Red State?
Posted on 08/15/2015 7:26:19 AM PDT by Red Steel
The man in charge at RedState has issued a mea culpa to Sarah Palin and her family. Some question the sincerity of the apparent apology. There’s no way to know what’s truly in a man’s heart, so many are scratching their heads on this one. Some are giving Erickson the benefit of the doubt while others are sensing this one screams of a guy desperately making a last ditch effort to change the prevailing narrative.
That narrative paints Erickson as a misogynistic opportunist. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol drove that point home heavily in recent days. The Palins called out Erickson after he disinvited Donald Trump from a RedState event. Erickson’s reasoning was that Trump’s comments about Fox News’ Megyn Kelly were sexist. The Palins called shenanigans, pointing to prior comments, actions, and editorial decisions by Erickson that were much worse than anything uttered by The Donald.
Now Erickson has written an “I’m sorry” piece. He apologizes profusely for a fake photo of Sarah Palin that RedState ran in a story over two years ago. The timing of the apology is questionable at best. Erickson had years to speak up. Not until the Palins called him out did he break his silence on the matter. He claims he didn’t realize he needed to apologize. In his entry on the subject, Erickson writes “It happened in 2013. I wish I had known from the Palin camp before now that this was a lingering issue.”
Erickson also provides an excuse for the photo flap. “Unfortunately, going back into my calendar, I know why I was slow to respond,” he wrote. “I was in the hospital on July 1, 2013, with my wife.
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#Cuckservatives
The apology that wasn’t an apology.
Who is Erickson ?
Erick “Just spell my name right!” Erickson gets some more publicity- however he can.
Evil is Erickson, the undocumented Demoncrat.
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Erick the Red.
EE is a loser. The latest will probably turn off anyone who was on the fence about him. He has made his bed.
I don’t think any of the top fifty Republicans will campaign for Trump...it’s toxic for their relationship with the party headquarters. Course, once we come to February of 2016 and Trump wins three of first four primaries...it’s going to be difficult for the party to hold back people.
Face up to facts....half the people who claim they vote Republican most of the time are disenchanted with the overall party itself. The mechanism is broke. It’s not just the Tea Party crowd in this group now.
On the other side of this situation....twenty percent of Democrats are sour with their party and someone like Trump who is not a pure Republican...would interest them. For both party headquarters....he’s toxic because he won’t work with their established figureheads, or their chosen media gamers (Erickson among the group).
His name is spelled wrong even when spelled correctly.
>> He has made his bed.
Yeah, and now he can wet it. :-)
EE is dead to me.
Why doesn’t he just close RedState for awhile? His writers can post here at Free Republic and in time, Erickson can emerge from the bunker for a second chance.
Yugoslavia should be pink on this map, like Romania and Albania, at least.
We would know that getting elected is more important than conservatism. I sincerely hope Palin doesn't do that.
Sadly, he has done a great job fighting the Chamber of Commerce and other local issues in Georgia. I sure wish he had not stepped in it with the Trump stuff.
750am is a powerful station and he is on during my ride home. I have been listening to more sports talk and music stations on the way home after the whole gathering blowup.
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