Slog - Comments on Did It Work?

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:22:05 -0800

Jesus Christ, Bush bush first thing in the morning, that can't be good. Though if I have to look at Bush bush, that's the one I'd choose.

You know the answer to your question, Dan: the rules don't apply to the leadership class.

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:22:46 -0800

Have you seen that cow? Who would want to admit to having taken her virginity in the first place?!?!

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:24:56 -0800

BTW, has Jena the Cow's husband enlisted so he can serve his nation to protect us from the forces of evil in Iraq?

I am really more interested in that than the Cow's viginity.

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:24:59 -0800

My, how you do go on. Whether or not Jenna was a virgin is, quite frankly, irrelevant. What is relevant is that abstinence-only programs quite provably don't work. But you'll never convince Bush of that.

Comment by Lou

Lou — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:25:21 -0800

I usually side with the staff on the whole NSFW on the front page argument, but a hairy spider shot on the front page is different from showing a couple of breasteses; thank $deity no one was by my desk when I checked Slog this morning.

Comment by OR Matt

OR Matt — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:26:28 -0800

Holy SHIT! I don't believe that is NSFW.

Put a blurr and link or something.

perked up my stale coffee a little.

Comment by Hartiepie

Hartiepie — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:27:03 -0800

Whoa, Dan--- sounds like you enjoyed writing that tirade. A bit over the top but kudos for using only one WTF in the whole thing.

And of course shw wasn't a virgin or else we would have heard about it endlessly as an example of how well abstinence ed supposedly works.

Comment by PC

PC — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:45 -0800

@2
she's not bad. And she was a fun loving hard drinking party chick -- she'd go for it. I'll bet she gave her fiancee a blow job in the oval office right where Monica gave one to Bill!
The liberal notion that conservatives don't have fun in the sack is a myth. They know their right wing abstinence bullshit is all talk. Don't you get it?

Comment by Mike of Renton

Mike of Renton — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:31:11 -0800

First, I'm not too worried about the NSFW in this case because it IS below the fold (at least in my case.

Second, Jenna is NOT a cow. puhleeze.

Comment by PC

PC — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:32:16 -0800

um, "finance"....

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:34:21 -0800

Dan Savage has made an effort to educate gay men as to the risks of unsafe sex, and in his opinion they should avoid anonymous orgies in bathhouses, or if they must, then they should use a condom.

Therefore, we can conclude that Dan Savage believes he has the right to collect data on whether or not specific gay men are engaging in safe sex in bathhouses, including their names and identifying information.

Wait, that's stupid.

Just because you want to educate people do do X, that does not mean you have any need for private data about anybody. Yes, you should do anonymous, voluntary surveys to determine if your education works, but that's all. And this research has been done, and abstinence only does not work, and there you go. Jenna Bush and her hymen are utterly irrelevant.

Bush should, however, be asked why she isn't over fighting in Iraq.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:38:11 -0800

I almost forgot:

Firefox > Tools > Content > Load images automatically - Exceptions... > Address of web site: slog.thestranger.com > Block > Close > OK.

Comment by Mr Fuzzy

Mr Fuzzy — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:40:15 -0800

1) No.
2) She's a rebel.

Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER

UNPAID BLOGGER — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:41:28 -0800

It is too early in the morning for a fuzzy mimosa.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:46:57 -0800

I agree with PC @ 8 - of course the Right realizes that abstinence education is a bunch of bullshit! There's plenty of pregnant Christian teenagers to demonstrate that it doesn't work.

Comment by DOUG.

DOUG. — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:48:46 -0800

Jenna's got her grandma's figure.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:52:51 -0800

Ugh. I really, really do not want to know anything more than I (unfortunately) do about Jenna Bush's vagina.

Comment by Cat in Chicago

Cat in Chicago — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:53:46 -0800

Curious that he gave up the chance to give his daughter a big White House wedding. That would surely have gotten the fundy hearts all warm and toasty and given McCain the ol'family values push.

Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER

UNPAID BLOGGER — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:02:38 -0800

@18 She shot down the White House wedding idea... wanted more of a "low key" outdoor wedding.

(Dubya did however insist on erecting a huge limestone cross for the occasion, so the fundies were still placated.)

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:14:18 -0800

elenchos @11 has perfectly dissected dan's faulty "privacy" argument.

Comment by Julie

Julie — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:15:55 -0800

@2 and 3. If she's a cow, then I'm a fucking blue whale. I think you have a distorted image of how women's bodies actually look.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:15:58 -0800

If Elenchos started a paper, I'd replace the Stranger with it.

Comment by Michigan Matt (soon to be Balt-o-matt)

Michigan Matt (soon to be Balt-o-matt) — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:22:24 -0800

That's not her in those photos, is it? It doesn't even look like her.

The good news? She and I will be moving to Baltimore at the same time. I'm figuring we'll announce a kegger and she'll be there!

Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale

Lloyd Clydesdale — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:23:19 -0800

How does her abstinence parachute unfurl?

Comment by glen keenan

glen keenan — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:41:53 -0800

made me think of this onion pic & headline:

Jenna Bush's Federally Protected Wetlands Now Open For Public Drilling

June 20, 2001

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34777

Comment by Jo

Jo — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:05:44 -0800

Don't you know it's OK to have sex before marriage if your partner and his/her parents are super rich, powerful members of the Republican party?

Comment by CP

CP — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:16:24 -0800

Questions like that are rude! Let us elevate the discourse! You are not to ask the Prez about his cocaine years or his DUI's, or about his daughter's virtue.

And what if she did anal only before the marriage? Is that "not sex", making her still a virgin? I think some of the Fundie Christian kids are playing that semantic game. (I never knew how much not-sex I wasn't getting until Clinton tried to define BJ's as not-sex. Wow. I'm not even getting not-sex.)

While we're being demanding, can't we ask for a cup of pee for drug testing? And from his daughter, too!

Comment by josh

josh — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:31:57 -0800

fyi that's totally NOT jenna bush in the photos.

Comment by Mike

Mike — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:24:07 -0800

So, I think she's hot! There I said it. She is the hotter of the bush twins, and as a straight guy, I would do her.
I hate the pres as much as anyone but not enough to overide my sense of sight. That's a nice beaver. Also, if you remember, this is the bush daughter that said she was considering voting for Obama. Maybe she's not all bad...