Arango’s excuse for posting pics of himself on gay/bi hookup phone ap Grindr—including one of him bent over, cheeks spread, senatorial asshole winking at the camera—isn’t as catchy as “hiking the Appalachian Trail” or “lifting your luggage.” Those two were pure poetry. But Arango’s excuse is delightful in its own way: Arango wasn’t looking to hookup with dudes, he was just documenting his weight loss regimen. (“Why, Senator Arango! Your asshole is looking so slim these days! You simply must share your workout routine with me!”)
Puerto Rican Senator Roberto Arango is, of course, a Republican who opposes gay marriage, helped pass a ban on adoption rights for gay couples, and who intimated that his opponent was gay in a recent election.
DonkeyKong
Oddly enough it also doubles as his memory hole.
Tonybrown74
I am, literally, in tears LAUGHING at this.
Really, what else is there to say?
Sam Houston
Does he drink Wink?
One of the best Krugman comment thread I have never read!
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/trolls/
SensesFail
HAHAHAHA!
BerkeleyMom
I think it is safe to assume that all these anti-gay politicians who think about gay sex all day are actually gay.
Derf
Could have been worse. He could have been a libertarian eh Mrmix? We all know what hypocrits they are eh mrmix?!
Roger Moore
I thought we already had a “Today in Glibertarianism”. Do we really need a duplicate that quickly?
PurpleGirl
Okay, Republican/Conservative pundits, I’m waiting for you to condemn this guy and call for him to step down. I guess that I shouldn’t hold my breath waiting for him to resign?
singfoom
@Derf: Dude, you need to up your game.
/TROLL STOP
Ah in the closet conservative politicians. I pity them. Leading a double life has to cause so much stress and consternation.
Dave
From further in the article:
Yup. Pretty much.
4tehlulz
Obligatory Onion link.
JGabriel
Do we already have a tag for de-closeted Republicans?
If not, GOP Weight Loss Regimens Documented seems as good a tag for the subject as any. It certainly happens frequently enough to merit its own tag.
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MeDrewNotYou
@BerkeleyMom: Projection really does explain it all with these people.
cleek
he’s not the goaste.cx guy, is he?
(definitely do not google that at work)
Derf
In other FAIL news.
Remember this?
https://balloon-juice.com/2011/08/04/a-feature-not-a-bug
Now let’s look at it today.
http://www.google.com//finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1314648183384&chddm=1173.0000000000002&chls=IntervalBasedLine&q=INDEXDJX:.DJI&ntsp=0
Hey Cole, pass the FAIL sauce.
Guster
I read an article where they’re trying to make a Gridr for straight people, and the problem is that straight women don’t need a service to find themselves surrounded by men looking for casual sex.
Cat Lady
Republicanism is a mental disorder and needs to be an entry in the DSM. They’re all clinical.
JGabriel
@PurpleGirl:
GOP Response: Arango can’t be Republican, he’s from Puerto Rico.
I.E., you can be sure Fox News will forget Arango’s Republican, but remember that he’s from Puerto Rico. ‘Cuz Hispanic.
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BGinCHI
Isn’t a sweet asshole in the eye of the beholder?
Derf
@singfoom: Always happy to hear from my groupies. Hugs and kisses.
KG
@Dave: I remember back in high school in the mid90s that the most homophobic guys almost invariably turned out to be the ones who wanted to wear their girlfriends’ underwear (not in the good way, and not that there’s anything wrong with that… either way). I thought we reached that tipping point years ago, and just figured that like with most things, the Village was slow to learn.
El Cid
Maybe he just didn’t want to become another statistic.
JGabriel
Sam Houston:
Damn, that’s good. It that reminds me of my own exercise in repetitive humor.
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b-psycho
I hear when angry ‘Ricans tell this guy “fuck you!”, he asks “when?”.
Tonal Crow
I’m still speculating on which “Republican senator…had his hand on [Bobo’s] inner thigh the whole time” at some D.C. dinner.
I put heavy odds on it being the most anti-gay of the bunch.
JGabriel
@BGinCHI:
Today’s Health Tip: If your asshole is in someone else’s eye, you need to see a surgeon about that immediately.
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Jim, Foolish Literalist
@El Cid: Heh. I remember that chiefly cause Pudge Carlson made up some story about being harassed in a men’s room.
Nobody’s more grateful for Arango than Phil Hinkle
John O
@BerkeleyMom:
One wonders if the wingnut mind can ever grasp this.
lacp
Anus? Isn’t that the ancient Egyptian God of the Dark Void?
Xboxershorts
@singfoom:
Indeed, all that stress must really make them clamp down a lot.
