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40. I've hidden every post that featured that picture to avoid the sexist and homophobic
snickering.

I almost started a new post yesterday, it was titled: So every woman who eats a corn dog is really sucking dick?


Any way, I abandoned the post. I was too angry to be coherent. So, thank you for this post.
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  -The howls of sexism would have been never ending! Renew Deal  Aug-14-11 09:42 AM   #0 
  - yes. i was told to shut up and get a life. 9, 10 threads about her sucking dick  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 09:45 AM   #1 
  - Hillary was savvy enough to be photographed this way  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 09:47 AM   #2 
  - HILLARY IS WONDERFUL.... BACHMANN IS AWFUL  trueblue2007   Aug-15-11 07:23 PM   #179 
  - Yep, no woman is safe near apossible phallic symbol.  sufrommich   Aug-14-11 09:53 AM   #9 
  - I agree but if I may add a small comment...  MedicalAdmin   Aug-14-11 10:15 AM   #32 
  - she is eating a corn dog. i dont see any manipulation on her part  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 10:20 AM   #34 
  - I didn't say there was a manipulation on her part.  MedicalAdmin   Aug-14-11 04:09 PM   #110 
     - i dont know that i necessarily agree with you  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 04:12 PM   #111 
        - I see your point.  MedicalAdmin   Aug-14-11 04:49 PM   #119 
           - this, what you are saying is a quandry that i see with so many of the current repug women  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 04:57 PM   #121 
              - Ah crap - I was hoping for some super smart answer.  MedicalAdmin   Aug-15-11 03:11 PM   #152 
  - Well said.  a simple pattern   Aug-14-11 10:55 AM   #50 
     - Marcus was savvy enough to avoid  Sheepshank   Aug-14-11 05:06 PM   #127 
  - I agree. Point well made. nt  ZombieHorde   Aug-14-11 12:40 PM   #70 
  - Yeah, you are right.  cleanhippie   Aug-14-11 09:47 AM   #3 
  - Nobody deserves such disrespect  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 09:58 AM   #15 
     - Anybody who would disrespect one woman like that would disrespect any woman  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 10:04 AM   #22 
     - I know...  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 10:18 AM   #33 
     - +1  JohnnyLib2   Aug-14-11 12:08 PM   #63 
     - +10  emilyg   Aug-14-11 12:22 PM   #64 
     - You got it. nt  cwydro   Aug-14-11 01:43 PM   #89 
     - + 1000 These childish idiots have turned a lot of women off this site  bettyellen   Aug-14-11 02:56 PM   #96 
     - agreed  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 03:19 PM   #101 
        - I think a lot of guys are resentful society now frowns upon this, are looking for excuses to  bettyellen   Aug-14-11 03:50 PM   #105 
           - again. you are right. further  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 03:54 PM   #107 
           - Yep, it's always OK as long as  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 04:42 PM   #116 
           - Verily, Michelle Bachmann should be able to blow a 14 inch corndog in peace  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 04:58 PM   #123 
              - your daughter or mother should be able to walk down a street eating ice cream without some jerk  bettyellen   Aug-14-11 05:29 PM   #131 
                 - ...  Bunny   Aug-14-11 06:50 PM   #137 
                 - Yay!  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:14 PM   #139 
                    - I notice you didn't answer the question.  Bunny   Aug-14-11 07:19 PM   #143 
                       - What question?  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:20 PM   #144 
                 - My wife thinks the shot of Bachmann eating the corn dog is more lewd and ridiculous than I do.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:12 PM   #138 
