Imagine the reaction if McCain had run against Hillary, and a McCain speechwriter had been photographed doing this:
That’s the speechwriter on the left. He makes his living with words.
But I guess nobody ever told him: a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Slow-news day, eh Campbell? Get a life.
SonnyRey (a0e01d) — 12/6/2008 @ 3:13 amAh … It is Campbell Brown again searching searching searching for anything to say. Looking for a ratings jump are you Campbell? I suggest that you stick to REAL news.
Phil (1d088a) — 12/6/2008 @ 3:50 amYeah Phil, total non-story.
Heh.
Pablo (99243e) — 12/6/2008 @ 5:04 amWhy does Campbell look for trouble where there is none? Her articles seem always to be of the petty, high schoolish rumor mill type? If Clinton and the speechwriter can work this out, why should we care?
JN (2d19f7) — 12/6/2008 @ 5:05 amThat’s some powerful koolaid in those drinks. Are the two guys groping Hillary gay (they certainly look metrosexual) not that there’s anything wrong with being gay/metrosexual). But I guess this isn’t as bad as those libs who pointed loaded rifles at cutouts of Gov Palin and her daughter.
eaglewingz08 (080c62) — 12/6/2008 @ 5:10 amShould have pointed out that I believe the rifles were also toys or cardboard cutouts. No firearms violations were committed in the photographing of those images.
eaglewingz08 (080c62) — 12/6/2008 @ 5:12 amSo that’s Obama’s ventriloquist? He must be very talented to have reached that position so young. I suppose his hand on Hillary’s breast is better than his hand up Obama’s ____.
Still, the photo reminds me of the Scottish drunk driving test. (Safe for work unless your boss is a really ugly feminist.)
nk (5fa892) — 12/6/2008 @ 5:47 amAnybody in the mood for a blonde joke?
A Blonde is watching the news with her husband when the newscaster says, “Two Brazilian men died in a skydiving accident.”
The blonde starts crying to her husband, “That’s horrible. So many men dying that way.”
Confused, he says, “Yes dear,it is sad, but they were skydiving, and there is always a risk involved.”
After a few minutes, the blonde, still sobbing, says, “How many is a Brazilian?”
nk (5fa892) — 12/6/2008 @ 6:09 amMust be the only story CNN will give Campbell these days. Shooting fish in a barrel…more like scrapping the bottom of the barrel. So many note worthy stories to dig into and all Campbell gets is the assault of a cardboard cut out. Lame!
Chaz (179bf0) — 12/6/2008 @ 6:34 amTHAT kid is in charge of putting words in the next President’s mouth. Great.
Jack Klompus (b0e238) — 12/6/2008 @ 6:51 amApparently the groper on the left had too many of what the groper on the right had in his hand.
The amused Dana (556f76) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:05 amI imagine that groping the cardboard cutout had to be at least as thrilling as groping the real article. 😎
Jay Curtis (8f6541) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:33 amWhat happened to “We are the change we are looking for?”
Viktor Nehring (6c107f) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:48 amIt’s funny, but I’m trying to imagine what would have happened if it had been Track Palin posing for that picture.
MayBee (d82a30) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:53 am…or Levi Johnson.
MayBee (d82a30) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:54 amI’ve heard that one, only it was a Bush joke…
And to be honest, I laughed. Cause I’m not entirely sure it isn’t accurate. 🙂
Scott Jacobs (90ff96) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:56 amYou seen the Palin daughter he’s marrying???
Why the holy hell would he paw at a flat piece of cardboard? 🙂
Scott Jacobs (90ff96) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:58 amI am shocked — SHOCKED! — at this news… Obama has a speechwriter!!!
Anonymous (14c387) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:01 amObama has a white, male speech writer – where’s the change?
Perfect Sense (9d1b08) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:09 amJon Favreau = Horse’s Ass.
But on the other hand, he’s put out a lot of equine hay byproduct for Obama to speak.
Mike Myers (31af82) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:21 amWell, that’s probably the most action Hillary’s gotten from a man in years. I hope she enjoyed it.
Huma, Huma, Huma, Huma, Huma.
daleyrocks (5d22c0) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:22 amWhy do you suppose a group of Obama staffers would be in possession of a life-size cardboard image of Hillary in the first place?
I have a feeling that there could be a LOT more interesting photos of this group when the party really got going. And, to be frank, it hardly seems fair to be suddenly expecting campaigners to begin treating other politicians with some kind of respect.
If they did, they’d be the only ones.
Gesundheit (47b0b8) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:29 amNow, now…he’s a Melanin-Deficient-American.
Horatio (55069c) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:32 amDoesn’t that qualify for some protection under the ADA?
What bad taste! And we need to buy this clown some glasses–he can’t be seeing very well. Maybe too many bong hits or Jack Daniels drinks.
John Bibb (feee11) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:35 am***
In the old days us Army guys called this a 10 drink woman–you were going to pass out at 9 drinks before drink 10 made her look good enough to go for.
***
Rocketman
The guy is just frisking Hillary, trying to find the official hard copy of her bitch certificate.
