First, do NOT "dismiss...the issue with an expletive and insist...the senator has 'nothing to apologize for.'" Second, do NOT try to "explain" the offensive remark (He said the word sounds similar to "mohawk," a term that his campaign staff had nicknamed Sidarth because of his haircut.). Third, do NOT offer a SECOND, possibly more offensive, explanation after the first one proves inadequate. Fourth do NOT leak a campaign memo that blames the media for the offensive remark. Lastly, do NOT wait a week to actually apologize [actually almost two weeks]. Oh, and do NOT be an idiot.Her rundown puts his apology in the proper context - this lead-up and delay in apologizing reveals the lack of sincerity in Allen's latest try.Allen has been apologizing to "those who were offended" ever since he realized they were offended, of course, though apparently he had to watch the media coverage in order to realize that the person he called "macaca" was offended:
+óGé¼+ôHe took the blame for saying them, and he said he didn+óGé¼Gäót realize how offended I was until he heard my comments from the media.+óGé¼-¥All of which makes one wonder about this "attempt" at apologizing:"I just want to say, from the deepest part of my heart, I am sorry and I will do better."If it's coming form his "heart" now, maybe those other apologies were coming from the other end.
I'm actually kinda surprised that the "Regress," as the locals call it, has continued with the story. They're not normally known as the "liberal" media.
It's kind of funny/sad reading the compilation of the many explanations that have been thrown out there by the Allen campaign.
The piece is here.