Thursday, October 28, 2004
Kentucky Republicans are Nuts
Apparently, in Kentucky, it is perfectly ok to be out of your mind, so long as you are a Republilcan.
Two Republican leaders, campaigning for Jim "Who am I, Where am I" Bunning, questioned the sexuality of Bunning's Democratic opponent, as somehow this is appropriate campaign behavior.
Twice yesterday Senate President David Williams referred to Dan Mongiardo as "limp wristed" while another state Senator questioned whether using the word "man" was even appropriate.
Incredulously, Williams tried to defend the term "limp wristed" as not a "sexual slur" but rather a description of someone who was weak. When the reporters looked as puzzled as any thinking person would over this explanation, Williams blustered:
"I'm not going to have them limiting my choice of vocabulary, my freedom of speech..."
He then tried to figure out why Democrats would find this charge offensive. He says:
"I'm not saying anything about anyone's sexual orientation. But if I were -- are they saying that's pejorative, that it's bad to be homosexual? I don't think they would say that, but how can they have it both ways?"
No Williams, you neanderthal, no one in their right mind would assume you were flattering Mongiardo, or any other homosexual, with the deragatory term "limp wristed."
If you wanted to try to dispel the image that Kentucky is filled with a bunch of slack jawed country bumpkins, their leadership in the state certainly did not achieve it.
And all of this while Senator Bunning is proudly claiming that he only watches Fox News, doesn't read newspapers, and got the date wrong on the most horrific attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor.
Yeah, limp wristed candidates are certainly at the top of your worries.
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Two Republican leaders, campaigning for Jim "Who am I, Where am I" Bunning, questioned the sexuality of Bunning's Democratic opponent, as somehow this is appropriate campaign behavior.
Twice yesterday Senate President David Williams referred to Dan Mongiardo as "limp wristed" while another state Senator questioned whether using the word "man" was even appropriate.
Incredulously, Williams tried to defend the term "limp wristed" as not a "sexual slur" but rather a description of someone who was weak. When the reporters looked as puzzled as any thinking person would over this explanation, Williams blustered:
"I'm not going to have them limiting my choice of vocabulary, my freedom of speech..."
He then tried to figure out why Democrats would find this charge offensive. He says:
"I'm not saying anything about anyone's sexual orientation. But if I were -- are they saying that's pejorative, that it's bad to be homosexual? I don't think they would say that, but how can they have it both ways?"
No Williams, you neanderthal, no one in their right mind would assume you were flattering Mongiardo, or any other homosexual, with the deragatory term "limp wristed."
If you wanted to try to dispel the image that Kentucky is filled with a bunch of slack jawed country bumpkins, their leadership in the state certainly did not achieve it.
And all of this while Senator Bunning is proudly claiming that he only watches Fox News, doesn't read newspapers, and got the date wrong on the most horrific attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor.
Yeah, limp wristed candidates are certainly at the top of your worries.