Official Internet Data Office (b89658) — 12/6/2008 @ 8:43 amPatriarchal misogynist hegemony! Fight back womyn!
Jack Klompus (b0e238) — 12/6/2008 @ 9:32 amWhat would Amanda Marcotte do??!!
Jack Klompus (b0e238) — 12/6/2008 @ 9:32 amWhile Clinton’s (or camp’s) reaction was witty, you can be sure if this were pre-election that such a pass would never have been given.
Nor would NOW be silent. Who? You know that women’s groups who occasionally crusade for women’s causes and speak out against objectification of the gender….I mean if they are the right kind of women, that is.
Dana (79a78b) — 12/6/2008 @ 9:42 am“We are the infantile ones we’ve been waiting for!”
Dmac (e30284) — 12/6/2008 @ 9:44 am“So that’s Obama’s ventriloquist? He must be very talented to have reached that position so young. I suppose his hand on Hillary’s breast is better than his
handhead up Obama’s ____.”There, nk, fixed that for you.
Another Drew (98abde) — 12/6/2008 @ 10:40 amGetting serious.
Great start for Hillary. A person with character, of which Hillary has none, would say, “A fish rots from the head down. Take your Secretary of State appointment and stick it where the sun don’t shine, Magical Kenyan”.
nk (f22f82) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:17 amAnother Drew #30,
The literal translation of “ventriloquist” is, in fact, “somebody who talks out of his rear end”. 😉
nk (f22f82) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:26 amOr “back-end”?
nk (f22f82) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:27 amThe image is burned in my mind – whenever Obama speaks, I will see this kid groping Hillary.
Perfect Sense (9d1b08) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:37 amCan I get a bailout to cure this?
Comment by nk — 12/6/2008 @ 11:27 am
The root of ventriloquist is ventri:
“a learned borrowing from Latin meaning ‘abdomen’…”
Random House College Dictionary, 1975, 1979…
Also the root of Ventral, as in ventral fin, an appendage along the abdomen.
But then, “up-the-backside” would be a route into the abdomen, from whence the voice could project…
But, seriously, is this the kind of public behavior we have come to expect,
or tolerate, in persons who will staff the White House?
Change we can believe in?
Another Drew (98abde) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:44 amThat *poof* sound you heard was Marcotte’s head exploding.
SEXIST REICH-WING PIG…………er……….Obama speechwriter? Hope…..and…change? Change? CHANGE?””””
-sparks
Boom.
Techie (07c8ee) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:48 amThe leftist illuminati has done a little to protect their reputation via the people who are around them, but a little too late.
ew (7f2fd7) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:52 amStill serious.
She put up with the humiliations of her husband’s infidelities. For what? Now she’s smiling at her humiliation by Obama’s staff? What is she made of and just what is she after? Just getting kicked around by some man?
Good thing she did not become President. Our Doofus 43 got a man-crush on Putin when he looked into Putin’s eyes. God only knows what Hillary would put out for him.
nk (7a2cf8) — 12/6/2008 @ 11:53 amObama’s first political crisis. No, it’s not a big one, but you know what they say about ‘broken windows’. How he deals with this will set the tone for the start of his administration.
1) He sacks him – he’s telling the newbies to straighten up and fly right.
2) He does nothing – this kind of (un)thinking will escalate.
His choice.
Gajim (e39b35) — 12/6/2008 @ 12:28 pmI love how the O!squad comes right out the box and attacks the writer of the story and not the speech writer. Do these people get freakin marching orders or something?
Mr. Pink (a64369) — 12/6/2008 @ 12:40 pmAt the first link in the post the reporter speculates that the groper, Obama’s head speechwriter Favreau, will not be fired because of this photo:
During the campaign, Obama’s staff and surrogates were quick to demand an apology for any slight to their candidate, but apparently Hillary is expected to and will in fact take humiliation with good humor. So much for feminism.
DRJ (b4db3a) — 12/6/2008 @ 12:55 pmComment by Mr. Pink — 12/6/2008 @ 12:40 pm
The “herd mentality” in operation.
The many, protect the individual under attack, until his wounds become so apparent that his survival is at question, then he is abandoned to the attacker, to ensure the survival of the herd.
We are, after all, at our base, just animals.
Another Drew (98abde) — 12/6/2008 @ 12:57 pmWhole thing is such a big joke.
Our future Secretary of State claimed she’s dodged sniper fire on a tarmac in Bosnia, and her future boss — one of the pals of sane, honorable people like Jeremiah Wright — employs frat brats and flakes.
Welcome to the Banana Republic of America.
Mark (411533) — 12/6/2008 @ 1:00 pmNot to worry, Obama is going to friend Putin, Chavez, and Ahmadinejad on facebook and “super poke” them any time he needs to call a summit about energy policy and nuclear arms control.
Jack Klompus (b0e238) — 12/6/2008 @ 1:15 pmAnother Drew #35:
But then, “up-the-backside” would be a route into the abdomen, from whence the voice could project…
The New Testament word for male homosexual is “arsenokoitas”, literally “male belly user”, so yup, what you concluded is correct.
nk (4679af) — 12/6/2008 @ 1:40 pmComment by nk — 12/6/2008 @ 1:40 pm
Now and then, us old farts actually know something.
