Comments on: Rape jokes to the Right and the Left

By: abcurtis

abcurtis — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:01:19 +0000

This all goes back to George Allen’s macaca moment. Some word spoken by Allen, probably made up, was deemed racist by the media and they and the socialist democrats used it to put an end to Allen’s political aspirations and gave us Jim Webb as a senator. And if 20 years from now, Allen decides to run for a school board seat, you can bet the macaca moment will be revived.
Allen should be where McCain is today.

By: abcurtis

abcurtis — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:37:45 +0000

A bad joke about rape eighteen years ago. How long does one have to wear ashes and sackcloth in order to get forgiveness? I’m with Ed – give it a rest.

By: Dr. Charles G. Waugh

Dr. Charles G. Waugh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:16:15 +0000

So I assume the left must really be enraged by Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Obama, since Ted is William Kennedy Smith’s uncle, and three separate women have accused Smith of rape/coercing them into sex. See http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0620051wksmith1.html.

By: Dr. Charles G. Waugh

Dr. Charles G. Waugh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:56:16 +0000

Wait, blonde jokes are now off limits?!

rbj on June 16, 2008 at 10:16 AM

That’s right. Never say dye!

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:55:35 +0000

If Democrats Have A Problem With Rape Jokes……

then they need to clean up their own house before targeting John McCain over a supporter’s 18-year-old stupid comment. Let’s take it from the top. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) has decided to hold a fundraiser initially sponsored by a controversial……

By: jeffNWV

jeffNWV — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:41:01 +0000

When you walk down the middle of the road, it results in getting hit by cars traveling in different directions.

By: ospurt

ospurt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:18:56 +0000

According to the Dallas Morning News TrailBlazers Blog, ABC news and the Washington Post were tipped off about Clayton Williams remarks by Planned Parenthood. Now, before you start scratching you heads as to why Planned Parenthood would dust off this crusty political morsel, check this out:

And who heads Planned Parenthood? Cecile Richards, the daughter of the late Texas governor, who was at her mother's side much of the 1990 campaign.

Nothing like a little personal grudge being inserted into national politics.

By: JadeNYU

JadeNYU — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:36:27 +0000

Until recently the darling of the Democratic party was a man who has been credibly accused of rape and has never denied it.

Their selective outrage is pathetic.

By: James

James — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:11:22 +0000

splink on June 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM

/#6 dance

By: AprilOrit

AprilOrit — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:02:16 +0000

Clayton Williams’ totally inappropriate remarks about women are well-known,” Richards told the Chronicle.
WOMEN AREN’T THE ONLY VICTIMS OF RAPE YOU IDIOT!!!!! Damn selfcentered feminazis.

Darth Executor on June 16, 2008 at 12:32 PM

Law and Order SVU did an episode back in the early 2000s based on a true story of a male dancer who hired to perform at a bachlorette party and was held captive for hours, tied up and raped by the bride and her female guests. It allegedly happened in NYC in the early 80s.

Those male dancers are usually gay, and back then that was probably very high risk behavior and I believe a very wrong decision by bridezilla and her girls to make….

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:56:51 +0000

Let me see here: Association with a man who made a bad joke (McCain/Williams) vs. associating with a self-admitted terrorist (Obaaaaaama/Ayers).

Yep.

The bad joke is definitely more newsworthy.

/sarc

By: Darth Executor

Darth Executor — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:32:21 +0000

Clayton Williams’ totally inappropriate remarks about women are well-known,” Richards told the Chronicle.

WOMEN AREN’T THE ONLY VICTIMS OF RAPE YOU IDIOT!!!!! Damn selfcentered feminazis.

By: Kini

Kini — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:28:26 +0000

It smells of a desperate attempt to smear McCain. If this is the best the left can come up with, then try using McCain liberal legislative history against him.

By: splink

splink — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:43:46 +0000

The only two remotely funny rape jokes ever are both in Blazing Saddles.

