"Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz."

[geek tragedy]

Dana Bash ‏@DanaBashCNN2m
Wow. House gop leadership aide just told me "Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz." #gopvsgopugliness

https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/380469250642964480

[shenmue]

1. You betcha

[trumad]

2. Cruz has no balls

he's just a gas bag.

[geek tragedy]

3. Boehner is cutting whatever he had off as we type.

They've been holding fire on this asshole for quite some time.

Goddamn it this is why I follow politics.

[northoftheborder]

25. k&r

[Cha]

4. We're talking courage here.. It takes more to tell the truth than lie

like an idiot.. because that's all he has.

[Gravitycollapse]

5. Why does every act of courage have to relate to the male anatomy?

Can we not grow past this antiquated, sexist rhetoric?

[geek tragedy]

6. Ask the House GOoPer who said it, nt

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7. I don't need to ask a Republican for their answer on that. I already know it.

I'm asking why we glorify it outside the realm of Republicanism. Why are we hailing it here as high praise?

[geek tragedy]

8. Lighten up, Francis.

We're enjoying the Republican party eat itself alive, not glorifying anything they say.

[Gravitycollapse]

10. I'm not your buddy, geek tragedy. I'm legitimately presenting a philosophical qualm...

That is, I have reason to doubt the ethics behind the consistent universal portrayal of courage as male oriented and those who demonstrate courage as possessing an abundance of male anatomy.

[geek tragedy]

11. I doubt the ethics of those who suggest that US troops injured in combat

deserved to be injured but don't deserve sympathy.

Can't decipher the rest of your word salad, other than that I 100% agree that we are not buddies.

Last word is yours, as I won't honor your attempt to hijack this thread with any further responses.

[Gravitycollapse]

12. Was reading what I wrote so distressing to you that you thought it word salad?

What I said is not terribly complicated.

[Skittles]

33. I agree

I detest seeing that sexist stereotype on DU

[TreasonousBastard]

13. It is not the male anatomy, it is the hormones...

some parts of that anatomy produce that promote aggression. Although sheer physical size has something to do with it, too.

"Sexist" would imply that the speaker implied something superior about this effect, not simply that it is different and very handy under the circumstances.

[Gravitycollapse]

16. It is exactly sexist to imply that the testes and the male are a greater show of courage...

That is essentialist rhetoric. Men are portrayed as powerful and ethical. Women are weak, easily frightened and generally ambivalent (if not malevolent).

It is sexist precisely because we refer to the possessor of courage as having bigger balls.

[Fawke Em]

20. I prefer Betty White's take on it:

[northoftheborder]

26. yahoo, betty

[niyad]

30. you beat me to it, and thank you.

[Orrex]

37. We don't typically castrate animals with the intent of making them more aggressive

So in that regard, it's not unreasonable to associate balls with aggressiveness, as TreasonousBastard has noted.


That has nothing to do with greater strength, courage, ability, competence or resolve, of course. By these measures, Davis easily outpaces Cruz.

[IronLionZion]

39. human anatomy, female balls are ovaries.

I posted stuff on facebook about Wendy Davis has "big brass ovaries" but my feminist friends insisted they be called "balls" for equality or gender neutrality or something.

[BlueToTheBone]

9. We call those Ovarios. n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

14. !

[TalkingDog]

15. Yep. Ovaries of Steel.

n/t

[geek tragedy]

17. Add brains, sanity, and integrity to the list of things Wendy Davis

has that Ted Cruz lacks.

The only positive thing he has that she doesn't is Canadian citizenship.

[BlueToTheBone]

22. Actually those ovarios are made of human flesh

and that is stronger than steel. Because under the flesh is a beating heart and a functioning brain.

Reminds me of the Betty White joke...
I don't know why they say men are the stronger sex...one punch to the balls and the man is crippled, but a vagina can really take a pounding.

[TalkingDog]

23. Ummmm... Credit where credit is due

That bit is from a comedian named Shen Wang

“Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”

― Sheng Wang


Betty White, when asked about that quote, indicated that she considered it too "blue" for her tastes.

[BlueToTheBone]

27. Thanks TD!

I read that as a quote from Betty on the internet and of course I believe everything I see on the tubes, so it's great to have the real deal!

[loyalsister]

19. Beat me to it!

I used to have a book called "That Takes Ovaries." It had several anecdotes of strong willed women.

[LittleBlue]

18. She certainly has bigger balls than Boehner and Cantor

The Rethug leadership is so crap

[arely staircase]

21. viva wendy

Going to a big GOTV strategy meeting with the great and terrible Glenn Maxey this weekend. VIVA Wendy, Viva Ann, Viva Molly, Viven los trabajadores.

Viva Texas!!!!

[Enrique]

24. what was the aide talking about?

odd that Bash would report that insult without any context whatsoever.

[geek tragedy]

28. Chickenshit Ted was goading the House to defund Obamacare, calling them wimps.

Then, when the House said it would pass a defund Obamacare budget resolution, did Brave Sir Ted vow to filibuster any budget resolution that didn't defund Obamacare, like Rand Paul did?

Nope, he said "Harry Reid has the votes, so you guys in the House are on your own."

[Enrique]

29. thank you

i'm confused by the politics, but thanks for the answer. I seemed to have killed this thread with my question, I apologize for that.

[NewJeffCT]

35. I agree that Cruz went down whimpering

but, I don't think you can filibuster budget related bills, no?

[geek tragedy]

38. This isn't reconciliation. Continuing resolution nt

[UTUSN]

31. All I know is

[gopiscrap]

32. She also has more brains!

[Gothmog]

34. Juanita Jean thinks that Wendy also has more brains than Carnival Cruz

http://juanitajean.com/2013/09/18/23262/

[pampango]

36. Maddox: Budget/Obamacare strategy "starting to tear the GOP apart".

The irony is, many congressional Republicans sincerely thought their budget strategy -- threaten a government shutdown over Affordable Care Act funding -- might help divide Democrats. Instead, it's starting to tear the GOP apart.

But the tensions boiled over yesterday when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made a prediction the right didn't want to hear.

Cruz made the comment in a statement predicting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and his Democratic majority will back a spending bill that holds the 2010 health care law harmless.

"Harry Reid will no doubt try to strip the defund language from the continuing resolution, and right now he likely has the votes to do so," Cruz said. "At that point, House Republicans must stand firm, hold their ground, and continue to listen to the American people."

And that's when House Republicans, who were already unhinged, started to really lose it, with GOP lawmakers accusing Cruz of waving the "white flag" and "surrendering." Another said Senate Republicans are good at getting Facebook likes and organizing town-hall meetings, but "not much else." One senior House Republican aide said Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Cruz "are like the kids in high school who would yell fight 'fight, fight' but have never thrown a punch in their entire life."

Another unnamed House Republican lawmaker said of his/her Senate counterparts, "It's time to put on the big boy pants." A House GOP leadership aide added, "Wendy Davis has more balls than Ted Cruz."