by sumac | Mar 6, 2016 | Corporate Apologies, Political Apologies
Lands’ End, respected purveyor of serviceable clothing, put out a fancy catalog. It contained an interview at which some people directed a fury campaign. The company apologized. The apology infuriated different people, generating another fury campaign. The...
by sumac | Feb 3, 2016 | Political Apologies
A person running for president said something snide, and later said he was apologizing for it. Sounds good until you seek the apology. The candidate isn’t expressing regret, he’s piling insults higher. In an ugly self-serving tirade – understandably...
by sumac | Jan 12, 2016 | Political Apologies
We’ve gotten requests to do the apology/non-apology/semi-apology of Paul LePage, Governor of Maine. Non-apologies are a LePage specialty, as we’ll see. We try not to do non-apologies but there is also a despicable phony apology in the current mess, so...
by sumac | Nov 12, 2015 | Political Apologies
Apparently Marco Rubio doesn’t show up at the Senate much. Me neither, but nobody elected me Senator. Rubio asked to be elected, so the fact that he doesn’t turn up much is noteworthy. Noteworthy? So noted! His opponents in the Republican presidential race...
by sumac | Sep 17, 2015 | Political Apologies
A county park ranger spotted two people he described as “making out” in a car in the parking lot at Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Dakota County, Minnesota. He went over to fling metaphorical cold water on this overly-public activity. Another car was parked close by...
by sumac | Jul 23, 2015 | Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
It’s expensive to run for public office. But once elected, you can run your next campaign much more cheaply if you make aides and assistants work on it from the office of whatever position you’ve managed to get. Free labor! Free supplies! Free copying!...
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