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October 26, 2006
Congressional Candidate Runs on "Injun Time"
Okay, so Harold Ford Sr. didn't really call pro-life activists "crackers." But here's another one: Congressional candidate Steve Kagen (D-WI) felt compelled to beg for forgiveness after being recorded using the expression "we're on Injun time" to explain why he was late for a meeting on an Indian reservation.
Probably kneeling in supplication, Kagen bleated:
I did not mean any harm by my words, and I humbly apologize if I offended anyone.
But Christine Mangi, communications director for Kagen's Republican opponent John Gard, was not mollified:
You shouldn't hear remarks like this from people running for Congress. They should be held to a higher standard.
As for the Injuns themselves, Bobbi Webster, a spokesman for the Oneida Nation, said no apology is necessary because no one (except Mangi) was offended by the expression.
Tribal members say that themselves. It is not uncommon to hear somebody come in late and say, "Oh-Oh. I am running on Indian time." [...] We were laughing about all the calls we got today in regard to the Indian time comment and we said, "My God, aren't they interested in what the issues are all about?"
Good question. Some advice for Republican candidates: leave the hypersensitive grievance-mongering to Democrats.
On a tip from Wiggins.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 26, 2006 9:16 AM
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Good advice.
Gettin' tough telling the GOP from the jackasses isn't it?
Posted by: jael at October 26, 2006 4:01 PM
