forced to issue a written response that stated, "It was a mistake and I meant no offense." That is along with the declaration that, "Referencing Hitler was meant to dramatize the principle of an argument, not to characterize my Democratic colleagues."

Senator Santorum, your written statement of admitting a "mistake" and hoping that you caused "no offense" rings hollow with me. If a statement you made on the floor of the Senate caused such a problem, I think it would be appropriate for you to verbally apologize for such a remark, while standing on the Senate floor. The bits of your written statement that I have read may be hiding the essence of your statement. If that is true, I apologize. Where can I find the full text of your statements on such matters? But from what I have seen, and I am only as good as what I read, your response does not constitute an apology. Meaning no offense and admitting to a mistake does not necessarily mean that you are sorry and regret saying what you did. Please issue a more formal apology.

Senator Robert Byrd referenced Hitler in a March 2005 floor speech that I did not agree with, just as I do not agree with yours. At that time you stated (regarding Senator Byrd), " lessen the credibility of the senator and the decorum of the Senate."

If your written statement, as I have seen it, accurately describes your feelings and the statement you made on May 19 holds any veracity, I take some comfort in the fact that you have lessened the credibility of the junior senator from Pennsylvania.

A concerned constituent.

[Sanity Claws]

1. Sure send it

He won't read it and won't do anything about it but sure, send it. You might burn a calorie when you click on send

[dhinojosa]

2. Good Job

Very well written.

[rodeodance]

5. blast it way--good job

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Send it and also turn it into a LTTE. Go for it!

[Shoeempress]

4. Good job.

[CitySky]

6. as a constituent,

what you say DOES matter, some. yes, send it. !!!

but maybe don't be so nice about your concern you may be taking his statements out of context. perhaps just, "If there is some mitigating context to your statements that is absent from the excerpts I have read in the media, then please provide to me your full statement. From what I have read, your response does not constitute an apology..."

[CitySky]

8. (remember -

these guys work for US, not the other way around. they may have forgotten that, but we should not.)

[hopein08]

11. Thanks, that's what I was wondering about! n/t

[bigwillq]

7. Send it to that scum!

:hi:

[aintitfunny]

9. Well Said (n/t)

[queeg]

10. He doesn't give a damn

Jesus (Karl Rove) told him not to----

[lala_rawraw]

12. Yes and the ADL has responsded very well

http://www.adl.org/holocaust/Letter_santorum.asp