All Apologies

Seems like apologizing is the hot new trend of the week. Ken Mehlman apologized for the GOP's Southern Strategy (to little acclaim), Jude Law apologized for diddling the nanny, and everybody in government is demanding everybody else apologize for Rovegate ("He's a thug!" "No, a hero!"). At least abortion-clinic bomber Eric Rudolph isn't falling into the trap. Screw Love Story, it's being a crazy fucking right-to-life lunatic that means never having to say you're sorry.

Not that we should be expecting any apologies from the Bush administration. They've never made any mistakes, despite what that sell-out Doug Feith might say (it's probably a sign of how distracted the administration's become that they haven't gotten around to destroying Dougie, a la Richard Clarke and Paul O'neill). I've been trying to keep abreast of each side's salvoes (see here and here, for starters), but even someone with no job doesn't have the time to keep it all straight, especially with the waters being furiously muddied by the GOP. Will I relent in the face of their furious offense, and accept that Rove was merely a concerned citizen trying to clear up a misunderstading when he leaked to Matt Cooper and then said "I've said too much"? If I buy that then it's only a short hop, skip and a jump to black being white, up being down and bands named after places not sucking. The horror.