Rick Sanchez of CNN slipped up, today. At least, he says he slipped up. He was talking about President Obama and he was trying to make a point and he finished his thought saying that Obama is "the cotton pickin' President." After the commercial break, he said that he noticed that some of his Twitter friends tweeted that he probably should not have described our President in such terms. The phrase might be taken as a racial dig. He then goes on, at length, apologizing for the remark.
Hey, look! I used to make a living doing LIVE TV. Granted most of my stuff was scripted and I had my eyes glued on the teleprompter, but not all of it was scripted! Being on CNN is a big deal! A large amount of preparation should go into ad libs! As far as I'm concerned, you can file this one under "The things we do for ratings." We, the TV audience, have a short attention span. If you have something to say, say it and move on. We will hear the same story over and over again!
But, on the other hand, he is handsome!
