After receiving national attention at Mother Jones and other venues for racist, sexist and homophobic remarks on his defunct Mr. Conservative blog, Minnesota First District Republican congressional candidate Jim Hagedorn has issued a non-apology apology on Facebook.
It's a pugnacious non-apology apology. Hagedorn praises his own "hard-hitting and tongue-in-cheek commentary" while claiming that the lack of art in some of it might make someone feel bad. There's no acknowledgement that the content itself is offensive.
From Facebook:
Over the years I have written political satire and commentary, most of which defended conservative ideals and took aim at national politicians I felt were failing the American people and hurting our country.
Even though most of my writings were composed more than 10 years ago, national and DFL liberals are determined to attack me personally, mostly by exhibiting snippets of out-dated, misunderstood or out-of-context material and calling me derogatory names.
In this case, the rather worn and tired Democrat tactic of personal destruction and demonization is designed to deflect attention from the serious problems confronting our nation and the failed big government record of President Barack Obama and devoted liberal followers like incumbent DFL Congressman Tim Walz.
Of course, these same politically correct liberals remain undeterred by the offensive writings authored in the past by Al Franken. In spite of this hypocrisy, I do acknowledge that some of my hard-hitting and tongue-in-cheek commentary was less than artfully constructed or included language that could lead to hurt feelings. I offer a sincere and heartfelt apology.
Rather than dwell in the rigged game of political correctness, my campaign will forge ahead and continue to engage with the people of southern Minnesota and address the issues that will decide our country’s future during these critical times.
And of course: attack Al Franken.
Update: We think that the jokey name for this candidate bestowed by our pipartisan friends on their latest podcast at Wrong About Everything, "Hatecorn," might just work.
In October 2009, Bluestem Prairie was the first to examine the content of Hagedorn's blog, Mr. Conservative. Following Friday's publication of Tim Murphy's House Candidate Called Female Senators "Undeserving Bimbos in Tennis Shoes" at Mother Jones, the news of Minnesota First Congressional District Republican candidate Jim Hagedorn's defunct "Mr. Conservative" blog has gone viral.
Screenshot: Jim Hagedorn and his pretend Internet girlfriend, pretend television ad character Flo. The actress who plays Flo supports progressive candidates and causes, including Emily's List(above); The Facebook post (below).
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