youfoundthekingbaby: either way, i can see why they would not want to talk much about being opposed to changes in the law, because it can be spun so easily.

That's a huge problem right there. Anything can be spun, and spun hard these days. Reduce spending? "Austerity!" Equitable and fair tax code? "Class warfare!" Encourage college? "Snobbery!" Withdraw from Iraq? "Cut an run!"

And as you said, because you don't want to put something out there than be spun and used against you, people shy away. But if everything is spun, no matter how big or small or significant or otherwise, what issues or problems get addressed?

We get toothless, useless, unenforceable legislation like the Do Not Call list and controlling the volume on TV ads.

We've allowed the whole environment to be poisoned. And it's killing the country.

/fatalistic rant

wrapple: That guy is current MO senator Roy Blunt

I think he's keeping his eyes closed and mentally intoning "don'tlookatthemdon'tlookatthemdon'tlookatthemdon'tlookatthemdon'tlook atthem..."

But, he's the one who wanted the moral exception exemption for contraception coverage. Maybe he's thinking, "I want a moral exemption to stare at those tit-tays!"

Bontesla: So she would cry during intercourse?

Lots of women saner than Ms. O'Donnell do that. I will say it's a bit of a mood-killer. Something something don't something in the crazy something something.

hurdboy: Bontesla: So she would cry during intercourse?

Lots of women saner than Ms. O'Donnell do that. I will say it's a bit of a mood-killer. Something something don't something in the crazy something something.

It's weird. I dated a girl (survivor of rape-rape) who would sob when the sex was really good. I asked her about it; she replied "I never expected to get good sex after what happened." which was a bit of an O.o -< O.O moment for me.

Then she told me she could channel it into laughter. A much less off-putting reaction to sex.

// for most of us
// wasn't derisive laughter, either

Dr Dreidel: It's weird. I dated a girl (survivor of rape-rape) who would sob when the sex was really good. I asked her about it; she replied "I never expected to get good sex after what happened." which was a bit of an O.o -< O.O moment for me.

Yep. All my experiences with it have been after zomgasm. Don't know if all had been victims of rape-rape (some had), but certainly not by me.

Dr Dreidel: Then she told me she could channel it into laughter. A much less off-putting reaction to sex.

// for most of us
// wasn't derisive laughter, either

Unless she's gotten ticklish to nearly any touch. That can ruin things.

hubiestubert: Ideology before competence I guess...

CLEARLY this woman was selected to run against Claire McKaskill Solely because of her poltical acumen and ability and NOTHING ELSE

What I really love about this story is the exchange goes like this

"What's your stance on Renewing the VAWA"
"I have no farking clue what that is"
"Really?"
"Yes, really"

and in a matter of hours her handlers are saying with a straight face "of course she knows what this bill is and she's very upset at the Democrats who are playing politics with the bill ,and is in favor of the clearly superior Republican version"

As if they expect us to swallow that she's done a detailed legislative analysis of a bill she admitted with her own mouth knowing NOTHING about

Marcus Aurelius: Senate Republicans are objecting to re-upping the 1994 law, which has already been extended several times, because of amendments that would extend protections for Native American women, gay victims, and others

This is clearly an outrage. Violence against gay people is why we invented Apple pie and freedom.

Well let's be fair, can you really call gay women "women" at all? After all, you now many of , them are adept at handling power tools or playing sports, and are fond of wearing unattrative hair styles and no makeup! In fact there are some of these "women" who, at least if you can believe some of the rumors couldn't tell the difference between a cotillion and spring formal!

And native american Women! Really? IF they are being abused,why don't those Custer-killers go back to the country they came from?!

Salt Lick Steady: Almost across the board, attractive and big-titted women with political ambitions run on a Republican ticket.

It compliments their lifelong sense of entitlement and lack of intellectual motivation.

If I ran a Pro-McCaskill Super-pac I'd run an ad featuring this exchange while Julie Brown's ""Cause I'm a blonde" ran in the background

I was recently arguing about gay marriage and homosexuals in the military with a perennial Mayoral candidate here in my little town... One of these Ron Paul Teabagger types.

He was going on and on about how homosexuals are not legally discriminated against in this country. So I pointed out the DOMA language pertaining to what is considered a "marriage".

He had no idea what the DOMA was or what it did... Yet he was arguing that homosexuals aren't discriminated against through legislation. I was astounded by the ignorance on display by someone who wants to be the mayor of a small city.

This is one of the many reasons why I can't take these mental midgets seriously...