                    - and how would your wife feel if the shot was of her eating the corn dog  Scout   Aug-15-11 10:03 AM   #151 
                       - If my wife was running for President, she would understand the power of photographs  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 03:20 PM   #156 
     - +1  fishwax   Aug-14-11 04:59 PM   #124 
     - Yes, they do.  cleanhippie   Aug-14-11 10:59 AM   #51 
     - Yeah, well...  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 01:10 PM   #77 
        - You just demonstrated their point by conflating an individual (Bachmann) with a class (homosexual)  saras   Aug-15-11 06:13 PM   #171 
     - It's not a matter of quantity, but of quality  Xipe Totec   Aug-14-11 11:59 AM   #62 
     - She should receive scorn and ridicule  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 01:12 PM   #78 
     - Anyone who disrespects a corndog like that...  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 03:53 PM   #106 
        - Um, yeah.  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 04:36 PM   #114 
        - Well, actually, I do have the right to tell you to chill out.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 04:52 PM   #120 
           - Of course.  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 07:29 PM   #145 
              - It's not what I believe or don't believe, it's the text of the 1st Amendment.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:31 PM   #146 
                 - Well, my friend...  pipi_k   Aug-15-11 03:39 PM   #163 
                    - Did I ever say I expect no one to ever think I'm a jerk?  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 05:29 PM   #166 
                       - Thank you...  pipi_k   Aug-15-11 07:27 PM   #180 
        - Or Kerry windsurfing n/t  eridani   Aug-16-11 03:17 AM   #188 
  - Bachmmann doesn't deserve to play the gender card  LiberaL Lamp Post   Aug-14-11 09:48 AM   #4 
  - Welcome to DU!  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 09:49 AM   #5 
  - Thanks.  LiberaL Lamp Post   Aug-14-11 09:54 AM   #11 
     - I think they have.  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 09:57 AM   #14 
  - so, we are allowed racism toward the black in in repug party, and homophobia with the gays  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 09:51 AM   # 
     - I am not saying sexism is okay  LiberaL Lamp Post   Aug-14-11 09:55 AM   #12 
        - i dont do facebook or twitter, and really, found nothing much to read. selective sexism. nt  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 09:59 AM   #17 
  - I made several comments about that photo.  cwydro   Aug-14-11 09:49 AM   #6 
  - Thank you. Sometimes I  emilyg   Aug-14-11 12:24 PM   #65 
  - I think some never outgrew junior high. (nt)  scarletwoman   Aug-14-11 12:32 PM   #66 
     - I think you're right. I have an  emilyg   Aug-14-11 12:40 PM   #69 
  - I made one as well  TorchTheWitch   Aug-14-11 02:08 PM   #92 
     - +1. nt  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 02:10 PM   #94 
  - I was gone all of yesterday but I would have  Le Taz Hot   Aug-14-11 09:51 AM   #7 
  - You want to talk about sexism?  William769   Aug-14-11 09:51 AM   #8 
  - Wasn't that the point?  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 09:53 AM   #10 
     - Posting that picture of the husband is just as degrading as the one's about her.  William769   Aug-14-11 09:58 AM   #16 
        - Are you suggesting that there's a sexual element to the picture of her husband?  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 09:59 AM   #18 
        - Self delete  William769   Aug-14-11 10:01 AM   #19 
        - OK  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 10:04 AM   #24 
        - I imagine we often see only that which bette  LanternWaste   Aug-14-11 11:43 AM   #57 
        - Perhaps you've missed all the thinly veiled suggestions here and elsewhere that he's gay  Gormy Cuss   Aug-14-11 11:47 AM   #59 
