Well, I guess it only seems fair. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?
Sexy novel an issue in Texas race
A Democrat says his Republican foe's 1990 book crosses the line into pornography.AUSTIN, Texas - The willowy brunette laughed heartily, lustily, as she dismissed the notion that her romance novel full of steamy sex scenes crossed the line into pornography.
"Everybody thinks it's fun," said Susan Combs, who happens to be Texas agriculture commissioner and is now running for state comptroller, the state's top financial post. "It's lighthearted and entertaining."
Combs, a 61-year-old Republican who champions abstinence-based sex education and is a darling of Texas conservatives, is being portrayed by her Democratic opponent as a smutmonger and a hypocrite for writing a 1990 bodice-ripper titled "A Perfect Match."
The dispute has spiced up an otherwise little-noticed contest, and led other romance writers of various political stripes to rush to Combs' defense.
The out-of-print novel pairs government code-breaker Emily Brown with Ross Harding, a spy assigned to protect her after she intercepts a message that endangers her life. The heroine is "a freckle-faced brunette" who is drawn to "the gray-eyed bodyguard" and his "powerful, strong arms," and desires him to "fill the aching void at her center," where a "deep heaviness throbbed in her belly." Moaning, panting and stroking ensues.
"Looking over his shoulder, he entered the cave with stealth. The moist evening air was thick with anticipation. He noticed him lying there. The bright Afghanistan moonlight glistening upon his bare bronzed buttocks. Jumbo quietly whispered, "as Allah has said (PBUH) if the meat is left uncovered...shall not the cat eat it?" He moaned passionately. Finally, he could take it no longer and blurted out "Osama, you wild donkey of a man, come away with me and there will be unimaginable delights as we frolic together and hack off heads" Jumbo gently lifted Osama upside down and put his penis into his mouth...
Posted by: Daniel | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 02:57 AM
Daniel, I had no idea you were from New Jersey......... ;)
Posted by: SinCerely | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 03:11 AM
"What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?"
Jesus. Drudge jumps and you say how high, huh? Sure what's good for the goose is goood for the gander. So conservatives can drop that hole bullshit Jesus love moral high ground bullshit, right? You can't call the highground and not stand on it.
You wanna talk about sexual fiction. Lets.
Let's talk about Scooter Libby's novel where a Japanese girl in a cage fucks a bear. That's right. A bear fucks a girl in a cage.
We can talk about the soft core lesbian porn of Lynne Cheney.
Or we can talk about Robo the pimp trading crack for whores in Bill O'Reilly's novel.
Or we can talk about Pumping Iron where Arnold talks about how lifting weights and smoking weed is just like cumming.
You want me to keep going? We could have stopped at Japanese bear fucking. But you want to pull this out. Fine.
We could also talk about how a Democrat wrote a piece of fiction about how an adult man and a young boy have sex. Or we could talk about Mark Foley and Jim Kolbe actually fucking and trying to fuck teenage boys and Republican leadership not giving a shit as long as they get re-elected.
Please. Let's talk about fictional pederasts versus actual Republican ones serving in office. This year. and not 23 years ago.
Or we could talk about how 5 Americans died in Iraq today "staying the course", excuse me, "adapting to win." Whatever it is, Dan Riehl ain't in Iraq and would never dare go. That's why he's regurgitating drudge whose scoop he failed to attribute and isn't actually important. "Say baby, why don't you get put that pipe down, and get my pipe up" - Bill O'Reilly.
Oh, and remember, Scooter Libby writes about Japanese girls in cages fucking bears. Keep that in your minds, Bolshieviks.
Posted by: jaime | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 03:23 AM
Oh...
“James Webb’s new novel paints a portrait of a modern Vietnam charged with hopes for the future but haunted by the ghosts of its war-torn past. It captures well the lingering scars of the war, and exposes the tension between the dynamism of a new generation and the invisible bondage of an older generation for whom wartime allegiances, and animosities, are rendered no less vivid by the passage of time. A novel of revenge and redemption that tells us much about both where Vietnam is headed and where it has been.”
— Senator John McCain
Posted by: jaime | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 04:07 AM
Straight is BORING.
Take a walk on the wild side with the gay, incestuous, pedophilia stuff ;->
Posted by: Purple Avenger | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 04:26 AM
jaime (do you pronounce that "Hymee", or like that guy in Silence of the Lambs who tucks it back between his cheeks?) - if your writing is any indication, this is where your head explodes. Good luck getting your spin to work in Virginia. Allen's presser was aimed at the women's vote, and none of your frenzied flinging will get the feces out of your cage (watch out... here comes the bear!).
Posted by: rhodeymark | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 09:59 AM
Webb is essentially a child pornographer. Is this the best the dems can do? If Webb gets more than 10% of the vote, I'll be very disappointed.
Posted by: Lsan | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 10:09 AM
What Jaime said, and one additional point that should be obvious:
Webb was Secretary of the Navy under Reagan, he didn't become a Democrat until the current administration. Which means he was a Republican when he wrote all of his "pornographic" books. Add him to the list of sick Republican authors with all of the others.
Posted by: Shalimar | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 11:08 AM
He was a Dem before he worked for Reagan. He changed under Carter and now changed back again. The guys like a ping pong ball and he only thing that matters to him is what he wants. Enjoy the Kool aide - the guy isn't going to win.
Posted by: Dan Riehl | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:11 PM
That first comment... Daniel..... ha ha ha....
"there will be unimaginable delights as we frolic together and hack off heads"
What's the title of this towel-ripper? "Tight Tail in the Taliban"?
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:29 PM
"Cum Into My Cave"...........
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:30 PM
His novels were published between 1979 and 2002. Throw up all the bullshit you want to obfuscate the issue, the offending texts you are objecting to were written by a Republican.
Posted by: Shalimar | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:31 PM
"As We Put Our Kalashnykovs Aside"
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:31 PM
"May I Give You Some Head"
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:33 PM
"Don't Stone Her! She Ripped Her Burqa on a Sword"
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:34 PM
"Osama Finds His Limbic Core in the Arms of a Marine"
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:36 PM
"Sadr's Linguistic Viagra Makes Osama's Party Dress Fall Off"
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:38 PM
Self-help book by Osama bin Laden: "A Hard-on Does Not Count As Personal Growth"
Posted by: Phoenix | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 12:39 PM
What? Was the guy who sucked his four-year-old's dick a macaca? Because that would just be gross.
Posted by: Dan Collins | Friday, October 27, 2006 at 07:47 PM
Does anyone find it ironic that the people criticizing the Democrats for their morals write soft porn, engage in illegal sex acts with minors, and send our kids to die for their country based on assumptions or outright lies? I am so fed up with both sides! One side is a bunch of hypocrites and the other has no answers. The only people our political parties answer to are the special interests. I don't have enough money for anyone to represent me anymore. Why even vote for any of them?
Posted by: J. Duke | Thursday, November 02, 2006 at 11:43 PM