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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 07:04 PM Nov 2015

Ex-GOP Sen. Alan Simpson: Morality Police ‘Ask For Jesus While They’Re Diddling Their Secretary’

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) called out wealthy companies and conservative leaders as hypocrites over the weekend for refusing to support a $15 minimum wage even though corporations showed billions in profits each year.

Speaking to KULR in an interview that aired on Sunday, Simpson said that he had learned from visiting college campuses that young Americans were not interested in voting on traditional Republican social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.

“They’re very serious people and they don’t care about the social issues,” he noted. “Gay-lesbian issues are not even on their screen, and they’re very accepting of others, which is great, I think.”

According to Simpson, young people saw abortion as a “deeply intimate and person decision.”

“I don’t think men legislators should even vote on it,” the former Republican senator revealed.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/ex-gop-sen-alan-simpson-morality-police-ask-for-jesus-while-theyre-diddling-their-secretary/

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Ex-GOP Sen. Alan Simpson: Morality Police ‘Ask For Jesus While They’Re Diddling Their Secretary’ (Original Post) Purveyor Nov 2015 OP
he is the kind of Republican KT2000 Nov 2015 #1
He would fit in well with the current bunch regarding Social Security. DavidDvorkin Nov 2015 #2
Alan Simpson referred to Social Security... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #4
Yep. DavidDvorkin Nov 2015 #5
...and in his day, he was extremely conservative! nt Lucky Luciano Nov 2015 #3
Perhaps he's worried about pitchforks and torches. n/t That Guy 888 Nov 2015 #6

KT2000

(20,585 posts)
1. he is the kind of Republican
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 08:22 PM
Nov 2015

they are running out of town now. Especially loved the comment that men should not even vote on abortion issues.

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