What’s Got The Right Wing In An Uproar This Time?

Filed in International by on July 11, 2009

It’s this photo:

OMG! He’s so evil! He’s checking totally checking out her rear end. I guess the news that John Ensign had to have his buddies drive him to FedEx to send a letter to his girlfriend and had his mommy and daddy pay off her family has put Republicans over the edge. But perhaps, things are not what they seem.

Obviously, our president is not as classy as our last president:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQY1Aw9zcs[/youtube]

I guess Republicans need something to distract them from the extremely odd behavior of some of their presidential hopefuls.

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  1. jason330 says:

    Watching the GOP circle the toilet bowel is entertaining, but having just watched a week of cable TV news I have to say that their control of the traditional media is still pretty strong and worth being wary of.

  2. Personal position: who cares?

    He looked — he didn’t touch.

    It’s not like he used her as a human humidor.

    (Besides, I’d be looking wistfully at other women if I were married to Michelle Obama.)

  3. anonone says:

    Rhymes With Spigot is up early with his hate this morning.

  4. Word to your mother, anonone.

  5. Gee — I get bashed even when I defend Barack Obama.

  6. Tom S says:

    make her an intern, then it would be ok

    Seriously, who cares…

  7. bovarian says:

    Don’t knock Michelle RWR. Politics aside she’s got it goin’ on. If you can’t see that, I’d check your wrist and loafers.

  8. As a straight man who has dated women of all races, I simply do not find Michelle Obama attractive in the least.

  9. anonone says:

    Rhymes With Spigot probably prefers Barbara Bush.

  10. The Right’s just pissed off because all the sex freaks on our side go after women.

    (3…2…1… until someone comes in and whips out Barney Frank’s generation-old boy-intern argument…)

  11. pandora says:

    Come on, RWR. It doesn’t matter who you find attractive. Okay, maybe your wife cares.

    The point is that judging a woman on her “attractiveness” says far more about you than the woman. This trait is especially shallow coming from a party that’s just discovered the term sexism and howls (sometimes rightly so) at the media’s treatment of Sarah Palin.

    Despite our political differences I had thought you were above this sort of sophomoric behavior. The humidor comment was completely out of line and, I’d hope, completely beneath you.

  12. bovarian says:

    Barney’s gone bi….now he just rogers all the male and female taxpayers via bank failures.

    Tanks, elma fwud!

  13. pandora says:

    Wow, Mike, that only took 4 minutes.

  14. Actually, I’ve been complaining about sexism ever since folks on the Left argued that Jeanne Kirkpatrick wasn’t a real woman because of her politics.

    And have when folks have argued that Ann Coulter isn’t really a woman.

    And as for the humidor comment, it is a reference to the actions of our last Democrat president — whose sexual predatory behavior you folks defend. When compared to the antics of Bill Clinton, having a little look-see at a passing hottie is just no big deal (and wouldn’t be in my book, regardless of party affiliation).

  15. cassandra_m says:

    ever since folks on the Left argued that Jeanne Kirkpatrick wasn’t a real woman because of her politics.

    This is more made up victimization right here. Who, exactly, on the Left with any kind of serious audience made this argument?

  16. Susan Regis Collins says:

    I am not certain what the president is looking at but the guy to his left certainly seems to be enjoying himself.

    Barak Obama could have had any woman he wanted….he a Michelle found each other and it seems to be working. Lay the ‘eff off…………..

  17. Actually, cassandra, that’s one I got from one of the professors at my major midwestern state university back in the 1980s — all the more shocking because the professor in question was also the head of the state chapter of NOW. Unfortunately it was said in response to a question during class, not in a newspaper interview or on television.

    “Jeane Kirkpatrick may have a vagina, but she is certainly NOT a woman. No real woman,” she declared, “could possibly support the positions of Ronald Reagan on either foreign or domestic policy.”

  18. And tell me, cassandra, that you’ve not heard similar arguments made about Phyllis Schlafly.

    Indeed, it isn’t dissimilar to those who argue that Clarence Thomas or Condolleezza Rice are not REALLY black because of their politics.

  19. cassandra_m says:

    Well one professor certainly does not constitute the “Left” as you put it. It was one person to one class — and pretending that most of the Left was saying this is just plain stupid.

