Ben Carson apologizes to Johns Hopkins

[Kelvin Mace]

6. Nope, a qualified apoology is a non-apology

He talks about his "poor choice of words".

He chose the words. The words accurately reflect his beliefs, so they are hardly poorly chosen.

He also limits his apology to "some members of our community" who suffered pain. Again, this limits the scope of the apology to only those it caused pain, instead of those it offended, those it brought discredit upon, etc.

Also, this line:

"Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point."

He simply wished to be "less offensive" while still being offensive.

And this line:

"I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words."

This is not a plea for forgiveness, but a statement of suggested mitigation.

Sorry, no dice.