Posted on 08/09/2015 12:37:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
ATLANTA — The RedState Gathering is going on with business as usual, hearing from Mike Huckabee this morning, with Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, and Scott Walker to come. But the Donald Trump matter is still the talk of the hallways, with most RedState attendees appearing to support RedState founder Erick Erickson's decision to "disinvite" Trump from a planned event this evening.
At the same time, some critics have pointed to crude or sexist statements Erickson himself has made over the years, suggesting a certain amount of hypocrisy in the decision to boot Trump. A short time ago, I asked Erickson about those criticisms.
"I apologized, and I'm not running for president," Erickson said. "It's as simple as that. They're re-tweeting things that I already have apologized for. Donald Trump isn't apologizing for this. And I'm not a candidate for president of the United States. If you're a candidate for president, I think there are certain lines that you just can't cross. We all fall short, we're all sinners, we all say dumb things. I at least have had sense to apologize for my dumb things, and Trump doesn't."
Erickson, a Fox News contributor, has also had a run-in of his own with Kelly. In 2013, Kelly invited Erickson on her program to discuss remarks he had made about women in the workplace, including the observation that "when you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society and in other animals, the male typically is the dominant role." It wasn't an easy interview, with Kelly telling Erickson, "What makes you dominant and me submissive, and who died and made you scientist in chief?"
Erickson said that doesn't at all resemble the Trump situation today. "Megyn and I had an encounter where Lou and I were both roughed up by Megyn for comments on moms working," Erickson recalled with a laugh. "She and I, we still get along. I wasn't going to accuse her of being hormonal when she asked the question. We disagreed on something and moved on. That the first reaction of a candidate for president, when you get a tough question from a lady, is well, it must be her time of the month — and that was the clear implication, despite what they're now saying — is kind of insane, actually."
This guy is still making noise? I thought we got over him yesterday.
He sure is obsessed with Megyn Kelly’s periods, isn’t he? His background and remarks about women need to be publicized. He can apologize all he wants - I still don’t like him. He wants a chair on Fox News, so he is kissing butt.
He’s about to find out that he has stepped in something very smelly and people will be avoiding him......
Tennessee Nana: Erickson doesn’t have sense to apologize for ‘insane’ slap at Conservatives..
We got over him, but he’s not over himself.
He thinks his 15minutes haven’t run out.
Let the Ladies take care of him.
If you want to run with the bulls, you better be ready to get gored.
RedState? Erickson? Weren’t those some kind of relevant entities on the conservative side at some point? Not sure - they’re too irrelevant now for me to bother looking up. /part snark, know who they were or rather pretended to be
Jeb Boooooooooooooooosh.
These people are incredibly-stupid.
This country will never elect another Bush (even if he were a decent candidate) to the Presidency every again.
They really, really, really want to lose.
Erickson is just a con man. He, Fox and Rove are in the same bucket - with Jeb.
A few big donors gave him the same word, they gave Kelly and Wallace: “Get Trump.”
I don't think Rush is going to like the ‘editorials’ about what this guy has drugged his name thru...
And I know the real women don't like him at all...
I loved the ‘sisters’ last night...good on them!!!
Has he apologized to justice souter?
He is acting like a liberal speech policeman/emotional trickster.
Man, Trump should stop giving this attention whore some cred.
Translating Erickson to English.
Erickson did to Trmp what Sleeptrain did to Rush.
TERMINATE Erickson, its just business.
Or else it`ll just be work, work, work.
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