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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (14287)	5/24/2001 3:24:30 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Whehter he was sincere or not, he did the right thing. That counts. JLA

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (14287)	5/26/2001 5:31:04 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 82486

Choosie, I looked up Armey's "apology" as best I could. It seemed to be a little, er, confused, as one might expect. WASHINGTON (AP) - GOP Whip Dick Armey, the second-ranking Republican in the House, called Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts ``Barney Fag'' during an interview with several reporters Friday. The Texas Republican, saying he was having ``trouble with alliteration,'' immediately apologized to Frank, a homosexual, who said he told Armey he understood the remark was not intentional. ``But I could not accept that it was wholly accidental,'' Frank said after listening to a tape of the interview. ``... I just had to believe that it was somewhere in the back of his mind.'' Said Armey: ``I do not want Barney Frank to believe for one moment I would use a slur against him. I had a trouble with alliteration. I was stumbling, mumbling.... Barney Frank is a friend of mine. I don't use the word in personal conversation. I would not use such an expression and I don't approve of anyone who does this.'' newstimes.com Of course, Armey was really the victim in all this: In a letter to the editor, Rep Dick Armey (R-TX) responds to the Jan 29, 1995 editorial "Hate Speech Comes to Congress," saying he believes the New York Times owes him an apology for the article's accusation of "bigotry aforethought" in regard to Armey's Jan 27 comments in which he stumbled over his words and only appeared to use a slur when referring to Rep Barney Frank (D-MA). (New York Times Current Events Edition; New York; Jan 30, 1995, allegedly) In a strange coda from last year, there's this: "House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) came under sharp criticism from gay rights activists yesterday over an off-color joke he told about Rep. Barney Frank an openly gay Democrat from Massachusetts. According to an account published by Cox News Service, humor columnist Dave Barry approached Armey at a cocktail party, following the Republican National Convention session on Wednesday and asked: Are you really Dick Armey? - Armey replied: 'Yes, I am Dick Armey. And if there is a dick army, Barney Frank would want to join up. sand.loper.org Well, Dave Barry thought it was funny, anyway.