Thompson apologizes for gay remark at the debate.. "misinterpreted"

[IChing]

At the debate Thompson was asked by the moderator: "If a private employer finds homosexuality immoral, should he be allowed to fire a gay worker?"

The former Wisconsin governor answered: "I think that is left up to the individual business. I really sincerely believe that that is an issue that business people have got to make their own determination as to whether or not they should be." The moderator appeared a bit startled: "OK, so the answer is yes?" Thompson replied, "Yes."

In a telephone interview from O'Hare Airport, Thompson told "American Morning" that he "misinterpreted" the question and should have asked to have it repeated.


http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/05/thompson-apologizes-for-comment-on-gay.html

Sorta like that Jew remark he made.............who supports these bozos?

[LondonReign2]

1. You kidding?

Republicans *love* his first answer! That's who supports these (not bozos) assholes.

[IronScorpio5]

2. What a lying pos...he knew what he was saying.

how much do i hate those bastards?!?!

[JackBeck]

3. Someone needs to ask him if he supports ENDA.

[bbgrunt]

4. ...misinterpreted? right. take it from wisconsinite--he's a boob.

[dragonlady]

25. Agree that he's a boob, but he also said he didn't hear the question properly

The Milwaukee paper says that he has lost most of his hearing in one ear and didn't hear the question correctly. Well, maybe. (It's still a weak excuse.)

That said, he is well known for stupid remarks. One that you surely remember was when he was trying to get the sales tax for the new stadium passed, to be paid only in the counties around Milwaukee. In northern Wisconsin he urged people to tell their legislators, "stick it to Milwaukee."

[Zywiec]

5. I was watching that, and just laughed

What a moron promoting discrimination right on TV. Doesn't he know that discrimination needs to be kept quiet.

[sellitman]

6. Aw shit

Guess he lost Lynn Cheney's vote.

But then again...she did support her dad who is 100 times worse.

Go figure.

[LiberalFighter]

21. For the record.... Lynne is his wife, the sex writer

Elizabeth and Mary are their daughters.

[sellitman]

26. Too late to change

Yep....wrong Repuke.

I think it is Mary.

[Newsjock]

7. CNN's bias isn't showing, oh no, not at all

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson apologized Friday morning for saying in last evening's debate that private employers should be allowed to fire gay employees because of their sexual preference.

[JackBeck]

11. Unbelievable.

Yet another example of why I don't follow MSM.

[SoCalDem]

8. Who's left? He apologized for the jewish slur the other day, and now the gays..

WTG Tommy-boy..

Every time he opens his yap-trap he offends someone..

he's PERFECT for the republicans.. :rofl:

[rurallib]

13. Is he kind of the stalking horse to see what will get through?

[shain from kane]

16. Didn't he claim that there were only a couple of thousand soldiers wounded in Iraq?

[tandot]

9. Their main supporters are the KKK, hate-mongers, and the willfully ignorant

These are the 25% who still support Bush and think that people of other faiths/no faiths aren't human and therefore can and should be killed.

[melody]

10. They misinterpreted "yes"? n/t

[speedoo]

12. Misinterpreting that question is not possible.

Not possible for a person with any intelligence, that is.

Oh this was the Rethug Presidential Debate, you say.

Sorry, never mind.

[Atman]

14. If you can't even make it through the debate without issuing and apology...

...might as well save your $37 in campaign donations and call it a day, Tommy. Or hire a whole staff of full-time apologizers...it's gonna be a loooooong campaign.

.

[Marnieworld]

15. But that's exactlyhow the far right wing feel

That was the exact position of Focus on the Family in a recent piece against editing the Hate crime legislation.

http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000004525.cfm

They say these alleged gaffes to appeal to this far out base. Then when anyone else calls them on it they retract but the base was fed nonetheless. People should call them out on this obvious trick.

I'd respect them more if they stood by this hateful conviction. And then they'd have to explain why some groupd have civil rights and some do not.

[cboy4]

17. Let the lying begin! n/t

[JackBeck]

19. Begin?

More like, continue.

:hi:

[cboy4]

20. I stand corrected

:hi:

[JackBeck]

23. ....

:pals:

[Richard Steele]

18. Anyone who could misinterpret that question isn't smart enough to be President.

Of course, he didn't really "misinterpret" it, and we all know that.
And saying he did shows he's too DISHONEST to be President.

He understood just fine, and answered it clearly enough.
And the answer shows that he's too MORALLY UNFIT to be President.

I'm starting to think he shouldn't be President! :evilgrin:

[hatrack]

22. Jesus, this guy is dumber than a broom handle

To say nothing of the fact that he's also a bald-faced liar.

"Misinterpreted", my ASS.

[IChing]

24. He "misinterpeted" the meaning of Hitler's final solution in the follow-up question

or did he?

:evilgrin:

[Rosemary2205]

27. And no one on stage disagreed.

[bullwinkle428]

28. But I'm sure his movie-star good looks will more than compensate

for his campaign malaprops!

:sarcasm:

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Right after he said Yes, a clown should have come out and grabbed him from the stage.

He'll be dropping out soon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. really? he is apolotizing for revealing

what he truly thinks!

WOW

How can we ahem mistinterpret what our lying ears heard

[AspenRose]

31. Has anyone asked the Log Cabin Republicans about his statement yet?

*chirping crickets*