Why would anyone be surprised? This is Clarkson's M.O.
Push boundaries, irritate liberal sensibilities, shock, then use your media clout to get away with it while simultaneously enhancing your profile with your key demographic. He's just pushed it too far this time. The only question is: Is it going to be a slow enough news week that it will provide activist groups and politicians the space to pummel him.
These are the times when public figures hope for a nice distracting, headline grabbing disaster somewhere in the world.
(, Thu 1 May 2014, 22:00, Reply)
It will turn out
That he votes UKIP
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Thu 1 May 2014, 22:04,
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See the end of the piece. It's the Reagan defense.
Clarkson: "Please be assured I did everything in my power to not use that word, as I'm sitting here begging your forgiveness for the fact my efforts obviously weren't quite good enough, thank you."
Reagan: "A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not."
(, Thu 1 May 2014, 22:23, Reply)
Or John Kerry:
I voted for the $87 Million before I voted against it.
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gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Thu 1 May 2014, 22:28,
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It's no synchronicity.
Different words, but It's still a public relations crafted message that achieves the same purpose.
(, Fri 2 May 2014, 0:43, Reply)
Oh come on! Oh well.
I hope we'll have a meeting of minds on something else some other day.
(, Fri 2 May 2014, 0:54, Reply)