[Speed Gibson,
Tuesday March 28, 2006 at 12:58pm]
Apology accepted ... I guess
The major players - Pawlenty, Day, Sviggum, et al - have publicly accepted Senator Dean Johnson's limp apology. As the Star Tribune notes in a good article, he and his lawyer are still clinging to his baseline story, that at least one such conversation happened.
An adult apology embodies regret, repentance, and restitution. He has expressed regret, but often of the "I'm sorry if you were offended" flavor so fashionable these days. He made one passing remark that he would try to do better; so much for repentance. Restitution requires at a minimum, a firm statement fully exonerating the Justices. This he has not done. Having obviously cheated in preventing a vote on the marriage amendment, he really should now relent. This he apparently will not do, either.
I guess it ends here, big lie number three for the Senate Majority Leader on my scorecard. Honorable people will accept the Court's unequivocal denial, which only Ember Reichgott-Junge thinks does not contradict Johnson's now unembellished statements.
An adult apology embodies regret, repentance, and restitution. He has expressed regret, but often of the "I'm sorry if you were offended" flavor so fashionable these days. He made one passing remark that he would try to do better; so much for repentance. Restitution requires at a minimum, a firm statement fully exonerating the Justices. This he has not done. Having obviously cheated in preventing a vote on the marriage amendment, he really should now relent. This he apparently will not do, either.
I guess it ends here, big lie number three for the Senate Majority Leader on my scorecard. Honorable people will accept the Court's unequivocal denial, which only Ember Reichgott-Junge thinks does not contradict Johnson's now unembellished statements.