Ugly Ducklings: Texas GOP candidates using Phil Robertson to pander to right-wing primary voters

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Last week I mentioned that Republican Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick, who’s running for lieutenant governor in 2014, said he believed God was speaking through Phil Robertson, the “Duck Dynasty” patriarch whose racist, homophobic remarks to GQ magazine got him suspended by A&E. I also posted this Robertson-themed meme from Congressman Steve Stockman, who’s running for Senate against John Cornyn.

Although Patrick and Stockman are generally considered extremists, this is after all Texas, and in their zeal to appeal to GOP primary voters in 2014, other candidates haven’t wasted any time waddling aboard the bigoted “Duck Dynasty” bandwagon.

They include state Rep. Dan Branch, a Dallas attorney and Republican attorney general candidate, who posted the above image on Facebook as like-bait. Back when he was running against a Democrat for Texas House, Branch spent time wooing gay Republicans, but now he apparently thinks homosexuality is akin to bestiality.

Also getting in on the action is Sid Miller, a former state representative and candidate for agriculture commissioner who’s demanding that gay Houston Mayor Annise Parker apologize for putting Robertson in his place in an interview with Lone Star Q on Friday. Don’t hold your breath , Sid. Obviously, LGBT issues have little to do with agriculture, but why let the actual duties of the office you’re running for get in the way of some good old-fashioned wedge politics, right?

More at http://www.lonestarq.com/texas-gop-candidates-use-phil-robertson-pander-republican-primary-voters/ .

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1. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the whole point of the GQ interview in the first place.