I must admit, I would've thought a civil rights "pioneer" wouldn't have succumbed so quickly to a backlash he initiated.
Georgia Rep. John Lewis said Saturday that controversial remarks he made comparing the feeling at recent Republican rallies to those of segregationist George Wallace were misinterpreted.
The civil rights icon issued a statement Saturday evening which said a "careful review" of his remarks made earlier in the day "would reveal that I did not compare Sen. John McCain or Gov. Sarah Palin to George Wallace."
He just happened to use everyone's name in the same sentence is all.
"Misinterpreted" is code speak for "They didn't hear what I said the way I meant to say it when I didn't say it the way they should have heard it."
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