So Rep. Corrine Brown gives one of those apologies that isn't really an apology for her tirade. That's when you say the same thing you said before, but this time you add why what you said is, in fact, true and you throw in your emotional state at the time you first said it. So, in righteous anger, she was just saying the God's honest truth, but did not mean that truth to offend anyone. She's also sorry if saying that the president's representatives are racist white men who all look alike can be construed as a personal affront to Noriega.
First off, Corrine Brown, like Maxine Walters, gives women in politics a bad name. It's unacceptable in the workplace to say you are unaccountable for your words or actions because of emotion. There are thousands of issues that provoke emotion. Business is business. Brown needs to get a grip and conduct herself like a professional.
Secondly, I haven't seen any apology from Noriega. He doesn't want to be "branded" as white. You can only be branded as something bad- someone's branded a coward, or a traitor. I want Noriega to explain why being white is bad. I couldn't care less if he's Republican. That doesn't give him a pass.
As far as I'm concerned, both of them should be branded as racist.
Posted by floridacracker at February 27, 2004 10:55 AM