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
More of the left’s war on women. They have done nothing but viciously attack Kellyanne, Ivanka, Melania and Betsy DeVos. And NO ONE has called them on it.
They have treated these women far worse than anything Trump has said to Billy Bush.
Why that cotton pickin Congressman. Oh wait, I’m forbidden to say that about him.
He might, but I don't think he wants to insult pigs.
Boy, the feminists are going to really be mad about this sexual putdown.
Why is it that in that photo, not one single person is looking towards Kellyanne ? Doesn’t that seem unusual ?
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It is ‘strange’ that one or two weren’t ‘peeking’ but I would imagine they were ‘instructed’ to act like they were engaged in conversation, not posing for a photo op?
(You read my mind)
Cedric Richmond must RESIGN from Congress tomorrow.
From now onward any Democrat or RINO, in the negative news must be called on to RESIGN.
And do it for the children.
His comments were out of line. That being said, stupid picture. Exactly what were they thinking???
I figured it was one of Hussein’s boys.
Ditto
He should resign.
Don’t you know the story behind that change from DemocRAT to Democratic ..???
I don’t remember what election it was .. but I’m thinking it was Bush 43 - and somebody began using the word Democrat the same way I do = DemocRAT.
So, in order to stop the Repubs from using the RAT word, they changed to Democratic - EXCEPT THERE IS NOTHING DEMOCRATIC ABOUT ANY OF THEM.
I have been RAGING about this for about 2 years now.
The DEMOCRAT PARTY was the DEMOCRAT PARTY for my entire life and for a 156 years before I was born.
This democratIC bullsh!t just started about 2 or 3 years ago.
I think they changed their name just to sound more evenhanded and populist, and it pisses me off that everybody fell for it.
Somewhere around this house I have some of their old goober Carter campaign literature, IT SAID DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!!
Bunch of Goddamn, lying, scum sucking, puss buckets.
Can we shoot’em?
What I find really strange is that ‘we’ are discussing something innocuous while the real criminals are fighting for control of our government.
I’ll volunteer to personally slam his face into a wall until he formally apologizes to the lady.
Wow what a pig!!!
Pelosi needs to get her boy back on his leash.
If Cedric "Pelosi's boy" had the crap beat out of him, there'd be nothing left but lips and shoes...
I'll get your back so his punk buddies don't try anything. 😀
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