ROFLMAO: Paging Dr. Freud: Rep. Steve Southerland opens mouth, inserts "lingerie shower." [View all]

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Paging Dr. Freud: Rep. Steve Southerland opens mouth, inserts "lingerie shower."

Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Blog

Well, at least Steve Southerland isn't talking about 'legitimate rape.'

But for a GOP Congressman stuck in a close race against a female Democrat, someone oughtta tell Southerland to be careful with the gender talk. Southerland was already on the defensive about a cigar-smoking boys-only "roundtable" he held. Then he hosted a women-for-Southerland-style event where his campaign misspelled U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis' last name.

On Friday, the Panama City congressman opened his mouth and wondered why the press isn't asking Democrat Gwen Graham about whether she ever attended a ladies-only "lingerie shower."

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Indeed, this isn't the messaging Republicans want -- espcially because it happened during an event with Gov. Rick Scott and NJ Gov. Chris Christie. But some tried to find a bit of humor in it.

"Lingerie showers, whiskey/cigar nights, funeral director by day...I'm thinking his own reality tv show," GOP operative Mike Hanna said on Twitter

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