Kramer Gets Bad Advice

Michael Richards, desperate to save his career after his racist tirade at the Laugh Factory, is getting some bad advice:

Michael Richards is doing damage control.

In the aftermath of his racist tirade against two black hecklers during a standup comedy routine, Richards on Wednesday hired a publicist with strong ties to the black community who set up calls to the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

New York publicist Howard Rubenstein took on Richards as a client, then arranged for the actor to call the black leaders.

"Michael apologized profusely," Rubenstein said. "He wants to heal the tremendous wound that he's inflicted on the American public, and on the African-American community. ... I think it was a positive discussion."

Jackson said Richards called "expressing his remorse and his confusion."

"He's embarrassed. He got caught on tape. That's a big part of his anxiety now," said Jackson.

"Clearly he needs some race sensibility training, and some psychiatric help. His anger is volatile and dangerous to himself and others," Jackson said. "I hope he gets the help he needs. But the culture that's producing this kind of animosity toward blacks must be addressed. ... We're increasingly facing cultural isolation in Hollywood, in the movies and in TV."

So tell me, who's going to get Jackson to apologize for cheating on his wife and having a child out of wedlock, or extorting businesses to fund his Monochrome Coalition? And who'll get Sharpton to apologize for falsely accusing a New York detective or inciting a riot against Jewish store owners in New York? Jackson and Sharpton aren't exactly pillars of the community and yet Richards is supposed to apologize to these reprobates? Geez.

Meanwhile, the rude comedy patrons who got this whole thing started by heckling Richards as he did his act have hired lawyer Gloria Allred to represent them. She is already demanding "reparations". Notice she said "reparations" and not "compensation". There's an important difference, at least to the black community who is supposed to be so terribly offended by Richards.

Richards did something dumb and no amount of further apologies or even dollars will ever cause the race mongers to allow him to be forgiven. They've got him right where they want him and will continue to beat him like a drum for as long as they can make political hay out of it.