Tag: Gaydar

Don’t hold this against me, but I’m going to blurt it out. How do I say this? … Men in the South, they are a little effeminate … They just have effeminate mannerisms. If you were just a regular person, you turned on the TV, and you saw Eric Cantor talking, I would say — and I’m fine with gay people, that’s all right — but my gaydar is 60-70 percent. But he’s not, I think, so I don’t know. Again, I couldn’t care less. I’m accepting.

– Democratic former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who is said to be considering running for president against Hillary Clinton in 2016, speaking to National Journal. Schweitzer has since apologized for the remark.