Thanks for offering what must be the only laugh I've had in the last 3 hours.
You are welcome. I'm barely able to control my rage. McCain need to have his political head handed to him, and I don't care if I have to join the senate campaign of Lucifer to do it.
--T
I missed the "date" part. Must be wishful thinking on the part of McCain and The Moderates.
Let me know if Lucifer needs some envelopes stuffed or help at the phone bank - I'm in.
I got your back too, John
-T
date rape, huh? Barely control your rage?
Yeah, because nothing plays better to the American people than petulant fury when you're stymied in your quest for unchecked power.
I hope everyone sees exactly how the notion of anything but complete control engenders such viscous anger and draws the obvious conclusions about the character of such people.
Elections have cnsequences. One of which is that the President gets to pick judges. We don't vote for a powerless figurehead, we vote him INTO POWER.
Clinton's victories afforded him this power as well. The only time his picks were really challenged was when he was a lame duck and tried to pack the court with his people on his way out the door.
Interesting that Dems don't feel this way about sharing power when they are the ones holding more cards.
They would not have hesitated to use the nuclear option if things were reversed; but of course, if things were reversed, their nominees would get the courtesy of a vote.
you do realize that if you agree to it, it isn't rape? 'cause that makes the joke even less funny that it already is.
Unchecked power?
Absurd. By my count the Republican party has received the consent of the governed in 6 of the last 7 elections. Some of us would just like them to govern.
Besides, I had my jackboots all laced up.
PK,
The power was "checked" last November, genius. Just not in your favor.
-T
Mer,
"Less funny than it already is. . .?"
Well, you're reading it, and so are thousands of others thanks to record links from others.
And you're reading me because I'm funny.
Opinion Overturned!
Cheers,
-T
This whole thing was a joke. Bullies come in all shapes and sizes.
What is it about elections they don't understand? Elections have consequences.
T,
i'm reading it because i saw a link to it in another blog, and found the headline so offensive that i clicked it simply to make sure it was real.
i'm sure some of your other writing is quite funny. but there is something to be said for tact, particularly when your words go out in to the anonymous ether--where they can have unintended consequences.
opinion reinstated,
~mer
And those unintended consequences would be. . . ?
T,
The unintended consequence I speak of is bringing up painful memories for some of your readers.
When I found your article, I was in the room with two close friends who were raped a number of years back. Both have delt well over the years with the psychological torment that act caused them. However, all three of us were appalled that anyone would use rape in the way your article did. The three of us felt that while you were clearly trying to illustrate a political point regarding the moderate Republicans who crafted the Filibuster agreement, the way in which you did so crossed the line from humor in to offensiveness. And the three of us don't find many things that cross that line.
While we didn't expect you to agree, we figured there was a comment button, so we could leave our thoughts. Take it as you will.
Mer,
No problem, and thank for your clarification. I am going to explain my reasoning far more than I am ever going to again.
Such is why I used the very dubious and at best ambiguous term, "date rape," and not just "rape."
"Rape," as pictured in our minds, is the overt and forceful introduction of sexual activity into a situation that was in no way remotely sexual(and before anybody else feels the need to remind me that rape is a power issue, please spare me the retroactive illumination).
But date rape seems to often descend from an already sexual situation. To wit:
1) Girl shows up to Mike Tyson's hotel room, wearing NOTHING but a fir coat, and a pair of busy hands.
2) Mike goes to prison for doing what EVERY SINGLE ONE of her actions led him to believe she wanted.
3) Girl claims she was just looking for good, clean, Baptist fun at 2:00 am with a guy used to only ONE THING when women show at his hotel room at that time.
So while he was convicted of rape, I am inclined to believe he was convicted of fornicating with a money grubber. Same goes for Kobe Bryant. Adulter. yes. Rape? Well, the defense sure didn't want the prosecution to forensically take her claims apart, as evindence was getting ready to be entered to show she was a revolving door--before and after her alleged rape, the same day.
Now, Mike Tyson is a brute with no apparrent conscience. So is Robert Byrd. And John McCain can't keep his political clothes on to save his life whenever he gets around the guy. The mental image is the same.
So politically, John McCain is as big a whore as anyone tempting the fates of a bilogical behemoth like Mike Tyson.
So all I've done is craft an extension of what 75% of the other bloggers did with less creativity:
"GOP grabs their ankles."
This one is employed as a crude colloquial everyday, and is practically acceptable now. All I did was build an easement to it.
Now, That being said, I do grant you that what I've written is explosive. Im meant it to be. And while this blog is not yet the biggest in the category, it will soon occupy that position. And when whores like John McCain actively sell themselves on the senate floor, I am going to bloody my knuckles nailing them. I happen to believe that this kind of writing can convey constructive anger, and that is my exact goal.
But we live in a society that lionizes the whore, as long as that whore protects Roe V. Wade. And as long as the whore does the billing of the abortion lobby, their whoredom will be recontextualized as "maverick individualism."
The biggest travesty of all is that this is what its really all about. The right to kill babies. Nothing more. Nothing less.
In closing, please tell your friends, that I am sincerely sorry for any discomfort suffered by them--a truly unintended consequence.
-T
T,
Thank you for your clarification. While your definition of "date rape" is a bit flip, it is clear to me now that your choice of words in that article stemmed from a great deal of anger over the current political situation.
That's why we have humor, I think--it's a great outlet.
Best,
~mer
Mer,
My best to you, and thank you. I promise I'm not going to hammer this line much more, if any 
-T
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