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Bad Democrats Make Pete Stark Cry | 30 comments (30 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: whatever (none / 0)

who's your rep? Brady? Fattah? I think you'd be ecstatic to have Stark representing you...cry-baby or no.

by BooMan on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 01:50:57 PM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

Fattah, and so far so good with a few exceptions.

This crybaby shit just reinforces GOP memes that the Democrat Party is weak.

He should have stuck his chin out and given a rip-roaring "fuck you" of an apology.
Instead he gelds himself. Boohoo.

I had a pretty slight build in middle school, and used to get bullied a lot. My dad got sick of me coming home bloodied and crying and finally told me if i didn't fight back, he'd beat me up himself (which ironically is what' my dad's mom told him when HE was a kid).

I feel very much the same way about the Democrats. When they fight back they'll get my support. That's why I gave Dodd money: he fights.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 02:03:02 PM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

you know how I feel about bedwetters. But I really don't care about Stark's hissyfit. Dude is kind of a bully in his own right.

The facts are still in dispute about what happened in last Friday's committee meeting to mark up pension funds legislation. At the time, Democrats objected to Thomas, R-Calif., whisking through approval by voice vote on a bill Democrats have said they had not had a chance to review. The standoff ended with Thomas calling the police to remove the Democrats from the committee library and Democrats storming to the House floor to offer a resolution disapproving of Thomas' actions.
Not in dispute over the events that led up to the House debate that ensued are the heated remarks by Stark, D-Calif., who was left in the committee room to hold down the fort while Democrats strategized on their game plan.
While no cameras recorded the event, a stenographer took down every word Stark uttered. Republican Rep. Kenny Hulshof recited them back on the House floor.
"'You little fruitcake, you little fruitcake, I said you are a fruitcake,'" Hulshof, R-Mo., read from the unofficial transcript.
Stark directed the word -- considered by some to be a gay slur --- at Republican Rep. Scott McInnis, who is married and by all accounts not gay.
Republican sources also claim that during the chaotic scene in the committee, Stark fired another gay slur in the direction of Chairman Thomas. The word is too vulgar to print in full, but the last half of it is "sucker."
Now, one Republican wants to know where is the outrage at the Democrat for his seemingly intolerant remarks.
"This isn't the first time. That's the problem here. The Democrats fail to recognize this is an ongoing problem," said Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla.
Stark has a long history of making outrageous remarks. He once called Republican Rep. Nancy Johnson "a whore," and said former Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan is "a disgrace to his race."

by BooMan on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 02:07:36 PM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

funny, I support everything Stark says in the quoted text.
As you can see, he's FIGHTING BACK.
Not cowering. A bully? Look at who he's dealing with! The ONLY way to deal with bullies is to hit back. It's the ONLY way, and that's why the Democrat Party is such a bunch of losers: they won't fight. They just get ignored, pushed around, tricked into self-defeating votes, and punched in the head.

They should get rid of the Donkey Logo and switch over to George McFly.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 02:16:20 PM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

maybe, but someone that goes around calling people whores, fruits, and cocksuckers, and who cries when he gets called on it is a bully in my book. I like Stark's positions on the issues. The man? Not very appealing.

by BooMan on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 02:18:50 PM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

Looks to me that the people he was calling all those names are name-callers themselves.

but whatever. I don't like the crying: it signifies weakness.

Cry at funerals, cry at weddings. Don't cry on the floor of the house. I didn't have any tolerance when it was Durbin either.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

by brendan on Tue Oct 23rd, 2007 at 02:28:51 PM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

whore can be used to call someone a sellout, which many of them are. Cocksucking is not an exclusively gay action. Fruit can be used as a gay slur but can also be used to describe crazy behavior. If you are going to interpret those as antigay, then you are going to allow the republicans to nitpick us to death. The next thing you know we'll be accused antigayness for saying Hillary is sucking up to the neocons, on Iran. Just because someone says it means this or that doesn't make it so.

Stray Roots Message Board,Thus far unmoderated! Dameocrat Blog

by StrayRoots (dameocrat@STUFFTOREMOVEpeacemail.com) on Wed Oct 24th, 2007 at 04:27:49 AM EST
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Re: whatever (none / 0)

by StrayRoots (dameocrat@STUFFTOREMOVEpeacemail.com) on Wed Oct 24th, 2007 at 04:30:18 AM EST
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