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11/8/15, "Carr: Ben Carson knows only wimps apologize," Boston Herald, Howie Carr
"Which GOP candidate is being measured for a toe tag? Juan Ellis Bush, who may be the first politician ever to set up an apology desk at his
campaign headquarters.
It took Carson a while to figure out that
there’s no upside to saying he’s sorry. But after all those hours
standing next to Trump under the klieg lights, he’s got it straight now.
Friday night, he was in Palm Beach Gardens talking to a bunch of
Hillary Clinton partisans carrying press credentials.
Dr. Carson,
did you make a mistake about West Point? No. Did you make a mistake in
the way you “characterized” this? No. Well, then, is this non-mistake
that you didn’t mischaracterize at least “complicating” your campaign?
No, no, no, no....
Google “Donald Trump won’t apologize,” and see how many headlines pop up.
Among
others, Trump has refused to apologize to Ben Carson, Columba Bush,
Mexico, Megyn Kelly, Jorge Ramos, John McCain, Fox News, and, my
favorite, “for anything.” See, anyone demanding an apology doesn’t
like you to begin with, and whatever you say will just be used to keep
the story going. If they catch you, say, committing perjury, and you
have to say something, just put your statement in the passive voice.
“Mistakes were made.” That’s the Clinton motto, isn’t it?
Apologies
satisfy no one....And if you apologize for something you didn’t do,
the way the Clinton media were demanding of Carson in Florida, it’s a
sign of weakness. Even your supporters will begin to lose respect for
you.
Consider Juan Ellis Bush’s back-handed slap at the “French
work week” in the CNBC so-called debate. A few days later, the Bush
apology desk issued the mea culpa du jour, in which Juan said he did “a
disservice to the French.”
Which was of course followed by another cycle of news stories, headlined, “France is not impressed and neither are GOP voters.”
Here’s another Google phrase for you: “Jeb Bush apologizes.”
Where
to begin? Last February, he said he was sorry to 12,500 Florida
residents whose Social Security numbers he put on the Internet when he
released his emails. He apologized to his mother (for smoking pot 40
years ago).
He apologized to Asians for saying they have a lot of anchor
babies.
He apologized for calling himself “Hispanic” on a
voter-registration form.
Last week he pulled a three-fer down in South Carolina, in a relaxed voter forum with a congressman.
“Hey,”
he said, “that psych major deal, that philosophy major thing, that’s
great, it’s important to have liberal arts…But realize, you’re going
to be working at a Chick-fil-A.”
Chick-fil-A? Of all the fast-food
chains to go after, he attacks the one most associated with the
evangelicals he needs in the caucuses in Iowa, where he’s tied for
seventh place? Juan has put his foot in his mouth more often than
John Forbes Kerry. Remember the French navy, the Italian army, the
“botched joke” about Iraq, etc.
But Kerry is the exception that
proves the rule. Most of the time, being a Democrat means never having
to say you’re sorry. Of course, it helps when the “reporters” are
out-of-the-closet Democrat operatives.
Just ask Hillary Clinton.
Her husband used to employ George Stephanopoulos. Her daughter’s
mother-in-law gave CNN’s Jake Tapper his start in politics.
Steffie
makes $13 million a year. In return, he asks crazy out-of-left-field
gotcha questions of every Republican candidate crazy enough to go on the
Democrat infomercial known as “Good Morning America.” Nothing is on the
level. Trump and Carson know this, but the self-evident truth is beyond
Juan’s feeble grasp.
The next GOP debate is Tuesday night. How
many groveling apologies will Bush have to issue afterwards? The
over-under in Vegas is three."...
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