The 'Not As Bad As Bennett' Defense

I don't know if Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin ever said anything racist or not, but no one is even suggesting he uttered anything like what recently came out of the mouth of Moralist-In-Chief Bill Bennett:

...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. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down.

Holy crap.