Yeah, Woman!, Start Talking!
Sometimes you just have to love Aladamnbama.
Birmingham Democratic State Representative Patricia Todd, who is gay, has decided to “out” some of her fellow lawmakers. But not the gay ones. She’s putting a whole new twist on this game.
Republicans in Alabama went into turbo hate mode last week when a federal judge overturned Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriages. Republican lawmakers all went to the courthouse and tried to change their legal names to Family Freekin’ Values and Mrs. Family Freekin’ Values.
State Rep. Todd said, “Oh, really now?”
“It is pretty well known that we have people in Montgomery who are or have had affairs …” Todd told the TimesDaily this morning. “I just want them to be careful what they’re saying, some of it might come back to stick on them.”
Yeah, this might get sticky, but it’s gonna be real interesting.
Thanks to John for the heads up.
It is fair to out hypocrites, but I don’t agree to sinking to their level.
1Patricia Todd makes a great point.
God highlighted adultery right up front in the 10 Commandments, along with murder, etc.
Comments on same sex situations are tucked away in Leviticus, the bylaws section of the Old Testament. More like traffic court.
2They are fair game.
3@Corrine Sabo. You’re a better person than I am. I’d pay for billboards on Main Street and pass out flyers in front of their businesses & churches.
Actually, she doesn’t have to out them publicly, just tell their wives & the mistress’s husbands. That’s keep tongues wagging in town & churches for years.
4She may not know any names, but I love the image of the backstage panic she’s caused.
Jesus, who apparently never said a thing about homosexuals, did say that divorce and remarriage were the equivalent of adultery. (Ron and Nancy, I’m thinking of you, but nobody ever mentioned it, did they?) (Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11-11; Luke 16:17)
5Rhea, I suspect she knows not only names but also the motel addresses.
It is amazing how blatant most folks get when they begin to believe talking righteous is all the cover they need.
6Oh, this tastes delicious even this far away! Go, Patricia! I can’t wait! What they fling out the window from their chamber pot lives will always fly back to them!
7And this is in line with the bible to…something about “an eye for eye”…
8I saw her on MSNBC and what she said was she doesn’t have to “tell” anything. She is just shaking them up, reminding them about casting that first stone. I’d bet that she’s made more than one really nervous.
9The seven deadly sins are pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Republican family values incorporate six of those. Only sloth escapes them because they are so diligent in pursuit of the other six.
10I would hope that the thought that she could say something would be enough to make them keep their business to themselves. I hate to see someone sink to a lower level. I am a fan of killing them with kindness and being a better person than the other. But the temptation would be great.
11Too bad Larry Flynt didn’t out wingnuts back when they were impeaching Clinton. It is amazing what a million dollar bounty on wingnut adulterers can scrape up.
12Clearly Rep Patricia Todd understands the value of shame as a motivator. Well done Rep Todd.
13@Ralph Wiggam
14Have you SEEN Ducky Jammies Blake Fahrenthold? He is the example in the dictionary’s definition of “sloth”.
@ Corinne – I fully understand your sentiment and in theory I agree. Unfortunately the hard reality is that sometimes the only way to fight fire is with fire.
15Those who set themselves up as paragons of virtue when they are nothing but whited sepulchers should expect the truth to come out.
16Farenthold? Is he the guy with the three toes?
17I hope she drops names. It isn’t like she is outing a covert CIA agent and her family and world contacts for political purposes,now is it?
18Talk about having your whatsits in a salad shooter. Anybody having an affair is already exposed. When they change their tunes their spouses will be mighty suspicious. When they keep singing the same tune, Rep Todd will add the chorus.
What a choice.
19@Micr, I thought you were going to say Duck-boy was the definition of SHAME! Maybe it’s a see also? 😀
20Hooboy. Just think of how all those legal fees are gonna help the local economy.
21Wouldn’t it be quicker to list the right-wing, family-value politicians who have not had affairs?
22Micr, I would argue that it is gluttony that Pajama Boy is guilty of. It seems to be an oxymoron to say that he diligently pursues slothfulness. But it is evident that he vigorously pursues gluttony and the other deadly sins.
23@Ralph Wiggam,
24I see your grammar point, although I contend Ducky Jammies vigorously pursues inactivity to the point of gluttony. Wonder if maybe the seven deadlies are interrelated?
You go girl! Enjoy all that tapdancing, and smile at the folks who won’t look you straight in the eye this week. I watched the Colorado Springs Mega Minister, Ted Haggerty, get caught with his britches down every Monday in Denver with a gay masseuse, while high on meth. Delicious. What you bet there are a couple or so Alabama Republican officials fearing similar scrutiny? In Haggerty’s situation, his gay paramour finally just got his gut full of the hypocrisy, and went public. Maybe this will elicit similar responses… it always happens… think Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, and Monica Lewinsky. At some point, someone always talks.
There were congregants praying away Haggerty’s sins for years, and his church that was serving about 1500 folks per service, times 3 services each Sunday, plus seminars on quality relationships and family life, Wednesday Bible study, and other opportunities to pass the hat and bring in the sheaves, really struggled for a while. Ya think his little wifey, who stood by his side, trusts him today? I don’t either.
25“Yeah, this might get sticky, but it’s gonna be real interesting.”
But sticky in good way.
26So that’s what’s been going on in Alabama. I visited there once, with a then-boyfriend (now friend), so we could see Halley’s Comet. Good for you, Ms. Todd.
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