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[+ purplekow]

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[Rick Munroe]

It just goes to show how well-developed your abs can get from tapping your toes in a toilet stall.

[+ deej]

Rofl!

[Guy Fawkes]

So If I tap my toes in a toilet stall, I get good Abs. Are they my Abs or his Abs? What happens if I tap my toes on the Bus?

 

It just goes to show how well-developed your abs can get from tapping your toes in a toilet stall.

[leigh.bess.toad]

PK, there is another thread on this dickwad's enemy status over in the gallery forum. He is the enemy and must be treated as such.

[rossthebosssf]

PK, there is another thread on this dickwad's enemy status over in the gallery forum. He is the enemy and must be treated as such.

 

Now, now. There's nothing wrong sleeping with the enemy every now and again.

[leigh.bess.toad]

Now, now. There's nothing wrong sleeping with the enemy every now and again.

 

If he were simply the enemy that may be true. Sleeping with someone who opposes gay rights, gay marriage, supports DADT and DOMA is one thing. But sleeping with someone with the power to implement those policies that hurt us would be another matter all together. We cannot let the fact that he may be cute obscure the fact that he is our enemy. And must be treated as such. At least IMHO.

[Guest rodeo]

In his attempt to channel Huckabee, he implies that anyone can look like that with enough work. IME, very few men--even slim ones--have that kind of definition.

 

So If I tap my toes in a toilet stall, I get good Abs. Are they my Abs or his Abs? What happens if I tap my toes on the Bus?

 

Is there evidence that he's gay or is it just a general impression because he's posing shirtless and votes against gay rights? In a previous thread, and Deej was saying--maybe sarcastically?--that he's heard that Schock's a womanizer.

[+ Shoreboy]

While I would never vote republican I would throw my legs in the air for him....I would pull his lever anyday but never in the ballot box

[KMEM]

If he were simply the enemy that may be true. Sleeping with someone who opposes gay rights, gay marriage, supports DADT and DOMA is one thing. But sleeping with someone with the power to implement those policies that hurt us would be another matter all together. We cannot let the fact that he may be cute obscure the fact that he is our enemy. And must be treated as such. At least IMHO.

 

Can a Congress critter implement those policies?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[nate_sf]

This may be the most prudish thing I've ever said, but I find it really odd to see a member of congress going around flashing flesh like this. Even odder with his neo-conservative credentials, just seems unbecoming for an elected official and especially one who purports to represent traditional values. But maybe this kind of self promotion is becoming a "new normal." It would certainly give new life to those of us who thought we'd forsaken political careers when we entered escorting and/or porn!

[fedssocr1]

my guess is gay! gay! gay! He'll get outed in some scandal or other eventually. They always do.

[+ deej]

This may be the most prudish thing I've ever said, but I find it really odd to see a member of congress going around flashing flesh like this. Even odder with his neo-conservative credentials, just seems unbecoming for an elected official and especially one who purports to represent traditional values. But maybe this kind of self promotion is becoming a "new normal." It would certainly give new life to those of us who thought we'd forsaken political careers when we entered escorting and/or porn!

 

This is actually a really big honkin' complex topic.

 

Progressives would like to think we're the "permissives" and that we're over the prudishness, but we're not. On the other hand, the party that openly stumps for (and does a lot of yelling in favor of) prudishness and traditional family values has in some of its brightest stars a former beauty queen contestant (Sarah Palin), a former nude centerfold model (Scott Brown), and now young Mr. Congressman Washboard.

 

And then we've got John Ensign resigning his seat in congress in shame even before anyone could get all worked up over his flashing his moobs at women who are not his wife on Craigslist.

 

In this past week, we've seen a Hassidic newspaper edit Hillary Clinton out of a situation room photo because it might be too prurient to keep her in.

 

To say that we're, collectively, conflicted on this topic would be a massive understatement. Our society isn't anywhere near in agreement, and it's tough to figure out where your own feelings ought to fit in!

