Posted by Amanda Marcotte January 31, 2008 in Uncategorized, Asides, Assholes
Ben Domenech wrote up the speech that he hoped Fred Thompson would have given as he exited the race. It’s interesting to see what he thinks disqualifies someone for office.
Rudy Giuliani? Slick cheater. Mike Huckabee? Jesus freak. John McCain? Crazy. Mitt Romney? Woman.
Emphasis mine.
There’s about 15 different things I want to say to this, but all of them would be meany-headed, so I’m just leaving it at that. (Via.)
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Hell, it’s not like any of his other epithets disqualify someone from office. His beloved Bush is a slick cheater, a Jesus freak, and crazy.
But this is Ben Domenich, noted liar, plagiarist, and freak-who-thinks-Batman-kills-people…
“Mitt Romney? Woman.”
Well, I guess that just about sums it up.
Being a woman is as bad as (maybe worse than) being a “Slick cheater”, or a “Jesus freak”, or “Crazy”…
And why the hating on “Jesus freaks” anyway? If it wasn’t for the brain-washed hordes, the Rethug party would have collapsed by now.
But at least they can always count on the “slick cheater” and “crazy” vote…
And of course “Actor” and “Lobbyist” are just fine.
That entire thing is just one long demonstration of insecure masculinity. If you didn’t read the rest of it, go read it. It just gets worse. Though Hillary Clinton is never mentioned, I get the very strong impression that the entire thing was written in utter terror of her.
I know it’s a long shot, but it’s just barely possible that he meant to say “Mormon” instead of “Woman”, and somehow left the typo in. I mean, calling Mitt a woman doesn’t even make sense. He isn’t any more effeminate than, say, Huckabee is.
Someone on another site pointed out that this piece is pretty much lifted from that recent Onion bit on Jimmy Carter.
Zuzu & Scott: Ben Domenech, plagiarist? Never!
romney is an alien reptile.
Hm … the argument for believing Domenech wrote this is, it’s hateful and repulsive. The argument against is, more or less his entire previous history as a bylined writer.
Hard to know what to believe.
Ben Domenech. F**khead.
“noted liar, plagiarist, and freak-who-thinks-Batman-kills-people…”
And chickenhawk…he’s like 25 or 26 and very capable of having as much military service as people like Kerry and Murtha whom he calls “soft on our enemies,”
Who knows, maybe one or two conservative-leaning women will read him and begin to painfully notice how much the “conservative movement” that Domenech is a part of hates women.
But wait–I’m confused. I thought it was _Giuliani_ who was the woman?
I mean, I’ve seen _pictures._
How old is this Ben guy? His post looks like one of my eighth graders wrote it! “Oh look, I liberally sprinkle my writing with dirty words and my mom doesn’t care or anything! Fear me!”
No, no, you see, it’s not that Mittens is a woman, it’s that he’s a man who acts like a woman. Y’know? One of them.
So it’s not misogyny, it’s gay-hating. Which, of course, is so much better. ::rolleyes::
Anxious Masculinity, it’ll be funny if it weren’t so dangerous. Big, Dumb, Animals, does a lot of damage because they have nothing to lose or they haven’t thought of it.
PS, Ms Marcotte, if you are looking for a post-Potter series to read, try Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Anxious Masculinity is addressed a lot, especially in the last book which I just finished, The Lost Colony. The main demon villain is the walking poster boy for Anxious Masculinity, insecure to the point of parody, but like Bush, he still manage to inflict a lot of damage on people wiser than him, because HE doesn’t care about consequences.
As a woman, I can say proudly that Mitt Romney is a man.
And I think even ol’ Lazy Fred can tell the difference.
@15 & 17: he couldn’t quite bring himself to say “Romney is my bitch”, I guess…
^..^
Although I nearly threw-up in my mouth a few times, I read with eventual glee the comments appended to the Red State piece. Despite the lunacy, it’s nice to watch Redstaters turn on each other, eat their own, and crap all over the members of their conservative pantheon.