The Sherri Goforth Apology

By Kleinheider Posted on June 16, 2009 at 1:07 pm

Has been issued:

“I want to offer my deepest apology regarding the offensive nature of the email forwarded to several of my colleagues. I also want to make it clear that it was forwarded to me from an acquaintance with absolutely no political party ties and who is outside the Tennessee Capitol Hill arena. I should have deleted it upon receipt. Again, I am deeply sorry and offer a sincere apology to anyone offended.”

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Truth Is Always The Best Defense

By Kleinheider Posted on April 2, 2009 at 6:00 pm

The folks over at the politics sleepover camp downtown are getting a little rambunctious:

Fincher responded that Kelsey, of Germantown, was “mistaken on this, as he is on many other issues.”

That prompted House Republican Caucus Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin to demand an apology from Fincher.

Fincher, of Cookeville, refused. In Fincher’s words his statement about Kelsey was “completely warranted and a statement of objective fact.”

SEE ALSO: Can Kelsey

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The People Pleaser

By Kleinheider Posted on February 27, 2009 at 7:27 am

Richard Locker has more on Speaker Kent Williams’ apology for slavery:

“He was so moved by his visit to Slave Haven and the hiding places of the slaves, seeing some of the apparatus that was used, the copies of advertisements for the sale of slaves and rewards for runaways,” said Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis. He helped arrange the visit to introduce the new speaker to the city.

“He left there and went to the Civil Rights Museum and met with its community board. He issued a personal apology — not as the House speaker — for the transgressions against the black race, for not just slavery but for the oppression that followed. He got a standing ovation.”

(FT: JW)

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