A candidate can probably get away with his/her spouse's "Pray Away the Gay" if that was all there was to it.
However, when you have Marcus Bachmann, on tape, ..... lisping as badly as Richard Simmons, ..... talking about how gays are like "barbarians that need to be disciplined" ...... Whoa!
Just close your eyes and listen to the tape.
Once the liberal attack media start heavily exploiting this, the Marcus Bachmann Gaydar jokes will be flying from coast to coast.
A poor, but unfunny, choice of words lasts several news cycles. Once you make yourself into a very memorable joke, that damage lasts for decades .... (Jimmy Carter and the Killer Rabbit) (Dan Quayle and the potatoEs).
The Saturday Night Live skit writers are going to have a field day with that tape. Maybe an "Airplane" spoof .....
"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators and about gay barbarians that need to be disciplined?"
