Cantor skips Obama’s press conference to attend a Britney Spears concert.
Cantor skips Obama’s press conference to attend a Britney Spears concert.
In recent weeks, congressional Republicans have been critical of President Obama for doing anything that isn’t directly focusing on the economic crisis — such as going on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno or filling out his NCAA bracket. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) even called Obama’s decision to overturn the ban on embryonic stem cell research a “distraction.” However, Wonkette reports that instead of watching Obama’s prime-time press conference last night, Cantor decided to pursue his own distraction — the Britney Spears concert. A statement from Cantor’s office:
After attending the NRCC dinner, Eric, like President Obama has been known to do, enjoyed a night at the Verizon center. It was a bipartisan night, as Eric was joined by Senator Landrieu and other Democrats.
Cantor’s office quickly backtracked, saying that it could not “verify with 100 percent certainty” that Landrieu was there. ThinkProgress spoke with a staffer in Landrieu’s office, who said that the senator was indeed not at the concert.
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Good grief. Cantor is an idiot.
Um, sorry for stating the obvious….
March 25th, 2009 at 4:45 pmEric Cantor is a Britney Spears fan???
Words fail me….but laughter’s another thing altogether..
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
March 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pmThe fact he would go to a Spears concert says it all. But I guess he can afford the tickets to see a pretty blonde with marginal talent.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pmNo wonder Cantor is so stupid. He must be one of those people that follow the “Britney Spear’s news” and “Runaway Brides” instead of listening to Americans that are suffering because they either lost their job or are stressed thinking that they will lose their job and not to forget the Americans living in Bushville tent cities.
Let’s see how he votes when it comes to health care. It is amazing that Congress would have the nerve to not do anything to help Americans with health care while they get free health care paid for by the very Americans that they thumb their noses at.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pmWhen they do,thats fine, when the obama does, it is not good.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pmisn’t it Cantor?
Ooops, he did it again!
March 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pmWell, as long as it was for something more important.
I echo the above – what kind of person is a Brittney Spears fan ?
March 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pmI figured he would be a Toby Keith fan.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:49 pmApparently Britney Spears wasn’t the biggest whore at Verizon Center.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 25th, 2009 at 4:49 pmOooo! I bet he twittered there, too!
Cantor is now lying about who went to the concert? It was other Democrats who blew off the President for Britney? That is just too funny!
How does Mr. GOOP reconcile his “family values” with the Spears clan? I guess the same way they justify the Palin clan.
PEACE
March 25th, 2009 at 4:49 pmI understand that Cantor sat next to Larry Craig at the concert — they were tapping their toes in unison in adjacent stalls…
March 25th, 2009 at 4:51 pmEric Cantor, the closet whoremonger, is losing ground fast with the american people. He’s being outed left and right and may hold a new record for being fizzling out faster than any of the other GOP new stars. Eric Cantor has become a household punch line.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:52 pmdogfather: are we chanelling each other? Precisely my thoughts regarding Cantor’s little “predelections”.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:53 pmEric Cantor is a hypocritical fraud. There is no debate about this now. He’s also a closet perv.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:53 pmWhy should we be suprised? When Katrina hit, Bush was celebrating McCain’s birthday on the ranch, Condi was watching Spamalot and shopping for shoes in New York, and Chaney was flyfishing (or selling his soul to Satan). Cantor does what Repugs do best. They don’t give a Sh*t.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pmBelieve it or not, Toby Keith is a Democrat, and he despises George W. Bush.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:59 pmIt better have been because he was taking his daughter.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:59 pmI don’t really expect the guy to watch the press conference but did he really want to admit this? Why not just admit that you spend your evenings surfing the internet for porn Eric?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:00 pmOf course, the burning question is; will Cantor condemn the words he didn’t bother listening too?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:00 pmshoeless@17. Are you kidding me? Didn’t he diss the Dixie Chicks? I assumed he was a Repug. I’m sorry. Me bad.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:03 pmDr@21, Good. But will anyone follow up on it? Probably not. Sigh!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:04 pmOne bubble head admiring another or is Cantor just pervin’ on some younger stuff?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:05 pmWhat! Is he twelve? This is what he considers a night out….a Britney Spears concert!!!??? Seems a bit slimey
March 25th, 2009 at 5:09 pmare you telling me that he went willingly to a BS concert and it didn’t involve bringing the kids?
how absolutely mortifiying.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:09 pm“Cantor skips Obama’s press conference to attend a Britney Spears concert.”
lol And Beavis Cantor has just shown how much he is concerned about his own state by not watching the President’s press conference last night.
