RE: Is this homophobic?
August 4, 2017 at 7:32 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2017 at 8:02 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(August 4, 2017 at 7:15 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(August 4, 2017 at 6:49 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Question: When Edwin Edwards was running for governor of Louisiana back in the 80s, at one point he quipped to a reporter "The only way I can lose this election is to be caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy." Was that homophobic?Nope - but it;s only funny because it explicitly references comical, actual, homophobia. Pretty good line though, and true. I have to ask....in retrospect, he get caught with either?
Nope, but like so many LA politicians, he did get caught with his hand in the cookie jar and did time for it.