Okay, former U.S. Rep. Dick Armey has never been one of my favorite people, and I think it’s safe to say he’s never been any kind of friend to the LGBT community. (He’s the one who once referred to gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank as “Barney Fag” and then claimed it was an unintentional slip. Whatever.)
But the clip below (taken from Rachel Maddow’s show on MSNBC) shows Armey at a recent “tea party” gathering outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., protesting the health care reform. Armey was speaking at the rally and defending his former congressional colleague against the horrible lesbian Rachel Maddow, who had dared to disagree with Coburn on something during a recent “Meet the Press” show.
As pointed out on the blog LezGetReal, Maddow has a doctorate in political science from Oxford University (she was a Rhodes Scholar). Coburn is a doctor of medicine with a degree from the University of Oklahoma and is a practicing obstetrician. Armey has a doctorate in economics from North Texas State.
In his speech, Armey derides Maddow as someone with a degree in nothing that matters, and questions her qualifications to debate health care reform with Coburn, a practicing medical doctor. Only then, Maddow points out that she never debated health care reform with Coburn, and that instead, the only exchange between them was about the nasty and violent tone some Republican protests have been taken.
(Maybe it’s just me, but I would think that a doctorate in political science makes Maddow very qualified to debate the tone of politics in this country.)
Like I said, I have never liked Dick Armey, but I think he makes himself look pretty foolish here, first by mischaracterizing the discussion between Coburn and Maddow, by deriding Maddow’s qualifications, by mispronouncing her name and — last but not least — by wearing that stupid hate in public!
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Silly girl, don’t you know? Facts don’t matter. Especially when they come from a woman.
Most gay people don’t like this dude… hence the reason they call him “Penis Brigade” instead of Dick Army…
Dick Armey’s mere existence proves the in-existence of god.
I mean, if god intended to create a sack of crap, wouldn’t he just have created a sack of crap?
Why bother to give the sack of crap ears, eyes, arms, etc., when god clearly did not see fit to give Dick Armey a heart or a brain?
For the record, Coburn received his medical degree at the University of Oklahoma. He earned his BS in accounting at Oklahoma State University.
I agree with your assessment of Rachel Maddow’s quality of education and encyclopedic knowledge in the field of politics. I also agree that Dick Armey is a FOOL.
But I wanted to say that as an Alumni of Oklahoma State, I am slightly offended by the inference that a degree from my Alma Mater is somehow assumed to be inferior. If OU wasn’t our rival, I might be offended for them also…
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Margo: I corrected that mistake about Coburn’s medical degree. That you for bringing it to my attention.
I gotta say I was kind of offended by the implication that a doctorate from North Texas State was inferior, and I didn’t go there. I was also offended by the “very horrendous Texas accent” comment over on LezGetReal. I think Armey is a jackass, but there’s nothing wrong with a Texas accent! But that hat — well, I have nothing against cowboy hats in general, but that one looks ridiculous to me!
Tammye Nash,
I am sorry if I offended you about the ‘horrendous Texas accent.” I have heard many a Texas accent, and I hate to say this, his accent sounds faked. That was what I was trying to imply. My apologies for not getting that accurately portrayed.
Sei: Thanks for that. I watched the clip again and you know what, he does sound fake. Sounds like he’s trying to sound more “country.”
Tammye,
You’re welcome. I try to be more precise in my language, but sometimes i still slip up a little.