US Senator got more than he bargained for when he stopped .. to buy shoes

[struggle4progress]

U.S. Senator got more than he bargained for when he stopped off to buy shoes

<snip> Frist was buying pricey shoes beneath the offices of Americans United to Protect Social Security, and .. 40 to 50 people demonstrated against Frist's support for President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security ... On a side note, the Senator received a parking ticket because his SUV was illegally parked.

http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=3342839

[steve2470]

1. that is so funny, karma at work nt

[UrbScotty]

3. That's what I was thinking (nt)

[calimary]

27. EXCELLENT! I hope the protesters NEVER rest -

So Dr. Vivisection can't, either.

[dweller]

2. blistering!

:thumbsup:

hope the shoes fit as well.
dp

[KamaAina]

8. I hope the shoes were full of cat poop

Support Operation Meow: Take Frist down NOW!

Question: Does he buy a regular pair, or two "right" shoes? :-)

[UCSBLiberalCat53]

58. Definitely!

My mistresses and masters are definitely not pleased with him.

[BrklynLiberal]

78. That would be karma.. and the ticket on his Teenyweenypeepee SUV

[fighttotheend]

4. Good for him..

:rofl:

[Inland]

5. Spontaneous rage on the street! Yeah!

Poor DOCTOR Frist, didn't think parking his Suburban Assault Vehicle for a little purchase of some Brunos would lead to an encounter with....ugh....the people.

[Voltaire99]

30. Heh: one chance encounter with the plebes...

...can ruin a plutocrat's whole day! ;-)

[liberal4eva]

59. sadly,

i'll bet he parks that way because he doesn't have to pay for the tickets.

[Cha]

6. frist is boil on

Society!

[Roland99]

7. Quick thinking group!

And, yeah, karma's a bitch!

[rzemanfl]

9. DU should find out the style of shoe he bought, buy up all of them

and then have a "If you were in Frist's shoes, what would you do?" contest. Surprised Frist buys American made shoes, although the factory could have moved to China since the last time I was in Port Washington.

[maveric]

32. Wing Tips, I betcha! n/t

[Rose Siding]

10. Real smooth- INSULT the protestors

snip>
A spokesperson for Senator First responded by saying "...despite the protesters' claims, the President's plan does not cut benefits. Perhaps the protesters would do better to pay attention to the facts than Senator Frist's shoes."

No WONDER he even gets on the last nerve of Mr Nice Guy REID. :rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

11. He should have said

Despite the presidents claims.

[Ernesto]

44. You got that right Rose!

MSM just can't do anything without sucking up to "them".

[Straight Shooter]

12. Frist thinks he's entitled to break even a minor law. He's out of touch.

This is the man who thinks he's next in line for the Oval Office, and he hasn't even sense to park legally?

Oh. Wait. Nevermind.

[ClintonTyree]

52. What are the chances he pays the parking ticket?

I think we'd go into negative odds on that one. Of course, KatKiller is beyond the law, or, like DeLay, he IS the law! Typical right wingnut asshole, parking his Iraq war gas guzzling SUV wherever he damn well pleases. Someone in the area should stay on top of this and SEE IF HE PAYS THE FINE! :grr:
I'm glad these folks were as diligent as they were. That lying, stealing, cheating SOB needs a lot more attention from Mr. and Mrs. America.

[Dr Fate]

13. QUACK.

n/t

[Turn CO Blue]

19. If he does run for Prez, my anti-Frist signs: "Quack, quack, quack!"

.

[Dr Fate]

45. "Dr. Tapes"

Diagnosis? I dont need no diagnosis- I "saw the tape."

[Turn CO Blue]

74. Evil Grin. I *almost* hope the Sick Doctor runs...

[katsy]

14. Can we track this parking ticket please!

Just want to be sure he pays...


:rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. Make sure his constituents don't pay for him!

[lovuian]

15. HA HA HA!!! Priceless!!!

and a ticket too!!!

[MADem]

16. Good SHOW!!!!

Make him mail order from now on!!! Confront him whenever he appears in society!!!!

Before too long, he'll be in Sansabelt slacks, a guayabera and those vented easy slip on shoes they sell to retirees in the back of old folks' magazines!!!

