Kristol: Dating a stripper is ‘important for your character.’
Kristol: Dating a stripper is ‘important for your character.’
Speaking at the Republican National Convention last night, former senator Fred Thompson mentioned that as a young man, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “did drive a Corvette and date a girl who worked in a bar as an exotic dancer under the name of Marie, the Flame of Florida.” Thompson said this experience helped him “survive” his POW experience. Fox’s Bill Kristol and Brit Hume laughed conspiratorially at the idea of dating a stripper:
NINA EASTON: I thought — then Fred Thompson, we have heard the John McCain POW story before. But I thought he did an incredibly eloquent job using his acting skills to retell that. I’m still not sure how dating an exotic dancer helped john McCain survive that period [laughing], but it was colorful.
BILL KRISTOL: I’ll explain the dating exotic dancer thing to Nina off air.
BRIT HUME: It’s a guy thing?
KRISTOL: It’s important!
HUME: It’s a guy thing, right.
KRISTOL: It’s important for your character in a way that Nina might not fully understand.
Watch it:
Ironically, after Fox’s frat-boy-like enthusiasm for strippers, Fox News spent the next day infuriated over the supposed sexism of Gov. Sarah Palin’s critics.
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Actually, McBush dated a lot more than a stripper when he came back from being a POW. I have read where he dated a lot of women before he met Cindy. The problem with that dating period is that he was married at the time and still living with his wife. Says a lot about his character, doesn’t it.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pmWell, where’s Marie for an interview? Or does the McCain camp have her sequestered.
Don’t tell me she’s no longer alive, that would reflect badly on John’s age…
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:35 pm… Fox News spent the next day infuriated over the supposed sexism of Gov. Sarah Palin’s critics.
oh yea… and limpballs calls her a “babe”, with ankles…
who else?
and hume had to ask “It’s a guy thing?” … imagine that…
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 pmWhat will Samantha Bee on The Daily Show do with this? The Republican vagina campaign continues…
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:37 pmHis acting skills? My mate and I both remarked that Thompson wasn’t much of an orator last night. What acting gig has he had that was any sort of a challenge?
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pmF T A H M E I H L Y Y P V O A C L R U I E S S Y
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 pmBilly and Brit think it’s “a guy thing” that the only “dates” they could ever get were with prostitutes. Hubba hubba, guys!
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 pmKRISTOL: It’s important for your character in a way that Nina might not fully understand.
What a dipshit. It’s real important for young men to go out see if they can catch a sexually transmitted disease. Oh yeah, they don’t believe in teaching sex education. But no sex before marriage. But Palin’s daughter did it.
What Kristol is saying is that it’s important for a young man to get the feel for the place of women. You can buy them to gain sexual experience which gives a young man confidence to go out and find a women that will do his biding for the rest of his life.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 pmKiP:
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 pmI too was less than impressed by the parade of tired old dudes. I thought Thompson’s speech was a mess. The stripper thing was so weird uncle awkward but whatever. I think the denial on the part of those who saw something different is similiar to when they refused to accept the fact that the rat pack was just a bunch of tired, old, past their prime nobody cared about anymore has beens.
Self-loathing closeted queens!! “It’s a guy thing,”…my ass!
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:02 pmyes bilbo it does, it was also against the the uniform code of military justice, I believe. Not that rules ever apply to republicans
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:07 pmthe msm is acting like the repugs are viable.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 pmTom B said the troopergate is a speed bump, it won’t amount to anything.
Oh really tom. This directly affects palin unlike the Rev. Wright truth.
Matter of fact tommy, you don’t tell us, we tell you!
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:14 pmYes, it’s very important to use relationships with women as a means to boost your self-confidence. The perspective of the woman doesn’t matter.
I must say that I am impressed that some of you have the stomach to watch the convention. I just can’t do it. I feel like I should watch Palin tonight to see what she is all about, but I honestly don’t know if I can listen to the nonsense.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:14 pmSeptember 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
KRISTOL: It’s important for your character
Then I would conclude that Little Billy Kristol never dated a stripper because he has no character.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:18 pmAw tbone…hell, crack a beer and get ready for the Beverly Hillbillies do DC!! It should be sickeningly quaint, and pretty contrived.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:20 pmIs it possible to use these tubes to find out the name of Kristol’s first pet and the street he grew up on?
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 pmWith attitudes like pigs. And bragging like it’s a good quality.
No wonder women are getting raped and abused in the military.
WTF
Now we know why mcchimpy chose her. Kneepads Barracuda. I bet next to monica, palin is a pro.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 pmKRISTOL: It’s important for your character in a way that Nina might not fully understand.
Gebus.
I bet Kristol’s Dad was one of those Dads that bought their son a hooker, because he was too ugly a teen to get a real date. LMAO.
