More Kaloogian......(steamy stuff)

[AnnInLa]

Josh Marshall says on his site: (You know you wanna check out the steamy photos, so go to TPM for the click thru's.)

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008083.php

I'm no prude. And maybe I should be happy that social conservatives are getting more in touch with their bad selves. But when we were doing some due diligence today on congressional candidate Howard Kaloogian's 'endorsements' list (he'd already fibbed on a few), I couldn't help but notice that one of his endorsers is Gabrielle Reilly, who Kaloogian's site identifies as an "International Political Activist & Swimsuit Model."

Kaloogian's site links to this interview Reilly did with Kaloogian at her website.

I was curious to find out more. And when I clicked on the about page on her site I found this picture of Reilly lying on the ground holding her boobs with her shorts half pulled off.

I'm not sure if this was taken during their interview or not.

Here's her picture with the Norman Vincent Peale caption on her 'videos' page.

Not that I'm complaining or anything.

[Tab]

1. Not much different

than the old www.BabesForBush.com, which I might note is no longer in business.

So now endorsements are coming from overseas?

[Canuckistanian]

2. Political Activist/Swimsuit model....

Hmmm. Don't get much call for them 'round these parts.



Not that I'm complaining or anything.

[cally]

4. What about her looks makes her less

of a political activist?

[Canuckistanian]

5. Nothing, I guess

Just an ususual combination.

And I'm thinking her political skills ain't what got her in the door at the GOP shindigs.

[cali]

6. what about posing

in sexually suggestive ways would lead anyone to take her seriously? You object to Marshall making fun of her; I'd suggest that she set herself up for it.

[cally]

9. I don't agree

It's expected of actresses, models, and even sports stars. They all pose in sexually suggestive ways. I get mad at the expectations but I think it's unfair to then not take the women seriously because of it.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Here's a tip

If you're a woman and if you want to succeed in business or poliitcs.

DO NOT put pictures of yourself in sexy poses on your very public website.

And before you say anything, have you EVER noticed a MAN do something like this?

It tends to reduce the seriousness of your dedication to presenting a professional image.

It's still a very conservative world out there.

[cally]

14. I know that...but don't ever argue that

porn is not demeaning to women then. If women who ever pose in sexually provacative ways are dismissed for any professional jobs forever more then how can anyone argue that porn is empowering for the women involved. I'm dismayed by the double standards by progressives. (not you, personally but the posts I see on this and other sites.)

[Canuckistanian]

15. Yup, the double standard is still hard-wired

No matter what political stripe you are. Maybe things will change. Just not in our lifetimes.

[Katherine Brengle]

18. Maybe...

men should try it.

We have turned sexuality and the human body into living, breathing taboos.

I say fuck that.

[Canuckistanian]

21. I'd be all for it..

All this massive sexual repression just breeds dysfuctional weirdos, IMHO..

[Raksha]

25. Well, yeah, I did notice a man doing something like that once...

but his name was Jeff Gannon! The exception that proves the rule, I guess.

[Elidor]

33. "ever notice a MAN do something like this?"

Yeah. Jeff Gannon. :evilgrin:

[Katherine Brengle]

17. Why?

Sexuality is part of all of us, and it does not preclude intelligence or activism.

[Roland99]

26. Dressing in lingerie is supposed to make me think of her as intellectual?

She's masturbatory material for pimple farmers.

[mongo]

36. So any expression of sexuality

means that no one should take you seriously? Better cover the table legs too...

[mongo]

35. Applause!

[Gabi Hayes]

10. is she a man, or something in between?

nice fake rack

[NewJeffCT]

24. certainly a BIG difference between her old pics & her new ones

like about 3 cup sizes.

[mongo]

37. How "progressive" of you

to judge someone based on their looks.

[Katherine Brengle]

16. Is she not capable of being both?

I don't know anything about her, but to assume that she cannot be both beautiful/sexy AND intelligent/politically active is pure sexist bullshit.

I am an attractive politically active writer mother wife activist inciter of riots--am I being told that this is not actually possible? Did I miss the memo reminding me that I do not exist?

[Canuckistanian]

22. That all depends...

How much do you want to risk? This is a very uptight, puritanical, "no-sex-please-we're American" kind of world.

How much does general social acceptance mean to you?

To me personally, I think the Nordic countries have a positive outlook on sex and sexual roles. Namely, that it's no big deal and it doesn't interfere with your professional life.

Here in Canada, we don't give a shit what our politicians do in their spare time. It's really quite amusing to us that American politicians spend so much time and effort making sure their personal lives are absolutely sexually "correct".

[Roland99]

28. Do you parade around topless with your pants undone and pulled down?

How about pics of you in lingerie with your tits all but hanging out?

[cally]

3. Why should an endorsement by this woman be written

up at TPM? What is wrong with a woman posing for pictures and does this make demean her to such an extent that a progressive columnist will happily ogle her but laugh at the politician who publically acknowledges an endorsement? I find this hypocritical and sexist.

