(Tommy) Thompson Revises Apology on Gay Comment - AP

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Thompson Revises Apology on Gay Comment

By SCOTT BAUER
The Associated Press
Saturday, May 12, 2007; 3:23 PM

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. -- Tommy Thompson cited a dead hearing aid and an
urgent need to use the bathroom in explaining on Saturday why he said at
a GOP presidential debate that an employer should be allowed to fire a
gay worker.

Speaking to reporters after giving an address at the state GOP convention,
Thompson also said he was suffering from the flu and bronchitis and had
been admitted to a hospital emergency room three days prior to the May 3
debate.

"Nobody knows that," Thompson said. "I've been very sick. ... I was very
sick the day of the debate. I had all of the problems with the flu and
bronchitis that you have, including running to the bathroom. I was just
hanging on. I could not wait until the debate got off so I could go to
the bathroom."

Thompson said he thought he was being asked if there were enough laws
already to address discrimination in the workplace. The question at the
debate was, "If a private employer finds homosexuality immoral, should
he be allowed to fire a gay worker?"

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051200782.html

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Yeah, sure. That's what it was. :eyes:

[youngdem]

1. Lemme get this straight. He said he came across as a bigot because

he's deaf and needed to pee?

BWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA


:spray: :rofl:

[orwell]

2. I guess he had...

...diarrhea of the mouth...

[shenmue]

3. That's interesting, the anti-gay flu?

Hope it's not catching.

:dunce:

[Lobster Martini]

4. The "I misspoke because I can't hear myself piddle" defense...

Haven't heard that one for a while.

I can't think of anything to write that doesn't make me laugh too hard to type, make me piddle in the chair and leave me deaf.

[rodeodance]

5. so, it is "the flu made me say it"---!!!

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Maybe he should have emulated that astronaut and done the diaper thing. n/t