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You are here: Home / Politics / This Is Refreshing

This Is Refreshing

by John Cole|  April 14, 200410:32 pm| 10 Comments

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Chris Dodd’s stature just edged up a notch in my eyes (like he cares):

“Words can sting and hurt,” Dodd told The Associated Press Wednesday. “If in any way, in my referencing the Civil War, I offended anyone, I apologize.”

He said he was trying to make the point that Byrd would have been a good senator at any point, and “I was not thinking of the KKK or his vote against the Civil Rights Act.”

It took him a while, and it is still sort of wormy (“if… I offended anyone” as opposed to just admitting they were offensive remarks), but this is a straight-forward, head-on, candid apology, and not like the Clintonian nonsense we got from Lott for weeks.

Sen. Dodd- I accept, and the issue is over as far as I am concerned.

(via Ricky West)

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  1. 1.

    S-Train

    April 15, 2004 at 1:49 am

    Much respect, Sen. Dodd.

  2. 2.

    HH

    April 15, 2004 at 9:51 am

    Now we see the AP refusing to even quote what he said, trying to downplay it, and the NAACP saying the apology wasn’t necessary. The larger point here has been proven and then some…

  3. 3.

    shark

    April 15, 2004 at 12:09 pm

    Nah, I want to see the guy grovel on BET ;)

  4. 4.

    S.W. Anderson

    April 15, 2004 at 2:05 pm

    A tip of the cap for acknowledging that a good man can make a bad remark. And, of course, I agree Dodd was right to come forward with an apology for what was definitely a bad remark.

  5. 5.

    TJ Jackson

    April 16, 2004 at 9:55 am

    More PC on parade. Why the double standards?

  6. 6.

    CadillaqJaq

    April 16, 2004 at 10:06 am

    So Dodd screwed up in his use of inappropriate remarks: he apologized. Way more than many of his leftist political associates would have done. He’s not a favorite of mine but a decent sort none the less.

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    BJK

    April 17, 2004 at 10:29 pm

    I love you.

    I want you.

    I need you.

  8. 8.

    Tim Butler qx

    April 19, 2004 at 8:30 pm

    It’s always nice when someone apologizes!

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  1. Dean's World says:
    April 14, 2004 at 10:49 pm

    Sen. Dodd Is Sorry (Rosemary, the QOAE)

    Senator Chris Dodd apologizes to those of us that were offended by his Byrd tribute. “Words can sting and hurt,” Dodd told The Associated Press…

  2. Obsidian Wings says:
    April 15, 2004 at 7:39 am

    The Apocalypse is around the bend . . . .

    For perhaps the first time since 1992,* a public figure has actually admitted making a mistake! “Words can sting and hurt,” [Sen. Christopher] Dodd [D-CT] told The Associated Press Wednesday. “If in any way, in my referencing the Civil War,

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