And these guys promote “Family Values”.
Hilarious, in a sorry hypocritical way.
My Mom was a County Health extension director for years. She made sure I knew about Sex ed, STDs and condoms.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:23 pmShe told me to use them (condoms) or she would tan my hide,and I usually tried really hard to avoid Mom’s wrath.
Heh
the repugs look like the nuts and fruit that they are.
It’s like a fn train wreck.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pmGame of Life Says:
the msm is acting like the repugs are viable.
Of course they are.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pmThe Masquerade is not over yet.
So why was my comment was deleted? Doesn’t it bother anyone else that livelongandprosper assumes that “exotic dancers” are loose and have STD’s?
-AF
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:29 pmAndrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
Styve:
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 pmI’m sure I will give it a try, but it is going to be painful. I’ll take the extra precaution of watching CSPAN, so I can at least avoid the baseless gushing that will ensue shortly afterwards.
hookers-R-Us
anonymous sex
trysexuals w/o a wrap
Free beer!
All bareback, cause repugs don’t believe in condoms.
palin you lie and lie. tell me you would have a baby of color, let alone if you were raped. LIES!
can’t wait for your lies tonight. I hope you come clean.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 pmThompson revealing to us what kind of experience McExotic possesses, it is a guy’s thing !!, and can only be revealed when the camera isn’t rolling and can be explained only off the air.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 pmWow…no wonder Thomspson left the Senate and went back to acting again.
So, character has a lot to do with exotic strippers..that’s a new theory by Thompson with exotic findings.
Yup, Fox News: Where the distorted, racist, and perverted news matters.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 pmFor the Republicans, it is all about family values - except when boys will be boys.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 pmUh-oh
this is too ridiculous for my brain.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 pmIf it’s a guy thing, bloodyk, why did it matter with B. Clinton?
MY BRAIN, MY BRAIN.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 pmOh yeah, out of ### (who knows) US prisons he asked to let go before he (?), I find it strange that only old coot took time to thank him.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 pmGood Lord… what would Bill Kristol know about being a man?
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pmOl’ Fred Thompson lauds McCain’s choice of skirt chasing a stripper, and his “maverick” status with the number of demerits in the Naval Academy, but never mentions that McCain graduated 3rd from the bottom of his class. We’ve already had a C student in the WH, now we are gonna have another? or a D- student? and Palin? Isn’t her degree in Journalism?
Why yes, I can see where a Constitutional Law Scholar (Obama) Would be so much less appealing. Can’t we elect someone who understands the law this time?
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 pmOk Styve:
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 pmI turned it on and now I get Michael Steele imploring us to drill baby drill. Oh Boy. It’s going to be a long night.
Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney did John McCain no favors in providing the bookends for his biography this week at the Republican Convention. Because while Fred introduced America on Tuesday to the rebellious hellraiser that was the young John McCain, Mitt back in January documented that the volcanic McCain never outgrew his out-of-control temper tantrums in Washington.
For the details, see:
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm“Exotic Dancers and Temper Tantrums: Fred and Mitt on McCain.”
What would Billy Kristol know about female stripper?
There’s a reason why folks like him support “drilling.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pmWhat can I say, it worked for me.
-AF
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 pmAndrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
Are the Republicans now the ‘Wild Party’ Party…?
They’ve finally caught up with the Sexual Revolution.
But their puritanical bible-banging hypocrisy is showing…
Out-of-wedlock kids and strippers are all okay now. And graduating at the bottom of your class with a beer glass in each hand–a fair and balanced diet…?. (As long as the good little cornponefed parishioners out there in Television Land understand: Do as we say, not as we do! Hallelujah!).
After coke-head alky shock-and-awe Dubya anything goes. The bar is open–and low…
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September 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 pmMcCain = Bush
Republican = Hypocrite
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 pm.
So, according to the GOP…
Women are only good for:
~ Teenage pregnancies
~ Stripping
~ Cheep thrills
~ Pandering to other women
~ Divorcing
… SEXIST MUCH?
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September 4th, 2008 at 1:15 amThe important point here is that Repukes constantly emphasize family values and no sex education except abstinence. Since McCain was married to and living with his first wife at the time he dated a stripper and who knows what else, he was violating both principles.
But it’s just like the Repukes to solemnly tell others what to do and then snicker under the table when they are caught violating all of their commandments to others.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:17 amAhhh, Those conservative family values the Christian right never seems to be able to catch and confront.
I’m sure Gov Palin would put her patriotism into play to be that McCain exotic dancer for John if he needed it?
After all, she did say in her speech, that McCain is the guy she wants (besides her husband.
It would go to Palin putting her exotic dancing skill to work by putting the needs of her countrymen first………..
September 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm