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A Chafed Texan in the Naked City
The Washington Post ^
| 6/16/08
| Amy Argetsinger & Roxanne Roberts
Posted on 06/16/2008 5:49:48 AM PDT by steve-b
Washington is a town filled with boobs.
They're everywhere, from the bare-breasted ladies who decorate the fountain at Dupont Circle to the peekaboo statue in the Justice Department's Great Hall to the countless nudes in our museums. But while those of us who live here hardly blink at the public nudity, it can shock some of our visitors. Such was the case for Robert Hurt, who last week tried to add the issue of artistic indecency in the nation's capital to the platform of the Texas GOP....
Hurt said he'll pursue the issue, possibly with another trip here to videotape the evidence. "I'm not going to stop until I succeed. I'm prepared for a long fight."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: booboisie; gay; statues
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:49:49 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
They could have saved a lot of money if they used me for a model....Brains...not ......
2
posted on
06/16/2008 5:53:08 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: steve-b
—”Republicans” like this one make me ashamed to admit I ever was one-—
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:55:40 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: steve-b
They're everywhere, from the bare-breasted ladies who decorate the fountain at Dupont Circle to the peekaboo statue in the Justice Department's Great Hall to the countless nudes in our museums. But while those of us who live here hardly blink at the public nudity, it can shock some of our visitors. Such was the case for Robert Hurt, who last week tried to add the issue of artistic indecency in the nation's capital to the platform of the Texas GOP....
OH NO NOT BREASTS!!!!
Really, it's a sad day when bared flesh (not even real bared flesh, mind you) is a political issue. It's this kind of thing that makes the GOP a joke these days.
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:56:25 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
To: steve-b
they don’t get much art in Kerrville.
5
posted on
06/16/2008 5:58:21 AM PDT
by
jdub
To: steve-b
Rearranging...deck chairs...Titanic.
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:58:31 AM PDT
by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: rellimpank
"Never send a monkey to do a man's job."
~ Captain Leo Davidson
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:58:52 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: steve-b
At first I thought this was some kind of joke.
Apparently it isn’t.
How sad.
I hope the GOP decides it has better issues to add to their platform than this, because if they do not then they deserve to lose Texas... and the Nation.
Get a grip, for allah’s sake.
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:59:31 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(What the hell is wrong with these people?)
To: rellimpank
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posted on
06/16/2008 5:59:44 AM PDT
by
omega4179
(That is not a birth certificate, Kos.)
To: arderkrag
The article says the guy has 14 children.
You’d think he’d have seen a breast or two by now, and maybe not be so alarmed by them..
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:00:56 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(What the hell is wrong with these people?)
To: steve-b
Texas Censorship...
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:00:58 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: steve-b
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:01:09 AM PDT
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
To: steve-b
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:01:14 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: steve-b
If bare breasts are our biggest “problem”, then, man. We got it good.
I wish those idiots would get over their own shame of the human body and just get back to work.
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:03:43 AM PDT
by
WarToad
To: steve-b
I f this guy ever went to EuROPe, he’d have a stroke.................
15
posted on
06/16/2008 6:08:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(NOBODY MOVE!!!!.......I dropped me brain............................)
To: jdub
Well, there’s the Cowboy Artist Museum. In the Hill Country, it’s all we need, DC needs flushing...
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:10:40 AM PDT
by
brushcop
(B-Co. 2/69 3rd Infantry Div., "Sledgehammer!" ...and keep hammering 'em!)
To: jdub
"Hurt, 54, a Kerrville, Tex., rancher and father of 14..."
I've never heard of this guy but we've only lived here for 13 years. We've got lots of art and artists in Kerrville ... if you like bluebonnets, cowboys and hill country landscapes.
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:23:24 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: steve-b
“father of fourteen”
Probably afraid that if he looks at a statue, it will get pregnant.
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:30:04 AM PDT
by
M. Dodge Thomas
(Opinion based on research by an eyewear firm, which surveyed 100 members of a speed dating club.)
To: jdub
Kerrville art: The Axis of Evil. ;o)
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:34:24 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Liberty Valance
There’s a Harvey painting I haven’t seen before. Very nice. Much obliged.
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posted on
06/16/2008 6:46:57 AM PDT
by
laotzu
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