Slog - Comments on Dino Rossi Likes His Problems Like He Likes His Men: Big & Hard

Comment by yeah he's gay

yeah he's gay — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:14:31 -0800

First hint was the problems being "too big and too hard."

Obviously code.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:16:03 -0800

Eh. He needs to lose some weight and get a new face. He works in some pictures, but for the most part: vomit city.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:16:08 -0800

You should do what I do, Dan.

Don't watch television.

Comment by Democrat

Democrat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:21:22 -0800

Yes bigots, do make fun of Rossi for being/or not being gay, with Dan's approval. In the future, when Savage rails about similar attacks on gays, don't forget to point out he's an advocate of it.

Comment by Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:25:10 -0800

Nothing is too big or too hard for Dino Rossi.

Comment by Don Ward

Don Ward — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:29:15 -0800

How quaint. Savage pretending to be hip and edgy again.

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:33:35 -0800

@4: It's only okay when you're attacking someone who is a homophobic hypocrite. It's called the "Ted Haggard Clause" or the "Larry Craig Exception."

@6: Dan Savage is hip and edgy!

Comment by spencer

spencer — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:40:53 -0800

While it's the only instance of it that I know of, Democrats have gay baited their Republican opponents before. And I guess it worked.

Comment by Leslie Bloss

Leslie Bloss — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:41:48 -0800

Gee Mr. Savage you sure took a long time to say absolutely nothing important! Why don�t you attack Mr. Rossi on issues? And if you think I am homophobic check out my website.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:45:23 -0800

I don't like it. This could be a Coup Fourr� for Rossi.

Comment by Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:45:43 -0800

Dan, you're doing it again.

If a behavior is wrong when perpetrated against one group of people, it is still wrong when perpetrated against another group. Even if the perpetrator finds it hilarious or somehow poetic.

Perspective, Dan. I don't know why, but I used to think you had it. You're turning bitter in middle age. It's not becoming.

Comment by Democrat

Democrat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:47:12 -0800

@7: So gay baiting is ok some of the time. Bigots will love to hear that. And did you actually read the story you link to? Nothing in there proves (yes, implies, insinuates and suggests, as most shallow Stranger reporting does) Rossi's a hypocrite. But apparently that's enough for you and Dan. Me, I'd like proof - some, even a tiny bit - that I wasn't myself acting like a hetrosexual hypocrite.

Comment by Balt-O-Matt

Balt-O-Matt — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:48:09 -0800

Kelly O's commercial is awesome. I love the dance music and rainbow background at the end. Sweet.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:49:46 -0800

Did I miss that session at the water cooler? Are there really rumors about Dino, or is Dan just basing this on appearance?

Comment by cannot think of anything creative

cannot think of anything creative — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:50:09 -0800

I do not like or care or actually even listened to any of his policies. Actually none of candidates for that matter but Dino Rossi I'd hit it.

Comment by Eric F

Eric F — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:54:22 -0800

@8, don't forget Edwards and Kerry repeatedly bringing up Cheney's love for his gay daughter.

Comment by minderbender

minderbender — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:57:54 -0800

I think Democrats know a thing or two about gay-baiting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux_d-7LXmo4

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:58:01 -0800

I'm with you in disgust at that litany of Republican attacks, which are disgusting and an insult to ordinary decency as well as to gays, but I can't follow you to gay-bait Rossi. Rossi's problem isn't his mincy face or fruit flavors, it's his contempt for common sense, good government and ultimately the voters.

Comment by Courtney Vester

Courtney Vester — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:59:31 -0800

Is it just me or does he look a little like John C. Reilly? I don't know what that means, but I think it has to do with the nose forehead.

Comment by Larry Craig

Larry Craig — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:00:16 -0800

@ 12

Sense of humor much?

Ever read satire? Rossi is a family.

BTW - Dino, call me.

-Sen. Larry Craig

Comment by spencer

spencer — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:04:04 -0800

@16, I see what you mean, but that was a little different. That wasn't a baseless insinuation based on any lesbian stereotypes Mary Cheney happened to fit. It was the truth. Of course Kerry and Edwards were taking advantage of it, but they were using the truth as a weapon against those make gays out to be dangerous. And of course, since they're on my side, they get a little more leeway with me.

