Posted on 03/02/2017 6:44:04 PM PST by Kaslin
Rep. Cedric Richmond spoke yesterday at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner. His attempt at a comedy routine wound up being an example of what not to do. Few of his remarks were funny but he really face-planted when he brought up Kellyanne Conway “and the picture on the sofa.”
“I really just want to know what was going on there,” Richmond said to Sen. Tim Scott. He continued, “You know I won’t tell anybody and you can just explain to me that circumstance because she really looked kind of familiar in that position.”
Richmond was referring to Couchgate. That’s the outrageous outrage progressives briefly occupied themselves with between flare-ups of Russia fever. Here’s the picture he was referencing:
It’s clear this was intended to be part of a comedy routine. But as Dirty Harry once said, “A man’s got to know his limitations” and Rep. Richmond is way beyond his limitations trying to do a stand-up routine. He could have resolved that very easily with a heartfelt apology to Conway. Instead, he made up an explanation that doesn’t pass the smell test. From the Washington Post:
On Thursday, Richmond insisted that there was no such intention behind his remarks. “Since some people have interpreted my joke to mean something that it didn’t I think it is important to clarify what I meant, ” he said in a statement. “Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting ‘familiar’ simply means that they are behaving too comfortably.”
The technical term for that explanation is bulls**t.
Let’s face it, if a Republican congressman had cracked this “joke” about the most powerful Democratic woman in Washington, it would have launched 1,000 feminist memes. Few would have cared it was supposed to be funny, only that a GOP male had turned an accomplished woman into a sex object. If that same GOP representative had then offered a lame excuse instead of an apology the left would be off to the races.
Put another way, if this incident isn’t grounds for a lecture on intersectionality and the glass ceiling then please spare me the next time some GOP backbencher says something equally dumb. The moral posturing from the feminist left really doesn’t deserve much attention until it stops being so selective with its outrage.
For her part, Conway told the Daily Caller, “I notice he did not apologize, he tried to clarify.” She also agreed the gaffe would get more attention if she were liberal and “pro-abortion.”
Here’s the Rep. Richmond’s routine and your final warning that this is a comedy train wreck:
RatRep. Cedric Richmond: Black Congressional Humor
I heard the humiliating part is where they make him step n' fetch beer for them...
I think it is important to clarify what I meant, ”
"I think it is important to clarify what I meant... ”
Oval office ...
Clinton...
"A white person on their knees in a room full of black men. Sounds like a typical Tuesday night at my place!" (Funny if you don't think too much about it. Ewwwww!)
Nice try fella. We know you were referencing oral sex.
Well he’s a liberal, what do you expect?
-PJ
Not sure who you mean by "they," but if you mean Kellyanne, she was thinking about trying to get the best angle for a camera shot of the group visiting the Oval Office.
So the picture that went viral showed only a fraction of the context.
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