Which probably makes them very popular with other republican politicians.
JGabriel
Tonal Crow:
Just look for whichever GOP Senator got the largest donation from Bobo’s wife.
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Warren Terra
Derf, please be a dear and fnck off. You don’t like this blog; we get it. But you don’t express any meaningful criticism. Random nasty comments that are nonresponsive to the post and to the comment thread are just you being an asshole.
Derf
Speaking of assholes.
The people who did this were defended by Cole. He thought that the US involvement using force was the wrong thing to do. So as far as I’m concerned, Cole is as much guilty of what happened to this woman as anyone. You still proud of your stance against Libyan involvement Cole? Still holding your head high? Will you ever realize that sometimes, complacency is more harmful? Pffft!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/28/libya.gadhafi.nanny/
mattski
@Derf On the plus side you are hitting every post. On the negative side, you are unimaginative and lack both wit and humor and you do a poor job of engaging the rest of readership. For this you only get a 2 out of 10 on the BJ troll scale. But if you really work hard and step up your game and practice hard everyday for hours on end you might be able to get yourself a 3 rating. Good luck!
rlrr
@JGabriel:
Fox “News” will likely identify him as Democrat – It’s happened before…
wrb
@Derf:
I knew a dog that would derf the arm of the couch
Redshift
@Sam Houston: Man, that’s hilarious!
Redshift
@Warren Terra: It’s a troll; by definition, telling it to stop trolling isn’t going to make it go away. Pie filter is your friend.
Guster
Cole is also against invading China. He has a lot to answer for.
John Weiss
@Derf: Don’t you have better things to do than troll BJ? Seriously.
singfoom
@Warren Terra: To be fair to him, we are talking about assholes here. He’s got to defend his peeps.
John O
@Derf:
I STILL think the involvement in Libya was the wrong thing to do, but am less sure about it than I was before, Derf. (Derf?)
How are you going to feel if an Islamic theocracy emerges? Or will you just think we have to bomb them again?
Xboxershorts
@Derf:
Defending Ghaddafi? Not so much.
Disagreeing with this administration? Yes.
Keep reaching, sooner or later you’ll be able to give yourself that reacharound that you crave so desperately.
Derf
@mattski: So you are making fun of what the Gadaffi family did to that woman? Your children must be so proud of you.
NonyNony
@John Weiss:
Clearly the answer to this is “no”.
I’ve seen a lot of pathetic “look at me – look at me!!! I’m so very lame! Look at meeeee!!!!” trolls in my time, and freD isn’t really even in the running for most interesting. For a while there I thought his stalkerish obsession with Cole was going to provide a new and interesting kind of troll, but now he’s just pathetic.
Hopefully he’ll take the criticism to heart and go back to the stalkerish love letters to Cole – those were far more entertaining than the more general attention whoring he’s being doing recently.
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
some intrepid reporter needs to quiz arango on his thoughts about waxing vs shaving and anal bleaching.
Derf
@John O: When you are prepared (or capable….?) to having a serious discussion about it rather than ridiculous over simplifications I’ll take you up on it.
cleek
in other news: troll feeders wonder why troll keeps sniffing around the backdoor.
there’s a script for that…
bobbo
This is odd because grindr actually has a photo policy and screens photos before they let you post – and they don’t allow anything below the waist. There must be a special premium grindr for closeted Republicans.
Tonal Crow
Today’s star troll is so lame I wonder whether it is an AOL refugee. Ah well, time for some blueberry-peach with fresh mint topping!
singfoom
@Derf: You of all people should not be using the phrase “have a serious discussion”, Mr. Troll.
Someone who shits on every thread with non-sequiturs and ad hominems at the OPs certainly shouldn’t be commenting on the color of any other kettle.
Please, STFU and go away. You’re just fucking up the signal to noise ratio. What’s the point? You’re not interested in changing minds, you’re just getting your rocks off pissing in the pool.
But, I guess that’s “serious discussion” to you.
Belafon (formerly anonevent)
@Derf: Sorry, but the opposite of “not wanting to bomb libya” is not “supported everything that went on.”
Question for you then: Have you gone out and shot a gun toting Christian for supporting the killing of abortion providers? If not, does that mean you are anti-abortion?
singfoom
What gets me about these all-to-recognizable scandals is that the Log Cabin Republicans are out there. These people could live the life they want to live.
How the hell do you hate yourself so much as to legislate / speak against your own secret behavior?
Fuck, I don’t care if the guy is a hypocrite, but I want him to resign just based on the idea that he can’t possibly be in a good mental state to legislate or do any other business.