Comment by rain

rain — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:05:26 -0800

What's this "GOP" nonsense? There's no "GOP" party, that's a nickname. He's a Republican.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:07:37 -0800

Reasons for selecting Dino:

1. Just like GWB, we'd have a gay governor in the closet.

2. Just like GWB, he would destroy our state economy and loot it for his comrades in the GOP Party Elite.

3. He brings the crazy to Republicrat.

Comment by PC

PC — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:08:04 -0800

Is it not wrong to allege things without proof?

Comment by leek

leek — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:10:12 -0800

Too many adjectives; did not read

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:17:42 -0800

There are many reasons to mock Dino, but being sorta kinda swishy isn't one of them.

I'm not a fan of this idea, and I think there is a good chance it will backfire on you some time in the future.

Unless, of course, he actually is a closet homo, a la Larry Craig. Then trash him all you want for being a fucking hypocrite. But lets have a little more evidence than a possible swish.

Comment by David

David — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:18:33 -0800

Dan,
LOL at the descriptions in paragraph 2. I believe that passage originally referred to Liberace?

However, you're wrong to attribute gender-baiting specifically to *Republicans*. It is a standard trope of the mainstream press corps. Maureen Dowd, for example, has called Obama "Scarlett O'Hara," "Obambi," "a Hollywood starlet," and "Legally Blonde" and I think she, not Limbaugh, actually originated "Breck Girl" for Edwards. She also said Al Gore is "so feminized he's practically lactating" and imagined him singing "I Feel Pretty" to himself in the mirror. Not to mention Hillary Clinton!

Comment by chicagogaydude

chicagogaydude — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:26:56 -0800

This post is as befuddled and reactionary as a Katy Perry song.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:41:07 -0800

So what I'm taking from this is that homophobia is now okay, when deployed for politically expedient purposes?

Let me turn that over in my brain some and get back to you.

Comment by Non

Non — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:57:18 -0800

Too pudgy; if he were really gay he should try to lose some weight.

Comment by Bob

Bob — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:03:11 -0800

There aren't enough graduate schools in Clinical Psych in the nation to crank out enough Cognitive-Behavior Psychs to fully engage Savage's cognitive distortions. What a lightweight.

Comment by Democrat

Democrat — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:08:08 -0800

@20 Indeed. Your comments left me rollin' in the aisle.

To paraphrase L. Bentsen, I know satire and let me tell you No. 20, you're no satirist.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:18:14 -0800

@24 - not when they run for public office, apparently.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:24:14 -0800

I googled "Who is Valentino Rossi dating?" and all I can say is, I wish I was gay like that.

Plus, if you had 10 Valentino Rossis, they could easily take over Capitol Hill.

Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me

You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:36:42 -0800

SO... We should not vote for anyone that acts gay. Because they might be gay. And thats bad. Understood. Duly noted.

Comment by sparroweater

sparroweater — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:56:10 -0800

Notice how he never says, "Republican?" That word never shows up in his commercials. It's not in the Voter's Pamphlet. Just GOP. Why is that, I wonder?

Comment by Pinko Commie Fag

Pinko Commie Fag — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:59:43 -0800

Seeking attention, Dan may have cost Gregoire her election bid.

Let's hope media outside Seattle doesn't pick this trash up.

By the way, I thought the whole point of sexual liberation is WHO THE HELL CARES?

And Dan, as the sexual matters expert, does not know good looking men in their younger days all cross the line. No big deal.

The piece is slander, even in a political race.

Comment by Bubbles

Bubbles — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:07:46 -0800

Seems like your typically effiminate straight Seattle-ish man to me. Gay shadows, Dan. Gay shadows.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:38:35 -0800

Okay, I'm back.

This is still nonsensical and asinine.

Comment by D.

D. — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:32:45 -0800

You don't need the Democrats to gay bait, the whispering campaign can start here a la Santorum.

Comment by Lobot

Lobot — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:22:26 -0800

I still think he looks like that creeper from the Enzyte commercials. If I wasn't already against him for his views on women's rights, I'd be against him for consistently creeping me out.

Comment by Damien

Damien — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:15:51 -0800

Everyone looks silly in political commercials. The Democrats shouldn't gay bait---ever heard of "taking the high road"?

Comment by salsamanca

salsamanca — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:36:59 -0800

No manly eyebrows, looks waxed

Comment by Robert

Robert — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:53:28 -0800

It's about time that someone other than a welfare giving bleeding heart liberal had a chance to win in this fag loving state. Washington is an embarrassment to the country and should lock up 99% of you left-wing loons who call King County home.