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PaisleyPajamas
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
I thought "pocketbooks" was such an odd choice of verbage for Glenn Beck until I realized the alternative was "...pretty much raping the purses of the rich to give to the poor," which was probably too titillating for the Fox News audience as deemed by their overlords.
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Rhymenocerous
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
You could legalize rape and call it the consumer something and it would pass?

You could legalize rape and call it the Civil Rights Act of 2009, and it would probably pass?

Um, what? Rush isn't just obsessed with rape, he thinks it should be legal. This is probably to get his friend Becky out of trouble for that now-famous 1990 incident.
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Mike Jahn
11/20/09

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Wait. Is this the same rape that Glenn Beck didn't do to the little girl he didn't murder?
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naugahydeinplainsight
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
Biggest surprise here is that none of the female wingnuts got into this act. Bachmann? Palin? Cheney? Malkin? Crazy old congresswoman who won't shut up? Does this go too far even for you?
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Better to Eat You With
11/20/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Maybe there's one solo voice of reason in the RNC holding them back. But once she's fired, they'll chime right in.
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Cicada
11/20/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Bachmann did say that allowing the UAW to have a role in running GM was like forcing a rape victim to marry her rapist. It's not quite up to Rush's level, but you can't say she isn't trying.

Here's the quote:
"The UAW was a major reason why the companies hit the wall, and now the UAW will be rewarded with major control and ownership. It is as if a rape victim were forced to marry her rapist."

Not screamy enough, really. I'm sure she'll figure it out in time.
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Cicada
11/20/09

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I had no idea how many different types of rape there were. Pocketbook-rape, mental-rape, gang-rape, capitalism-rape, child mind-rape, government sanctioned-rape, America-rape, democracy-rape, Statue of Liberty-rape. And that doesn't even include rape-rape.

Informative!
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Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
It's no accident. So much of their shtick is based on preying on the status anxiety of white males who feel they're being pushed to the fringes of society and emasculated by women and gays.

Stated another way: "During times of great social flux, these fears play out in politics as people seek out enemies (which helps them reaffirm their own standing) and, at the same time, damn a social order they feel the cannot dominate." - Gregory Rodriguez, LA Times, 8-31-09

Enter Rush, Savage, Beck. Now exit them, and enter, and exit. RAPE!!!
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Lysergic Asset
11/20/09

@Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I totally did not expect to find something so insightful on this comment thread. Thanks.
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goetz
11/20/09

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We're gonna need a new term for "to rape." I propose "to Glenn" or "to Beck." Or, perhaps more aptly, "to Rush" or "to Savage."
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Cicada
11/20/09

@goetz: "Savage" is already a term for rape, as anyone who's read a bodice-ripper can confirm.
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goetz
11/20/09

@Cicada: I'm not a complete idiot.
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Cicada
11/20/09

@goetz: I didn't think you were. I guess you were making a joke about..uh..the fact that savage is a term for rape? Totally missed it.
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goetz
11/20/09

@Cicada: No, you definitely nailed it. Straight out of the park! Way to go!
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Cicada
11/20/09

@goetz:
Ohhhh. His name is SAVAGE and he used the word RAPE. Fucking genius!

Yeah that totally flew over my little pea brain. I mean, sometimes you just have to bow to a master of the craft.

Thanks for the encouragement, though. I feel all warm and Christmasy inside now. And thanks for giving me my "WTF" moment of the day.
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goetz
11/20/09

@Cicada: Yipes. Cheer up, friend, it's Friday, and there are plenty of other things going on at this site for both of us to post lame jokes about. This one is my current favorite.
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Cicada
11/20/09

@goetz: Sorry. Your post really read as sarcastic to me, which is probably because it's Friday and it's been a looooong week.

Thanks for the link.
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goetz
11/20/09

@Cicada: Me, too. I guess I'm kind of a jerk.

I also should have italicized "complete" -- that's how I would say it out loud. And I do say it. A lot.
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Cicada
11/20/09

@goetz: Okay now I do feel all warm and Christmasy inside. In a non-sarcastic way. Really.

