Commentator Don Surber says, enough with the apologies already. He's fed up with both demands for apologies and apology as spectacle by politicians:

I am tired of the politicization of the apology. Phony apologies water down not only the meaning of an apology, but also the political discourse.

Some apologies are necessary and sincere. The apology was quick and private after Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller denigrated the military experience of Republican Sen. John McCain last week.

But too often, political apologies are public spectacles.

When the Florida legislature apologized for slavery, it came decades after the last slave had gone to heaven. It did no one any good, but it sure made legislators feel morally superior.

Apologizing for someone else's actions is stealing a little glory. How smug. How self-satisfied. The mea culpa is all about me.

Almost as bad is the call for an apology. Someone says something that someone doesn't like, and the offended party demands an apology.

Go read the rest.

Charleston Daily Mail