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Wed Apr 24, 2013, 12:47 PM Apr 2013

TN state senator Campfield has a chronic condition...

Foot-In-Mouth disease.

A Tennessee state senator is refusing to apologize for what many are calling a "tasteless" joke about pressure cookers in his blog in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Republican State Sen. Stacey Campfield posted a photo of a pressure cooker with "Assault Pressure Cooker (APC)" printed below it.

The photo had labels and arrows pointing to all of the pot's "dangerous" features including a "muzzle break thingy that goes 'up'" and a "tactical pistol grip."

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Campfield is no stranger to criticism for his opinions. He was behind a failed bill that proposed reducing welfare assistance for kids with low grades in school and authored a controversial bill that would prohibit teachers from discussing any sexuality aside from heterosexuality up until the eighth grade.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/tennessee-senator-refuses-apologize-pressure-cooker-joke/story?id=19030388#.UXgLkp8o600

I loved it when an 8 year little girl made a complete monkey out of Campfield.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022659551

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