Just in case you needed any more evidence about what sort of thoroughly unprincipled, sleazy hack Condi Rice is, we have this gem (via John at AmericaBlog, and all emphasis below added):
Rice Accepts DJ's Apology for Racial Slur
Hmmmm ... the headline seems to start off well ... where's CC going with this, you ask ...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has accepted the apology of a disc jockey fired for using a racial slur to describe her, saying the incident shows that even mature democracies take centuries to heal racial wounds.
Wow, that's mighty big of her, letting someone off the hook for denigrating her with a racial slur based on centuries of racial stereotyping. So what exactly happened?
"My understanding is that he apologized, said he didn't mean it," Rice told "Fox News Sunday."
Ohhhhhh ... he didn't mean it? So it wasn't really a deliberate racial slur after all? Details ... we clearly need details:
Dave Lenihan of KTRS in St. Louis apologized on the air immediately after making what he said was a slip of the tongue during his morning show on Wednesday.
Lenihan had praised Rice, who has frequently said she aspires to run the NFL one day but has ruled out seeking to replace retiring Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who recently announced his retirement.
On his show, Lenihan said: "She's been chancellor of Stanford. She's got the patent resume of somebody that has serious skill. She loves football. She's African-American, which would kind of be a big coon. A big coon. Oh my God. I am totally, totally, totally, totally, totally sorry for that."
He said he had meant to say "coup" instead of the slur. KTRS president and general manager Tim Dorsey agreed that the remark was accidental but announced the same day that Lenihan had been fired.
So that's it. He misspoke (something that never happens in the Bush administration, of course) and Rice, clearly realizing that it was a mistake, graciously accepted his apology and ... hold on, what's this?
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has accepted the apology of a disc jockey fired for using a racial slur to describe her, saying the incident shows that even mature democracies take centuries to heal racial wounds.
Um ... it was a mistake. Nothing to do with democracies and racial wounds, Condi, you dingbat, he made a mistake and immediately apologized for it. So, finally, Condi gets it and ... whoa, what the hell?
"I accept that because we all say things from time to time that we shouldn't say or didn't mean to say."
It was a mistake, you stupid woman. What part of "mistake" do you just not get? So, finally, Condi twigs to the notion of making a simple verbal gaffe and we can put this behind us and move on and ... bloody hell, now what?
Rice said Sunday that the incident is evidence that the "birth defect" of slavery infuses even mature democracies with racial tensions that take generations to heal.
Rice added that she hopes the episode inspires Americans to "be a little bit more humble" about the progress of emerging democracies such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jesus, Mary, mother of fucking God, the man misspoke a single goddamned word, then got down on his knees begging for forgiveness, and Rice still took the opportunity to beat the living daylights out of him and use the incident as political cover for her administration's neo-con, imperialist adventures overseas.
If only that poor guy has just plagiarized something. He'd probably still have a job today.
BONUS TRACK: How timely.
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