Rep. Pete Stark (D-Cal.) made some rather disgusting comments on the floor of the House last week about kids being sent “to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president’s amusement.”
On Tuesday, Stark apologized for his previous statement.
I want to apologize to my, first of all my colleagues, many of whom I have offended, to the President and his family, to the troops that may have found in my remarks as were suggested in the motion that was just voted on.
And I do apologize.
And, for this reason: I think that we have a serious issue before us: the issue of providing medical care for children; the issue of what we do about a war we are divided about ought to end.
I hope that with this apology I will become as insignificant as I should be, and that we can return to the issues that do divide us, but that we can resolve in a better fashion.
Did you see the apology on TV? If not, here’s the video of his apology.