  20. Interestingly enough, though, you don’t deny the Coulter and Schlafly examples or the two with regard to prominent African-Americans.

    And given that the prof in question was the head of a state chapter of NOW, I’ll stay with my assertion.

  21. anonone says:

    The humidor comment was completely out of line and, I’d hope, completely beneath you.

    Like anything at all is beneath Rhymes With Grime.

  22. Which is worse — Clinton’s choice of where to store a cigar or my reference to it?

  23. cassandra_m says:

    Your question is the usual diversion when you can’t back up your statements. Trying to do a “you do it too” isn’t much of an answer when you’ve clearly made up the original premise. The “Left” said no such nonsense about Fitzpatrick, just one prof that you heard. The fact that you are lazy is beyond doubt — just wanted to make it plain that you are here making shit up.

  24. And in your case, finding one example to attack while ignoring every other indicates your intellectual dishonesty and moral vapidity.

    If one GOP official made one comment of a similar nature, you would forever target all Republicans and “the Right” as guilty.

  25. cassandra_m says:

    This is where I get to remind you how lazy you are. If one of your usual spokespeople stood up to say, oh,
    “My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.”
    , you people are busily spinning how that is supposed to be funny. And that spin is pretty much uniform — most of your crew certainly won’t take her to task or even remind people that she doesn’t speak for conservatives. Because she does.

    One prof still doesn’t represent the “Left”. The example was an example of your laziness. Don’t like it? You know how to fix it. You already know this bullshit doesn’t fly here.

  26. A. price says:

    actually the humidor comment was pretty funny. c’mon fellow libs. why cant we just admit clinton was a good president but a scum-bag man-whore… with AWFUL taste in floosies.
    Edwards.. scum bag
    Spitzer…. scum bag

  27. jason330 says:

    It is all they have. That’s why I try not to respond to wingnut retards and asswipes like RwR anymore.

    It is all the same tired bullshit over and over. Blah…blah..blah Clenis. Blah blah blah…Ted Kennedy. Blah, blah Blah Chappaquiddick

    How boring and how not funny. I mean, at least GRex is funny. He got some kind of weird wingnut gene that none of these other sad sack loser have.

  28. I repeat my earlier comment — I love being attacked by you folks even when I DEFEND Obama.

    At worst, Obama’s actions were those of a healthy heterosexual male.

    It’s not like he did something warped and twisted like the historical example I offered. Indeed, I’ve argued on a lot of conservative sites that this whole situation isn’t a big deal — and have been generally supported.

    Still, the picture (actually, both pictures because of a second, similar one of a different girl) is worth a good laugh or three.

  29. Cassandra — so a nasty comment about the New York Times justifies questioning the gender of the speaker? Really? Good thing Coulter isn’t black, or you’d be justifying calling her the “n-word”, too!

  30. cassandra_m says:

    so a nasty comment about the New York Times justifies questioning the gender of the speaker

    Nope — and this is more of you being lazy again. I said nothing about justifying anybody calling people names. I continue to point out how wrong you were to associate a comment made by one person with an entire group of people. You, of course, don’t have anything to say except to try to flail around to try to accuse me of something. But you are the one trying (badly) to dodge your own words. Just give up — you are too attached to your lazy stereotypes, apparently.

  31. A. price says:

    is this really an argument? everyone HAS seen the video right? he isn’t even looking. Christ almighty.. there are so many other more important things to be outraged about.

  32. I doubt Cas would be using the N word dipshit. You are so out of touch.

  33. My comment about Coulter was in regard to the sexist comments directed at her. Cassandra defended them by pointing to her NY Times comment. I merely drew the logical extension from her refusal to condemn and defense of the sexist insults.

  34. this is for Bovorian or whatever the f/ your name is.

    You can take personal shots at me all you want. I don’t care. You can even go so far as talking about me getting a divorce. I don’t give a shit. Whatever makes you feel better about yourself.

    However. You will not take shots at a commenter’s sexual orientation on this blog. We have no problem (most of us anyway) with you toeing the line between offensive and being a dick, but personal attacks like the one you took at MJ and have made along the way will not be tolerated.

    and FTR I’m not a fat wop. I’m portly and proud. 🙂

  35. RWR,

    you merely made yourself look like a bigger asshole is all you did. I state again. Cas would never EVER use the n-word.

