For Tim Blair, A Sincere Apology
Tim Blair is a funny person! Now he’s demanding an apology from me. What will he think next?
This time he dug up an LGF post from the presidential election, in which I quoted some excerpts from Barack Obama’s autobiography about his prejudice toward white people, earlier in his life. (As with Shirley Sherrod, it’s only part of the story, because Obama has clearly moved past those prejudices.)
In Blair’s dim bulb one-liner wingnut universe, quoting Barack Obama’s own stories about his youthful attitudes toward race is exactly the same as Glenn Beck’s accusation that Obama is “a racist with a deep seated hatred of white people or white culture.” For this transgression I must beg forgiveness from the world on bended knee.
Well, I do want to apologize today for making a huge mistake.
I’d like to express my sincere and utmost regret that I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin, instead of Barack Obama.
If I could go back in time and reverse that vote, knowing what I know today, I would.
I’m sorry, Nation.
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