[Local] Conservative Talk Radio Host Michael Berry Involved in Hit & Run at Gay Bar

Think about this for a while. Imagine if were in a club, and every other person in the club was a woman that had a sex drive similar to you.

 

It's kind of like the Dixie Chicks, brah. If they were a Alternative Rock band no big deal, they certainly don't get boycotted by stations that previously had them on heavy rotation. Since at the time they mostly appealed to a certain demographic, that demographic rejected them and they had to find a new audience.

My guess is Michael Berry won't find his audience very receptive to this news.

 

Don't be obtuse, brah.

 

I still don't get it. If I were gay, I would wear some sort of bedazzled t-shirt to the gay club.

 

I have no doubt there is some bedazzled anatomy hiding somewhere in that picture

 

Would you want all the woman in the club to be in bedazzled t-shirts or half naked?

 

I can't put my finger on it, but this story seems really fishy to me. That being said, here's a picture of him on his home page.



He's definitely been to that club before.

 

What was up with that supposed time he got carjacked a couple years ago?

 

If Michael Berry is the one I think he is, I can't stand the guy. If he is the guy I heard a few weeks back, he spreads ignorance at an alarming rate.

That said, this story seems odd. The guy saying he had never heard of Berry before is strange right off the bat. Most gay people I know are very aware of the political players on the right. As a group of people I think the gay community is much more in tune than most other groups because they have a lot invested right now. I'd be surprised if he didn't really know who he was, even in passing. That is further complicated by the end of the article where he makes the statement about Berry being anti-gay and spreading anti-gay messages and being caught at a gay bar.

I don't know. It seems weird that if there is really a picture of the license plate and a video that the cops would choose not to prosecute. Is Berry's car damaged?

As much as I would like this story to be 100% true, I'm not feeling like it is.

 

i havent seen anything about women in this story.

 

:grin:

 

too little facts here to make a real judgement. Was he ever in the club? or just driving by?
I'm not familiar with the guy since I don't live in Houston..has he ever said anti-gay statements? If he's never made any statements regarding gay rights or gays, then he could be a gay republican..nothing new about that.
I know several gay conservatives..even a partnered lesbian couple that are hardcore republicans, so its not unusual if he is gay.

 

Well, all of what he said was not said to police. It was said to the reporter, surely after at least looking the guy up online once he got home that night.

 

I am trying to understand the premise here.

First, some kind of baseline: I have heard Berry a few times, and while I can't say I am a huge fan of his, I can say with 100% certainty that I have never heard him utter an anti-gay word at all. Now I have not heard everything else he has said, so if anyone has proof or recordings of him saying such things, then please put it in the thread, it should be here. However, if the only support for the assumption of him being 'anti-gay' is that he is a conservative, then grow up. Conservative does not in any way mean anti-gay.

Second: as I understand it, Berry has lived in the Montrose area for years, and in fact has several gay friends. Again, unless I missed a law or rule stating that gays are not allowed to either be conservative or have conservative friends, then this should raise no eyebrows. It is entirely understandable that Berry could in fact have a drink in a gay bar without being gay. Unless, again, there is some kind of rule that only gay people are allowed in gay bars. Is there?

So with that out of the way, the only real question is, did the guy in fact hit someone else's car in a 'hit and run'? We have not seen either car, so have no idea of the damage inflicted, and have at this time only one witness, the 'victim' himself, and somehow the tv news managed to not show the victim's damaged vehicle, which if, as the victim claims, the SUV raced backwards for 70 feet then slammed into his car, should have been significant, and would make for a great visual on TV.

So, the bar has video, but 'declines to allow the news to see it'. Berry probably HAS been to that bar on more than one occasion, and very likely many people who go to that bar do not like it.

I'm not saying that the story is likely made up, but as others have noted, it definitely seems fishy.

And the fact that the police have not been inclined to file charges, well, that ought to tell you something right there - and no, the first thing you should think is NOT 'conspiracy! the cops are protecting him!' No, the first thing to think is, obviously there is not sufficient evidence.

I don't know if Berry is a drinker, but if he is, then this could be much more about alcohol than anything specifically to do with a gay bar.

Anyway, the facts will come out. It's just so odd that people react with such glee, ready to paint people with certain brushes, just because you disagree with them ideologically.

It's very low-class to do that.

 

Yeah, we know you do.

 

Well it actually is unusual, just not unheard of.

It seems a little strange to me sorry. The guy says he has all this evidence that he won't show the media but allegedly showed to the police. No charges are being filed.

 

I took one issue with your post. According to the article this was like a cross dressing event or something. I really doubt a straight man just stops in for a drink at that kind of event. I honestly don't know any men who go gay bars at all, but I guess it is possible. I just really doubt they'd go to one during an event like that.

 

I saw this on Channel 2 this morning, while waiting to see Jennifer Reyna's big beautiful breasts like I do every morning, and they actually did show the car very quickly. It looked like the trim was hanging off a fender and that's about it. Not even a paint scratch. But again, the shot of the car only lasted for about 2 seconds, so I could be mistaken.

Agree there is a lot of fishy stuff about this story. I'm a conservative, but as some here know, I absolutely loath conservative talk radio in all it's forms, so I'm not a fan of Berry's at all....but I will listen to his side of the story today.

If he decides not to address it during the opening of the show.....well, that should tell you something. But I have a feeling he will.

 

Good grief. The guy is a well known anti-gay advocate. It's in the flippin' article even.

I don't know any "hardcore gay republicans" that adamantly bash the gay lifestyle and seek ridiculous restrictions on their own civil rights.