Another Drew (98abde) — 12/6/2008 @ 2:04 pmAnd, on a good day, I can print 99% at the range.
So why hasn’t Cardboard Hillary sued Favreau for sexual assault? For that matter, why isn’t he being criminally charged?
Oh, sorry, my mistake. For a minute, I thought “Cardboard Hillary” was her latest nickname, not a reference to something actually made of cardboard. Never mind.
Xrlq (62cad4) — 12/6/2008 @ 2:12 pmHillary is quite used to being abused, yet still going on, bloodied but unbowed. After putting up with all of Bill’s transgressions over the years, does anyone really think she’d go nuclear over this little POS? Do you think anyone cares what a hacky speechwriter does in his spare time? Does anyone take Noonan seriously? Bueller?
Dmac (e30284) — 12/6/2008 @ 2:24 pmDmac, you’re absolutely right. Hillary will put up with any abuse if making noise might ruffle feathers or impede her personal agenda to reach the top. And feminists certainly lost their credibility long before this silliness. They looked the other way through all of Billy’s escapades choosing to use the boys will be boys escape clause rather than make a serious stand. Their impotence was further confirmed by their collective silence over Sarah Palin. No one takes them seriously.
Dana (79a78b) — 12/6/2008 @ 3:50 pmYeah, but who doesn’t take drunken pictures of themselves groping a politician? Seriously.
Tom (b778ae) — 12/6/2008 @ 3:59 pmShe’ll never reach to top because she does not really have the balls. Literally. She’s a woman. And figuratively. She’s a tired old woman. And McCain was a worn out old man. That’s why a young, energetic man beat them both.
nk (4679af) — 12/6/2008 @ 4:21 pmYeah, that must’ve been why Reagan lost as well, right? Oh, wait a minute…
Dmac (e30284) — 12/6/2008 @ 4:28 pmbecause she does not really have the balls. Literally. She’s a woman. And figuratively.
What?
Dana (79a78b) — 12/6/2008 @ 4:31 pmThere was only one Reagan.
nk (4679af) — 12/6/2008 @ 4:33 pmMr Klompus asked:
She would write a long, thorougly documented, brilliantly presented and logicaly devastating response, proving that all of this blatant misogyny can be laid at the feet of Dick Cheney, Bill Donohue and Sean Hanity.
The obviously intoxicated Dana (556f76) — 12/6/2008 @ 4:40 pmnk wrote:
Not what you would think. 😉
The curmudgeonly Dana (556f76) — 12/6/2008 @ 4:43 pmThere was only one Reagan.
Strike as non – responsive.
because she does not really have the balls. Literally. She’s a woman. And figuratively.
Strike as incomprehensible.
Dmac (e30284) — 12/6/2008 @ 6:27 pmThere was only one Reagan.
Strike as non – responsive.
As much responsiveness as
Yeah, that must’ve been why Reagan lost as well, right? Oh, wait a minute…
Comment by Dmac — 12/6/2008 @ 4:28 pm
deserves.
nk (5a0e72) — 12/6/2008 @ 7:21 pmSorry, Dmac,
I’ve gone off the deep end with this stupid election and I have no idea what I’m saying any more. The only reason I’m not at some street corner frothing at passersby is because it’s so cold now in Chicago.
nk (5a0e72) — 12/7/2008 @ 8:04 amYeah, I hear you – I’m already sick to death of Winter, after what we went through last year. Global Warming, my ass!
Dmac (e30284) — 12/7/2008 @ 8:16 amnk @ #31 is pure brilliance.
Amanda Marcotte’s head will assplode during the next 4 years.
JD (059bab) — 12/7/2008 @ 8:17 amI apologize to (the good-looking) Dana, too.
nk (5a0e72) — 12/7/2008 @ 8:25 amI love how the Obamatrons come out in force on posts like this. In the grand scheme of things, this whole story is kind of silly, but, I that was the speechwriter for any Republican for any office doing the exact same thing, the media would run the story 24/7, calling for candidate to step down, and everyone at the party, and their bosses, to be fired. Amanda Marcotte would pen some idiocy about Teh Patriarchy and the evilness of Republicans. TPM, Sullie, and all fo the Gleeeens would write articles about the hyper heternormativeness of Republicans, and their fear of Teh Ghey.
JD (059bab) — 12/7/2008 @ 8:29 amThank you, JD. BTW, it’s a balmy 15 degrees and my wife keeps telling me that I should get up from the computer and get out of the house. She’s not clear on whether I should come back.
nk (5a0e72) — 12/7/2008 @ 8:38 amnk, thanks, and I’m relieved it was just a post-election momentary mental snap. 🙂
(JD, I just popped over to Marcotte’s site, nothing but her usual tiresome rants…)
Dana (79a78b) — 12/7/2008 @ 10:12 amok any of you obama-scum that think this if funny would it be funny if it where your sister he was doing that to or mabey your mother.. what if it where michelle obama. still funny . this bum need to be fired & if berry where a real man he would have done it along time ago.
boogieman7167 (b42029) — 12/9/2008 @ 5:54 pm