"I grew up in Alabama and I understand, uh…I know this from my own experience; blacks are not the greatest swimmers, or may not even know how to swim."

What do you know? He's running for Katherine Harris's seat in Congress as a Republican. I'm so happy that Erick from Redstate is really thrilled with his apology. After all, this is from the political operative who's trying to change the law and disenfranchise black voters in Georgia, so he'd know that this was sincerely out of Hudson's character. So, hey it must be some kinda apology.

TRex:

Okay, well how about you say that to US Olympic Swimmer Cullen Jones?

Jones won this summer’s 50-meter freestyle event at the pre-Olympic trials in Los Angeles, beating out 2004 Gold Medalist Gary Hall, Jr., as well as former Olympians Jason Lezak and Michael Phelps. But hey, good Republicans like Hudson never met a racial stereotype they didn’t like. What’s next? Watermelon jokes? A GOP minstrel show? A cross-burning on the steps of the House of Representatives?...read on