[ArrogantBustard]

he assailed the "trivialization of politics" where "it is all about who makes a gaffe."

I hate having to agree with Dumbo, but in this particular case he's right.

[goldstategop]

It isn't a gaffe if you were honest in your views. What's hypocrisy is apologizing for your real beliefs.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus