This blog seems to be silent on Romney's comments or did I miss something. None of my searches have show anything. This may be the beginning of the end for Romney something thabite him in a general election. Repug primary voters will likely turn a blind eye to these comments.
Massachusetts governor apologizes for 'tar baby' comment
Monday, July 31, 2006; Posted: 9:42 a.m. EDT (13:42 GMT)
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Gov. Mitt Romney has apologized for referring to the troubled Big Dig construction project as a "tar baby" during a fundraiser with Iowa Republicans, saying he didn't know anyone would be offended by the term some consider a racial epithet.
In a speech Saturday, Romney, a Republican considering a run for president in 2008, acknowledged he took a big political risk in taking control of the project after a fatal tunnel ceiling collapse, but said inaction would have been even worse.
"The best thing politically would be to stay as far away from that tar baby as I can," he told a crowd of about 100 supporters in Ames, Iowa.
Black leaders were outraged at his use of the term, which dates to the 19th century Uncle Remus stories, referring to a doll made of tar that traps Br'er Rabbit. It has come to be known as a way of describing a sticky mess, and has been used as a derogatory term for a black person.
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