What happens when a typical Republican visits Washington?

[Lautremont]

Hilarity. This guy gets my nomination for Conservative Idjit of the week.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/15/AR2008061502188.html

To sum it up if you don't want to follow the link: the guy is a crazed mammophobe in the style of John Ashcroft.

[GDAEx2]

1. Mr. Hurt,

Vulgarity is in the eye of the beholder.


:wtf:

[unpossibles]

2. so... in his opinion, the entirety of human history has been going downhill?

nude art has existed forever. Get over your body shame, GOP!

[gatorboy]

3. Vulgarity? The guy's got 14 kids.

Oh, I think this guy dwells in vulgarity.

[Vickers]

5. I wonder how many of those 14 kids were breast-fed?

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

4. "I have been studying the decline of morals in this country." (Robert Hurt)

No wonder he's got 14 kids! :eyes: He's been studying "in depth." :dunce:

[ProgressiveFool]

6. He's going to make sure and video tape EVERY SINGLE bare breast in the capital

Sounds to me like a flimsy excuse to get off on the marble nipples.

[Kerrytravelers]

7. OMG. The comments section was hysterical!!!

Commentsalert4jsw wrote:
There's nothing like a public prude who (obviously, with 14 kids) has spent so much time with his own "naughty parts" exposed. Where do the Republicans find these self-righteous scolds? I find the "boobs" on various statues far less troubling than "boobs" like this nimrod holding public office.
6/16/2008 12:19:00 PM
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novatom1 wrote:
Washington isn't the only town filled with boobs.
6/16/2008 12:17:25 PM
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RichTW wrote:
I hope he stays commited. It will keep him out of mischief and continue to make his crowd look ridiculous. Or maybe he thinks just because he's got 14 kids that nobody else has any self control or sense. And nude art on the front porch sounds kind of cool - maybe he'll start a new decorating trend. Stephin Maturin of the Aubrey/Maruin series called nudity his "Birthday suit" and found it appropriate for all occasions - or something like that.
6/16/2008 11:46:00 AM
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zaogirwazir wrote:
Nudity in the name of exhibiting human figure has been part of pagan religions, both in Greece and Rome. Since moden Christianity claims to have evolved the these two civilisation it has borrowed the idea into their art and other fields.

Western civilisation has traveled a great deal in promiscuity till it legalised same sex marriages while children born out of wedlock was an older story.

However, of late there has been moves by some circles to get over it. Movement for abstinence has started and separate single sex education is also being demanded.


6/16/2008 11:43:55 AM
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hyh123 wrote:
Good thing nobody told him about the Union Station centurions naked behind their shields!
6/16/2008 10:13:15 AM
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cb11 wrote:
You just have to wonder where his mind is if he thinks a few old statues are an open door to corrupting children. Yeah, because that is the biggest problem facing our country today. So glad to see someone has their priorities straight.
6/16/2008 9:43:15 AM
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eweston1 wrote:
Another Texas village is missing its idiot. How do these guys always find their way to Washington.
6/16/2008 9:26:48 AM
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Rocket88 wrote:
Oh, Jesus H. Christ. Stay down in Texas, continue to treat your wife like a human Pez Dispenser, and stay the hell away from civilization.
6/16/2008 9:10:10 AM
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tabbott1 wrote:
my heavensmthese people are throwbacks to the Puritans...any naked art form is evil...better destroy Michelangelo`s David than to let another person glance at the willy and be tempted!
anybody got any good rocks to throw?.
6/16/2008 8:09:25 AM
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soonerthought wrote:
Hurt is a buffoon.
6/16/2008 8:05:52 AM
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waterbirds wrote:
"Robert Hurt, who last week tried to add the issue of artistic indecency in the nation's capital to the platform of the Texas GOP."

Anyone else ever wonder how much better off our country might be if Mexico had succeeded in keeping Texas?

If this is the worst problem facing Texas, God Bless 'em! I would have thought their failing educational system or their judicial system might have a higher priority but I guess not.

I would have loved to hear what Anne Richardson would have said!


6/16/2008 7:34:48 AM
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[Orsino]

8. Decency crusades are *always* misdirection, concealing deep corruption.

If this rube really thought that boobies ranked anywhere in the top hundred problems in Washington, it might be worth a hilarious human-interest story. But the Post is playing it fairly straight, treating this nut's opinions as worthy of serious consideration.