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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:58 PM Jan 2012

WSJ Reporter Compares State Of The Union Seating To ‘Date Rape’

By Andrew Jones
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Stephen Moore, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, made a peculiar analogy Monday evening during a televised discussion of the bipartisan seating arrangement at tonight’s State of the Union address.

While Fox Business Network’s Andrew Napolitano seemed frustrated by the seating, Moore decided to go in a wholly different direction, calling it “another campaign speech” for President Barack Obama.

“This idea of all the members, Republicans and Democrats sitting next to each other, that’s like date rape,” he said. “I don’t understand the logic behind that.”s

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WSJ Reporter Compares State Of The Union Seating To ‘Date Rape’ (Original Post) Purveyor Jan 2012 OP
"I don't understand the logic behind that" Enrique Jan 2012 #1
I'd say it missed the turn at "peculiar" and went straight on to "ignorant, offensive and cruel." Brickbat Jan 2012 #2
This idiot should experience a date rape Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #3

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
1. "I don't understand the logic behind that"
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 08:01 PM
Jan 2012

is he arguing with himself?

I'm with his second personality, I don't understand the logic either.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
2. I'd say it missed the turn at "peculiar" and went straight on to "ignorant, offensive and cruel."
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 08:03 PM
Jan 2012

Because no, highly paid adults sitting next to each other, even though they kind of disagree with each other, and pretending to listen to a 40-minute speech and jumping up and applauding or pointedly not applauding at certain times is nothing like date rape. Nothing at all.

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