Last night Duane “Dog” Chapman appeared on Fox News’ Hannity and Colmes to apologize for his racist remarks and to try to explain what happened. From what I’ve read, Dog felt he had a “special connection” with black America and used to say “I’m black too”….

“In other words, my whole life I’ve been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that…so when I stood there and said, ‘I kind of know what you feel like, because I’ve been there, too,’ that I felt that I could embrace and like, as brothers…say the word.”

“I now learned I’m not black at all, and I never did it out of hate,” Chapman continued. “This sounds so stupid. I always did it out of love. Other white guys would be like, ‘Boy, who does Dog think he is? Dog can say that.’ And black guys would be with me and walk with me and respect me.

“So, I went too far with that.”

You know, I think Dog has been through enough - and the crap that keeps flying just doesn’t seem to want to stop. I think Dog is handling the situation as best he can. He’s doing his damage control and from the looks of our (ever so un-scientific) poll, we’d all love to see Dog back in the saddle again and back on TV.

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