Walt Havenstein: Another episode of "I didn't know what it REALLY meant back then", but does he now? - Granite Grok

Walt Havenstein: Another episode of “I didn’t know what it REALLY meant back then”, but does he now?

There exists a phrase that came to be when politics realized a fundamental truth: the Internet never forgets.  Some politicians, above a certain age, have had a hard time coming to grips that whatever they have said, wherever they were, once uploaded to the ‘Net, were not going to go away – forever. Words that they wish they had never said cannot be pulled back.  Words said to one set of people can be compared to a different set of folks. Like the slur that he used against the TEA Party that Walt Havenstein has been trying to deflect from and non-apologize for since it first appeared with reasoning that since he didn’t know what the word meant then he need not apologize for it now (even as he does understand its meaning to a large number of folks), .  Gosh, if I had a nickel for every time I got out of apologizing for something in the past.

Anyways, it seems that Walt was all enamored with newly elected President Obama’s words back in 2009 when he spoke at the Naval Academy’s Leadership Council.  I do wonder if this is a repeat performance; “I didn’t know what Obama meant by those words at the time” as it certainly is clear now that President “So sue me”‘s words certainly don’t mean the same thing as the way he has governed.  Quoting someone at length in giving a speech at such an important institution gives that person praise, gravitas, and importance and Havenstein does exactly that.  Now what?:

The problem is that most of us Conservative activists certainly knew who Obama was well before his inauguration – and certainly all of us at GraniteGrok.  Researching his background, his friends, his resume, his speeches – a well known entity.  Obviously, Havenstein didn’t – or did and didn’t care (one or the other).   Slur, Democrat Governors Association appearance, now this.   Now what, folks?

For full context, after the jump:

 

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