Woman, This Ain’t Fifty Shades of Akin
Okay, so Mike Huckabee’s wife has some kind of odd hoochy-koochy fetish going on.
“I think women are really on fire for Todd Akin,” Janet Huckabee said. “They’re out there, they’re praying for him, they’re lifting him up in prayer, they’re giving financially.”
On fire? Oh, probably not.
True story: After I wrote that, I went looking for a picture of Janet Huckabee to illustrate this story and lookie what I found.
Leather and ropes? Really? So maybe she likes that illegitimate rape stuff. I dunno and I don’t wanna.
Thanks to Kathleen for the heads up.
“I think women are really on fire for Todd Akin.” Well, I suppose her comments sort of prove her point. On the surface I would have to call her a liar, liar, pants on fire for suggesting woman support Akin. But then, with her pants all lit up she would be at least one woman on fire for Todd.
1Republican women can be very scary. . . . .
2@Angela: True dat!
3” Really? So maybe she likes that illegitimate rape stuff. ”
4That is just not cool JJ. I keep saying we gotta be better than them not stoop to their level. Can’t we just leave it that what Mrs. Huckabee is saying is assinine and offensive? I think if one needs to put rape in the punch line, maybe the joke isn’t such a good one?
Wally,
There is a lot of humor on this web site as well as sarcasm, cynicism, parody, satire, and no shortage of irony. If you are having trouble dealing with that, ask for help.
5Ralph, you missed snark.
6Maybe she meant to say that women wanted to SET fire to Todd Akin.
7I am so confused, is that a lasso or a noose she is waving? BTW – That was sarcasm or perhaps it was sarchasm.
Sarchasm: The giant gulf (chasm) between what is said and the person who doesn’t get it.
I was going for snark on that last one was I successful?
I often marvel at how deftly Juanita navigates the boundaries of good taste when discussing the genuinely tasteless actions of others. The fact that she generally pulls it off without making her Mamma unhappy is genuinely impressive. As is the overall level of commentary on her blog.
I come here to giggle and to be informed. I generally leave here awed by JJ and her contributors. That is why I know that neither Wally nor Ralph meant any offense.
8I live in New Mexico and today, I got a recorded message from Mike Huckabee, wanting me to donate to the campaign of Todd Akin. There was, sadly, no option at the end of the call to leave a message for Mike. I’d like to have told him that his call just irratated me enough that I was, instead, donating to Claire McCaskill, and she is not even my favorite Democrat! Although I have donated to folks (read women) in other states of my own volition, I was a bit taken aback by a call from the prissy preacher/governor of Arkansas, calling New Mexico for me to donate to an pile of compost running for office in Missouri.
9In all fairness, the lady is married to Mike Huckabee. Akin? Huckabee? Akin? It’s a tough call. Sort of Sophie’s choice.
10Ol’ Janet is proof that dumb mistakes of youth are hard to live down.
11Hmm, I expect any day now Akin will come out in favor of witch-burning. Be careful what you wish for, Janet Huckabee.
12Think they have a cream for that.
13No, it wasn’t snark, I was being serious. I love hanging out at the WMDBS. I think JJ is hilarious and she does her damn research. But one of the many problems with Mr. Akin is that he basically said that some women liked rape (those that got pregnant). It’s wrong to say it about a right wing whack job like Mrs. Huckabee, too.
14Check with Momma on this one. If she’s good with it, I’ll say I was wrong and being too PC about women’s issues. I’ve had lots of practice at being wrong so I’m getting pretty good at it.
Another thing I like about the WMDBS is that I disagreed and I didn’t get flamed. I got respectful questioning. Thanks, y’all.
Whoa! That leather and rope/rape comment is in the stoop-to-the-Republican-mentality category. Granny loves you, so she’s reminding you that you were brought up to know better than that.
15I’m sorry, I agree with Sister Janet. I do believe women all over this country are lifting Brother Akin up in prayer. God help him if their prayers are answered.
16David, didn’t you mean, God help us all? At the very least, God help those of us from Missouri who have to hang our heads in shame.
17I’m all for shining a spot light on the ignorant things people say. Ridicule, shame – it’s better than ignoring them. I think that ignoring them or not stooping to their level just emboldens them to do & say worse things.
How many people, especially young kids, will believe all the ignorant things people say (e.g., “legitimate” rape) when the idiots can repeat them with impunity because sensible people either ignore them hoping they’ll go away on their own or they don’t feel they should stoop to their level by countering what they say in whatever way would best be effective. Making fun of the idiots will at least get those who don’t know any better (teenagers/young adults) to possibly question the crap that comes out people’s mouths.
18Actually, Deb, I was being sarcastic and suggesting that those women praying for Akin are are not praying for him in a positive way. God, I hope people got that.
19Don’t worry, David, you made it plain. I’m praying for ‘brother’ Akin, too. The thing is, I have two prayer lists. The second one is the one my children call the “prayer hit list”. Akin and several other misogynists are on it.
20The burning sensation you feel from Todd Akin is not fire, honey. I’d stop by Planner Parenthood while you still can.
21Honey, they just think different from us.
22Hey David, I missed the back to the future reference but I got yours! Both barrels!! 😀
23I generally leave the wives of these crazy politicians alone, because of a wonderful Molly Ivens column of many years ago about Nancy Reagan. But Ms. Huckaee opened her own mouth and got into the debate, suggesting that women pray for and will vote for Akin because they think he’s sexy? I think she is pretty much wide open to any trash that gets tossed at her. By the way, it is a lasso, not a noose (per Deb’s question). It is clearly a slip knot that can be loosened easily. A noose is also a slip knot, but it has thirteen coils of rope around the sliding part of the rope. It does not loosen easily, and it doesn’t get twirled around in the air. It is heavy.
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