Jesse admits misspeak: meant “doofus”

SATURDAY, 8/3/13, Issue 166

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Jackson

Jesse Jackson admits misspeaking: meant to say “doofus”: Responding to the demand of Gov. Goldfinger for an apology for comparing him to the late “segregationist” governor of Alabama, George Wallace (Gov. Goldfinger wants Jesse Jackson to apologize), Jesse Jackson backed down and admitted that he misspoke.

“I apologize to the governor of Deleónsylvania,” Jackson supposedly said. “While I did say ‘segregationist,’ I intended to use the word ‘doofus.'”

Sink

A number of observers clearly were relieved that in Jackson’s restatement there existed at least a tincture of accuracy. Alec Sink is understood to have said, “Comparing the governor to George Wallace is probably giving the governor too much credit.”

McCollum

Others were less kind. “Doofus is good. There’s no doubt the governor is inept,” former state attorney Bill McCollum allegedly said. “Just look at his incompetence in appointing education commissioners and selecting lieutenant governors. You have to go back to California’s Grey Davis a decade ago to find this level of spectacle.”

Crist

Others contended that Jackson’s retraction did not go far enough. Prospective gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist is believed to have demanded that Jesse be more exact. “‘Doofus’ is not the word I would have used. A better term would be ‘cursed.'”.

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