Jody Hice Is Running for Congress, Thinks a Woman Can Do the Same With Her Husband’s Permission.
Finding someone more right-wing than the Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia may have seemed impossible. Conservative group the Madison Project gushed, “It is not an exaggeration to say that Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) has sustained the most conservative voting record over the longest period of time of any sitting Republican in Congress.” But as ThinkProgress reports, Georgia’s 10th District voters did it on Tuesday, booting Broun and awarding Baptist minister and bizarro talk-radio host Jody Hice the Republican nomination to Congress instead.
Hice has many colorful opinions, such as arguing that Americans should be allowed to own bazookas, Islam isn’t a religion deserving of First Amendment protections, and immigration is a “threat to our liberties” and therefore should be met by citizen-organized armed resistance.
He also has opinions about women. In a 2004 Athens Banner-Herald story about the influx of women into politics, Hice said, “If the woman’s within the authority of her husband, I don’t see a problem.” How very generous of him.
Amanda Marcotte, Slate: Jody Hice Is Running for Congress, Thinks a Woman Can Do the Same With Her Husband’s Permission.