Davis apologizes for calling Obama 'boy'


	Davis apologizes for calling Obama 'boy'

BobbyDelray

4-14-2008 11:04 PM

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4-15-2008 1:31 AM

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Who would agree that the real “snake oil salesman" here was the speaker to his KKK type GOP brethren, who don't seem to have disagreed with his sentiments or his 'boy' put down. I wonder just who is fit to clean whose boots?

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a81ba217-1199-4d9a-9508-60dd011e6397/F0A994CA-19E7-4EF3-9A4A-33C1FA82800F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html" href="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html" style="font-size: 11px;">polwatchers.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html">U.S. Rep <STRONG>Geoff Davis</STRONG> apologized Monday for calling presidential contender and U.S. Sen. <STRONG>Barack Obama</STRONG> “boy” during a Northern Kentucky dinner over the weekend.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html">He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a “highly classified, national security simulation” with Obama.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html">“I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," Davis said. "He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html"><P>Davis compared Obama, a Democratic contender for president, and his message to a “snake oil salesman.”
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html"><P>The offending comment was <A href="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/republicans-tal.html">first reported</A> on the Herald-Leader’s political blog, Pol Watchers. (<A href="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/files/geoff_davis_on_obama.mp3">Click here</A>
to listen to Davis' remarks.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html">
“My poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you or your integrity," Davis wrote in <A href="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/files/davis_apology.pdf">a letter</A>
that staffers said was hand-delivered to Obama’s U.S. Senate office. "I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness.” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/04/davis-apologize.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/polwatchers.typepad.com/img/89BFE32B-D649-4D60-BF12-ACB12B1E9B3E" alt="Geoff_davis" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F0A994CA-19E7-4EF3-9A4A-33C1FA82800F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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