Speaking of SuperPACs
So poor little Donald Trump now has a SuperPAC. Get a load of poor little underprivileged Donnie’s PAC. (Click the little one to get the big one.)
Citizens for Restoring USA. Well, la tee da.
Robert S. Kiger is just your average hard working American working stiff and that’s why his email address is —
Yep, that says exactly what you’d expect it to. rkiger@equestriansfor trump.com
We don’t have equestrians in Texas. We have cowboys. But the closest we’d come to equestrians is sissies in funny pants.
I wonder if that superPAC is taken?
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the fun.
I’ll bet he’ll do a heck of a job, just like that equestrian elevated to FEMAa
1Horses’ Asses for Trump gets my money.
2Does that mean Trump is a horse’s patootie?
3This is the best Trump could do? Pathetic!
4Miss Juanita, you say sissies as if that is a bad thing.
5Mark, equestrian means many things in the west. An image which hasn’t been improved by Ann Romney. “Funny pants” is a short hand for “what the heck is up with a saddle that isn’t sat on” and whatever else strikes us as peculiar about the riders and dressage. The horses in the events are ok, but we wish they could talk. Imagine the stories they would tell about the likes of Mr. Kiger.
6It is pretty clear that “Running for President” is The Donald’s hobby now.
Me, I like realism. But I understand the charm of looking in the mirror and imagining being “the fairest of them all.”
7Looking into the possibility of a Hens SuperPac. There are 36 breeds. If that doesn’t fly, Moocows is next…shoot there’s enough farm animals to keep me busy until the right one turns up. Equestrians my foot.
8PKM, you didn’t really address the issue. Which is the derogatory use of the word sissy. I realize JJ was just tossing off a line in an attempt at humor, but really, words like sissy and faggot aren’t words you toss out unless you are actually gay. Thus, my gentle reminder.
9Mark, point taken and I agree about pejoratives. My question would be does “equestrians is sissies in funny pants” cross into the same arena as “sissy?” Or, for instance if it were “missies in funny pants” referencing Ann Romney. Not trying to be a wise guy here, honest. Guess what I’m asking is when does a word in context inadvertently breach that area of subtle homophobia that no one here wants to enter/offend?
10I read the email address wrong the first time: Equstrian Fort Rump.
That would make all of them horsesasses.
11PKM, I didn’t mean to hijack the thread, but wanted to respond to you.
You ask if “‘equestrians is sissies in funny pants’ cross[es] into the same arena as ‘sissy?'” Yes, as “sissies” is merely the plural of “sissy.” Let’s replace “sissy” with another favorite pejorative to describe homosexuals: “faggots in funny pants.” Is it still funny now?
And here obviously the attempt was to contrast Texas cowboys (he-men, real men) with sissies (not real men, less than). That was the joke.
As for “missies,” when the word “missy” is used as a school-yard taunt to demean people, then we will talk. And what is up with the Ann Romney references? She wasn’t mentioned in the OP.
You want to know when words like “faggot” and “sissy” and “homo” breach “that area of subtle homophobia? Any time they are used pejoratively. Which is pretty much any time they are used. That is the entire point of the word.
12My nickname is Sissy, which I have taken to be a form of the word sister. I always thought the perjorative meant someone who was fearful and lacked courage. I guess I didn’t understand the homophobic nuance. Thanks for the heads up, Mark.
13Mark, Ann Romney is an equestrian or not a cowgirl. It’s kind of an east/west thing, saddles without horns versus a roping saddle.
maryelle, I second your thanks to Mark for a nuance I missed.
As for Trump and Kiger, those equestrians won’t play well west of the Mississippi, except maybe with Shelly Adelson. Although as an actual casino magnate, Adelson might think Trump more than a little embarrassing.
14Maryelle, Sissy is in fact a nickname for “sister,” The use of the term for boys comes from “sister boy –> sissy boy –> sissy. The derogatory use of the word is meant to convey a male that doesn’t adhere to stereotypical masculine roles/traits, such as fear and courage, but more specifically effete men and homosexuals. It is a favorite playground taunt for bullies everywhere.
15So Trump is going after the Rafalca vote? I suspect that’s a small niche. (Personally I’d rather vote for the horse than the horse’s a$$.)
16Trump is never going to seriously run for office –any office — because his only goal in life is to keep the money flowing and to keep his name in print, Oh, please.
And Mark, I don’t mean to criticize, but some words really aren’t designed to malign other people in the way you interpret them. I appreciate your viewpoint, but (maybe it’s just my age), I can’t always agree with you. Women have fought the word “sissy” for so many years, still I bet i’m “man enough” to do whatever I need to do. I hope you aren’t espousing turning the battle for equal rights into a war over semantics. If I misunderstood, please accept my apology.
17Yeah, where I grew up “sissy” “scaredy cat” and “mama’s boy/girl” and even “goody two shoes” all meant the same thing and were applied freely to someone who wouldn’t do something physical, dirty, disapproved of or dangerous – in our lexicon it was interchangeable with “coward” and had zero to do with sexual orientation. Most of us were unacquainted with such advanced concepts as real LGBT issues at that time. The words that applied both then and now to orientation were used similarly as perjoratives by the time I got to junior high and high school, but that was back when the only person I actually had any idea MIGHT be “gay” was Liberace! How the world has changed. Of course, back then I would have been convinced Ru Paul was a woman, too. Mercy.
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