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Tampa? I hardly knew her!

by Sarah, Proud and Tall|  September 1, 20123:56 am| 10 Comments

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Well dears, the convention is over. I had intended to write so many posts keeping you up to date on what was what, but what with this and that, and that and this, I somehow could not find the time. I’m writing you a long post with all of my adventures, from the minor Paulite revolution I fomented to the rather odd orgy I ended up at in the Bachmann’s suite. It was remarkably like the video above.

I blame grindr. More on all that later.

In the meantime, I note that I also omitted to follow up on my thread to find the best personal ad from the convention. I checked on my gays every day and, frankly, I was a little disappointed. The boys of Tampa just didn’t seem to be putting in much effort to snare some Republican arse, and the Republican Youth seemed to be keeping it indoors at the convention. I popped into one toilet at the Times Forum and all the lightbulbs had been removed. Thankfully I had my little torch. I’ve never seen so many lily white white arses moving quite so quickly before.

Anyway, aside from the Gay Joe Cool that JGabriel found, the only ad that really made me laugh was this one:

Much love. Have a drink on me. I’ll be back to you once I’ve managed to get Michele Bachman out of my closet so I can check out and get on my plane out of this shithole.

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10Comments

  1. 1.

    Kittehs to the rescue

    September 1, 2012 at 4:14 am

    It’s probably a funny ad, but the image is so small it is unreadable.

  2. 2.

    Geoduck

    September 1, 2012 at 4:17 am

    One upside of the GOP convention: it dragged Billmon the blogger out of retirement, if only for one day:
    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/31/1126460/-Dotty-Harry

  3. 3.

    TheMightyTrowel

    September 1, 2012 at 5:06 am

    I hope you made sure they all doubled bagged it. so many unpleasant viruses circulate at republican gatherings (and that’s only the politicians!)

  4. 4.

    JoyfulA

    September 1, 2012 at 5:25 am

    @Kittehs to the rescue: To embiggen, CONTROL + PLUS, PLUS, PLUS.

    It’s a beard ad.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    September 1, 2012 at 5:40 am

    I just found this on the Intertoobz. Lord, why?

  6. 6.

    MikeJ

    September 1, 2012 at 5:44 am

    @Amir Khalid: I can’t believe it’s not American.

    BC bud makes you think a lot of things are good ideas, even when they aren’t.

  7. 7.

    Debbie(aussie)

    September 1, 2012 at 6:58 am

    Looking forward to hearing all about your escapades,SPT. hope you had a great time while visiting us downunder.
    ot- When does daylight savings end for you guys?

  8. 8.

    JGabriel

    September 1, 2012 at 7:53 am

    __
    __
    Craigslist Ad via Sarah @ Top:

    RNC closet dwellers — I’ll be your BEARD

    __
    There should be a song*. And, of course, now that I look for it on YouTube, I find that there is:

    I know it sounds weird
    But babe if you need me
    I’ll be your beard

    __
    [headdesk]

    Going back to the ad — Why? Why does she want to beard gay Republicans? For the drinks? Blackmail opportunities? Blogging material? Despite my better angels, I find myself kind of hoping for the latter.
    __
    __
    (*When I started this post, this was the song I was thinking of: I’ll Be Your Mirror — Velvet Underground. Consider it a sonic palate cleanser for the previous link.)

    .

  9. 9.

    YellowJournalism

    September 1, 2012 at 11:12 am

    Tune: Hero by Enrique Iglesias

    I will be your beard, your lady
    I can hide away the gay
    I will tell them you’re so manly
    Cash, credit, or debit today?

  10. 10.

    Kittehs to the rescue

    September 1, 2012 at 11:51 am

    @JoyfulA: Yes, I can read the title, but I bet the text of the ad itself is also quite relevant/funny.

    If Cole can post huge pics of his critters, surely the other posters can manage to post legible screenshots.

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