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November 9, 2004: Headlines: COS - Colombia: Election2004 - Farr: KSBW: Rep. Sam Farr is apologizing for comments he made about the presidential race
Rep. Sam Farr is apologizing for comments he made about the presidential race
Rep. Sam Farr is apologizing for comments he made about the presidential race
Farr Apologizes For Election Remark
Congressman: If My Comment Offended, I'm Sorry
POSTED: 4:11 pm PST November 9, 2004
UPDATED: 6:19 pm PST November 9, 2004
MONTEREY, Calif. -- Central Coast Democratic Rep. Sam Farr is apologizing for comments he made about the presidential race.
When asked why the results in California were so different than the rest of the country, Farr told the Monterey Herald: "I think if the rest of country had invested in higher education like California, you would have had a more educated electorate and a California outcome in the rest of the country."
"It was the night after the election. Everybody was sort of wondering why the blue states, why the red states. I thought I'd say, 'Look, the blue states are the big university states.' I mean, it was an off-handed comment and it's surprising that there's this kind of reaction to it," Farr said.
Incensed voters wrote letters to the Herald blasting Farr's remarks as disparaging and called his local office to complain.
On Tuesday, Farr apologized.
"If my comment offended somebody, I'm sorry. It was meant in humor," he said.
Farr returns to Congress next week. He commented on the session ahead.
"We go back into session next week and we will see the President has got to propose to the Congress what he wants in this agenda and I think if he does what he says and he steers from the middle, then you're going to have a Congress that's collaborative," he said.
The defeat of Tom Dascle makes California's Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress. Farr said she will take charge of where the Democrats go next.
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