Dems seize on Colo. candidate's "bestiality" quip

[Sapphocrat]

Democrats pounced Tuesday on Colorado's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Bob Beauprez, and his newly chosen running mate, Janet Rowland, for comments she made five months ago comparing same-sex marriage to bestiality.

In a March 17 broadcast of the Rocky Mountain PBS program "Colorado State of Mind," Rowland said homosexuality is an alternative lifestyle, adding, "For some people, the alternative lifestyle is bestiality. Do we allow a man to marry a sheep?"

Democrat Bill Ritter's campaign called the remarks "insensitive, close-minded, derogatory, and crude" and demanded an apology. "This shows just how far to the right and out-of-touch the Beauprez-Rowland ticket really is," Ritter campaign manager Greg Kolomitz said.

Beauprez campaign manager John Marshall said Rowland regretted the remark and has apologized. "We all say things we don't mean sometimes," he said. "That's what happened."

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More (including Rowaland's use of the old "Some of my best friends are gay" fallback):
http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2006/08/16/5

[annabanana]

1. How dumb is Beauprez?

Did he know about this remark?. . .Or does he think it will play well?

[Xipe Totec]

2. New headline: GOP Campaign managers endorse lying

John Marshall, Beauprez GOP campaign manager, stated "We all say things we don't mean sometimes,"...

[ERF]

3. "Do we allow a man to marry a sheep?" - Cool Woody Allen

Flashback.

[peekaloo]

12. LOL!

I laugh just thinking about being down and out while swigging Woolite from the bottle.

:rofl:

[Hubert Flottz]

19. Republicans just shack up with the sheep!

"And live in sin!"

[LostinVA]

4. WTF is up with the word "quip" lately???

The Washington Post used it yesterday to describe Allen's racist remarks... now this? A quip is something clever or witty.

[theHandpuppet]

5. The new code word for a bigoted remark?

Seems that way, doesn't it?

[dipsydoodle]

6. See also joint posting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2783342

[zbdent]

7. Interview with local farmer: "Just because I f*ck a sheep

doesn't mean I'm a liberal ..." as if being a liberal is more disgusting than beastiality ...

[hippiechick]

8. Well yes actually, we DO allow men to marry sheep.

Women, too. They're called brain dead Republicans and they marry each other.


:rofl:

[racaulk]

10. Good one!!!

:rofl:

[colorado_ufo]

24. OK - you owe me a keyboard

and a cup of Starbucks!

[hippiechick]

29. Heh!

:evilgrin:

[GoneOffShore]

9. And what's this "Lifestyle" nonsense?

Everytime one of these liars uses "lifestyle" in regards to homosexuality they should be called on it. It's a misuse of the word.

"Tell me Senator, how long have you been living a heterosexual lifestyle?"

According to every gay person I know and almost every psychological and physiological study, homosexuality is NOT a choice.

[TomChicago]

43. Bestiality remark

I have taken to referring to the "Christian lifestyle" which is clearly a choice.

[kskiska]

11. Same mindset as Rick "Man-on-Dog" Santorum

Where do these guys get this stuff? They instantly make an animal connection.

[NJmaverick]

13. Didn't Mel Gibson try the same defense?

The old, I didn't mean what I said.

[rockymountaindem]

14. Beauprez' spokesman made a valiant defense of his boss

stating that we're all "pampered, bed-wetting liberals", who nobody cares about because we have no credibility.

http://www.coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1601

If you can spare it, please show this jerk that people do care about this homophobic bigotry by donating to Bill Ritter's campaign. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Bob Beauprez must not become the governor of this state. That would be a train wreck not just for Colorado, but for the entire western region. Fortunately it looks like Ritter has all the momentum (not to mention all the leads in polls) but if you can help us beat Both-Ways-Bob we'd really appreciate it.

[Pierre.Suave]

18. I have not wet the bed

in quite a few years, and I am anything but pampered...

