Maybe old news already: Rep. Monique Davis apologized?

[Lost-in-FL]

Davis' anti-atheist tirade goes national
MSNBC "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann designated Ill. Rep. Monique Davis (D- Chicago) as Tuesday's "Worst Person in The World" for her verbal attack last week on atheist activist Rob Sherman: Davis owes the witness and everybody in this country who believes in freedom of religion an apology. And if she can’t figure that out, she should resign and take her prejudice with her. But she also needs to improve her own education. That phrase, “This is the land of Lincoln where people believe in God.” Ms. Davis said that in Springfield where, when Lincoln first ran for Congress in 1846, the future great president was accused by his opponent of being an atheist.
You not only spat on the fundamental American freedom to embrace religion, a religion or no religion, Assemblywomen Davis, but you also made a damn fool out of yourself in the process.

UPDATE --- At his Web site, Sherman is reporting (and I have not cofirmed since Davis has not returned several phone calls from me) that he has accepted an apology that Davis offered to him over the phone:

Davis said that she had been upset, earlier in the day, to learn that a twenty-second and twenty-third Chicago Public School student this school year had been shot to death that morning. She said that it was wrong for her to take out her anger, frustrations and emotions on me, and that she apologized to me.

I told her that her explanation was reasonable and that I forgave her.....she thanked me for forgiving her .....

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/04/davis-anti-athe.html

[dbackjon]

1. You mean OBAMA SUPPORTER DAVIS

Who goes to the same church as Obama?

Yup, that is her, in all of her bigoted, ignorant glory. An embarassment to the Democratic Party.

[MADem]

2. Not sucha swell spokesperson for her candidate, is she?? nt

[baldguy]

3. I guess Hillary is responsible for everything Mark Penn does?

[dbackjon]

8. You're right. Obamabots have NEVER criticized Hillary based on a supporter's views

[Lost-in-FL]

7. I bet there are Hillary and McCain supporters that are ok...

with Davis statement to Sherman.

[PVnRT]

9. FAIL

[SidDithers]

4. She apologized to Sherman, not to atheists in general...

not even the obligatory "I apologize to people who took offence at my remarks."

Sid

[derby378]

5. Exactly

My wife is still waiting for her apology.

As far as I'm concerned, Davis is still fair game.

[Lost-in-FL]

6. A week old apology...

leaves a lot to think about. She only did it because it went national and it is NOT a sincere apology.