So, if I describe Nancy Pelosi as a “prostitute” for the democratic party, that would be acceptable, Blacklake??

IMHO it’s more that the democrat party has prostituted itself to the likes of Pelosi.

Hmmm. What should we call a guy that is scared of a 5’1″ 99 pound female? Calling him a “wuss” is too kind — and somehow just doesn’t seem adequate. Too bad the “f@gg*t” word has such a stigma attached to it.

So what. That’s kinda like an addict’s promise or a leper’s kiss – worthless & unwanted.

Besides, herr ubermann is next to have the msnbc revolving door to whack his butt on the way out.

So, if I describe Nancy Pelosi as a “prostitute” for the democratic party, that would be acceptable, Blacklake??

I wouldn’t think it’d make sense in that case, because she’s an actual overt member of the party. I guess if one felt the need to extend the metaphor, she’d be more like a pimp for the Democrat Party, not a prostitute–somebody who sells and exploits it, not somebody who is used and exploited by it.

If you really wanted to draw it out, Chuck Hagel and Arlen Specter might make better examples of “prostitutes” for the Democrat party…though like I said, it’s a harsh metaphor. I wouldn’t use it to describe them, myself (though, hypothetically, somebody like Michael Savage might, and without being sexist).

At any rate, I never said anything about it being acceptable, anyway. My point was that it might not in all cases be sexist, because it seems there are cases where it could be and is sometimes applied to males (though, as I said, I suspect that in Michelle’s case it was indeed intended to be sexist). There’s all sorts of language that isn’t at all sexist, but is still unacceptable in civil discourse.

Plus he wants to show how he is righteous and stuff.

But in the odd event I’m wrong, it’s a wonderfully poorly-timed verbal mis-step to make on the heels of the whole “ho” scandal, isn’t it?

Blacklake on April 13, 2007 at 5:01 PM

It’s not a mis-step. This is the way the guy talks. He’s just not used to talking to anyone outside his circle of syncophants so he seems to be actually unable to speak in a civilized manner. It didn’t take much at all for Michelle to show everyone what kind of character he is.
Bill Cosby is right, 100%. He is telling the Black community that to allow Black gangsta to define the mainstream Black culture is not only pathetic but self-destructive.
Maybe this sort of thing will finally get the silent majority of African-Americans riled enough to figure out how to get their voices heard over the potty-mouthed talk of people who claim to speak for them.

What do you call people that do anything for ratings/money regardless of principles?
rw on April 13, 2007 at 4:56 PM

You call them whores and Olby is his own special brand of one. He can save his psuedo-sympathy for Don Imus and leave legitimate public personalities out of it.

Ann Coulter and Kieth Olberman both attended the same university, although they were a decade or so apart.

I know this because I saw Olby’s face plastered on my alumni magazine last month. Made me ill.

The place was / is fairly lefty, but still. I’ve never encountered anyone there as crazy as Olby. Er, other than the faculty.

As Roman Maroni said in the classic gangster movie Johnny Dangerously: “This is fargin’ war.”

thirteen28 on April 13, 2007 at 4:39 PM

Followed by the newspaper headline: FARGIN WAR!

Great movie. Thanks for the reminder.

That said, in this particular case I suspect Michelle was in fact being called a prostitute because she was female, and that this thug (I’m glad to not recall his name) would not have used the same phrasing if speaking to a male. But in the odd event I’m wrong, it’s a wonderfully poorly-timed verbal mis-step to make on the heels of the whole “ho” scandal, isn’t it?

So let’s get this straight. NBC fires Don Imus. ESPN fired Rush Limbaugh, a political commentator doing sports. And now NBC is going to take the greatest political demagogue on American television and let him do NFL football?

While they’re making all of these asinine decisons, why don’t they just team him up with O.J.?

A broken clock.

aunursa on April 13, 2007 at 4:37 PM

Flashing VCR stuck at 12:00:00 am 1/1/01. Right once for a fleeting moment.