Reply #63: Sorry--it WAS a quote. In Mark Halperin's non-apology apology, he said it was. [View All]

[MADem]

JE used the Pussy word, per MH. MH apologized for REPEATING the word that JE used. Specifically:

I'm sorry. In a live radio interview this week, I used a word I shouldn't have. The fact that I was conveying other people's words is no excuse for my lapse in judgment. It won't happen again. -- Mark Halperin

Don't go shooting the goddamned messenger, now. He said it. I believe he said it, too. How many guys in their fifties or sixties do you actually know who are not Roman Catholic priests and who have NEVER used that word?

It was a popular word, and not so un-PC, a few decades back. It was as common as "wuss" is today. It was a "plausible deniability" word--one that suggested something other than "meow" but could be used as though it meant "small, helpless kittykat."


Links, for those who care:
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/02/times-halperin-sorry-john-edwards-thinks-obama-is-a-pussy.php
http://thepage.time.com/2008/02/13/my-apologies/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/13/times-halperin-_n_86504.html