Tommy Can You Hear Me?
by digby
I have always felt that Tommy Thompson was one of the least likely of the GOP’s perennial Governor saviors, but this post by Howie makes me realize that he’s even more pathetic than most:
No one took that seriously and he backed away without more than a whimper but not before making it clear that he hates gay people… or at least that if an employer hates gay people that’s enough of a reason to permit them to be fired. In fairness to Thompson, once he realized what a boo-boo he made, he went crying to CNN and claimed he had terrible diarrhea and that’s what made him do it; no really:
“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.”
He told Bill Maher it was a hearing-aid malfunction:
This is the reason why someone like Sarah Palin can wind up on a presidential ticket. She’s the rule, not the exception.
I have a feeling that Russ Feingold would not have any problem beating this guy.