Knotts downplayed the comment when contacted for an explanation, saying his use of the offensive term was intended to be "lighthearted."Well, so much for my theory that Knotts was offering up his impersonation of SC voters who might be persuaded by arguments that Obama is a sekrit Muslim and Haley is a sekrit Sikh. Apparently Knotts has confirmed that he was speaking for himself but that he was just goofing, being funny... you know bar humor. And apparently Knotts is one of those idiots who thinks Obama just might be a sekrit Muslim.
"My 'rag-head' comments about Obama and Haley were intended in jest," Knotts said in a statement. "Bear in mind that this is a freewheeling, anything-goes Internet radio show that is broadcast from a pub. It's like [the] local political version of Saturday Night Live, which is actually where the joke came from." A search of Saturday Night Live transcripts did not show any comments similar to Sen. Knotts' use of the slur.
Knotts also offered a back-handed apology to Obama and Haley: "Since my intended humorous context was lost in translation, I apologize," he continued. "I still believe Ms. Haley is pretending to be someone she is not, much as Obama did, but I apologize to both for an unintended slur."
But hey, maybe he's right and Pub Politics is like Saturday Night Live. But I listened to the whole show and I didn't hear or see any skits and if Knotts is a comedian he did a terrible, awful job setting up his joke. Nobody laughed, so even if he didn't think it was offensive when he said it even he would have to acknowledge his joke fell extremely flat.
In fact, it may be the worst attempt at a joke by a would be comedian since Michael Richard jumped the shark:
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