MattR
@singfoom: @Belafon (formerly anonevent): It is important to remember that Fred is not into “ridiculous over simplifications”.
Tonal Crow
@singfoom:
I want him to resign because he sees himself as above the rules he’s trying to force upon others. In other words, he’s a psychopath and a tyrant.
singfoom
@Tonal Crow: Oh for sure, I can agree with that. It’s just that usually in these scandals, my immediate reaction is that they should resign because of that (which is a longer form version of calling out their hypocrisy.)
But now, while their hypocrisy offends me, its the mental anguish their very existence must cause them because of the disconnect between their stated policy/moral positions and their actual lives. Can you imagine the level of self-loathing the guy must have?
People in situations like that are rarely thinking very clearly…
Belafon (formerly anonevent)
@MattR: Or any concept of logic for that matter.
John O
@Derf:
I’m willing to try. Should we bomb everyone that has a dictatorial and cruel leader?
Even though it’s “efficient” warfare, it still costs a boatload of money we don’t have.
wrb
Instead of resigning he’ll enroll in a seminar with Mr. Bachman, then go on a fabulously lucrative speaking tour. Then he’ll be our next vice president. He’ll tape his show for Fox in the Naval Observatory.
John O
@Tonal Crow:
It takes a certain panache to get elected these days, doesn’t it?
Menzies
I’ve been visiting the hometown for the past two weeks (leaving for Western New York again today) and I was waiting to see if someone stateside would get ahold of it. It’s been hilarious watching this unfold here in San Juan. Arango wasn’t just a Senator, he was Majority Leader in the Senate, and his party’s pretty much like the Massachusetts Democrats or, say, Oklahoma Republicans – the PNP (New Progressive Party) controls all branches of government right now.
(Quick primer: you can be a Democrat or Republican in Puerto Rico, but we have other parties – the Popular Democratic Party [PPD], which is pro-commonwealth; the New Progressive Party [PNP], which is pro-statehood; the Puerto Rican Independence Party [PIP], which is, well, pro-independence; and Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico [PPR], which is essentially our equivalent of a Green Party. This dude was NPP and a Republican.)
. . . and yes, he’s (or was) my state senator (or now my parents’, since I’m officially living in New York now). Thanks for asking.
Origuy
He was just celebrating National Colonoscopy Month!
Thoughtcrime
“Butthole Surfing”
Derf
@John O: So sad. Some people just aren’t capable of understanding. Like trying to teach your dog to read the paper.
I luv you just the same my little furry groupie. Now go fetch.
gelfling545
@singfoom:
I have wondered about this and the best I can come up with is that, after years of being told how sinful his inclinations are and how damned he would be if he succumbs to them, he hopes that stringent and punitive legislation will control HIM. Of course it won’t but that may be his hope.
Hal
Ha….hahahahaha…..hahahahahaha
Lojasmo
@Derf:
Stocks go up, stocks go down. Good when up, bad when down. Sky blue, gravity important.
Shove it, durrf
Kobie
Don’t feed the
assholetroll.Svensker
What is it with men posting nudie pics of themselves on the internet? And why don’t they understand that they’ll probably get caught? What was this guy thinking when this picture was taken?
Guess the gulf between aging female mind and horndog male “mind” is just too, um, broad, for me to bridge.
The Other Chuck
Know what would be a good addition to the pie filter? One that also filters responses to trolls. Can’t get them all, but it should work on least the ones using the reply button.
Odie Hugh Manatee
The Honorable Republican Senator from Puerto Rico was displaying his economic prowess and showing his approach to dealing with the American economy. Notice there was no lube mentioned?
At least he’s honest about it.
TenguPhule
Derf still can’t read a chart. Markets are still down for the year post Debt Debacle.
WaterGirl
@The Other Chuck:
I was just thinking the same thing!
Arclite
BTW, the best comment over at the Slog:
Dr. Squid
This post needs a piccie of a rubber duckie.
TaMara (BHF)
@WaterGirl: OMG, you are both so right. For fucks sake people stop feeding the troll. If you starve them of attention they go away.
Here is your step by step guide to dealing with trolls:
1. See troll’s name
2. Skip reading comment.
Rinse and repeat until offending troll dries up and goes away. Remember it only takes a drop of attention to keep around.
PIGL
@BerkeleyMom: Well I am straight as pretty much straight goes, and I the amount of time in the day and night I spend thinking about straight sex is beyond unseemly in a fat, middle-aged fcuk such as I. Thus, I find your argument 100% compelling if 0% logical.
John Weiss
@Derf: As futile as attempting to teach as pig to sing.
You’re the pig.