"MISTAKES WERE MADE." DOES THIS CONSITUTE AN APOLOGY?

"MISTAKES WERE MADE." DOES THIS CONSITUTE AN APOLOGY?

[+] serious ballot by mojo
created Wed Mar 14, 07
Last month our esteemed president said it. Yesterday, Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General, said it.

Isn't there a wide world of difference between 'Mistakes were made,' and 'I'm sorry'?

It reminds me of when I get mad at my husband and he says, 'I'm sorry you are upset.'

No, it's a way of shirking responsibility.
Slip of the tongue.

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Or is it a case of this?

by mojo on Wed Mar 14, 07 7:00am [+]

I wonder if Saddam would still be alive had he said that in court.

by seamus on Wed Mar 14, 07 7:04am [+]

Voted : No, it's a way of shirking responsibility.
Everyone makes mistakes thats why there are fubbers on the end of pencils

by fairy_88 on Wed Mar 14, 07 7:47am [+]

Voted : No, it's a way of shirking responsibility.
Impeach Bush and Cheney.

The worst administration in American history and, apparently, the most morally corrupt.

by cranky on Wed Mar 14, 07 8:38am [+]

Voted : Slip of the tongue.
I can't believe they said that.

What would happen if they took responsibility for all of their mistakes?

Oh, right.

by _Beelzebubba on Wed Mar 14, 07 9:15am [+]

Yeah, mistakes were made by us when we reelected them too,

can we rectify that mistake now?

by LCD on Wed Mar 14, 07 11:37am [+]

Voted : No, it's a way of shirking responsibility.
Funny how the phrase "holding people accountable" bandied about so commonly as a rationalization disappears when you're talking about the Federal government. Or in the words of Judge Dredd: "I AM the law!"

by Applerod on Thu Mar 15, 07 11:29am [+]

Voted : No, it's a way of shirking responsibility.
To paraphrase Elvis Costello, "Whatever happened to peace, love and accountability?"

by Truthseeker013 on Mon Apr 02, 07 5:06pm [+]