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In the discussion thread: Foster Friess Apologizes For Suggesting Bayer Aspirin As Contraception Method [View all]

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:07 AM

8. Amazing

I am stunned that the GOP want to make this campaign about Birth Control. Don't they realize how crazy they look? Don't they realize this is a terrible and losing issue for them?

Are they this desperate already?

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74 replies	Author	Time	Post
Foster Friess Apologizes For Suggesting Bayer Aspirin As Contraception Method [View all]	Botany	Feb 2012	OP
It was not a joke!	mailman82	Feb 2012	#1
It was very objectionable, but yes it was a joke...	xtraxritical	Feb 2012	#25
I didn't hear how he worded it	tavalon	Feb 2012	#64
I am old enough to remember it also	Mojorabbit	Feb 2012	#72
"Jokes" can be a very effective form of aggression. nt	patrice	Feb 2012	#43
Yes, exactly.	yardwork	Feb 2012	#59
"cretins", my friend.	mlevans	Feb 2012	#54
Right! It's always a joke when the joke bombs	SemperEadem	Feb 2012	#60
just to be clear, it WAS a joke, though also a crude sexist comment.	unblock	Feb 2012	#2
Maybe but people need to get over the idea that "joke" is any kind of excuse for offensive language.	yellowcanine	Feb 2012	#40
agreed	unblock	Feb 2012	#48
Yup. Old and lame. It was lame then and it's lame now.	TahitiNut	Feb 2012	#69
no, frosty, it wasn't a joke. you demonstrated that you are a clueless cretin, but nice try.	niyad	Feb 2012	#3
Bullshit	deutsey	Feb 2012	#4
"He noted that his wife didn't like the joke, either"	annabanana	Feb 2012	#5
Maybe...we could have more sanity in the world if his	INdemo	Feb 2012	#29
I am speechless	iandhr	Feb 2012	#6
It was a re-run of what supposedly	Mira	Feb 2012	#7
This is a very good point.	mlevans	Feb 2012	#55
Well said!	CrispyQ	Feb 2012	#65
Amazing	Johnny2X2X	Feb 2012	#8
It is a calculated risk	Harmony Blue	Feb 2012	#10
Just Stupid. I think it is that simple.	CAPHAVOC	Feb 2012	#13
Actually,	chervilant	Feb 2012	#32
It wasn't a JOKE!	Why Syzygy	Feb 2012	#9
It wasn't funny when he was young ....	GoldenOldie	Feb 2012	#11
Would generic aspirin work?	alfredo	Feb 2012	#12
So he thinks people were offended because they took him literally	Orangepeel	Feb 2012	#14
What I found interesting	wryter2000	Feb 2012	#15
Yup. Freiss didn't even know Santorum opposed all birth control.	SunSeeker	Feb 2012	#33
In fairness to that buffoon, Santorum's stance on birth control has been pretty confusing	RufusTFirefly	Feb 2012	#52
When will the makers of Bayer aspirin file	asjr	Feb 2012	#16
What a jerk...	radical noodle	Feb 2012	#17
Guess that "strategy" he alluded to did NOT work so well, even back then	tawadi	Feb 2012	#18
Excellent link	chervilant	Feb 2012	#34
It's not the joke...it's the policies behind the joke that people are outraged about.	Old and In the Way	Feb 2012	#19
And that ladies and gentlemen is why we don't want rich old people running our country.	FarLeftFist	Feb 2012	#20
hello	INdemo	Feb 2012	#57
Fake ass apology	alcibiades_mystery	Feb 2012	#21
You nailed it!	erinlough	Feb 2012	#41
:: applauding wildly ::	SemperEadem	Feb 2012	#61
Nicely Put. (n/t)	Paladin	Feb 2012	#73
Take two aspirins and DONT call me in the morning....	Pachamama	Feb 2012	#22
Why is it that when goppers make outlandish	Iliyah	Feb 2012	#23
Family planning isn't something to joke about	Mz Pip	Feb 2012	#24
My sister works for Bayer at their US corporate headquarters in Pgh.	livetohike	Feb 2012	#26
A corporate headache that no amount of their product can cure, I'm guessing.	beac	Feb 2012	#50
Why doesn't anyone get the joke?	JohnnyRingo	Feb 2012	#27
If you are baby boomer remember that girls would use the same	INdemo	Feb 2012	#31
Durn..	chervilant	Feb 2012	#36
I do remember it...	JohnnyRingo	Feb 2012	#37
I am of that age, heard it back then and was insulted that all I had to do to keep from being	uppityperson	Feb 2012	#44
promiscuous	LeftyMom	Feb 2012	#56
Thank You	INdemo	Feb 2012	#58
LOL....	4_TN_TITANS	Feb 2012	#28
Learn from Earl Butz	JustABozoOnThisBus	Feb 2012	#30
Epic fail	DearAbby	Feb 2012	#35
fuck off and die, Foster Friess n/t	RainDog	Feb 2012	#38
He said that anyone under 50 did not GET the joke. I am 70 and it was no joke then and it is not now	jwirr	Feb 2012	#39
Brings up something I have been thinking about: With a few exceptions, most of the attractive and	patrice	Feb 2012	#42
It just shows how this billionaire donor of Sanatorum	lovuian	Feb 2012	#45
"donor of Santorum"	Canuckistanian	Feb 2012	#63
So What Were The Teen Pregnancy Rates Back In Your Boyhood, Mr. Friess?	Vogon_Glory	Feb 2012	#46
Don't forget to add the stats on deaths from back alley abortions to Mr. Friess'	beac	Feb 2012	#49
... because he got flak from the lobbyists at Tylenol and Excedrin ...	Myrina	Feb 2012	#47
He's the only one who needs an assburn...	RoccoR5955	Feb 2012	#51
You Know, A Woman Can Hold An Aspirin Between Her Knees And Still Get Pregnant	Yavin4	Feb 2012	#53
Take the Cowboy Hat off, you Pretentious Dork!	fascisthunter	Feb 2012	#62
God, would someone PLEASE take that picture of Friess off the front page	47of74	Feb 2012	#66
"I used to be sexually adventurous; then I took an aspirin to the knees."	Beartracks	Feb 2012	#67
Again. Repub. says something and then "Oh my... I am so so sorry".	glinda	Feb 2012	#68
Typical	secondvariety	Feb 2012	#70
It wasn't a joke	Gringostan	Feb 2012	#71
Too late. This is one of those unique comments that will be remembered for a long long time.	DCBob	Feb 2012	#74

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