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You don't double down for a week and get away with an 'apology.' (Original Post) onehandle Mar 2012 OP
that's the ONLY reason for his weak apology..... spanone Mar 2012 #1
He apologized? I missed it. Quantess Mar 2012 #2
It was a mash-up of Romney's and Santorum's statements... ClassWarrior Mar 2012 #3
Hmm, a weak apology. No wonder I hadn't heard much about it. Quantess Mar 2012 #4
He rephrased his attacks and distortions Sparkly Mar 2012 #6
It was pretty much a non-apology, IMO. Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #5
It's the lawyers, not the advertisers, I think localroger Mar 2012 #7
Im confused by his apology ... IggleDoer Mar 2012 #8

Sparkly

(24,149 posts)
6. He rephrased his attacks and distortions
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 10:38 AM
Mar 2012

and "apologized" for his word choices.

Not an apology at all.

localroger

(3,626 posts)
7. It's the lawyers, not the advertisers, I think
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 10:38 AM
Mar 2012

Pigboy squealed just hours after the story broke that Fluke was "considering her options" about suing him. I suspect his lawyers threatened to quit if he didn't back down. As libel cases go, it doesn't get clearer than this; he told 20,000,000 people that an ordinary person who is not a public figure with a pulpit of her own was a prostitute.

And I don't think the non-apology-apology on his website is going to get him off the hook if she goes for it, either.

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