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To: Ilaine who wrote (79178)	10/20/2004 10:51:01 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793967

Someone posted earlier an essay explaining that people in politics don't usually apologize because public policy decisions always have up sides and down sides There are big differences along the continuum that includes recognizing up and down sides, admitting mistakes, and apologizing. Conflating them is not helpful. I think that apologizing is stupid, too. And admitting mistakes is fraught with political peril. But the thoughtful acknowledgement of complexity and up and down sides (and it's cohort that includes complexity and nuance) is a very healthy thing. Watching a president eschew it is disconcerting.