Tapsearch Com EditorTommy Thompson shoots self in foot again
May 10th 2007 22:28
As a Wisconsinite I have some sympathy for Tommy Thompson's presidential run. When he first made some rather unpresidential remarks at a Jewish gathering, I said so but didn't rule him out completely.
Now I am. At the debate Thompson said that employers should have the discretion to fire gay employees. From the transcript:
A very daring and libertarian point to make. But now he's saying he, um, misheard the question because of his hearing aid.
He never says, though, what question he thought he heard. What other question would that response apply to?
By Robert VerBruggen
Now I am. At the debate Thompson said that employers should have the discretion to fire gay employees. From the transcript:
MR. HARRIS: Governor Thompson, same theme. If a private employer finds homosexuality immoral, should he be allowed to fire a gay worker?
MR. THOMPSON: I think that is left up to the individual business. I really sincerely believe that that is an issue that business people have to got to make their own determination as to whether or not they should be.
MR. VANDEHEI: Okay. So the answer’s yes.
MR. THOMPSON: Yes.
MR. THOMPSON: I think that is left up to the individual business. I really sincerely believe that that is an issue that business people have to got to make their own determination as to whether or not they should be.
MR. VANDEHEI: Okay. So the answer’s yes.
MR. THOMPSON: Yes.
A very daring and libertarian point to make. But now he's saying he, um, misheard the question because of his hearing aid.
He never says, though, what question he thought he heard. What other question would that response apply to?
By Robert VerBruggen
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