[DrZeeLit]

17. Quick! Someone write up one of those Mastercard ads....

Shoes..... $225.00
Parking Ticket..... $100

Frustration and Humiliation ..... PRICELESS!

(I'm sure someone will do a better job...consider my notes as "first draft" and kerryon)

[oxbow]

23. Already did

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3654428#3655340

Great minds think alike Dr.Z!

[DrZeeLit]

35. Thanks for the LAUGH!!!! Now... send it to Jon Stewart! n/t

[liberal4eva]

60. really in touch, isn't he?.....

......buying $200+ shoes?

people (repukes) seem to forget these people are public servants & not idols to be worshipped...or is it that the public servant feels this way? *ugh*

[Historic NY]

18. Is that the reason he left the chamber when Byrd was tongue lashing him

to go buy shoes.

[ailsagirl]

20. Oh that is hysterical!!! Serves the bastard right n/t

[nonconformist]

21. LOL! Excellent. nt

[tinfoilinfor2005]

22. There is an old joke to which the punchline goes...

If the foo shits, wear it.

[Tesla]

34. I love that joke!!!

We need to keep this one in check!!!

[progressoid]

24. Oh, that's heeeeelarious

And a parking ticket to boot.

[calimary]

26. "...and a parking ticket to boot." LOL!!!

:toast:

[daleo]

25. Some 'contributer' will pay for the ticket.

No problem for Frist there. Some 'contributer' is probably paying for the expensive shoes, too.

As an aside, in Canada, our much reviled last Conservative prime minister was badly hurt by a shoe incident. Some workmen did a job on Mulroney's closet, and one of them noticed that he had dozens, maybe hundreds of pairs of shoes in there. Ditto for his fashion plate wife. He never shook that image of the narcissistic rich man who had a pair of expensive shoes for every day of the year. Shoes can have powerful symbolic political importance. Imelda Marcos comes to mind as well.

[liberal4eva]

61. "badly hurt by a shoe incident"

HAHA! i thought you meant that someone had CLUBBED him with a shoe!

oh, my...

[daleo]

76. No, but millions of Canadians dreamed of that very thing.

Clubbing Mulroney (replace name with a neo-con of your choice) with a shoe. It is to dream...let's see, a brogue, a spat, maybe a nice Italian upper...

[harpboy_ak]

73. Shoes for Imelda

Imelda Marcos comes to mind as well.

One of the funniest stunts Johnny Carson ever pulled was after Imelda fled to Hawaii. Johnny went out in the audience with a box, asking the women in the audience to donate "shoes for Imelda". When Carson died, I was disappointed that this clip was never shown during all the bio coverage.

[cyr330]

28. Ugggh

What a perfectly worthless fucking pig. If his face was a piece of paper, I woldn't wipe my ass on it. . . . Come to think of it, maybe I would!

I expected that ripe asshole to drive an SUV. He should be in a Federal penitentiary being raped repeatedly night after night.

[liberal4eva]

62. my girlfriend, who is

southern (and could very well be repug, actually) used to say "i wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire." exactly.

[Nothing Without Hope]

29. If the shoe fits...

But he's too blinded by hubris and ambition to get the message. Too bad. Any cats in the protesting crowd?

[confludemocrat]

31. Is that left picture priceless or what?

Mouth open, looking bewildered, a rare lesson in reality for a rich bitch, beltway asshole!
Fuckhead jerk.

[Catamount]

33. LMAO - Sorry!

What a way to end the night!
Thanks
:rofl:

[Robworld]

36. The fact that he was buying pricey shoes sums it all up.

http://www.dumdumgoestothecircus.com /
small update

[lakeguy]

37. what an idiot! i bet he got the ticket while he was hiding in the

store waiting for the bad, bad protestors to go away}(

[sarcasmo]

38. This is the best story. Hands off my Social Security you Fristian.

[cornermouse]

39. hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha

:rofl:

[Joey Liberal]

40. PRICELESS! n/t

[tabasco]

41. I hope that the politicians know .....

that if they destroy Social Security, they will not be able to walk down a public street.

The politicians better understand that the working class will only take so much shit before we start stomping their candy asses.

