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2012 Santorum Donors Are Just as Obsessed with Other People's Sex Lives as Santorum Himself
Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Dig this crazy appearance by major Santorum super PAC donor Foster Freiss on MSNBC: First he says our culture needs a "therapy session" because we all think about sex too much, and then he resurrects the old joke about Bayer aspirin being the best, cheapest form of contraception. Because everything would just be all right if women kept their knees together, get it? An amazing awkward pause ensues:
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We're obsessed with sex, Mr. Friess? Your precious Santorum is the one who spends a lot of time talking about how he wants to ban contraception, sodomy, anything counter to straight missionary sex for baby-making purposes only, gay people existing, women being humans, and all that good stuff, but yeah, WE are definitely the ones who are obsessed with sex.
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I think I get it. All politics is complete stupidity, it is a parade of idiots, and it is a waste of my time to worry about it. Got it. Oh wait, these people end up making laws and shit? Aw, fuck. Do I really have to worry about this shit?
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@2 Someone makes a controversial or offensive statement and her response is "let's change the subject"?
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As repulsive as this old colostomy bag is, I think it's good to give guys like this exposure. A lot of folks don't really believe that these guys are serious.
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@#4
I believe #2 might have meant "Pro" as in "Professional protector of the powerful and the moneyed interests".
(Shorter version is Pro=Whore, but only metaphorically and without meaning offense to honest prostitutes).
I believe #2 might have meant "Pro" as in "Professional protector of the powerful and the moneyed interests".
(Shorter version is Pro=Whore, but only metaphorically and without meaning offense to honest prostitutes).
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@4: Really? I think Andrea’s body language and inflections provided all the reprimanding commentary required. Watch it again!
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@9
I agree.
And most people can figure out at least half a dozen other positions as well.
That joke only works if you believe that sex should only be in the "missionary position". And if that's the case, someone does not think ENOUGH about sex.
I agree.
And most people can figure out at least half a dozen other positions as well.
That joke only works if you believe that sex should only be in the "missionary position". And if that's the case, someone does not think ENOUGH about sex.
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I don't think an awkward silence and some reprimanding body language is the sign of a professional journalist. News entertainment, sure.
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Another mentally decrepit self delusional idiot. No group of people have done more to put sex on the forefront of the national discussion than anti-sex politicians like Santorum.
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Notice how Freiss' hilarious joke reveals that he places all responsibility for abstinence squarely on women. Those slutty, slutty women who refuse to keep their legs locked together for the rest of their lives.
This vaudeville-era sex joke has aged like a fine, unpasteurized cheese.
This vaudeville-era sex joke has aged like a fine, unpasteurized cheese.
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Anyone who starts an argument with "back in my day" cannot be taken seriously in any way, shape, or form.
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My dad gave me that aspirin advice back in high school. It wasn't funny, useful or respectful back then either.
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So he's basically advocating that women should refuse to have sex unless they want to get pregnant.
How can any woman OR man support this ass?
How can any woman OR man support this ass?
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@21: 'Cos if a woman is holding an aspirin between her knees, her legs are together...
At first I was thinking along the lines of "Not tonight honey, I have a headache", but that didn't make sense, because then an aspirin would facilitate the sex.
At first I was thinking along the lines of "Not tonight honey, I have a headache", but that didn't make sense, because then an aspirin would facilitate the sex.
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@9- My response as well.
@10- You're a really optimistic person. Because of that, you're wrong about a lot of things.
@17- Completely true and probably the most offensive part.
@10- You're a really optimistic person. Because of that, you're wrong about a lot of things.
@17- Completely true and probably the most offensive part.
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Actually, sex with your legs tight together can be a lot of fun. You just have to do the insertion first, then grab the aspirin with your patellae.
That being said, I have a jumbo-size bottle of Bayer here and a excellent suggestion where HE can put it.
That being said, I have a jumbo-size bottle of Bayer here and a excellent suggestion where HE can put it.
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Keep up the good work, Republican assholes -- you're driving women voters to the polls for Democrats.
"The biggest story here is unmarried women. President Obama now leads Romney among unmarried women by a margin of 65 to 30 percent, up from 54 percent Obama, 37 percent Romney at the end of last year. These voters are approaching the same level of support (70 percent) they showed the President in the 2008 elections...
Democrats have newly consolidated the progressive voters of the Rising American Electorate who were responsible for Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008. These voters—unmarried women, young voters, and minorities—dropped off in 2010 and lagged throughout 2011. They have returned in a big way for Democrats, led by a resurgence and re-engagement of unmarried women."
http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2…
"The biggest story here is unmarried women. President Obama now leads Romney among unmarried women by a margin of 65 to 30 percent, up from 54 percent Obama, 37 percent Romney at the end of last year. These voters are approaching the same level of support (70 percent) they showed the President in the 2008 elections...
Democrats have newly consolidated the progressive voters of the Rising American Electorate who were responsible for Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008. These voters—unmarried women, young voters, and minorities—dropped off in 2010 and lagged throughout 2011. They have returned in a big way for Democrats, led by a resurgence and re-engagement of unmarried women."
http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2…
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grandpa is much more tolerable griping at home in his lazy boy when you can just pat him on the shoulder and leave the room. the fucking shit they say, its really stunning.
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Use of aspirin can lead to the potentially life-threatening Reye's Syndrome. Yet again, Republicans care more about bossing women around than keeping them alive.
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It was such a bad joke I didn't even realize it WAS a joke - assuming ti actually was. I thought this old fuck genuinely believed an aspirin in the vag was effective birth control. People really have become such caricatures of themselves that I can't tell the difference between humor and reality any more. And i used to be good at that.
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