           - I think I have missed it.  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 03:05 PM   #98 
           - I don't need to thinly veil anything, I think the dude is gay.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:34 PM   #147 
        - i tried pointing out that DUers cracking BJ jokes about her husband was hypocritical and classless,  dionysus   Aug-15-11 11:47 PM   #185 
  - No, No, No, and No  hayrow   Aug-14-11 09:56 AM   #13 
  - delete (self)  Bonobo   Aug-14-11 10:15 AM   #30 
  - Michelle plays on her sexuality- so does Sarah Palin, Hillary  Bluerthanblue   Aug-14-11 10:02 AM   #20 
  - i havent seen it with bachmann. i have with palin. and the real bitch  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 10:06 AM   #25 
  - well to be honest, as a woman I would have  Bluerthanblue   Aug-14-11 10:22 AM   #38 
     - some men have been outraged by the whole "balls" issue especially as palin  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 10:26 AM   #42 
     - how about the jokes about people like Gingrich, Sanford, Guliani  Bluerthanblue   Aug-14-11 10:37 AM   #44 
        - the majority of the sexism on du is reduced to "liten up, it is a joke".  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 10:45 AM   #48 
           - I understand-  Bluerthanblue   Aug-14-11 11:14 AM   #55 
           - well....  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 11:45 AM   #58 
           - So tired of the "lighten up" wrt to "jokes"  He loved Big Brother   Aug-14-11 01:19 PM   #83 
     - You may have expected them.  He loved Big Brother   Aug-14-11 01:14 PM   #79 
  - I remember the nut crackers  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 10:08 AM   #26 
  - Examples?  Zebedeo   Aug-14-11 03:37 PM   #103 
     - There was a report last week that she spends $5K/appearance  Bette Noir   Aug-14-11 04:35 PM   #113 
        - how much was edwards haircut? nt  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 04:58 PM   #122 
        - I think that is  Zebedeo   Aug-14-11 05:01 PM   #125 
  - .  Motown_Johnny   Aug-14-11 10:02 AM   #21 
  - Well, he had the choice not to eat it  soupkitchen   Aug-14-11 10:04 AM   #23 
  - This a non issue and I'm tired of people inventing drama where none truly exists.  leeroysphitz   Aug-14-11 10:09 AM   #27 
  - I have to agree-  Bluerthanblue   Aug-14-11 10:29 AM   #43 
  - equal? when is the last time you ever heard "cock sucking receiver"  TorchTheWitch   Aug-15-11 07:13 PM   #177 
     - Hmmm.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-16-11 03:26 AM   #189 
  - There you go, trying to be logical.  GoneOffShore   Aug-14-11 10:45 AM   #47 
  - And  SoCalDem   Aug-15-11 03:27 PM   #160 
     - what the fuck is "odd" about eating a phallic shaped food item???  TorchTheWitch   Aug-15-11 07:21 PM   #178 
  - I said the following  Dreamer Tatum   Aug-14-11 10:10 AM   #28 
  - You hit the nail right on the head.  William769   Aug-14-11 10:15 AM   #31 
  - I was out yesterday, too, but this doesn't surprise me  Love Bug   Aug-14-11 10:13 AM   #29 
  - Well said!  scarletwoman   Aug-14-11 10:22 AM   #37 
  - That's nothing compared to Bachmann's sexist views nt  ecstatic   Aug-14-11 10:20 AM   #35 
  - and we call her out on it, as we should when du does the same. nt  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 10:24 AM   #39 
  - I'd have posted a photo of Hillary eating a corn dog. It's politics, and it's funny!  gauguin57   Aug-14-11 10:22 AM   #36 
  - But if you posted a picture of Obama eating a corn dog, I doubt there'd  Bunny   Aug-14-11 12:42 PM   #72 
     - Well, it's not Obama but it's a another male  snooper2   Aug-15-11 03:26 PM   #158 
     - NICE.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 06:49 PM   #175 
     - Maybe because she looks like she's not eating it so much as fighting her gag reflex?  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 06:48 PM   #174 
