A Muckraker Other: Tiger Woods should not have apologized

Tiger Woods should not have begun this tawdry self-flogging of public apologies. It will get him nowhere in the long run because, in the long run, golf games are not decided on whether he is "loved" by the public. It will matter in the least whether his peanut gallery is the biggest or his endorsements are the largest or whether little

children in ghettos and suburbs alike want to adore him because the game of golf is not won by popularity. Mr Woods' athletic achievements have had everything to do with him and nothing to do with public support. He is not a public broadcasting station made possible by sanctimonious viewers like somebody you may know. But the man has ridden long and comfortably in the white limousine.

The public apology shows he is not yet man enough to "just do it" without needing to be America's sweetheart

And like other non-white stars (Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Alex Rodriguez, Kobe Bryant) who got all too accustomed to that lush leather interior and perpetual Go pass, when the ride halts and the driver turns round and demands a rider's fee, then it's time to pay up or hit the road and keep on trucking. But Mr Woods does love travelling in that white limousine. The public apology shows he is not yet man enough to "just do it" without needing to be America's sweetheart. PR management, my foot. Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Donald Trump, South Carolina Gov. Sanford, Brad Pitt: has any of these people asked for the public's forgiveness? Hell no! Forgiveness for what?!

Oh Mr Woods. Bitches will forever hold it against him for being unfaithful as if infidelity is the worst thing in the world; white men will hold it against him for having the audacity to cheat on his white, blond wife (and for kicking their asses in golf); and that limousine will not likely ever return to cruise control.

Mr Woods' athletic achievements have had everything to do with him and nothing to do with public support. He is not a public broadcasting station made possible by sanctimonious viewers

Man, he needs to clear his head, get back in the swing of that little white ball, and invite whoever wants to to kiss his mega-rich natural black/Asian ass if they don't like it.