/cattle

/villain interview

By: gekkobear

gekkobear — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:37:14 +0000

Yes, a joke about rape a long time in the past is the worst possible person to be associated with…

Wait, someone’s yelling William Ayres at me… who the heck is that? Obviously not as bad as someone who told an off-color joke a couple decades ago.

Oh, and Splunge, that’s definitely one of my favorites.

By: originalpechanga

originalpechanga — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:36:13 +0000

Clayton Williams told a rape joke 18 years ago, in the age of Sam Kinison, et al… OH NO!!!

Uh, who’s Clayton Williams?

Answer: He’s the guy that the Dems just brought out from OBSCURITY!!!

By: Splunge

Splunge — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:34:12 +0000

An oldie, but a goodie:

Q. How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?

A. THAT’S NOT FUNNY!

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:15:02 +0000

If former Senator George Allen campaigns for McCain, the Dems will blame McCain for Allen’s “macaca” remark, which probably cost Allen his Senate seat. Is McCain supposed to “vet” everything said 18 years ago by every supporter? Does he have to refuse endorsements from everyone who might have said something controversial many years ago?

For what it’s worth, Jozef Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) was once in the Hitler Youth (probably forced into it). Should we hold that against him now?

By: dingbat

dingbat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:15:02 +0000

Tit for tat. Amazing how quick the left comes up with that tat. You’d think they were playing old politics. Do what you gotta do to get elected and then bring on that good ol’ Demo goodness.

Problem is, they say hope and change but play cut and slash like the rest of us.

And are convinced they are the nice ones.

God save us from from really nice people who are in fact!
Just as dirty as the rest of us. More so I dare say.

By: juliesa

juliesa — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:04:46 +0000

I was a young woman in Texas at the time, and I thought all the hoohaw over the joke was stupid back in 1990. I’m appalled and amazed that Claytie still catches crap for it 18 years later.

OT but related: Maybe it’s better to just ignore this, but HuffPo was really rolling in the mud this weekend with their attacks on Cindy McCain. As just one example, remember that guy who stalked George Allen’s campaign in order to stage incidents? He went after McCain the other day, and brags about here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-stark/the-coming-storm-or-why-m_b_107148.html

He’s doing a Larry Johnson and promising that the poop is going to hit the fan, soon, just you wait, any day now.

By: GeneSmith

GeneSmith — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:59:04 +0000

Brain-dead ‘feminists’ like those quoted chastising McCain only forgive and forget if the alleged perpetrator is a democRat (a la Slick Willie). A wink-wink, nudge-nudge and all is forgiven. Some modest lip-biting helps, too…

By: Kafir

Kafir — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:49:11 +0000

I live in Texas and remember that “joke.” It pretty much ended Clayton Williams’ political career. I think he learned his lesson. Doesn’t anybody get forgiven for anything anymore? If not forgive, at least forget.

By: Dave_d

Dave_d — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:49:01 +0000

Well one reason to bring it up is that Franken seems not to have a filter and pretty much has been acting like a self absorbed jack*** with the restraint of a 3 year old. Maybe at the beginning you could think it was an act but after all this time it’s pretty clear it’s no act. I mean he did that one, he made jokes about Reagan getting literally reamed and of course there’s been a few incidents of him flying into a rage. (And that’s not even considering how dishonest he is almost to the point of parody yet rails on and on about truth.) His whole stick for the past 30+ years is how much of an insufferable boor he is and that rape joke is just more of the same from him. (I mean if that was the only thing like that in his past I could understand but when it’s one after another and then uses the “It’s ok, it’s just a joke” defense that’s a little weak.)

By: duff65

duff65 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:48:57 +0000

Why don’t all these people take a deep breath and try to regain a little bit of sanity. Of course Franken as a US Senator would be a joke but he would have lots of company.

By: a capella

a capella — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:46:39 +0000

Fake indignation to make political points is now the “in” thing since Countdown’s inception. People watch Olbermann and want to be just like him. Fun to watch, but they need to end or begin their sentences with “Sir.”