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Thursday, December 19, 2002

Re: Must have missed a story

A reader writes in to explain:
In response to Emmett's puzzlement over the posting on Senator Burns' website, it probably is a response to Bob Herbert's editorial in the NY Times today, which recalls an incident from 1994 in which Burns, when asked by a constituent what it was like to live in DC with "all those niggers", responded with "it's a hell of a challenge."

This, I presume, is what Burns' cryptic new apology is referring too, although Herbert also details some other, slightly less inflammatory gaffs that may be contributory.

cheers,
Matt Glassman
Yale University
Sigh, these really are lynching times. (Just to be preemptive for the idiots: I apologize for my tasteless and hurtful remarks, etc., etc.)

Posted by Andrew Grossman at 4:31 PM

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