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.

Radio Host Forces Michael Steele To Give ‘Slum Love’ To Bobby Jindal

By GottaLaff

Politically incorrect and politically incorrecter:

Such was the case last night when an ABC radio host made some terrible connection between Bobby Jindal and the film Slumdog Millionaire and asked Steele what he thought about that connection. (YOU KNOW, LIKE INDIA.)

Steele knows he’s being baited (mocked?) at first, and tries to laugh it off like a pro:

SLIWA: Now, using a little bit of that street terminology, are you giving him any Slum love, Michael?

STEELE: (laughter)

But the host wants his QUOTE, damnit!

SLIWA: Because he is — when guys look at him and young women look at him — they say oh, that’s the slumdog millionaire, governor. So, give me some slum love. [...]

SLIWA gets his wacky Michael Steele quote in the end…

STEELE: I love it. (inaudible)…some slum love out to my buddy, gov. Bobby Jindal is doing a friggin’ awesome job in his state. He’s really turned around on some core principles — like hey, government ought not be corrupt. The good stuff…the easy stuff.

Michael Steele would do well to stay out of sight and out of mind for a very, very long time.