  - I've hidden every post that featured that picture to avoid the sexist and homophobic  Luminous Animal   Aug-14-11 10:25 AM   #40 
  - Michelle Bachman works against the best interests of women - F' her.  devilgrrl   Aug-14-11 10:25 AM   #41 
  - So by the same token...  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 10:38 AM   #45 
     - Perhaps its just that not everyone paints with a broad brush ALL the time.  cleanhippie   Aug-14-11 10:44 AM   #46 
     - Actually, you made my point  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 01:19 PM   #84 
     - OH! GET OUT OF HERE!!!  devilgrrl   Aug-14-11 11:39 AM   #56 
     - That, unfortunately...  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 01:24 PM   #86 
     - Do a DU search for "Colin Powell" +"Uncle Tom". It'll bring back over 1400 results. n/t  cherokeeprogressive   Aug-14-11 12:58 PM   #74 
     - Wow. That's discouraging.... n/t  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 01:25 PM   #87 
     - I'm extremely offended by your insinuation that eating fried chicken  Bette Noir   Aug-14-11 04:43 PM   #117 
        - WTF???  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 07:36 PM   #148 
  - Thank you for saying something.  scarletwoman   Aug-14-11 10:54 AM   #49 
  - Oh, c'mon, it's funny and frankly Hillary Clinton would  Cleita   Aug-14-11 11:02 AM   #52 
  - Selective sexism is no more funny than broad-brush sexism.  cherokeeprogressive   Aug-14-11 01:01 PM   #75 
  - Although I realize WHY people were all snickering over her eating a corn dog...  Shandris   Aug-14-11 11:06 AM   #53 
  - Symbols do matter  Love Bug   Aug-14-11 11:13 AM   #54 
  - something to what you say. surprisingly, one of the most enlightened thing my hubby did  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 11:49 AM   #60 
  - Again, well said. Hear! Hear!  scarletwoman   Aug-14-11 12:36 PM   #68 
  - When I first saw the picture in question  Rex   Aug-14-11 11:56 AM   #61 
  - You're right, if it was Hillary Clinton during her campaign, many on DU would have had a  ZombieHorde   Aug-14-11 12:35 PM   #67 
  - I may disagree with what she sucks on, but will defend to the death her right to suck it.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Aug-14-11 12:40 PM   #71 
  - And I will defend to the death someone's right to use it as humor. nt  Modern_Matthew   Aug-14-11 01:17 PM   #81 
  - Not just misogyny  loyalsister   Aug-14-11 12:52 PM   #73 
  - My daughter saw the thread and emailed me about it. She agrees wholeheartedly.  cherokeeprogressive   Aug-14-11 01:08 PM   #76 
  - Thank you!  Love Bug   Aug-14-11 03:05 PM   #97 
     - I agree  loyalsister   Aug-14-11 04:08 PM   #109 
  - Nah. I would've still found it funny. Screaming "I'm offended" disgusts me. No matter the side. nt  Modern_Matthew   Aug-14-11 01:16 PM   #80 
  - fuck pc. those overly sensitive women gay and blacks. geez, they need to just grow up.  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 01:18 PM   #82 
  - This is because virtually every political partisan in the world is a complete hypocrite...  Imajika   Aug-14-11 01:19 PM   #85 
  - Sometimes a Corndog is just a Corndog  gort   Aug-14-11 01:34 PM   #88 
  - Submit to this fuckwit....  Aviation Pro   Aug-14-11 01:47 PM   #90 
  - WTF does laughing at a photo of ANY uptight self hating prude eating a batter dipped  Lorien   Aug-14-11 01:52 PM   #91 
  - Now that's funny  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 03:09 PM   #99 
  - Amen.. There are just some foods that public-people need to avoid  SoCalDem   Aug-14-11 04:39 PM   #115 
  - K&R I missed the corn dog threads  RamboLiberal   Aug-14-11 02:09 PM   #93 
  - That one is terrible too.  Renew Deal   Aug-14-11 03:10 PM   #100 
  - I agree. Demeaning a female candidate by showing her to be "sucking dick" when she eats  readmoreoften   Aug-14-11 02:45 PM   #95 
  - Yes, but as long as there are tabloids  LiberaL Lamp Post   Aug-14-11 03:33 PM   #102 