I just can’t believe that Cantor is a Britney Spears’ fan. lol
March 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pmThis is an “entertainer” who was screaming “My P***Y is hanging out” at her show in Orlando last week!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:11 pmOMG britney? HAHAHAHA
I don’t mind that the 3rd top repug was acting like a pubescent boy and went to see his heroine.
repugs have been out to lunch for decades.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:14 pmI don’t know. He might have. On Steven Colbert, Keith said everyone got the wrong idea about him from that kicking butt song he wrote after 9/11. He was just freaked out like everyone else.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pmcantor what do you think of bitney and madonna’s kiss?
HEHEHEHEHEHEE
Lesbian Gay Yuck Remember?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pmHow about his saying that it was bipartisan! “They did it TOO!” NOT!!! Oh yah the possible “damage” was already done. GOoP play book once again.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pmIn recent weeks, congressional Republicans have been critical of President Obama for doing anything that isn’t directly focusing on the economic crisis — such as going on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno or filling out his NCAA bracket.
I can understand why. President Obama has a monumental task to save the country from the disaster caused by the Republicans.
On the other hand, the Republicans should have plenty of spare time on their hands. They’ve already done their job by causing the calamity, and how much time does it take to come up with a policy of “no”?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:20 pmInteresting. I saw him on Colbert where he was completely unapologetic for being a “patriot” and he still feels the same way now AND he would have done what he did to the Dixie Chicks again…right now (this was about six months ago).
Don’t buy his schtick. He’s a lying PO gooper S#it!
FUTK!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:21 pmSo Cantor likes Brittany?
Cool.
I assume he will want to follow Brittany’s advice then?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
The thought that Cantor is a Spears fan TOTALLY CREEPS ME OUT!
Ick.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:22 pm“I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes.”
– Britney Spears, 2003
I wonder if she still feels that way?
March 25th, 2009 at 5:23 pmDid any repug run and apology to buckshot cheney yet? HAHAHAHA
repugs you are fading like Norma Desmond.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:24 pmOh well. Why am I not surprised? These wingnuts can’t keep their story straight between breaths.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:26 pmSeems they all have conveniently forgot that one, and the myriad of similar calls for supporting the sitting President that we were all endlessly assailed with over the last 8 years.
Guess it only applies when a republican’s in office.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:27 pmAs we read so many attacking President Obama who is working all the time to get the US out of this Recession and Law Makers fighting him tooth and nail. Eric Cantor isn’t interested in working for the people he’s busy at Britney Spears Concert. Now as his State of Viginia has a high unemployment rate and thousands of citizens losing their homes and life saving what does Cantor do ” Go to Britney Spears Concet”. What can I say but WOW.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:32 pma staffer in Landrieu’s office, who said that the senator was indeed not at the concert.
but, those “other Democrats” were _ _ _ ???
March 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pmweird, but my first thought when seeing that picture of britney was ‘michael jackson’… she looks like everything he wanted to be…
poor michael… such a huge talent, once…
March 25th, 2009 at 5:35 pmThe “patriot” and “GOP rising star” himself.
What a piece of work.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:36 pmtombaker Says:
It better have been because he was taking his daughter.
and only if his daughter is over 18…
no way a younger more impressionable girl should be exposed to that soft porn…
but, that’s just me.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:38 pmI can’t get over that outfit and can only wonder what she plans to do with that finger.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:41 pmCould have been worse.
Could have been a Madonna concert.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pmThe Cantor children (Evan, Jenna, Michael) were born in approximately 1989, 1991, 1993
So he does have an 18 yr. old daughter. and I agree with TOMBaker, this only makes sense if he was her chaperone.
Cantor is the Republican Whip…so all he really needs to know how to do is count Votes…
that should be easy, because the GOP doesn’t have that many.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:51 pmcantor must really be in touch with his middle school feminine side.
March 25th, 2009 at 5:52 pmI wonder if Cantor wore his favorite skirt and head band for the night?
March 25th, 2009 at 6:00 pmI have always thought that Eric Cantor, when he speaks, looks like he needs a good laxative. Perhaps I was wrong, it isn’t a laxative at all, it’s—–.
hahahahahhaha Doesn’t surprise me at all that Cantor is a Britney fan, it fits his IQ.
