Hutchison campaign: Rick Perry campaign used word "retarded" too

By GottaLaff

Le mot du jour seems to be making the rounds in the "more politically correct than thou" circles. Yes, the R word (no, not Rahm) has reared its ugly head again.

Ironically, WordSmith McTrigMom is campaigning Secession Ricky:

Now that Palin is headed to Texas to campaign for Gov. Rick Perry in his re-election bid, the campaign manager for Perry's rival Kay Bailey Hutchison is alleging that a top Perry aide used the very same term during a recent conference call.

Terry Sullivan, Hutchison's campaign manager, told CNN that Perry consultant Dave Carney dropped the "R" word repeatedly during a recent planning call between the campaigns to walk through logistics for the Jan. 14 gubernatorial debate in Denton.

Andrew Sullivan picked right up on that, and more:

"That's just retarded," Carney said when he learned about the holding room location, according to Sullivan. "That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard."

Oops, he said it again.

Tsk tsk tsk. One must be awfully careful about throwing stones when one is supporting a candidate who does exactly what one is condemning with such a vengeance.

By the way, Sully has a whole lot more to say about R-Gate, and it isn't pretty.