I can’t stand Mike Huckabee, I hope he crashes and burns sometime soon and I take him to task for the inane things he says and his ridiculous policy proposals and lies about his record, however, on this, I’ll give him a pass.

I just think of what I say to people when they tell me of bad news that happens to them or their family/friends/coworkers/whatever. My first response is usually “oh my gosh, I’m so sorry”, even though I don’t have anything to apologize for and have no reason to be sorry. Basically, by saying “I’m sorry”, it is short for saying “I’m sorry that you are feeling pain from this situation and I can’t do anything to take it away.” But, since I am not that formal in speaking, I just say “oh my gosh, I’m so sorry”. So that’s how I interpreted his statement.

That said, as I said previously, I can understand people jumping on the “apologies” thing, because of his past ridiculous statements on foreign policy.

Though I will say, that if Mike Huckabee has said anything about our pushing Benazir Bhutto to go back to Pakistan for the elections and blaming that on her assassination, then I could see his “apologies” alluding to that mindset and, in that case, I would agree with you that he is blaming America. But, I just took it as him trying to send sympathies and instead said apologies.

FRIEND ONE: My father died today after his car was rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver.
FRIEND TWO: Oh, my gosh, I apologize.
FRIEND ONE: Were you the driver ???

Apologize is the wrong word to use under the circumstances. It implies some guilt.

DODD: It reflects once again the misdirection in my view of the (Bush) Administration on focusing on Iraq and Iran. I’ve been saying for months that Pakistan and Afghanistan deserve more attention.

It’s still the epicenter of international terrorism, of where Osama bin Laden is, here. And yet the administration continues to focus its efforts, its resources, its time and effort on Iraq and Iran.

These guys obviously have a playbook: sound statesmanlike in the press releases, while bashing Bush and throwing partisan slime when it seems safe to do so. Could they be any phonier?

my thoughts exactly

Thats after Feingold also spun his talking points 

FEINGOLD: The focus on Iraq has been a real disservice to focusing on this part of the world where a great, frankly somebody who had great leadership and following, has been killed.

FRIEND ONE: My father died today.
FRIEND TWO: Oh, my gosh, I’m so sorry.

That’s pretty much how I interpreted it. Granted, because of his ridiculous ignorance on foreign policy he has shown in the past few weeks, he has opened himself up for people to assume he meant it the way you interpreted it.

With literally thousands of news articles produced about the death of Benazeer Bhutto, there is not much left to say about it. The media has begun to inflate her importance, but the real story will now become the aftermath. Bhutto