why would the Republicans apologize for exploit racial conflict for votes when they where never racist?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-14-GOP-racial-politics_x.htm
do you forgive them?

I forgive them.

Politics is a dirty game, and the long time Republican strategy of creating racial strife created many racists in our country. They created people like Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Sean Hannity, who all express hints racism in their rants on air.

Republicans need to turn the page and stop creating the racial divide.

I forgive them, but I will never be a Republican. I will never accept a party that did what the Republicans did for the last 45 years.