 

My own take on it is if the Congressman wants to attempt to add something to the national fitness conversation, GO FOR IT! I suspect it's mostly a way to get the cameras pointed his way, but hey if it also gets kids exercising that's fine. Fox News and some Republicans have lambasted Michelle Obama's efforts to get some diet/fitness awareness going. Add a Republican voice to it! Go for it! If she can bare arms, he can flash his moobs.

[Guest rodeo]

In this past week, we've seen a Hassidic newspaper edit Hillary Clinton out of a situation room photo because it might be too prurient to keep her in.

 

It wasn't specific to Hillary. To avoid having to make decisions about whether a woman is showing to much skin (even just a few inches above the camisole under her blazer) or hair (which married Orthodox women must cover), they don't publish women's photos at all.

 

I obviously don't support this view, but that's the rationale these guys usually offer.

[leigh.bess.toad]

Can a Congress critter implement those policies?

 

Best regards,

KMEM

 

They sure as hell can vote on them to get them implemented. Someone who simply holds the views (John Q. Public) without any power to affect their policy implementation is one thing, a member of congress, with the ability to introduce and push through legislation is something else entirely. Rep. Schock's policies are virulantly anti-gay so I don't care if he personally is gayer than Barney Frank and has fucked more guys than the collective total of this forum, IMHO no self-respectinng gay man should sleep with an enemy like that.

[+ deej]

It wasn't specific to Hillary. To avoid having to make decisions about whether a woman is showing to much skin (even just a few inches above the camisole under her blazer) or hair (which married Orthodox women must cover), they don't publish women's photos at all.

 

I obviously don't support this view, but that's the rationale these guys usually offer.

 

Did you see FreeWilliamsburg.com's "testosterone free" version?

 

http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/citing-modesty-concerns-hipster-website-removes-sexually-suggestive-male-images-from-sit-room-photo/

[KMEM]

They sure as hell can vote on them to get them implemented. Someone who simply holds the views (John Q. Public) without any power to affect their policy implementation is one thing, a member of congress, with the ability to introduce and push through legislation is something else entirely. Rep. Schock's policies are virulantly anti-gay so I don't care if he personally is gayer than Barney Frank and has fucked more guys than the collective total of this forum, IMHO no self-respectinng gay man should sleep with an enemy like that.

 

Not to get all wound up in this sort of a side issue but isn't it time for JQP to reassert him or herself as voters so that we CAN get Congress critters to deal with legislation in a manner with which we approve? Isn't funding the only "real" control of implementation that the Congress has and that is through the House? I know you have a firm grasp of US civics and know completely what separation of powers means as well as usurption thereof, etc.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[+ deej]

This thread has steered fairly clear of politics, separation of powers, who does what, etc., until now. I'm not sure what you're on about with "through the House" since we ARE discussing a member of the House in this thread. However, if we're done discussing his abs I'm willing to move the thread.

[wild2east]

My question is:

 

How the heck does he find time to maintain that 6 pack, when there are such huge and complex questions facing Congress?

[+ purplekow]

I believe that busy people prioritize in a way to allow them to accomplish more. I would guess that his abs were on the top of his to do list, but it does not mean that the list ended there. Second, this is a magazine cover, so there is some amount of airbrushing going on. Third, once you have them, diet alone can be the biggest factor in keeping them. I know my diet has kept my abs in the exact same shape for years. I think several people here can verify that my abs are just as toned as they have ever been and I never do a crunch.

[Guest rodeo]

This thread has steered fairly clear of politics, separation of powers, who does what, etc., until now. I'm not sure what you're on about with "through the House" since we ARE discussing a member of the House in this thread. However, if we're done discussing his abs I'm willing to move the thread.

 

The guy with the best six pack I know is an extremely busy executive in his 50s who does not exercise more than other fit, but less toned, men his age. I think a lot of this is determined by genetics rather than the amount of time spent on crunches.

[Steven_Draker]

I never do a crunch.

 

Me neither ...

 

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[+ purplekow]

Steven, we have never met but you hit the nail right on the head with that one, as anyone who has met me can attest, the only six pack I have is in the cooler.