Apologize, then blame someone else

By Dana Milbank, WashPost, Published: January 24

I am sorry.

I am sorry that so many people have been making insincere apologies. I hasten to add that I am not to blame for these terrible apologies, but I regret them deeply, all the same.

Chris Christie is terribly sorry that his staff lied to him about things they did without his knowledge, and he feels remorse that the partisan media are targeting him with a witch hunt.

Bob McDonnell is really sorry that an overzealous federal prosecutor is going after him for doing perfectly legal things.

And Glenn Beck feels just awful that people were so “fragile” that they allowed his rhetoric to tear the country apart.

Listening to the non-apologies and finger-pointing brings to mind George W. Bush’s long-ago vow to change a culture that says “if it feels good, do it; if you’ve got a problem, blame somebody else.”

That didn’t happen, I regret to say.

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