The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 228

innerSpaceman · 08-31-2007, 11:35 AM

Ok, we're on a roll. Let's get some more Republican scumbags to resign. Don't stop now!

Gemini Cricket · 08-31-2007, 12:24 PM

The part that bothers me about the whole Craig thing is that would he be asked to leave if he were engaging in an opposite sex encounter? I'm thinking maybe, maybe not. But there seems to be an overwhelming support for him to leave and it seems like the "gay thing" is driving that.

Snowflake · 08-31-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The part that bothers me about the whole Craig thing is that would he be asked to leave if he were engaging in an opposite sex encounter? I'm thinking maybe, maybe not. But there seems to be an overwhelming support for him to leave and it seems like the "gay thing" is driving that.

It's the GOP version of "Don't ask, don't tell."

Snowflake · 08-31-2007, 01:42 PM

So Tony Snow is retiring so he can earn more money. That's a more honest answer than the usual "want to spend more time with familly" party line. This is certainly validating all the more Bush's lame duck status (to me always lame). In any case, wonder who will bail out next?

wendybeth · 08-31-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The part that bothers me about the whole Craig thing is that would he be asked to leave if he were engaging in an opposite sex encounter? I'm thinking maybe, maybe not. But there seems to be an overwhelming support for him to leave and it seems like the "gay thing" is driving that.

Read Craig's voting record with regards to gay issues. Realize who his constituency is- a very conservative community that elected him to uphold the 'family values' of the Republican party. He has been exposed as a hypocrite and has plead guilty to breaking the law. Idaho is not known for it's liberalism; were Mr. Craig to run for office in that state as a gay or bi-sexual man chances are a bit slim that he would have been elected, particularly back in the Seventies. Since he couldn't, or wouldn't come out then he chose a life of deception and is reaping the consequences of his actions. Of course this is upsetting to the people who represented him- I would be pissed if I discovered someone I voted for had been misrepresenting himself in such a manner, not to mention being such a sleaze bucket in thinking that his position of power entitled him to break the law.

A comment was made about how, if this involved a female, that this would be a non-issue. I disagree; while it wouldn't be quite as scandalous it would still be news. He admitted to public lewdness, and he plead guilty. Clinton didn't break any laws while he was messing around with Lewinsky, and look what happened to him

innerSpaceman · 08-31-2007, 02:21 PM

I don't care about the reasons for Craig's ouster. Seems most of his constituents are pissed about him being a fag ... but he's still a hypocrite getting his just desserts served up by the angels, no matter what the stupid people of Idaho think of it.

As for him simply putting his bag down inside the stall ... um, no. I heard his taped police interview today and, in his own voice, he talks about putting his hand under the partition to the next-stall a few times.

So none of this innocent foot-tapping to the music being mistaken for gay men's room come-ons. Putting your hand over to the guy next door is not something you do accidentally.

Even if it were not the for hypocritical faggotry, the stupidity of pleading guilty should be enough to have him hounded from office.

Strangler Lewis · 08-31-2007, 04:25 PM

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. . .I heard his taped police interview today and, in his own voice, he talks about putting his hand under the partition to the next-stall a few times.

He's a politician. They always have their hand out. They're as bad as clergymen in that respect.

SacTown Chronic · 08-31-2007, 05:44 PM

Surely there's room in your heart for a fag who lost his way, innerSpaceman.

innerSpaceman · 08-31-2007, 06:07 PM

Oh, I'll let him blow me if he wants to. I'll even hug him afterwards. But I won't stand idly by while he serves in the U.S. Senate to undermine gay rights while, at the same time, longing to suck my <o<k.

innerSpaceman · 08-31-2007, 06:13 PM

Um, in all fairness ... Clinton was legitimately accused of commiting perjury, a crime. He did not admit to doing so, and never came close to pleading guilty of such in a court of law.

It's the lame thread all the Republicans hang onto, when we all know they hounded him for being sucked off under the Oral Office desk while on the phone with some of them.

We Dems were not happy with him for prevaricating under oath, but we're reasonable enough to realise it's the kind of thing Joe Blow would prevaricate about. We generally held the PotUS to a higher standard than Mr. Blow (oh wait, bad choose of anonymous name), but defended him when it became a hypocritical witch hunt.

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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The part that bothers me about the whole Craig thing is that would he be asked to leave if he were engaging in an opposite sex encounter? I'm thinking maybe, maybe not. But there seems to be an overwhelming support for him to leave and it seems like the "gay thing" is driving that.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	So Tony Snow is retiring so he can earn more money. That's a more honest answer than the usual "want to spend more time with familly" party line. This is certainly validating all the more Bush's lame duck status (to me always lame). In any case, wonder who will bail out next? __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't care about the reasons for Craig's ouster. Seems most of his constituents are pissed about him being a fag ... but he's still a hypocrite getting his just desserts served up by the angels, no matter what the stupid people of Idaho think of it. As for him simply putting his bag down inside the stall ... um, no. I heard his taped police interview today and, in his own voice, he talks about putting his hand under the partition to the next-stall a few times. So none of this innocent foot-tapping to the music being mistaken for gay men's room come-ons. Putting your hand over to the guy next door is not something you do accidentally. Even if it were not the for hypocritical faggotry, the stupidity of pleading guilty should be enough to have him hounded from office.
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Surely there's room in your heart for a fag who lost his way, innerSpaceman.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh, I'll let him blow me if he wants to. I'll even hug him afterwards. But I won't stand idly by while he serves in the U.S. Senate to undermine gay rights while, at the same time, longing to suck my <o<k.
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08-31-2007, 06:13 PM	#10
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, in all fairness ... Clinton was legitimately accused of commiting perjury, a crime. He did not admit to doing so, and never came close to pleading guilty of such in a court of law. It's the lame thread all the Republicans hang onto, when we all know they hounded him for being sucked off under the Oral Office desk while on the phone with some of them. We Dems were not happy with him for prevaricating under oath, but we're reasonable enough to realise it's the kind of thing Joe Blow would prevaricate about. We generally held the PotUS to a higher standard than Mr. Blow (oh wait, bad choose of anonymous name), but defended him when it became a hypocritical witch hunt.
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