It is good manners, when one does something that causes harm or loss to others, to apologize. This is a lesson on which we spend a lot of time with our kids.
But some of the newer parenting literature is emphasizing that we should not force our kids to say they are sorry if they do not get what that means.
I guess politicos must be reading from the same literature.
Prez-in-waiting Rodham is getting a lot of pressure to apologize for her vote authorizing the Iraq war. She has talked all around the issue, even explained that if she had known then what she knows now she would not have voted the way she did; but no apology is forthcoming.
I don’t think she should apologize, for what it’s worth; but I suspect my reasoning and hers are different.
Mine is because an apology for that vote serves no practical purpose.
Hers, I suspect, is that the Clintonistas cannot see any fault in themselves. Also, any apology would likely become fodder for some opponent somewhere down the line; the Clintons are more sensitive about politics than most, like ‘em or not.
I just hope that those who railed against Bush for his decision not to apologize for Katrina (he didn’t spawn the storm, regardless of public opinion to the contrary) will be as harsh on our next chief executive.
By the way, I’m not in favor of a Rodham presidency; I just fear that Republicans will cut off their nose to spite their face. If the party goes with someone palatable to the loudest voices in the party, that candidate will not be electible.
And if the GOP goes to the center and chooses someone electible, a huge number of Republican voters will likely stay home on election day.
Hilary, the White House is yours to lose.
My fingers hurt just from typing that.
