No parody necessary (but still provided)
WASHINGTON — Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader, apologized on Saturday for once predicting that Barack Obama could become the country’s first black president because he was “light-skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Mr. Reid telephoned the president to convey his regret personally, aides to both men said, for a comment from a new published account of the 2008 presidential race.
I’d love to listen in on that phone call.
“Mr. President, I want to offer my sincerest apologies for telling the truth. I assure you, from now on, I will only play the race card when comparing your critics to slaveholders.”
“Apology accepted, Harry. But seriously, you can’t use the word ‘Negro’ anymore. Just be glad you’re not a Republican. This would be in the headlines for a month.