In retrospect, JR should have just pulled the thread and been done with it. Apologizing never, ever works. Ask George Allen.
The thread was pulled.
And like George Allen, the media will use specifics (handful of attention garnering posts with references to black culture and slang) to drumbeat the general (conservatives are racist.) And they won’t let up.
Regardless of the intent of the posters, those types of posts will be lumped in with the debunked “Kill him!” chants from the Palin rally and used as “evidence” of conservative racism. That’s what is at stake, but some of these guys act as if the world’s future hinges on the dress code of an 11 year old. So why bother?
Except, to ask why Palin’s kids are fair game and Obama’s aren’t? Isn’t Obama “asking for it” much like Palin by allowing a picture to be made of his kids? Gasp!