bobjaybird22:
As a person who wouldn't have said what Paul said, here is why he shouldn't apologize for his comment: 1. It was just a joke, tasteless, sure but Seinfeld was there too cracking jokes at peoples expense. 2. While some people who want him to apologize are regular folks wanting him to do "the right thing", some people just want to cause trouble and apologizing to them would just appease them. Besides, would apologizing make it any less of a right thing to of said? No. People who didn't like it will still critisize him for it anyways so what's the point of pouring gas onto fire when you could just let it fly by and let people move on to the next thing. 3. Apologizing won't make Bush an any better/worse President, Paul a better person or Obama a better leader. It would just stir up the hive. In other words, it's a waste of time. I know that sounds cynical and boring but it's true. Again, while some may want him to geniually apologize for an insult, there are far more who just want to cause trouble on the right by making this a bigger deal than it is. Case closed.
Well said! And for Tally, "On behalf of the American people?" He wasn't accepting anything in our behalf. When I ask what are you afraid of, I'm asking because so many people are taking an offense of a comment that was made so they must be afraid of something happening because of it. Did that comment change your life in any way shape or form? Did we go to, yet another, war because of his comment? Did the sky turn purple when he made that comment? Was the US or Great Britain attacked by some outside force because of his comment? No, nothing happened----nothing at all. So he made a comment, so what? I'm sure you never ever made such a type of comments in your life. I know I have. Sure I don't wield the same power as Paul does but just like I, he has the same rights to make any comment he damn well pleases whether or not we like it. If you don't like it voice your opinion and move on to the next subject. Life is to short to dwell on this. The only people make an ass of themselves right now is BP and the US Coast Guard. Now no one is allowed within 65' of the oil clean up yet the reporters at BP say that the cleanup is like a ballet in motion and one that should be seen as a thing of beauty. To bad, we're not allowed to see this.