Time's Halperin Apologizes For Saying Edwards "Thinks Obama Is Kind Of A Pussy"

Fishbowl DC reported this morning that Time's Mark Halperin "has a filthy, dirty mouth," quoting from his interview yesterday with Sirius Radio's Bill Geddie:

BILL GEDDIE: Haven't we heard all along that [John Edwards] doesn't like [Hillary Clinton], haven't we heard this?

MARK HALPERIN: Yes, that's right. And I can tell you, he's really skeptical of her ability to be the kind of president he wants. But, he kinda thinks Obama is..he thinks Obama is kind of a pussy.He has real questions about Obama's toughness, his readiness for the office.he has real doubts about Obama, not just as a president, but as a general election candidate.

This afternoon, Halperin issued a very vague apology on Time.com's The Page:

I'm sorry. In a live radio interview this week, I used a word I shouldn't have. The fact that I was conveying other people's words is no excuse for my lapse in judgment. It won't happen again. -- Mark Halperin

Comments

[Ouroboros]

Matt Drudge rules Mark Halperin's world. Are all the conservative mouthpieces and politicians closeted people with major identity problems or just big dorks?

[desertdweller]

Halperin is a Republican partisan. Case Closed.

[olderdem]

Would it be sexist to call Hillary a "pussy"?

Her vote on the Iraq war showed a lack of political courage. Was that a "pussy" vote? Or just a lack of "balls" to do what is right?

[roncraw]

Obama spoke against the war when his opinion was meaningless. Since he has been in the Senate his vote is a carbon copy of Hillarys. It takes no courage when your audience at the time was minute.

[bluestatelib]

I was part of that audience in Illinois aware of Obama's anti-war stance in 2002. At a time when 70% of the American public supported that murderous war, Obama publicly came out against it while Hillary voted to authorize it for the most cowardly political reasons. I along with millions of other Illinoisans rewarded his courage and foresight by electing him to the Senate in 2004.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhpKmQCCwB8

[liberalsrheros]

so now he's saying it's an edward's quote..."The fact that I was conveying other people's words....."

f'n top notch reporting and analysis

[Waitaminute]

Yeah, when halperin was confronted because of the "pussy" statement, he punked out like the pussy he is. He blamed it on Edwards.

[Grulg]

Naw guys, tell us what youse REALLY think!! Dang that's great. Well-there ya go-they're telling us what they think or what was REALLY said. That's important. But I suspect this guy is better than that.

[wm1066]

Halperin is an idiot but he is being proped by powerful people to play the boob. He takes the heat for what Cheney wants him to say.

[AntonBursch]

The MSNCB dude gets suspended over 'pimped' and this guy claims that one presidential candidate thinks the other is a 'pussy' and gets to just apologize away?

This is kind of a comment is damaging to Edwards and Obama and the Democratic party. THIS is the kind of comment that should be followed by suspension of some kind.

What a dick.

[sayitloud]

On pimping out and being a pussy: Are these so-called journalists terribly undersexed or just undeserving to represent news organizations with their inability to use standard English effectively?

[2zzday]

Excellent point! Can't we raise the level of discourse for crying out loud? And journalists can't understand why we think our media is a disgrace.