tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731543.post1039540348512650218..comments2023-12-22T14:13:37.248-05:00Comments on Tattered Sleeve: Gerry Ritz and the Sorry (Excuse for) ToriesScott in Montrealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10702697033209213403noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731543.post-49016166469908537672008-09-19T14:57:00.000-04:002008-09-19T14:57:00.000-04:00I too thought that Gerry Ritz's apology was lame a...I too thought that Gerry Ritz's apology was lame and insincere. In fact, I thought it couldn't have been MORE insincere if he tried.<BR/><BR/>Firstly, he entered the room with a "sour grapes" look on his face and despite the people in charge telling him where he was to stand, he just immediately started READING his apology from the hallway where most people missed the first few words he appeared to "reluctantly" utter.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, he READ the apology that must have been written by someone other than himself due to all the stammering through certain parts of it. He rarely looked up from his paper and did not make eye contact with anyone that I could see during the parts that he should have been speaking from the heart. This is not a sincere apology as anyone can tell. It was simply somethng he was told to do against his free will in order to save his party from more ridicule. <BR/><BR/>Thirdly, without taking the look of sour grapes off his face, he barely completed the last word on the paper before stomping off in the other direction, failing to even acknowledge even one question from the press--who represents the people--who are his voters.<BR/><BR/>I live in Gerry Ritz's constituency and admit that he has received my vote in the past. <BR/><BR/>I also know that comments can be made in a tongue in cheek way to lighten a mood while in private and I was willing to forgive Mr. Ritz for this faux pas.<BR/><BR/>After seeing his insincere and unheartfelt apology and how he treated those people who represent his voters, I can say that at this moment, I am seriously rethinking voting for Gerry Ritz.<BR/><BR/>He is a different person that I thought he was.prairiemobilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582696912753442964noreply@blogger.com