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Back in the days when railroad travel was more common than it is today, a man took a long trip which required use of a sleeper berth. It was infested with insects, and when he got home he wrote an irate letter to the railroad to complain.

He gets back a long and flowery missive from the railroad president himself, apologizing profusely and explaining that such a thing had never been known to happen before, heads would roll, etc.

The irate traveler was prepared to be satisfied with this until he noticed another piece of paper, obviously put in with the apology by accident. It turned out to be his original letter of complaint, with a note scrawled in the corner: "Send this crank the bedbug letter."

(via Columbia (SC) State)

The director of operations for Jim DeMint’s U.S. Senate campaign has been reprimanded for derogatory remarks she made about gays and lesbians in an errant e-mail.

Ginny Allen was admonished personally Monday by the Republican nominee, who promised in a letter of apology that she would be dealt with “according to office guidelines.”

Allen was not fired. Attempts to reach her for comment were unsuccessful Monday.

Lisa Hall, chairwoman of the Central Savannah River Area Rainbow Alliance, which works to raise awareness of gay and lesbian issues, in July invited both Senate campaigns to an Oct. 7 town hall meeting to discuss issues of interest to gay voters.

Democratic nominee Inez Tenenbaum promptly promised to send a representative, but after receiving no reply from the DeMint campaign, Hall sent a follow-up e-mail Monday.

Allen, apparently thinking she was forwarding the e-mail to someone inside the campaign, inadvertently replied to Hall.

“Come on, fag, give this dike a reply,” Allen wrote.

DeMint sent Hall a personal letter of apology Monday for the “extremely inappropriate remarks” in the e-mail.

“Mrs. Allen’s remarks do not reflect my beliefs or the character of the campaign,” DeMint wrote. “I am running a positive campaign of ideas, and that includes personal respect for others.”

Yeah right. Let's see what does represent his "beliefs and character."

During three terms in Congress, DeMint has consistently opposed allowing gays and lesbians to marry. He backs a constitutional amendment to prohibit it nationwide.

“The government cannot approve and promote homosexuality,” DeMint says in a video on his campaign Web site. “If we approve gay marriages, we’ve, in effect done that.”

Well, that's just so much better! See? No "fag" or "dyke" in that, so this must mean he's really okay.