Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Apology

Tony Blair has apologised for the shooting of the Brazilian national in the tube station.


It occurred to me that I don't recall hearing a U.S. President apologize for much of anything. Can you remember any? Did Clinton apologize for Monica, or Paula, or pot? It seems it's not in our nature to admit any wrong doing, lest we be more liable or something. Honestly I see this as a character flaw.

Were sorry we went to war over WMD, we were wrong. Now that we're there, we want to try and make the best of it.

Something like that would be nice.

2 Comments:

Blogger john clarke said...

Good point (robot voice.)

Would it kill an American president to admit he was wrong?

It goes back so far. LBJ never apologized for Vietnam. Nixon never apologized for Watergate. Kennedy never apologized for the Bay of Pigs. Eisenhower never apologized for letting the Red scare get out of hand.

Is there always some robotic presidential advisor who's job it is to always say: "Mr. President. Do NOT apologize for anything. It will make you look weak and give your enemies more ammunition."

Really, all that tactic does is make our president look like an asshole.

9:37 AM  
Blogger Robert_M said...

Weren't those after his tenure?

3:16 PM  

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