Friday, February 08, 2008

Backpedaling Furiously.

The Berkeley City Council and Mayor, that is.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday for his hard stance against a Marine recruiting center.

Two City Council members vowed to soften their stance as well.



On the other hand, Code Pink wasn't too happy:


"I was under the impression that we have the right of free speech," said Xanne Joi of Code Pink. "To me, I thought free speech meant you get to say what you want without recrimination."


*laughs*

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