Bill Richardson at the Gay Debate

I've pulled together two interesting clips from the Gay Debate the other night in Los Angeles.

My first observation is kudos to the Logo Network.  This is the GLBT network and their web coverage of this debate is very friendly to bloggers and others who want to link up video clips as I will below.  They put the so-called major networks to shame.

Here's the clip of Billy Boy saying that sexual orientation is a choice behavior.  He follows it up with really, in my opinon, the biggest flub...he just stumbles around like a kid whose fingers smell like gunpowder, trying to explain how he don't know nuthin' about the toilets being blown up by cherry bombs.

As has been noted here before, when cornered, he just starts spewing out a series of catch phrases and promises that clearly reflect a lack of comfort with pressure to express core principles and plans to achieve legislation to satisfy them.

I'm sure he's a nice enough guy with good enough intentions, but there is a Gee-Dub air about him.

This next clip is the former UN Embassador failing to show any cojones in explaning a joke he took part in on the Imus show a few years ago.  While there is a Spanish Inquisition air about their questioning of this radio prank, I find his lack of backbone to be the most offensive part of it.

If you really are contrite about having made a joke, then give a sincere explanation and apology.

But if you think it was a joke and that folks should just lighten up then friggin' say so, Bill!