BET founder mimics Va. gov candidate's speech (Creigh Deeds)

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g5MpguPtx36R1aEK4o3XUqcumLHAD9B56JBG2

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RICHMOND, Va. — The billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television apologized Monday for pretending to stutter at a campaign event as she mimicked the Democratic candidate for governor.

BET co-founder Sheila Johnson, for years a major donor to President Barack Obama, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and other Democrats, stunned Virginia political observers in July by endorsing Republican Bob McDonnell in the governor's race.

He is running against Democrat Creigh Deeds to replace Kaine, who is barred by state law from running for a second straight term.

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In a YouTube video posted by Democratic blogger Ben Tribbett from a Sept. 25 McDonnell reception, Johnson tells a small crowd that Virginia needs a governor "who can really communicate, and Bob McDonnell can communicate."

"The other people I talk to, especially his op-op-op-o-opponent, di-di-did this all through my interview with him," she said to muted laughter. Then she added, "He could not articulate what needed to be done."

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[rpannier]

1. sickening

I guess when you're a billionaire you feel you can do and say anything

[Fuzz]

3. I know I would.

;)

[bbinacan]

2. This is an apology?

"I shouldn't have done it in the manner in which I did and for that I apologize for any offense he, or others, may have taken," Johnson said.

[stevedeshazer]

4. The standard, classic non-apology.

That's it. Right there.