“What’s ‘apologizing for America,’ after all? Aside from being a cheap and contemptible lie, is it not a kind of assault on the character of the president of the United States to accuse him of doing something that he hasn’t done, especially when the accusation is obviously meant to carry treasonous connotations? Romney’s ‘apologizing for America’ line has always told us a great deal about character — Romney’s, not the president’s.”
Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s Character Assassination Game, The Daily Beast
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As so often happens, these things make me think of life in elementary school; since when is offering an apology for having offended or hurt someone a character flaw anyway?