  36. I’m agreeing with A. Price. Time to log off

  37. anoni says:

    did you lefties run out of real issues to get excited about?

    I can’t claim to have read the entire right side of the blogosphere… but the coments/posts I saw lacked outrage. most ammounted to a chucle and a little humorus speculation on Michelle’s reaction.

    also reading comprehension is your stongsuit.

  38. cassandra_m says:

    Cassandra defended them by pointing to her NY Times comment.

    I did no such thing. So when the going gets tough the lazy continue to make shit up.

    Do yourself a favor and figure out when to shut up. You are just looking stupider and stupider here — which I guess you don’t mind.

  39. anoni says:

    correction

    also reading comprehension is NOT your stongsuit

  40. jason330 says:

    Take another run at that sport.

  41. Von Cracker says:

    that glance alone increased much respect among the Europeans….Continental, that is.

    Shut up, Adulterers!

  42. Rhymes With Right says:

    And as for Coulter, just a quick FYI from my blog — call it a “blast from the past”.

    http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/217870.php

  43. Rich Boucher says:

    That young lady in the pic has seriously nice ass. Not up for debate. What’s wrong with having a look, for goodness’ sake?

  44. Truth Teller says:

    look Fox Noise, the drudge report and Senator Session only got upset because she looked white and he is half black

  45. anon says:

    any video defense of his 2nd photo…or do we have to wait for the POTUS peter puffing MSM to leap to his defense again?

    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/09/caption-contest-first-ogler/

  46. Von Cracker says:

    desperate loser #45…who gives a fuck?

    fucking petty, wannabe victim whore.

    Shut up, PetterAsses!

  47. anon says:

    look, it’s a POTUS peter puffer named Von!

  48. Von Cracker says:

    wow, i must have been spot on if this thing had to dip into homophobia just to make itself feel better.

    Shut up, Sheep!

  49. anon says:

    homophobia? what did I say? peter puffer is a perfectly hetero reference. The MSM is whore, why do you assign male gender to them?

  50. Von Cracker says:

    geesh…a bigot and an idiot too.

  51. anon says:

    bigot? you are now just making things up…or is it that when you criticize even the press coverage of Obama you are a racist?

  52. liberalgeek says:

    bigot does not equal racist, actually…

    as you were.

  53. anon says:

    true.

  54. jason330 says:

    I love how The Rude Pundit lays it down:

    The point here, as ever with the conservative commentariat, is not that they’re having fun. It’s that it’s fun about a lie. When we in Left Blogsylvania laughed our asses off at Bush’s stupid facial expression when he couldn’t open a Chinese door or when he massaged the shoulders of the leader of another country, it was because he actually did those things.

    It’s just kind of pathetic, this desperate attempt to mock Obama, as if catching him in a butt glance will mitigate the myriad sins of the Republicans. It’s like seeing a limping frog trying to get to a quickly drying puddle.

  55. John Young says:

    Jason,

    I agree it is much ado about nothing, but using “it was because he actually did those things.” confuses me, are you saying Obama didn’t do this thing or that even if he did, who f’ing cares (like me)?

  56. Von Cracker says:

    wasn’t talking about obama or race – you, anon, obviously believe that labeling someone as gay (peter puffer) is some sort of slam. all i know is that you were trying to score points (in your own fucked-up mind) by insinuating something’s wrong in that photo. your argument and/or objection is nothing more than a child’s argument. it’s stupid, and hence my response ‘who fucking cares’. i’m not defending obama (like he needs it from you rubes); i just hate idiots like you and their lame attempts at making something out of nothing.

    but to your point about the MSM being whores is partially true. they are whores when it comes to obtaining and maintaining access. but as it pertains to the actual reporting, i beg to differ. you see, the common denominator amongst whores is that they always want to keep the client happy. the only subset of the MSM that keeps to that creed is FoxNews.

    after looking at this picture, i’m sure anon believes that some hot man-on-man action occurred on the pitch:

    http://www.ministryoftruth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/manu.jpg

    the self-imposed retardation coming from these losers is nothing less than astounding! lol