I love watching this guy flounder.

Via Politico:

New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner apologized Thursday after an encounter with a woman that was picked up by a reporter in which the voter called his openly gay opponent Christine Quinn “a dyke.”

“Homophobia is vile and destructive and something I have fought against for the entirety of my career, including being a vocal supporter of gay marriage since 1998 and standing up on the floor of Congress for transgender Americans,” Weiner said in a statement tweeted out by campaign spokeswoman Barbara Morgan. […]

The encounter, described by Washington Post reporter Jason Horowitz, featured Weiner asking an older woman if she was a registered Democrat.

“I am,” she said, according to the paper. “And I’m not voting for uh, what’s her name? The dyke.”

“Okay. I just need you to sign the petition to get me on the ballot,” Weiner said, according to Horowitz, who added that the candidate “then noticed the incredulous reaction of a reporter” and said to the woman, “and you really shouldn’t talk that way about people.”