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Foul-Mouthed Fortney

by John Cole|  July 22, 200311:26 am| 11 Comments

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

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More on the fool from the left coast:
While no cameras recorded the event, a stenographer took down every word Stark uttered. Republican Rep. Kenny Hulshof recited them back on the House floor.

“‘You little fruitcake, you little fruitcake, I said you are a fruitcake,'” Hulshof, R-Mo., read from the unofficial transcript.

Stark directed the word

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  1. 1.

    James Joyner

    July 22, 2003 at 11:39 am

    Heh. And, as everyone knows, any slur ending in “sucker” will result in an automatic ejection by baseball umps.

  2. 2.

    Dean

    July 22, 2003 at 12:09 pm

    Sigh.

    I don’t recall whose web-site had a LONG discussion about whether “X-sucker” actually was an anti-gay comment or not. And therefore whether it was an accurate epithet or not.

    The point is NOT to parse the word’s etymology, but whether such commentary is acceptable in the bounds of Congressional discussion.

    Suffice to say that it does NOT have a place in the halls of Congress?

  3. 3.

    M. Scott Eiland

    July 22, 2003 at 12:28 pm

    Actually James, the “magic word” that will automatically get you thrown out by any umpire (though some umpires will throw you out for less) is the twelve letter one referring to the activity that caused Oedipus to gouge his own eyes out.

  4. 4.

    HH

    July 22, 2003 at 1:35 pm

    If a Republican had said it there would be no debate.

  5. 5.

    cameron

    July 22, 2003 at 2:14 pm

    Quick, quick….call the cops…he called me a fruitcake!

    I demand he be arrested!

    This would be really funny if it weren’t true.

  6. 6.

    cameron

    July 22, 2003 at 2:14 pm

    Quick, quick….call the cops…he called me a fruitcake!

    I demand he be arrested!

    This would be really funny if it weren’t true.

  7. 7.

    HH

    July 22, 2003 at 6:28 pm

    In response Stark made a total non-apology and half-denial, saying he probably used that term to describe Thomas in the past… and now yet ANOTHER vulgar term is being attributed to Stark.

  8. 8.

    HH

    July 23, 2003 at 1:05 am

    Link

  9. 9.

    Matthew

    July 23, 2003 at 1:39 am

    Remember parents: naming your son Fortney may cause undue aggression later in life.

  10. 10.

    Dave

    July 24, 2003 at 3:06 pm

    I can’t believe this anti-gay cretin Rep. Stark is from SAN FRANCISCO? Why on earth are San Franciscans electing such a moron?

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