[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Why have none of the witnesses to this tawdry insult come forward and shown this (petty) man up for what he is?
Surely they can't all be subject to a gagging order. If I had heard him say something like that and then he had denied it I would be telling anyone who would listen.....the fact that he has been accused of such a thing does nothing for his credibility.

It's not so much that he said it but that he denied having said it that affects his credibility in my opinion. If he had either admitted to having said it and apologised or even admitted to having said it and confirmed that he still stood by his convictions I would think no less of him - but to deny having said something that he was witnessed saying just undermines his credibility.