Here's what he said, at a Memorial Day event:And I cannot believe that a bunch of limp-wristed, lacey-drawed [sic] people could do what those men have done in the past.
Yeah, he's talking about gays in the military. After some flak, he said this:
I'm reluctant to compare myself to George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, but I did get some feedback, and I don't think I said anything different than what they would have said.
Well, as the idiocy of everything after that first comma shows, Krieger's reluctance - while obviously ineffectual - is very much advisable.
A few more choice gems:
There is an issue currently in the military with homosexuals serving on the battlefield and I think it's going to be detrimental to men on the battlefield to have that conflict with sexual preference. There's no place for that. There's no place for that. We're in a battle here in America. We're in a war, here in America, and we've been involved in many wars. And we need solid, strong men, not pacifists, to fight those battles. (Emphasis added.)
And:
It was men that landed on Omaha Beach and men that fought in World War One and men who traditionally and historically that did all the fighting in all the wars, women had a supporting role and I don't mean to diminish that, but those men thought [sic - get it together, KYMA] fought were a man's man. They had nerves of steel and a back bone and they knew they were fighting for a cause greater than themselves.
It's enough to drive you to despair.
Oh, and you know that George Washington guy, right? The guy who hired the Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussian officer who played a critical role in the Continental Army. Yeah, that von Steuben - the gay one.
Mayor Krieger, you colossal dipshit, go get stuffed.
Update: Think Progress has video of Krieger's speech.
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