In a prior post, I reacted to the comments of New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino in which he took jabs at the gay and lesbian community. Paladino said that children should not be " brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option [compared with heterosexuality]. ... it isn't." In a letter Tuesday, Paladino issued an apology to the gay and lesbian community. He immediately followed that by stating if elected he will fight for the rights of all New Yorkers. These sympathy and image-protecting apologies arise more than towns on a highway. The depths in which a politician will steep to in order to flip a tarnished image is an act we witness all too often. For the public persona, it's refreshing when they don't make it out. Mark Sanford can attest to that.
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