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mnottertail -> RE: Congressman Akin on legitimate rape (8/23/2012 10:58:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Yachtie
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Double standard being applied to Akin?
Franken: “And, ‘I give the pills to Lesley Stahl. Then, when Lesley’s passed out, I take her to the closet and rape her.’ Or, ‘That’s why you never see Lesley until February.’ Or, ‘When she passes out, I put her in various positions and take pictures of her.’”
Somewhat out of context, the Saturday Night Live Comedy Show is not the halls of congress and Franken didn't try to pass the bill.
During the SNL season, the writers don’t need to have much interaction with the outside world. As the rewrite session drifts on, they bark out requests for food, and an assistant. Lori Jo Hoekstra, phones them in. At ten o’clock, it’s ten Quarter Pounders, eight Big Macs, four bacon double cheeseburgers, and heaps of fries; 90 minutes later, there’s an equally hefty delivery of ribs and chicken; at 1 A.M., it’s spaghetti, lasagna, and salads.
Meanwhile, they make grudging progress on a sketch written by Norm MacDonald. It’s a parody of Andy Rooney�not exactly a fresh target. Rooney, played by MacDonald, is cleaning out his desk and finds a bottle of sedatives, empty except for cotton.
�Should I mention cotton more than once?� MacDonald asks, and it’s debated for ten minutes. No�just one cotton reference stays in, but now they can’t decide whether the pills are for the treatment of �hallucinations,� �mood swings,� �dementia,� or �NRA dementia.�
�That’s too much,� Downey says. �It’s his attitude that’s funny, the fact that he’s ignoring something that’s obviously important.�
MacDonald: �So I can say, �I don’t know what the pills are for�what I do know is, the bottle is mostly filled with cotton.’�
Franken: �And, �I give the pills to Lesley Stahl. Then, when Lesley’s passed out, I take her to the closet and rape her.’ Or, �That’s why you never see Lesley until February.’ Or, �When she passes out, I put her in various positions and take pictures of her.’�
Downey: ��Here’s a picture of Ed Bradley.’�
MacDonald: �What if Rooney rapes Mike Wallace? And then says, �I guess that makes me bad.’ Is it funnier with a black guy? Or two old white guys?�
Franken: �What about, �I drag Mike into my office and rape him. Right here! I guess that makes me bad.’�
The discussion sputters for another ten minutes. Then the writers lose interest and drift over to the newly arrived food. �C’mon!� Downey says plaintively. �Let’s finish this!�
The sketches eventually get tighter and marginally better. Mostly, all ......
Double Standard applies to equal situations, for starters, and thats why it would be more of a case of deceptive and desperate pud pounding, than anything else.
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