[AnnInLa]

7. You are absolutely right, but

they're worser than our worst, more hypocritical too. (not that that excuses Josh Marshall's interest, I guess.)

[Gabi Hayes]

11. here's why....

"International Political Activist & Swimsuit Model''

sorry, but can you think of an endorsement that BEGS comment more than that?

[cali]

12. No kidding.

She's a joke. She set herself up as a joke, and I see no reason to tread gently.

[Katherine Brengle]

19. Mary Carey visiting the White House?

I think everyone needs to get over it.

Being sexy and celebrating it is something all of us should take to heart, not denigrate.

[mongo]

38. I won't get over Mary Carey

but that is because of her buddying up to the side of government who would outlaw her profession.

Being sexy and celebrating it is something all of us should take to heart, not denigrate.

Here we agree 100%.

[opiate69]

8. Google Image Search

http://images.google.com/images?q=Gabrielle+Reilly&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&start=0&sa=N

[Katherine Brengle]

20. I suppose if THIS had been the photo...

... there probably would have been no question among all of you about whether or not this woman was capable, smart, or qualified to be politically active.

This thread is garbage.

[benburch]

31. Bullshit.

It's not a ridiculous point that the party that is the 100% anti-sex all the time party is hypocritical enough to have soft-X models like this person and hardcore XXX actresses like Mary Cary invited into their inner circles. (Though I know for fact that Mary Cary is just playing them.)

[ima_sinnic]

34. yes, that photo gives the impression that she is into something

besides the SUPERFICIALITY of the way her body looks.
what does a "sexy" body have to do with ideas and intellectuality? zip, nada, zilch. Apparently she is insecure with her ideas so tries to make up for it by showing off her tits with an inviting smile (implying she's "easy"), to give the impression that, really, she's just a silly empty-headed sex object, her opinions don't even matter and are in fact as cheap and shallow as she looks.

[mongo]

39. So ideas and sexuality are mutally exclusive?

Apparently she is insecure with her ideas so tries to make up for it by showing off her tits with an inviting smile

And when one is insecure with their own body, they seek to discredit anyone who is not.

[ima_sinnic]

41. how does that pose enhance her ideas?

should I get up at the next faculty meeting in a scanty bikini to give a presentation? gee, that would really give my ideas and my research credibility.

are you implying that I am insecure about my body? I have never f**ked my way to a job or better benefits as she apparently has, so in that way, gee, I guess I am "insecure."
whatever.

[mongo]

42. No, but if you had posed in a bikini for a charity calender

would it make your ideas at the next faculty meeting null and void?

Who said anything about sleeping your way into a job? I find it extremly ironic when women chose to degrade other women over their personal expression of sexuality.

[NewJeffCT]

23. what's so steamy?

While I can see the hypocrisy of a Republican who has gotten a lot of help from the religious right accepting her endorsement, it's certainly much tamer than Mary Carey going to that Bush fund raiser a while back, or your average Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson video (two more Bush endorsers)

She certainly seems to be proud of her implants.

[GardeningGal]

27. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha......

OMG I'm laughing right now. I was checking out the chickee-poo's website and I think I clicked "About" and then there were a bunch of pictures showing where she's been and one of them was "Vale, Colorado".

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[KingFlorez]

29. If this was a Democrat, they'd be in big trouble

They would be accused of receiving an inappropriate endorsement.

[NMMNG]

30. OMG!!!!

:o :o Out of 56 photos on that page, ONE of them involves her wearing skimpy clothing and posing in an erotic manner. She is obviously a woman of loose virtues and no brains who cannot be taken seriously. :sarcasm:



What is this garbage? "There's nothing wrong with pornography, and it's not degrading to women", but a woman who is comfortable with her own sexuality isn't to be taken seriously? Quite a double standard there, no? If a woman who displays her body cannot be taken seriously then obviously pornography is degrading to women, regardless of what men try to claim.

[mongo]

40. Well, at least one of the DU'ers who would dismiss this woman

because of the picture is an anti-porn female.

So, I'm not sure your argument holds water.

[Call Me Wesley]

44. Exactly.

Double standards are quite easy and simple to live on. The fact that so-called 'progressives' fall happily into this depp and dark trap always amazes me.

[0007]

32. Is Kaloogian a human or a robot or a jerk off?

[Call Me Wesley]

43. Honestly,

I do not care at all if someone is a swimsuit model, an actual porn star (male/female, whatever) or anything else. What I do care is about their minds, but to just subtle attack them for their appearances (or jobs they have) and make this the main point is awfully useless and sexist in it's purest way.

And starting anything with 'I'm no prude' just rings some bells. What usually follows is 'but I've seen this picture ...', etc.

Define 'progressive.' If we're stuck there, forget it.