“....A Christian would accept the apology. This makes Bachmann look worse than Wallace. Bad mistake....”
I am a Christian and I disagree. This was an insult not only to MB, but to everybody who supports her and who has donated to her and even to all those who respect her but do not support her for President. It was an insult in a way to the entire tea party movement.
It was not simply an insult to her, and therefore it is not her apology to accept totally. She learned the lesson GWB NEVER EVER learned- and I commend her for it. And BTW, she’s not my first choice for Prez.
Then you are a funny kind of Christian.
I agree with C. Edmund. A Christian is required to forgive an offense, but not to accept an insincere apology. “I forgive you for being what you are,” would have been a nice sentiment, if she felt it was necessary. Personally, I’m not “offended” by people who can’t help being a-holes, any more than I’m offended by my teenagers’ being ... teenage. (”Why won’t you drop everything and wash the clothes I wore yesterday so I can wear them again today? I hate you!”)
And a good answer to “Are you a flake?” would have been, “Shoot, honey, not compared to you! Compared to you, I’m Abraham Lincoln!” (translate into Yank-speak for Rep. Bachmann’s use ;-).
Conservatives need to go on the attack with the media, by which I mean, naming them as tools of the Democrat party and not allowing them to play as if they’re anything else.
Goo point — nobody is morally obliged to accept an apology if it is insincere. She should have walked the set right then and there.