Bill Bennett "dealing with" his racist remarks now

[Cocoa]

starting his radio program talking about his "enemies and critics" taking something he said out of context.

Reading a statement...

Highlights:

"One could just as easily say you could abort all babies and reduce crime." (But that's not what he said, he said all black babies.)

"I as a philosopher was using the absurdity of one proposition to show the fallacy of another" or some such nonsense.

[ClintonTyree]

1. One again a member of the "party of personal responsibility"..........

refuses to own up to his racist and stupid remarks. There's no defending what he said and no way to spin it, he continues to show the world what a bigoted hypocrite he is and exactly how his "party of personal responsibility" is exactly the same. Fuck Bill Bennett and the horse he rode in on.

[tritsofme]

2. 3-1 odds this gets no media coverage. nt

[highplainsdem]

15. Olbermann named Bennett the "worst person in the world" last night

for that statement, so it's getting some media coverage. Only program where I heard it mentioned, though.

[Missy M]

3. How on earth do all the nut cases get radio programs?

Their excuse is always something was taken out of context. So Bill Bennett calls himself a philosopher, what a joke. He said black babies and there is no getting around it, that seems to be the philosophy of the neocons.

[ElectroPrincess]

5. Bennett IS a Sunday School Teacher when compared wi. Michael Savage! /eom

[Carla in Ca]

24. To answer your question

Today Randi said talk radio is where the repugs go to die.
She is so funny! And, I agree with you, what they said is always out of context when they get caught...I hate that!

[Melynn]

4. Spin, spin, spin

Hey Billy, you said what you said.

Tough times in Repug town, what with Delay getting indicted, Frist soon to be indicted, Rush still under investigation for being a dope-head and Bush popularity poll numbers lower than a snake's belly.
Now the great wingnut moralist comes out as a racist.

[Cocoa]

6. he's defending Delay big time

a caller right now is talking about how nice Delay was to her family. He gave them a tour of the Capitol! (her husband had business connections with Delay)

[charlie]

7. Keep digging Bill

C'mon, let's have the "some of my best friends are aborted blacks" bit next.

[Cocoa]

8. repeating the spiel at the top of the hour

"critics making hay"

"totally reversing my obvious meaning"

again, "one could just as easily say you could abort ALL children..."

(and again, but you didn't say ALL children, you said BLACK children)

"that should end it, that should satisfy anyone with an open mind."

His little lickspittle boy Seth agrees, the criticism is all out of context.

[Cocoa]

9. compared himself with Swift

and then somehow brought the Patriot Act into it. :wtf:

[tularetom]

10. One might think that this would be the end

of Mr. Bennett much as similar remarks ended Jimmy the Greek's career as a sportscaster. But I don't know. Bennett still has a radio show despite revelations of a gambling adiction and rumors that he liked to be tied up and spanked by big women wearing leather undies.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Oy...this wanker has pretentions to be a philosopher?

:rofl:

"I as a philosopher..."

[rppper]

12. howard stern was railing on bennett this morning...at least it's being....

broacast somewhere....

[DistressedAmerican]

13. My Advice: Apologize You Fucking Racist Pig!

Refusing to do so just makes the remarks that much more repulsive!

[Cocoa]

16. how long can he keep this up?

I hope he tries sticking it out, I want this to last. :-)

[triguy46]

14. I guess you have to be philosophic....

when you are a slots junkie dropping millions of dollars...that surely is the measure of a philosopher. I can see him in the casino, scrambling for free drinks, a bucket of tokens, playing 5 machines at once. Oh yes, philosopher, self appointed dreamer of visions for the fascista.

[rodeodance]

17. bennet said he would not listen to Ted Kennedy-who should not be in

the senate--as a girl died because of him.

[rodeodance]

19. Bennet is MAD!! he will not give up the ground to people like Dean.

[rodeodance]

21. Hannity--"I do not even like Bill maher"

[The Jacobin]

18. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

If that fatass is a philosopher, I'm a hamburger!

[rodeodance]

22. Shawn is doing the I feel so sorry for you-people are mean to you-bit.

[AirAmFan]

20. What he contemplated was GENOCIDE. Give it a name!

[rodeodance]

23. that one quote "that one quote"--Hannity trying to claim others say

worse things and now people blasting him cause of one quote.

[yankeedem]

25. It would have been so hard for him to say

What a normal person would say, which is:

"I apologize for my comments from yesterday. They were an extremely poor choice of words. I do not condone these comments nor do I wish any of these sentiments to be repeated ever again."

No, that would be virtuous. Too much for the author of "Book of Virtues". Apparently humility and shame are not virtues he speaks of.