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William Bennett, former Education Secretary and Drug Czar, author of “Book of Virtues,” and admitted gambling addict (oops!), is in a bit of hot water over a statement he made on his radio program, “Morning in America.” When a caller asked for his views on the idea that legalized abortion has lowered crime rates (a controversial theory proposed by Steven Levitt and John Donohue), Bennett fired off this little gem:

I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down

He clarified that of course it would be “an impossible, ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down.”

When every sane person in the world called for an apology, he defended his statements by saying that he was merely stating a hypothetical situation to prove that it’s difficult to extrapolate cause and effect. He doesn’t really want to kill black babies, everybody! He loves black people! And their crime!

To his credit, Bush authorized his frightened puppy spokesman, Scott McClellan, to issue the following forcefully-worded statement:

The president believes the comments were not appropriate

Right on! Take that, Kanye.

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