Tucker Carlson-The Quintessential Conservative
In a discussion about Senator Larry Craig’s (R-ID) odd dating habits, Tucker Carlson, conservative talkshow host and all-around toughguy told of how he handled Craig-like advances in public toilets:
ABRAMS: But Tucker, your position has long been on these kinds of stories that their personal lives are not our business. Does this case qualify for that, in your mind, as well?
CARLSON: Let me be clear, Dan. I am not gay. I have never been gay. I overreacted and made a poor decision.
SCARBOROUGH: And you love your — you love your wife, Tucker. Let me just say for the record, I am not gay, either.
CARLSON: Let me — let me put it this way. Whether he’s gay or not actually is not our business, and I do think it’s indefensible that the newspaper in Idaho spent a year interviewing 300 people to answer the question, Is he gay? That’s none of your business. Having sex in a public men’s room is outrageous. It’s also really common. I’ve been bothered in men’s rooms. I think people who do -
SCARBOROUGH: Really?
CARLSON: Yeah, I have. You know what, Let me just say.
SCARBOROUGH: Wait, hold on a second. Dan, hold on a second. I don’t mean to take over, but have you been bothered in public restrooms, Dan? Because I know I haven’t.
CARLSON: I have. I’ve been bothered in Georgetown Park. When I was in high school.
ABRAMS: Really?
CARLSON: Yes.
SCARBOROUGH: Wow.
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ABRAMS: Tucker, what did you do, by the way? What did you do when he did that? We got to know.CARLSON: I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the — you know, and grabbed him, and — and —
ABRAMS: And did what?
CARLSON: Hit him against the stall with his head, actually!
[laughter]
CARLSON: And then the cops came and arrested him. But let me say that I’m the least anti-gay right-winger you’ll ever meet —
[laughter]
There you have it–Tucker Carlson is the quintessential conservative. Not only does he display the typical thuggish behavior of a rightwinger by beating up a gay man—he pathetically has to enlist the help of a friend to ‘fight his battles’ for him.
Little wonder you see so many conservatives who are all for invading Iraq and Iran but seek others to actually do the fighting.
