by snarly | Nov 9, 2012 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Chris Matthews offered some chipper election-night commentary about Superstorm Sandy: “I’m so glad we had that storm last week!” When his seatmate Rachel Maddow responded with a strangled, “ooh,” Matthews clarified: “No —...
by snarly | Nov 9, 2012 | Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
The ever-delightful Lindy West posted a roundup on Jezebel today of over-the-top peevish responses to the re-election of Barack Obama. One was a letter to Queen Elizabeth, posted on the web site of Free Republic by one Edwin R. Williams: Your Majesty, We, the people...
by sumac | Oct 26, 2012 | Political Apologies
Good news! I’ve just read Mitt Romney’s 2010 book, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness. That means you don’t have to. The title is nonsense. Here’s the fantasy scenario that’s supposed to explain it. First, Romney declares...
by snarly | Oct 26, 2012 | Political Apologies
I apologize for not blogging about Richard Mourdock, the Republican State Senate candidate from Indiana who said that pregnancies resulting from rape are “something that God intends to happen.” That was because I missed his apology. Perhaps you missed it...
by sumac | Oct 18, 2012 | Political Apologies
Okay, now the Massachusetts Senate race has gotten so out of hand that Scott Brown, the Republican incumbent, has actually apologized for something he said. It’s not a good apology, but better than the last one of his SorryWatch wrote about. Brown told a crowd...
by sumac | Oct 18, 2012 | Political Apologies
Somehow I got the impression that Tommy Thompson’s son Jason was in high school. Maybe I got that idea because when a furor arose over mud-slinging remarks he made while campaigning in support of his father’s Wisconsin Senate race, he was said to have made...