Whenever a Republican gets caught doing something wrong, he or she and their apologists are always ready with an excuse. Here’s a handy-dandy guide to Republican excuse making. Feel free to add your own.
1. Some unnamed liberal of Democrat at some point in time said something mean about George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan. Democrats were mean to Judge Bork. Democrats made Mrs. Alito cry.
2. Robert Byrd, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton all did something bad once.
3. Lincoln!
4. Dixiecrats!
5. Liberals are just oversensitive and are enforcing political correctness. Liberals don’t have a sense of humor.
This leads to the standard non-apology apology: “I’m sorry that some people were offended…”
6. This doesn’t mean what you think it means.
Really, it all boils down to one excuse: IOKIYAR (it’s ok if you’re a Republican).