Running to keep her appointed Senate seat against a far more qualified (and black) opponent, Mississippi Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith praised a supporter by saying that if he invited her to a "public hanging" -- a.k.a. a lynching -- she'd be in the front row. Just another Mississippi idiom, according to Cindy.
At last night's debate, she finally issued an "apology" -- one of those non-apology apologies we've all heard so often: "If anyone was offended by what I said, I'm sorry." Translation: "I did nothing wrong. If it upset you, you're a wussy. Suck it up, buttercup." She was so obviously insincere that she read her remarks from a printed page and did not bother to look at Mike Espy while she read them.
If a stupid, tasteless reference to lynching while running against an African American doesn't garner a genuine apology from Cindy of the South, I wonder if this will:
It's a charming photo of her wearing a Confederate cap and holding a rebel rifle while visiting the Jefferson Davis museum. She posted it to her FB page with the comment, "Mississippi history at its best!" Is that right, Cindy?
I prefer Nina Simone's comment: "Mississippi goddam!"
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