Erick Erickson

=== Attacks on public figures ===
In April 2009, Erickson described retiring [[Supreme Court Justice]] [[David Souter]] on his Twitter account as "the only goat fucking child molester to ever serve on the Supreme Court". In an appearance on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', Erickson said the statement was "not my finest hour."<ref name="tellist2010" /> Erickson called Texas state senator [[Wendy Davis (politician)|Wendy Davis]] "Abortion Barbie".<ref name="Atlantic-2015Jan" /> In a blog post, Erickson considered whether President [[Barack Obama]] was "shagging hookers" and wondered whether [[Michelle Obama]] (whom he called a "Marxist harpy") "would go [[John and Lorena Bobbitt|Lorena Bobbit]] [''sic''] on him should he even think about it."<ref name="Atlantic-2015Jan" /> Erickson argued that President Obama won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] because of an "affirmative action quota."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/erick-erickson-is-sorry-about-some-of-the-things-he-has-said|title=Erick Erickson Is Sorry About Some of the Things He Has Said|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Erickson compared the Obama administration's health care communications director [[Linda Douglass]] to Nazi propagandist [[Joseph Goebbels]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/eric-erickson-on-past-con_n_516868.html|title=Erick Erickson On Past Controversial Statements: 'I've Definitely Had To Grow Up' (VIDEO)|last=Shea|first=Danny|date=2010-05-29|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref>