[tsowellfan]

George Allen made the same mistake that Imus made. While unlike Imus, George Allen was not being racist, however he caved too easily to the liberal media and the rest of his campaign became nothing but an “Im sorry” tour.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

The lesson to be learned here is when you make a gaffe, the last thing you should do is go on an apology tour. That pretty much seals your fate. Apologize once or twice to the recipient of the gaffe(and no one else) and then go on the offensive if the attacks persist.