Sununu back tracking ....

[MindMover]

(CNN) – Mitt Romney's national campaign co-chair John Sununu apologized Tuesday afternoon for questioning President Barack Obama patriotism earlier in the day.

Appearing on CNN's "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, Sununu said he regrets using those words.

"I'm apologizing for using those words," said Sununu. "I did say those words that were there and, frankly, I made a mistake."

Sununu harshly criticized Obama's leadership in a conference call with reporters and saying he wished "this president would learn how to be an American."

The conference call came on the heals of the Obama campaign's continued attacks on presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's business record and reluctance to release more tax returns.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/17/sununu-im-apologizing-for-using-those-words/

[flakey_foont]

1. Sununu?

Sounds foreign to me. Doesn't sound American at all, nosir.

[CTyankee]

9. I hear he's an A-rab...

[Journeyman]

2. Accuse on page A-1, apologize on B-6. Pretty much worthless, that's for sure. . .

[MindMover]

3. and this is mittens spokesperson .... ?????

[AlinPA]

4. He said it. He meant it. Bullshit. Another Bullshit republican "apology".

[JoePhilly]

5. Romney / Sununu 2012!!!!

[Cary]

6. I always wanted to like this guy.

Unfortunately he is just another fringe lunatic douchebag.

[Lint Head]

7. What Sununu knew and when did he know it?

Apparently he's forgotten his past misuse of our tax money and his potential illegal activity.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-05-12/news/9102120111_1_john-sununu-sununu-affair-public-expense

[lastlib]

8. I'd call him a weasel, but I have too much respect for the Mustelidae family.

What kind of a snake is a sununu? (Even the letters of his name look snaky.)

[yellowcanine]

10. Filing in the "Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas" folder.

Sununu is just the latest example of how the Republican failure to rein in/condemn the wild foaming of the wing nuts - Limbaugh, Bachmann, Newt, et al. comes back to bite them. Every time they wink and nod at the insinuations that Obama is somehow "not one of us" they increase the probability that someone who matters - one of Romney's advisers or Romney himself will slip up and dog whistle the "He is not an American" meme.