"Retarded" Controversy Continues in Texas
... The campaign team for Kay Bailey Hutchison, the Republican senator from Texas running for governor, told CNN that her opponent's campaign consultant Dave Carney inappropriately used the word "retarded" during a conference call last month between the gubernatorial campaigns and a public television station. Carney reportedly used the word repeatedly as they planned out a debate between the candidates.
"That's just retarded," Carney reportedly said on the call with respect to some of the debate logistics. "That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard."
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, an ally of Perry's (who is shown above), earlier this week criticized President Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel for similar comments and called for him to be fired. Emanuel subsequently held a meeting with advocates for people with intellectual disabilities and pledged to stop using the word "retarded" as an insult.
However, Palin is not asking for Carney to be dismissed from Perry's team, although she did condemn his comments.
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