I try to read everything that's sent me - PLAY scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the AUTHOR hasn't grabbed me by PAGE 25, the piece GOES back with a note of apology.

I can GET behind any STORY that's willing to TELL itself without APOLOGY.

To me, as I SEE it, reparations would be something that is FAIRLY specific to the descendants of SLAVES, and it would also be an official apology from the United STATES government for SLAVERY.

It's hard to pin Beto down on what he really stands for. Between the clumsy apologies and vacant platitudes, he doesn't seem to have a SET of philosophical priorities other than USING his goofy ears to do a lot of listening so he doesn't have to make any TRULY BOLD policy declarations.