Comments on: Don't let Mitt Romney's anti-gay billionaire backer whitewash his intimidation of critics

By: invictus

invictus — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Oh, *now* I’ve been told!
I guess in your universe, Photoshop is unheard of, making oil painting style filters a mythical, mysterious power.

But you’re right, the use of the term “photo” was ill-advised. I guess I wasn’t giving this masterpiece of visual humour the proper attention it so clearly deserved.

Oh, wait. I was.

By: nesnora

nesnora — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Boise Weekly always has stunning designs and illustrations for their covers… I always pick them up to save when I’m visiting out west. :)

By: A Nonny Moose

A Nonny Moose — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Does it matter?

By: Cynical

Cynical — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:19:00 +0000

There’s no way I would refer to my John Thomas as my Romney. He’s a frenulum, at best: a useless, inconsequential waste of skin that mostly just gets in the way, but has the potential to cause pain, suffering and bloodshed in a worst-case scenario.

Plus, the headlines write themselves: “Romney snap election shock!”

By: fergus1948

fergus1948 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:03:00 +0000

’It happened as soon as I had my rums felt. Jeeez, it was all over my romney!’

By: Cynical

Cynical — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:46:00 +0000

It’s entirely non-specific.

By: johnny

johnny — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:43:00 +0000

Countdown ’til Vandersloot is publicly humiliated because some rent boy comes forward with photos of their lovemaking… 10, 9, 8…….

By: WinstonSmith2012

WinstonSmith2012 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:38:00 +0000

In our absolute farce of a representative democracy, here are your potential choices for the next corporate front man in the Oval Office. 1 & 2 will fight it out at their convention for the Repug nomination:

1. A Mormon and his Mormon pals who hate gays so much I’m sure many of them will turn out to be closeted gays.
2. A nut that evangelicals absolutely love (enough said).
3. A “Yes, we can! CHANGE!” candidate who, surprise, surprise, turned out to be nothing of the sort which is not at all surprising since all major party candidates once elected answer only to the moneyed special interests who fronted the money to get them elected.

I’m not playing their game any more and validating ANY of them with my vote. George Carlin is absolutely correct (NSFW – that acronym also says something about our “free” country):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efKguI0NFek

By: alphabomb

alphabomb — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:19:00 +0000

What nobody noticed? Glistening forehead phallus for the win! Clearly this guys a total dickhead. It’s not just me right? Right?

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:41:00 +0000

Grambo’s ire at ‘doctoring the painting’ at least understands that it is doctored and that it is a painting. If you looked at this and thought it was an unaltered photo, there’s really no helping you, whichever universe you inhabit.

By: buster_friendly

buster_friendly — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:21:00 +0000

I think the eyes in the painting need to be just a tad bit closer together. Don’t you?

By: Kristofer Peterson

Kristofer Peterson — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:17:00 +0000

“I know that politics bore you but, I feel like a hypocrite talking to you, you and your racist friend. ” Honestly I’ve always followed the TMBG method of dealing with bigotry. In short, shun the bigots.

By: Kristofer Peterson

Kristofer Peterson — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:13:00 +0000

You forgot Mexicans. Republicans really hate all those lazy Mexicans stealing our jerbs.

By: Palomino

Palomino — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:38:00 +0000

I hope he chokes on one of his own pills.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:27:00 +0000

By real art, do you mean propaganda masquerading as realism?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:21:00 +0000

Which party does the accidental defecating?

By: invictus

invictus — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:35:00 +0000

The one where not everyone has spent time staring at the guy’s actual photo? You know, the one where most people haven’t been involved in preparing this article/image?

I certainly had no reason to know the photo was altered — tiny copyright text in the corner notwithstanding. And at least two other people have commented on the photo with no hint of their realizing it was a caricature.

So, what universe? Sure looks similar to this one.

By: Steve Miller

Steve Miller — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:31:00 +0000

Kinda makes that Obama picture look like REAL art, don’t it?

By: Stanley J

Stanley J — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:30:00 +0000

MY ‘real catholic and social justice friend told me that he is also a racist. Not surprising, hate of gays and blacks seems to be the backbone of the repub party.

By: Cynical

Cynical — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:57:00 +0000

I hereby nominate “to accidentally (or otherwise) defecate while involved in the act of anal sex” as the new meaning of “Vandersloot.”

“Man, it was all going so well and then I vanderslooted all over the sheets. Totally killed the mood.”

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:03:00 +0000

I can see you doing sarcastic air quotes with your fingers while you say this comment out loud.

By: mlw99

mlw99 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:19:00 +0000

Well, Rob, since you asked, in the universe that I inhabit, I didn’t “obviously” realize that it was “intentionally a caricature of that photo.” I didn’t even realize from the post that there was “that photo.” Just to make it clear, I despise what this guy stands for and his actions and conduct as described.

By: Teller

Teller — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:36:00 +0000

It’s all about absorption into the bloodstream. Whatever does can’t hurt, I agree.

By: Fnordius

Fnordius — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:33:00 +0000

I think Rob did a good job myself. Really captured the soul of the guy without going all Dorian Grey and showing how ugly his soul really is.

Oh, and I don’t think the term “doctoring” is warranted. It’s Rob’s own artwork, though I suppose if the HOPE poster could be litigated Rob might be facing a lawsuit no matter how satirical the painting is.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Some of my best friends are …

By: solid_ekans

solid_ekans — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:57:00 +0000

I lived in SE Idaho a few years ago. VanderSloot is a huge fish in a little pond there. He throws around his weight any chance he gets. He pays for the annual July4, American Independence day fireworks show. It’s a big deal. Cool display. The year July 4 fell on Sunday, he moved the fireworks show to Saturday or Monday.( I forget which.) Lots of people wanted it on THE DAY YOU CELEBRATE JULY 4TH! But VanderSloot wouldn’t budge. Sunday is a big deal to Mormons. Vandersloot just gave everybody the finger. “I pay. The fireworks happen whenever I want.”
It’s hard for the locals to badmouth the man. He employs a ton of people in SE Idaho. Chances are you know someone or are employed by Melaluca if you live there.

I’m disappointment that his influence is getting bigger and bigger.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Why then won’t Glenn Beck deny these allegations, that the girl he raped and murdered in 1990 was young?

By: millie fink

millie fink — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Yep. And: “I’m not a racist, but. . . “

By: fergus1948

fergus1948 — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:30:00 +0000

I hate to lower the tone but I do sometimes get joy from people’s names and how nominative determinism can sometime kick in.

How cool would it be if gay guys or girls invented a really kinky new sex act and called it Vanderslooting?

“I met this guy/girl last night and he/she gave me the hottest vandersloot of my life!”

“Vanderslooter, 24, seeks similar, into extreme Limbaugh.”

By: jserves

jserves — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:22:00 +0000

Tell Mitt Romney to fire his anti-LGBT National Finance Chair
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