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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:21 PM Jun 2014

Rick Perry: I ‘stepped right in it’ comparing gays and alcoholics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry admitted Thursday he had yet another “oops” moment when he recently compared homosexuality to alcoholism.

“I got asked about an issue, and instead of saying, ‘You know what, we need to be a really respectful and tolerant country, and get back to talking about, whether you’re gay or straight you need to be having a job, and those are the focuses I want to be involved with,’” he said at a Christian Science Monitor event. ”Instead of getting — which I did, I readily admit, I stepped right in it.”

Perry continued, “If you’re really going to be the party that’s going to go talk to everybody and say, ‘Listen, you may not agree with all of my positions, but getting you and your family, your loved ones the opportunity to live a better life because we have created a climate in this country where you’re going to have a job and a good job and a good paying job,’ if we’ll do that, then I think we’ll be successful.”

Perry’s original comments came during a conversation about “reparative,” or gay conversion, therapy that Texas Republicans formally endorsed in their party platform just this week. Practitioners of the controversial therapy claim to be able to turn homosexuals straight with a variety of techniques that critics argue are both psychologically damaging and ineffective.

More at http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/rick-perry-i-stepped-right-it .

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Rick Perry: I ‘stepped right in it’ comparing gays and alcoholics (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2014 OP
And Perry thinks he is qualified to have his finger on the button??? I have three main reasons why IllinoisBirdWatcher Jun 2014 #1
LOL randys1 Jun 2014 #2
Cue the sad Hulk music for Rick Perry: Initech Jun 2014 #3
OOOPS! alsame Jun 2014 #4
Now quickly put your foot in your mouth Blue Owl Jun 2014 #5
Perry cartoon Gothmog Jun 2014 #6
You Took Cathie Adams' Suggestion And Ran With It Vogon_Glory Jun 2014 #7

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)
1. And Perry thinks he is qualified to have his finger on the button??? I have three main reasons why
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:24 PM
Jun 2014

that is such a dangerous thought:

1. Perry is stupid.

2. Perry is a bigot.

3. OK, I forgot the third reason.

Vogon_Glory

(9,086 posts)
7. You Took Cathie Adams' Suggestion And Ran With It
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 08:29 PM
Jun 2014

You took Cathie Adams' suggestion and ran with it, Rick. Cathie's suggestion might work like gangbusters as far as winning Bible Belt GOP primaries, but once you're out of the reddest Red States, they don't work so well.

I hope you take more of Schlafly acolyte and Tea Party activist Adams' suggestions to heart and run with them.



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