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Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 02:24 PM Aug 2017

About making stupid mistakes, on live TV.... and an apology..2 hours later.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/719882/new-york-times-bret-stephens-compares-secretary-state-rex-tillerson-pol-pot

On Morning Joe this morning.....Bret Stephens NYT columnist said..... on live TV the following:

STEPHENS: "Precisely because the State Department is also part of the machinery of government. And that machinery has to run in order for normal things to happen. Like having relationships with foreign countries, or having consular services for U.S. people, or for doing all sorts of things the State Department has to do.

And Tillerson seems to be of a kind of Maoist school in which it's like -- maybe it's Pol Pot, uh, well --"
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2 hours later........an apology from Stephens:

"I let rhetorical exuberance get the better of me. RT in no way PP, not remotely or by analogy. I apologize., (BLS)
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Meaning ???... This fellow said something very stupid and insensitive about the Sec of State Tillerson. Why ? I guess Tillerson has not filled a number of jobs that need to be filled.. Basically, Stephens compared Tillerson to Pol Pot..the Cambodian dictator that killed millions..This was not smart, and wrong. .....
Yes, this did happen. Wrong things are said on live TV. People get carried away with rhetoric and themselves.
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So..2 hours later, today, he apologizes to everyone..." I let rhetorical exuberance get the better of me. RT in no way PP, not remotely or by analogy. I apologize " . said by Stephens....link to apology story: TPM:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bret-stephens-apologizes-for-comparing-rex-tillerson-pol-pot

NOTE:.....While stupid comments on live TV are very common in today's world.. Apologies, just 2 hours later are not so common. While it might not seem like this is important, I think it is. Adults make apologies for mistakes as soon as possible. It is honest and correct thing to do, and here is an example of someone doing it.....This happened today..8/22/17, this morning......
...In today's world, many run and hide, and never apologize for any kind of mistake. That is what a very young child might do who doesn't know what to do and has never been taught. That is what a dog or cat might do.. At least in one instance, the correct action was taken. That action was to apologize as soon as possible..And that is what happened today. It is a moment in time that might be overlooked. That is the reason I posted this..
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About making stupid mistakes, on live TV.... and an apology..2 hours later. (Original Post) Stuart G Aug 2017 OP
Oh if trump had but learned this. brush Aug 2017 #1
But Trump did not learn this. Others learned this...I learned this,. and so did most of us.. Stuart G Aug 2017 #2

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
2. But Trump did not learn this. Others learned this...I learned this,. and so did most of us..
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 02:37 PM
Aug 2017

But here is an example of it happening on live TV, and an apology 2 hours later..Someone learned this and did the correct thing. for all to see...a rare apology as an adult or any intelligent person would make..

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