Following the right-wing model for apologies, Ed should've said this:

[scheming daemons]

"I apologize if anyone was offended."


Personally, I would've apologized like this:

"I'm sorry for calling Laura Ingraham a slut. What I mean was that she was an insufferable asshole."

[provis99]

1. Asshole only applies to males.

calling a woman an asshole makes as much sense as calling her a jackass.

[scheming daemons]

2. Who says asshole only applies to males? Women have them too...

...

[provis99]

5. come on. No one calls women assholes.

Admit it. It's a word directed at males. At least admit it is mostly directed at males.

[dflprincess]

3. He should have apologized to sluts

Sorry, couldn't resist. Flame if you must

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. I can think of another four letter word (n/m)