March 25th, 2009 at 6:09 pmBurning Question: Was Britney wearing any underear?
More Important: Was Cantor wearing any underwear?
Inquiring minds want to know.
March 25th, 2009 at 6:42 pmwow, on the previous topic of bills stalking of amanda terkel, there were 590 comments. i’m blown away by the amount of time so many people are giving to these little things.
to be honest, i’m here because of watching amanda on keith’s show just a minute ago, and, while i can’t say its love at first, site, its certainly a crush! and then i thought, hmmm…bill likes cute girls. he loves that rabid idiot lady from honolulu michelle malkin, and now amanda is just his type; it makes me wonder if the real purpose of the stalking is for bill to acquire person control of ’sercret’ footage of a lady walking around. maybe that is his fetish. maybe he has a stock pile of footage of attractive women, all footage taken by his staff. but then, he does send his stalkers out after bill moyers too, so, i guess he at least has some broader interests.
but otherwise, during the stalking video itself, i was struck by how calm and well spoken amanda was. later, on keith’s show, i thought she looked a little tense. maybe she was in near self defence mode with the stalkers, but on a big tv show stage fright got her a bit.
anyway, i hadn’t heard of thinkprogress before, but now thanks to bill, you have a new subscriber!
March 25th, 2009 at 6:48 pmEric Cantor is a Britney Spears fan?
Oh well, maybe he’s a stalker….he sure looks the type.
March 25th, 2009 at 6:50 pmBritney Spears? Haa haahahahahhahahha. What a f#cking tool!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 7:20 pmThe only people stupider than Cantor are those that voted for him. We get the government we deserve.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:28 pmCantor, another RepubliCon clown!
March 25th, 2009 at 7:30 pmDear Eric received 10K for his PAC from UBS, enabler of tax cheats. His wife works for a private investment bank that received bailout funds. He probably needs some mindless entertainment to take his mind off his hypocrisy, assuming he still has enough of a conscience to feel shame.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:33 pmI guess that Cantor just needed to stimulate his package.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:46 pmAt least we know his speed. This is as close as he will ever get to someone that young. Until this concert he has to find kiddie magazines and the porn sites. Boy I bet his night was busy later on. At home. In the dark. Down memory lane. You know, their IQ’s might be similar too. No, hers is higher.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:03 pmA Brittney Spears concert???
Are you kidding me????
Are these men adults, or, monkey spanking, 13-year-old boys?!!?!?!?!?
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 9:32 pmWow, this guy is pathetic……Bobby Jindal territory pathetic.
More of those famous GOP family values.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:01 pmWas he taking his daughter or even worse did he go for his own pleasure?
Cantor went to see “Britney”? Haha. I take back what i said about him not being a geek, and just dressing like one.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:23 pmPresident Obama, poised, articulate, in control of his situation. Strikes me as a leader on the move, and I’m willing to follow.
The clowns we call Republicans are leaderless, clueless and lost in the woods. Ain’t going to follow this Cantor clown or the Republicans anywhere.
The Republicans couldn’t lead for the last 8 years, there are too dumb to follow, I guess they better get out of the way!
March 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm.
Was she scheduled to kiss Madonna…
… You know how those (R)ushpublickin’s are about sex.
Of course it’s not gay sex when hot women go at it, YES?
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March 26th, 2009 at 1:26 amWell, I’m sure he had good reasons to not tune in to the press conference. Not sure if it was wise for a politician to acknowledge the fact he was too busy to do so. Any self respecting citizen from his home state should be asking why he didn’t and if not, oh well.
March 26th, 2009 at 7:15 amThere you are America. The party that says NO to helping you and your country.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:49 amThey only care about themselves and their political aspirations they do NOT care about America.
ombaker Says:
March 26th, 2009 at 4:46 pmIt better have been because he was taking his daughter.
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Nope he didn’t take his daughter. This is just too creepy, a 45 year old male going to a Britany Spears concert.
Canter knew that Obama was going to say the same old stuff — and he did. So, Canter didn’t miss anything. Obama has been on TV so much the last 2 months saying the same old stuff. Who wants to listen to that stuff over and over. Uh, not me.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:06 pmHit me Bill-O one more time!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pmOMG!!! Now they’ll probably lip-sync Regan speeches!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:20 pm