As this scandal has turned into a worldwide wildfire, George Allen keeps throwing glasses of gasoline onto the flames. He issues lame non-apologies and shifting (and worsening) excuses.George Allen needs to exhibit personal responsibility for his actions. No more non-apologies with the word "if", no more shifting the burden to the victim. No more lame excuses, statements that still take swipes at your opponent about where they have or haven't been in Virginia, or anything else. Just man up and say these simple words to Webb's staffer: "I'm sorry I offended you."
And I don't mean in a press release. Be a man, pick up the phone, and call the person you've obviously offended.
That's the first step in moving past this episode. Until he does that, his responses are just fuel for the fire.
On that note, buried in the latest Hotline story on Allen's new excuse is this gem:
John Reid, Allen's Senate communications director, said in a statement: "I don't think George Allen would ever try to publicly embarrass or demean a young person even if that person was working on an opposing campaign. The Senator has apologized sincerely and repeatedly over the last two days to the young man and to the public in general."
Can somebody find me any indication that Allen apologized directly to the young man? A phone call where he said "I'm sorry to have offended you"? I can't find this anywhere.
Here is the full segment from CNN on You Tube, our VA blogosphere made a brief cameo (images only, no blog names mentioned) for a few seconds at the end.
Here is the video
Allen said Bush plans to attend an Aug. 23 fundraiser for the senator at the home of Ed Gillespie, a public relations executive and former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Didn't figure it would bother I Pub. He's almost as mean as Allen!