[DinahMoeHum]

15. Janet "Man-on-Sheep" Rowland. Rick "Man-on-Dog" Santorum.

John "Man-on-Box-Turtle" Cornyn.

What a buncha perverts!

:evilgrin:

[rfranklin]

25. Merely projecting their own predilections

It is proven time after time. Shamed, closeted gays in the Republican party attacking gays. "Family values" exponents who are secretly raping their daughters and sons. That's the modus operandi of the Republican lifetstyle.

[Turn CO Blue]

16. Good grief. We have Musgrave, Tancredo and now this bigot!

Isn't that enough embarrassment for the poor citizens of this state?

Come on Bill Ritter! We need you!

[Oreo]

17. I'd like to thank Beauprez for helping to make my next gov a Dem

There are a lot of whackos here in CO but not enough to elect this freak

[alfredo]

20. Rowland needs to have this

bumper sticker on her car.

[Akim]

21. The Correct Term For This Is "Inter-Speciel Sex." n/t

[Akim]

41. "Speciel" Is Almost Special n/t

[derby378]

22. Ritter's campaign can mount a better response than that

Come on, guys. We don't just want Rowland defeated in November - we want her humiliated. Now can you please write up a response that cuts a little closer to the bone?

[Pajmo]

23. Soylent Green Party

By that logic: "For some people, the alternative lifestyle is cannibalism. Do we allow a man to consume a lamb chop?"

[newyawker99]

27. Hi Pajmo!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Pajmo]

28. Hi

Thanks newyawker99. Good to be here. I'm stuck in a Red State (NC) which makes me Blue.

[colorado_ufo]

26. What a bunch of maroons.

[etherealtruth]

30. The GOP is certainly fixated on bestiality ...

Hmmmm :wow:

My advice: if you live in a "red" state watch your pets and livestock closely

[a la izquierda]

35. heh!

i'd love to see someone try and get it on with my dog. i think he'd seriously, permanently injure them...lol.
not sure what they do in other parts of oklahoma, but norman is pretty liberal, so i'm lucky. i don't think anyone will try and screw with my dogs.

[johnlal]

31. I "herd" that one before

That's a variation on Santorum's man-on-dog scenario. It will play well with the wacko base.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. Yeah, sure she has gay friends...

I've got a bunch of Republican friends (all social liberals...it doesn't make sense, I know) but if any of them thought my sexual orientation was the same as sheep fucking, well I would never speak to them again.

[Radical Activist]

33. This is Kelly. I'm the stud.

Sorry, that's all I could think of. See Clerks II.

[Initech]

36. Hey! We prefer to call it "inter-species erotica!"

I miss my donkey. :rofl:

[ComerPerro]

34. no one who has gay friends would seriously compare

homosexuality and beastiality

The only thing homosexuality and beastialty have in common, I'd venture, is that they are both subjects of Republican sexual fantasies.

[Jed Dilligan]

37. Hey, as long as morals don't sink so low

that humans marry Republicans, I'm okay with anything.

[Akim]

40. That Was Very Good! n/t

[lumpy]

38. Filthy minds say filthy things.

Isn't this the sort of garbage that Rush Limbaugh and Michael Medved spiel? Any woman that would say such a thing revels in filthy thoughts. Sick

[Rex]

39. A female Sanitarium?

They should tag team against a sheep! I bet shed be all over that sheep.

[tanyev]

42. Ms. Rowland, who do you know that wants to marry a sheep?

The only people I ever hear talking about bestiality are Right Wing Nutters.

[terrya]

44. Of course she meant it.

If she didn't mean it, why did she say it in the first place?

That apology is pure bullshit. The Democrats correctly called out this bigoted hatemongering woman and she was pressured into some lame ass apology.

When one uses crap comparing gay people to animals (such as the Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio has done) and uses the word "lifestyle" to describe our lives, such bigotry is ingrained and deep-seated.