Damn it! There's just no way to not sound sarcastic in a comment. ;).
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goetz
11/20/09

@Cicada: Cat videos: nature's panacea.
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katastic
11/20/09

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"Obama's administration is raping the nation"= such a thinly-veiled "Birth of a Nation"-esque BLACK MEN ARE COMING FOR YOUR WOMEN message.
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naugahydeinplainsight
11/20/09

@katastic: That jumped out at me too, especially since he actually had the balls to say "The Rape of a Nation." (1:57)
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katastic
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
And right-wing nutjobs would know about rape. Am I right, GLENN BECK?
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johnny_carsick
11/20/09

@katastic: I've heard something about this before. 1990, was it? Gruesome. I certainly hope he clears this up sometime soon.
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bluebears
11/20/09

@katastic: I heard that he booked a trip to Thailand in the early 90s solely for the purpose of raping young boys.
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Perhaps Not
11/20/09

@bluebears: I heard that, too. I had video evidence, but it was stolen by a masked, fat Mormon man as I was on my way to the police station with it.

He stopped to sodomize a puppy as he ran away, but I didn't get a look at his face.
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HenryLovesFonzie
11/20/09

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I love the overuse of severe words - it minimizes their effect so I don't feel bad when someone is actually raped. I think "Oh, that little girl is just like the American Taxpayer."
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Perhaps Not
11/20/09

@HenryLovesFonzie: Er... that may not entirely be Glenn Beck's problem.
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EasttoMidwest
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
Rape=submission=NOT-BEING-IN-COMPLETE-CONTROL-OF-EVERYTHING. Not just your genitals, but also policy that doesn't personally affect you.

They're really trying to promote this view that the world is filled with rapers and rapees, men and women, takers and suckers. Like this is some kind of uncivilized prison yard or something. FREAKS.
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VioletViolet
11/20/09

@EasttoMidwest: Technically, yes, rape is not referring to genitals in a lot of these quotes but forced physical violation is the first thing that comes to mind when people say rape. Here, it's being used to exploit the word's immediate emotional response as a cheap way to get a point across.
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EasttoMidwest
11/20/09

@VioletViolet: Don't you think that association is ... fascinating? That not being able to control everyone and everything is the equivalent top being violated? I know it's a trope, but I honestly have a hard time thinking of anyone other than White Christian males who could believe that their lack of omnipotence is a violent violation of what's theirs.

#tips
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Voyou_Charmant
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
Why hasn't Rush Limbaugh denied that he had to take Viagra, while in the Dominican Republic, so that he could GANG RAPE CHILDREN? And to make matters worse, he still has not told authorities where he buried the bodies of the children he may have GANG RAPED. Until medical examiners can see examine the bodies of hundreds of children that may have been buried by Rush Limbaugh himself, we can not know for sure if they were RAPED before they were murdered by Rush Limbaugh.

This is a serious accusation that some people have made, and it's a questions that everyone should have answers to.
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bluebears
11/20/09

@Voyou_Charmant: why wont he answer these serious accusations? what is he trying to hide????
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Dr. Nick
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
"Rape missing children"? If you say so!
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sanyucat
11/20/09

@Dr. Nick: I don't WANT to, but I am a liberal so I guess I have to.
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Arken
11/20/09

@sanyucat: While drinking a latte and eating some arugula.
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sanyucat
11/20/09

@Arken: And just generally hating America. The only problem is, it's hard to FIND missing kids in order to rape them.
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Cicada
11/20/09

@sanyucat: Hey it's either rape 'em or abort 'em. Those are the choices we have. I pick rape almost every time.
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Dr. Nick
11/20/09

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But are they going to make us pay for our own rape kits?
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Dickwad_Feltersnatch
11/20/09

In reply to Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You
Glenn Beck knows alot about rape. Didn't he rape and kill a young girl in 1991? yes, I believe he did.
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Mo MoDo
11/20/09

@Dickwad_Feltersnatch: He couldn't possibly have. It was 1990 (allegedly). But he refuses to deny it.
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EddieTheDane
11/20/09

@Mo MoDo: Wait just a minute here. I think that Dickwad meant to say that Glenn Beck raped and murdered another girl in 1991, in addition to the one he is already known to have raped and murdered in 1990.

Thus, a disturbing 'serial' pattern emerges
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