Ousted CNN anchor Rick Sanchez claimed “in primetime, there’s not a single Hispanic. There’s not a single African-American.” GMA co-host George Stephanopolous corrected the record.

In O’Donnell’s case, it was a show this week where he invoked the imagery of slavery while introducing Michael Steele, the African-American head of the Republican National Committee. O’Donnell apologized for his indiscretion on Wednesday’s show.

“Michael Steele is dancing as fast as he can,” O’Donnell began his Steele intro, “trying to charm independent voters and Tea Partiers while never losing sight of his real master and paycheck provider, the Republican National Committee.”

He made the remarks before showing a taped interview with Steele, so the interviewee didn’t hear it until viewing the TV show later. Steele called O’Donnell to complain, and O’Donnell played the voice message on Wednesday’s show.

Steele objected to the insinuation he was “a slave to the RNC,” and added: “I’ve had to put up with that crap my entire political life.”

O’Donnell’s gaffe hasn’t attracted the attention Sanchez got when he called Jon Stewart a bigot and insinuated CNN was primarily run by Jews, or that Schlessinger got when she used the “N” word, but some talk-radio hosts, like Larry Elder in Los Angeles, picked up on it.

Full article here.

It’s always about government with these “public servants,” who view the private sector as a kind of fiefdom, and their offices — in Sgt. Tots’ case, Attorney General of Connecticut — as a bludgeon.

As AG, Dick Blumenthal never met anybody he didn’t want to sue, and Connecticut is — literally — the poorer for it.

But ol’ Charlie’s still got a way to go to top this one:

By comparison, here’s what a real first pitch looks like:

In the not-too-distant future, the irrational hatred the Left and its pet stooges in the media had for the former president will come to be seen as one of the great shames of our nation.

]]> http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/10/08/great-moments-in-political-baseball-history/feed/ 56 http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/10/08/brown-apologizes-for-aides-whore-remark-about-whitman-says-conversation-was-private/ http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/10/08/brown-apologizes-for-aides-whore-remark-about-whitman-says-conversation-was-private/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:23:03 +0000 Frank Ross http://bigjournalism.com/?p=130369 Oops:

Fun to see the “tolerant” liberals hung with their own foul-mouthed petards. But where are the feminists when we need them?

But wait! There’s more! Turns out it might not have been an “aide’ who made the remark but the great man himself:

FYI about the eternal “public servant,” Jerry Brown:

His father was first elected governor of California in 1958. The Golden State’s declining fortunes as the engine of the American Dream can be plausibly dated from that moment.

The only thing that separates us from tyranny:

Not the first time he’s had a little trouble activating brain before opening mouth:

Luckily, liberals can never be racists!

Right, Lawrence?

Remember:

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Now there’s a debate we’d pay to see. Who do you think would win?

Col. West?

Or the Commander-in-Chief?

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