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(48,582 posts)WarGamer
(14,738 posts)EarlG
(22,436 posts)YMMV of course.
highplainsdem
(51,815 posts)made up as a joke and DUers aren't repeating the lie that Vance wrote about it in Hillbilly Elegy, it can't hurt our credibility the way trying to claim it's true would.
And that internet search Vance did IS fact, and MeidasTouch is having more fun with that:
Link to tweet
@MeidasTouch
oh no
GoneOffShore
(17,561 posts)Here's a little excerpt -
This is one of the oldest and most effective tricks in politics. Every hack in the business has used it in times of trouble, and it has even been elevated to the level of political mythology in a story about one of Lyndon Johnsons early campaigns in Texas.
The race was close and Johnson was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager to start a massive rumour campaign about his opponents life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his barnyard sows.
Christ, we cant get away with calling him a pig-fucker, the campaign manager protested. Nobodys going to believe a thing like that.
I know, Johnson replied. But lets make the sonofabitchh deny it.
question everything
(48,582 posts)to alert on smears and now we do it?
Or are the smears only when aimed at Democrats?
EarlG
(22,436 posts)Personally I think he should make a statement either confirming or denying this sordid tale, because he needs to clear this up for the American people once and for all. If he doesn't deny it, I'll just have to assume it's true.
Also, if he does deny it, he's definitely lying.
True Dough
(19,651 posts)those couch cushions were made for pushin'!
louslobbs
(3,357 posts)Gave it to him????
GoneOffShore
(17,561 posts)question everything
(48,582 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(403 posts)Obama s birth certificate, Hillary is deathly ill, Kamala is an antisemite and we could probably write a book with the lies. Vance is a phony and he is free game, he deserves this and more and Im glad to see folks giving it to him.
StarryNite
(10,584 posts)getagrip_already
(17,010 posts)They are very right leaning.
I dont give them much credence.
Though this story is fake, i dont cite snopes as a source.
lastlib
(24,572 posts)It was hysterical! Kinda "It's not true, but we're gonna ridicule him for it like it is anyway." No reason we can't do the same here. Elsewhere, probly not so much.
TomSlick
(11,666 posts)Surely, if the story wasn't true, he would loudly deny it - right?
It sucks to have to deny a salacious story but them's the breaks.
republianmushroom
(16,970 posts)gab13by13
(24,358 posts)Vance would have raw dogged the couch.
Kid Berwyn
(17,511 posts)At least that's what we call it around our sofa when kids are listening.
MineralMan
(147,230 posts)Period!
To steal lyrics from Spinal Tap,
"The deeper the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,634 posts)This may or may not be true - I don't care. It's funny, and bugs the shit out of the repugs.
I would tell them to read their bible. An eye for an eye is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:2327 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure.
If they can't take it then they shouldn't dish it out.
And besides I heard that the sofa might be from Mexico, and here illegally.
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Elessar Zappa
(15,311 posts)Johnson told a campaign manager to start a rumor that his opponent fucks pigs. The campaign manager said nobody would believe it so why say it? Johnson replied to make the fucker deny it.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,230 posts)BrianTheEVGuy
(563 posts)... Suddenly they love Snopes and other fact checkers who debunk baloney when it is about THEIR guy.
Sky Jewels
(8,636 posts)"JD Vance" will forevermore be a synonym for "Couch Fucker."
BrianTheEVGuy
(563 posts)😉
Sky Jewels
(8,636 posts)BTW, Welcome to DU!
BrianTheEVGuy
(563 posts)I'm a returnee. Last time I was here, Rush Limbaugh was facing prosecution for drug use and nobody could imagine things being much worse than Dubya (who looks like FDR compared to Trump).
southmost
(784 posts)🤢
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,239 posts)Beck v. Eiland-Hall was a case filed in 2009 before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency. It was filed by political commentator Glenn Beck against Isaac Eiland-Hall, concerning the website "GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com". Eiland-Hall created the site as a parody to express the view that Beck's commentary style challenged his guests to prove a negative. The site's name was based on a joke first used by comedian Gilbert Gottfried at the 2008 Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget, in which Gottfried jokingly implored listeners to disregard the (non-existent) rumor that Saget had raped and murdered a girl in 1990. Online posters began an Internet meme comparing Gottfried's joke with Beck's style of debate, by requesting Beck disprove he had committed the act in question. Eiland-Hall launched his website on September 1, 2009.
sheshe2
(86,642 posts)Link to tweet
JD Vance ridiculed after dolphin-based social media post backfires
"Maybe the internet was a mistake," Vance posted Saturday with the picture, which was captioned with: "Woman gets violated by a dolphin and enjoys it."
The problem, according to the commenters, is that the words "woman" and "dolphin" were highlighted in the image, suggesting that whoever took the screenshot apparently searched for those exact terms.
https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/vance-dolphins/
😆😆😆
highplainsdem
(51,815 posts)sheshe2
(86,642 posts)Initech
(101,411 posts)Hey o! OK... I'll show myself out!
blogslug
(38,538 posts)sorry, sorry. i'm trying to delete this
Keepthesoulalive
(403 posts)Rubyshoo
(1,959 posts)Dont you dare delete it.