Kerry was right to apologize

[ButterflyBlood]

Today I went to a rally fora congressional candidate Kerry was scheduled to speak at, but didn't due to this. I don't care, it was still a wonderful rally with high turnout, but this event did come closer to home with me more than many others. But that's beside the point.

Here's the fact: Kerry made a stupid gaffe saying something that could be construed as offensive. Yes, he did not INTEND to say that, but he did. It's that simple. If you make a mistake, you should apologize, even when it's a rather innocent and harmless one. Yes, Republicans get away with saying things far worse, but that's irrelevant. Two wrongs don't make a right.

And if Kerry refused to apologize, what do we gain? Absolutely nothing. Some DUers just want him to "stand up to Karl Rove" and all that, but that's just pointless venting. No one's going to vote Republican now because he aplogized. It's doubtful anyone would vote Republican because of the remark either since Kerry isn't on the ballot, but it does eat up news time we need pointing out how badly the Republicans have fucked up. He needed to apologize and nip this in the bud, and should've done so much sooner.

Occasionally newspapers and magazines will sometimes have typos printing racial slurs and other offensive things they didn't intend to print. But they apologize anyway. Kerry made a similar mistake, and refusing to apologize does nothing.