Brian Schweitzer: southerners like Eric Cantor set off my gaydar

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

As a matter of amateur sociolinguistics, I actually do think Schweitzer is correct that many southern men talk in a way that comes across as stereotypically gay to those of us used to the more reserved mannerisms of regions like the upper Midwest (or Canada, in my case).

Agreed, although he still shouldn't have said it. 

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

All the more reason to evict Schweitzer from the party he doesn't deserve to be in. We don't need this tool in our party to make us look bad on women and LGBT issues come 2016.

It's just beyond offensive, and I don't even live in the South! Cantor has a wife and three kids and he isn't nor has he ever been or "seem" gay. Heck, his district is barely even in the South. To imply that Southern, straight men though all have feminist characteristics, which according to Schweitzer automatically sets suspicion that they're gay, is just despicable.

As for his uncalled for attacks on Feinstein, he's just mad that Feinstein wants to take his guns and "privacy" away. I doubt Schweitzer will apologize for his statements, and if that's the case, this is all fair game right here for #Ready4Hillary to attack him on.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize membership in the Democratic party had to be "earned."  Is there a committee that determines who has done so and who hasn't?  In any event, it's a good thing the Clintons never did anything that might be offensive to minorities like using race-baiting to try to beat Obama in 2008

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

This guy is much more electable than Clinton though. Because he wears a bolo tie.

Damn right.

#populist
#notready4hillary
#2008redux

I suggest you look into the history of the American populist movement.  These sorts of comments go hand-in-hand with the populist tradition.  I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it has always been the case.  And more to the point, is there really anyone who hasn't had this thought about say, Lindsay Graham?  Lastly, he may still be more electable than Hillary in a GE, idk.  However, I do know that she's certainly not the strongest candidate, regardless of Schweitzer's electability.