[lynch03]

42. HAHHAAHHA

The last line about his SUV being illegally parked just made it so much funnier..

[ClintonTyree]

53. I don't think they really care....

look at the giggling murder monkey. When was the last time he was ever in a crowd of people that wasn't positively controlled in every way? Do you think he'll ever be able to go anywhere, even after his failed presidency, without security guards encircling him? He'll never be able to just stroll down a sidewalk again.

Bill Clinton does it all the time. Why? In spite of everything the right wing muckrakers threw at him, he's till one of the most admired and loved Presidents, EVER! And he's not a scared little momma's boy like georgie porgy. bush is a scared little pseudo-cowboy that's never had to fight for anything in his life. He's had everything handed to him on a silver platter, including the Presidency. He'll have to stay sealed in his bubble for the rest of his life. Bubble-boy-bush!

[dogday]

43. What a great idea

everywhere they go we should be protesting these liars....

[Up2Late]

46. the Senator received a parking ticket because his SUV was illegally parked

I think that's the definition of "Poetic Justice"

[They_LIHOP]

70. Nah, it's a little short on the 'justice' part...

For my money, poetic justice would be about 100 people from the Admin all in one big jail cell together for the next 10 years or so.

Oh, and the cell would also be stocked with about 30 of the very largest, horniest men all of various 'minority' races. And the bushies live their whole 10 years, always unsure whether perhaps some or all are HIV+ to boot.

And the 30 aren't real big into condoms. Or Lube...

Oh, and did I mention, no court, lawyers, charges, or anything like that. And they're in Egypt. Maybe throw in some occasional rough interrogations, just for fun.

That would be ALMOST 'justice', AFAIC.

You feel me at all?

[WatchWhatISay]

47. Frist is running interference for Santorum

That is really who they will pick for '08. Frist is out there distracting people while Santorum seems to show up everywhere that matters, quietly building face and name recognition, playing it low key, staying away from most issues, just being his pretty, presidential looking self.

They know Frist doesnt have the backbone to maintain any real hope for the nomination, so they'll let him play the far right man and then trot out Santorum when it counts, portrayed as the more moderate of the two.

[liberal4eva]

63. i am from PA originally

and i just DETEST santorum.

[Rainscents]

48. Frist is piece of shit........ Love the signs!!! LOL

[yorkiemommie1]

49. Frist is CatShit

n/t

[Terran]

50. Not that it matters, but does anyone else's gaydar go off

when you look at Bill Frist? And look at the position of the hand in the first pic...

Not that I WANT him to be gay, mind you. I don't want to belong to any clubs he belongs too.

[mcg]

66. Check out the position of Bush's hand in this photo...

I'm not gay and don't have much gaydar ability, and yet I'm really wondering about Bush, check this out photo...

http://www.bettybowers.com/isbushgay.html

and there's also Laura's jokes, Gannon, Bush telling Brit Hume he's got a beautiful face ...

http://www.geocities.com/jacksonthor/knowrsex.html

[Terran]

67. LOL, yes, I've seen those

Some people at DU do belive Bush has an ongoing relationship with a man he knew in college. I forget his name, think he's the mayor or Memphis? or some other city in Tennessee.

[mcg]

79. Victor Ash, mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.

I don't know how much of this has been verified, but at least the quote from whitehouse.gov is true...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/02/20010221-5.html

"I'm also most appreciative of the Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee for being here. I've know Mayor Ashe for years and years and years. And he has done a fabulous job of being a fine public servant in Knoxville. So, Victor, thank you for coming."

http://mindprod.com/bush.html

http://www.talkaboutgovernment.com/group/alt.politics.bush/messages/2442275.html

"Victor Ash, Mayor of Knoxville, and Bush's ex "roommate", still goes
often for sleep-overs in Crawford. Bush has gone off on trips
together with him without Laura.

