by sumac | Jan 12, 2016 | Political Apologies
We’ve gotten requests to do the apology/non-apology/semi-apology of Paul LePage, Governor of Maine. Non-apologies are a LePage specialty, as we’ll see. We try not to do non-apologies but there is also a despicable phony apology in the current mess, so...
by sumac | Nov 30, 2014 | Political Apologies
As happens every year, the president publicly “pardoned” a turkey for Thanksgiving. Two worried turkeys, Mac and Cheese, were escorted to the event. Cheese was officially pardoned. Understudy Mac was on hand in case something went wrong. President Obama’s...
by sumac | Oct 7, 2013 | Media Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Fox News Network is alternating between interpreting the current government shutdown as a lovely “slimdown” and as President Obama tormenting the people of the United States. They’re not treating it as anything the Republican Party has any responsibility for. In...