Oh Yeah, He's a Real Riot

Attaturk knows something about writing bad jokes. As anybody that has read this blog knows, if there is a right-wing balloon I can pop by referring to a winger as an idiot or hypocrite I will NEVER pass up the opportunity. That includes the occasional trip down the low road.

However, there is a difference between the well-deserved jibe and sheer racist, hateful, and bigotted tripe. There is a difference between an off-color quip and a mouth-breather's diatribe.

Such was the product of one Joe Corsi, alleged author and frequent Freeper. Late last week Mr. Corsi was exposed for the knuckle-dragging baffoon that he is by Media Matters with assistance from Atrios.

Well, the national media, namely the AP eventually picked up on this and lo and behold Mr. Corsi is doing his Triumph the Insult Dog impression.

But as he prepared to launch the book, "Unfit for Command," Jerry Corsi apologized for the remarks in an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, saying they were meant as a joke and he never intended to offend anyone.

In chat room entry last year on freerepublic.com, Corsi writes: "Islam is a peaceful religion — just as long as the women are beaten, the boys buggered and the infidels are killed."

In another entry, he says: "So this is what the last days of the Catholic Church are going to look like. Buggering boys undermines the moral base and the lawyers rip the gold off the Vatican (news - web sites) altars. We may get one more Pope, when this senile one dies, but that's probably about it."

Corsi, who described himself as a "devout Catholic," said the comments are being taken out of context. "I considered them a joke," said Corsi, who owns a financial services company and has written extensively on the anti-war movement.

In a March posting, Corsi discussed Kerry's faith, writing: "After he married TerRAHsa, didn't John Kerry begin practicing Judaism? He also has paternal grandparents that were Jewish. What religion is John Kerry?"

Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, are Catholic.

"I don't stand by any of those comments and I apologize if they offended anybody," Corsi said.

Uh-Huh, anybody buying this? Didn't think so.