If the Shoe Fits

In this story (link), "Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson has apologized for remarks at a campaign rally in which he compared a segment of the Republican Party to the Taliban."

The story goes on:

Johnson said the remarks were directed at an outside group that attacked the senator's patriotism and "compared me to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden" in a television ad during his 2002 Senate campaign.

Why on Earth should Johnson apologize? (Other than because he's a gentleman, and that's what gentlemen do when other people claim to be offended.)

After all, it's only slander if it's not true....

(Oh, I get it. Johnson should've apologized to the Taliban.)

M.

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The Ivory Madonna's story is told in Dance for the Ivory Madonna by Don Sakers.