[Saundra Duffy]

“This was a really stupid remark on Romney’s part. I mean really stupid.”

He apologized.

[svcw]

Apology or not ... it still was a stupid thing to say.
My mom used to say, “sorry is as sorry does”.

[Elsie]

He apologized.

That's makes it ok then.

(I predict a variation of this tactic soon to be found in this thread!)

[Gelato]

He apologized.

More accurately, his campaign spokesperson cleaned up after Romney.

But regardless, the significance of Romney's remark is not that it required an apology. The significance is that no one fit for the office of U.S. President would ever say such an outrageous thing in the first place. Romney might as well have praised the humanitarian efforts of Osama Bin Laden, a la Patty Murray.

What did Patty Murray actually say? According to the Columbian, she said that Osama bin Laden has "been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day-care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. . . . How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?"

It's the same dangerous ignorance.