  - Is he eating that or trying to stick it up his nose?  Buns_of_Fire   Aug-14-11 03:38 PM   #104 
  - If the picture was of Santorum blowing a corn dog, people would have made jokes, too.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 04:02 PM   #108 
  - Blowing that corndog  libodem   Aug-14-11 05:15 PM   #129 
     - Romney wouldn't have gagged, I'll tell you that much.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:15 PM   #140 
  - Thank you n/t  War Horse   Aug-14-11 04:20 PM   #112 
  - It's very relevant as an obvious example of her awful lack of judgment.  Waiting For Everyman   Aug-14-11 04:46 PM   #118 
  - So it's her fault  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 05:04 PM   #126 
  - i had a bratwurst this afternoon. as i opened mouth to take a bite, i said to self  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 05:09 PM   #128 
  - "So it's her fault  mac56   Aug-14-11 05:23 PM   #130 
  - Image control  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 07:42 PM   #149 
  - Yeah.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:16 PM   #141 
     - I saw the picture  pipi_k   Aug-14-11 07:51 PM   #150 
        - She had her eyes closed, so she looked less batshit crazy than she usually does.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 03:17 PM   #154 
           - Not sure if you're supposed to feel  pipi_k   Aug-15-11 03:33 PM   #162 
              - You honestly see a picture like that of Michelle fucking BACHMANN and expect ppl. not to make jokes?  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 05:25 PM   #165 
                 - So it's Michelle Bachmann...  pipi_k   Aug-15-11 05:45 PM   #169 
                    - Yes, it would be OK.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 06:40 PM   #172 
  - it matters to idiots who think like frat boys, and no one else.  bettyellen   Aug-14-11 06:07 PM   #135 
  - I think there's something wrong with your keyboard  Warren DeMontague   Aug-14-11 07:16 PM   #142 
  - Good point, and if it was OK to do to Dukakis  treestar   Aug-15-11 03:17 PM   #155 
  - Might become a public appearance  libodem   Aug-14-11 05:30 PM   #132 
  - obama ate hotdogs with not a single vulgar comment. nt  seabeyond   Aug-14-11 05:32 PM   #133 
  - Yeah. Here.  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 05:33 PM   #168 
  - Show me where, specifically, someone said she "looks like a whore".  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 05:31 PM   #167 
  - I just don't get the point  War Horse   Aug-14-11 05:34 PM   #134 
  - you are correct...  awoke_in_2003   Aug-14-11 06:38 PM   #136 
  - I don't understand the outrage.  Blue_In_AK   Aug-15-11 03:14 PM   #153 
  - "People need to get a sense of humor. " ......NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!!!!  Warren DeMontague   Aug-15-11 03:22 PM   #157 
     - Especially these days  Blue_In_AK   Aug-15-11 03:59 PM   #164 
  - If Romney, Paul, Pawlenty, etc... looked like they were performing fellatio on a corn dog in a photo  Hippo_Tron   Aug-15-11 03:26 PM   #159 
  - Unrec because fuck Republicans. -nt  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Aug-15-11 03:28 PM   #161 
  - "No, Michelle--youcan't make me eat that. It's barbaric."  librechik   Aug-15-11 05:46 PM   #170 
  - Sorry  Aerows   Aug-15-11 06:43 PM   #173 
  - she has - and she should be able to  TorchTheWitch   Aug-15-11 07:45 PM   #181 
  - You are free to disagree  Aerows   Aug-15-11 10:35 PM   #182 
  - i never thought i was "going down" on the corn dog i was eating. nt  seabeyond   Aug-15-11 10:42 PM   #183 
     - Again, I know it's tasteless  Aerows   Aug-15-11 10:45 PM   #184 
  - I agree with you 100% and I also dislike gay slurs towards right wingers -  lynne   Aug-15-11 06:59 PM   #176 
  - stupidity isn't only for Freepers  Whisp   Aug-16-11 12:14 AM   #186 
  - Of course, you are 100% correct.  Zax2me   Aug-16-11 12:32 AM   #187 
 

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