Ash was introduced at a gay rally in San Francisco as Knoxville's Gay Mayor."

http://www.all-usenet-archive.com/File.asp?service=23732

> "Well, you got a pretty face. You got a pretty face. You're a
> good-looking guy. Better looking than my Scott anyway."
> ~ George Bush Jr. to Scott Reid Prime Minister of Canada Martin's
> assistant.

http://www.topekadiy.com/zmagazine+article.articleid+672.htm

[DrCorday]

72. But the real question is... who's more likely to have a same sex affair?

I live in Washington, where the big news is the Republican mayor of Spokane's homosexual affairs. I think there's actually a lot of Republicans who have hammered through this massive party agenda simply because they haven't figured out how to deal with their own personal sexuality. My advice: please leave the rest of the nation out of it. It's not our problem.

Anyway, has anyone mentioned how much Allen-Edmonds cost? That's the first thing that stuck out to me. Oh well. The parking ticket is just a screamer. So classic. There's been sooooo many of these things, it's simply amazing everyone's still in love with the GOP. (and no, I don't mean that way...)

[d_b]

51. FDR has to smiling at this one

:rofl:

[number6]

54. ha ha

;)

[K8-EEE]

55. BWAAAA ha ha HA! LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!

oh soooo excelllent...love the pix!

[babywatson]

56. Frist is a murdering pig.

He murdered cats as a young intern. What a pig. I think that Frist is committing political suicide. The tide is turning against these rabid right-wing nuts. I'd love to see him run for President. Hopefully, even our neutered media would tear him apart.

[StuckinBFE]

57. All I can say is awesome

I wish I could protest someone off guard. Good Job Americans United to Protect Social Security

[sinkingfeeling]

64. LOL!! Frist's aide says, "Bush's plan not cutting benefits"???

[alcibiades_mystery]

81. Bush's plan cuts guaranteed benefits by definition

If it reduces the money paid into the guaranteed benefits system from 12.4% to 8%, then it necessarily reduces guaranteed benefits. Of course, Bush and company will say that it can increase benefits if that 4.4% does more work in the long term than it would have done in the benefits system, but they cannot - legally - say more than it can or may, since returns on the 4.4% CANNOT be guaranteed.

So, the Bush plan (or at least the Man-on-Dog Santorum version that Man-on-Dog himself was peddling so unsuccessfully in PA ABSOLUTELY DOES REDUCE GUARANTEED BENEFITS. This half-assed staffer is trying to play a semantics game on the press by leaving out the "guaranteed" in "guaranteed benefits," and - of course - assuming the rosiest scenario for the COMPLETELY CONTINGENT return on the 4.4%, which you may lose some or all of.

[robertarctor]

65. Poor poor Sen. Hello Kitty

When a wingnut jackoff like Frist can't even buy a pair of shoes without getting harassed by the hoi polloi, what's this country coming to?

[JRob]

68. "...despite the protesters' claims"

That entire statement is an insult. How do these people sleep at night?

But good work people! Wouldn't be great if non of these asshole could do anything in public without this sort of showing?

Like anti-celebs.

[LiberalPersona]

71. That's great!

The more bad publicity there is on the bastard, the better. It will eat away at the "good name" of the republican party. The ultimate justice.

I'm happy to see anything that pushes that party of evil closer to complete suicide.

[pf99]

75. I think it was Steve Martin who joked

Death penalty for parking tickets

[Wizard777]

77. Now taking bets!

It's a suckers bet so you wouldn't want to wager it. But how much do you wanna bet that Frist does not pay that ticket? There are other forms of "Social Security." Like the Republicans "Socialist Security." That is where the Peoples Business becomes a Private Matter. The closed corporate doors behind which they stick it to the people. Then declare bankruptcy and move on to the next group of suckers. Will he weild Senate immunity?

[jmcon007]

80. A little off topic, but speaking of parking tickets.....

remember J.C. Watts? He was a repuke rep from Oklahoma who was articulate and always seemed to be soft spoken and humble when speaking in public.
Well, a short time after 9/11 he parked illegally in front of the Oklahoma City airport entrance and left the car to go inside.
When he returned a cop had just written him a ticket for double-parking and leaving the car unattended.
He angrily asked the cop if he knew who he (Watts) was while tearing the ticket up and stuffing it behind the cop's badge.
Sounds perfectly and arrogantly Republican, huh?

[PennyLane]

82. Yes, Virginia........

.......well, you know the rest of the story! :D

[baron j]

83. Is this the same reason why he walked out on Sen. Byrd?

To go shoe shopping?