From the mmmm-delicious-irony dept:
Early Wednesday morning, State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Calif.) was pulled over and arrested for drunk driving. Sources report that Ashburn — a fierce opponent of gay rights — was driving drunk after leaving a gay nightclub; when the officer stopped the state-issued vehicle, there was an unidentified man in the passenger seat of the car.
Ashburn has issued an apology for the incident:
“I am deeply sorry for my actions and offer no excuse for my poor judgment. I accept complete responsibility for my conduct and am prepared to accept the consequences for what I did. I am also truly sorry for the impact this incident will have on those who support and trust me – my family, my constituents, my friends, and my colleagues in the Senate.”
Well isn’t that nice that he accepts the responsibility and is prepared to accept the consequences? I’m sure he’s not hiring lawyers and trying to weasel his way out of anything!
Ashburn’s voting record shows that he’s voted against “every gay rights measure in the State Senate since taking office including Recognizing Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriages, Harvey Milk Day and Expanding Anti-Discrimination Laws.”
Sometimes, when I get cynical, I think there’s a private gay club where all the anti-gay Republican representatives are members…
I’m sure he’s sorry … that he got caught.
How many Republican politicians is this now that have been outed? There’s gotta be a website somewhere devoted to this. It’s getting ridiculous.
I don’t know about website but there is a movie
Just like Tiger.
To borrow from Nelson Muntz, “HAR HAR!!”
Oh no! Shock horror! Conservative politician has been caught! Oh, how it breaks my heart!
No, not really. “Zzzzz” is more like it.
Yup – how many times does this happen before it’s no longer news?
He was just doing research (I could get really nasty here, but I won’t). Okay — just a little:
The arresting officer said that Ashburn’s breath smelled like cocktail sauce . . .
Oy.
Don’t say I didn’t try.
Typical. Usually those who scream the loudest against anything gay are closet cases with something to hide. I think the old Russian proverb says it it best…
Hypocrites kick with their hind feet while licking with their tongues.
I’m sure it’s simply an unfortunate misunderstanding. He was probably just taking the gay guy somewhere to kill him by stoning.
Ah, sweet delicious irony. I do so love it.
He’s been parodied already:
Atheist politician arrested after leaving Church
Senator Ashburn was in the gay club rescuing a wayward family friend who has been “turned” by the militant gays. Senator Ashburn went to the lions’ den under the pleading of the confused young man’s family – life long friends of the Ashburns. On his way escorting the young man out of the gay club, Senator accidentally swallowed a glass of milk that was spiked with shots of Yager and was subsequently pulled over and cited for DUI. See, the Senator didn’t have a gay problem, he merely had a drinking problem.
We should all applaud the Senator’s courage in the face of certain danger.
What a courageous man – where can I send a donation to his ministry in gay bars?
I hope you’ll forgive some armchair psychology…. I think how he got caught is telling. Is getting drunk the only way he can deal with his sexuality? That’s pathetic and sad. I’ll admit to some schadenfreude; I enjoy seeing hypocrites like that get what they deserve. At the same time, I do feel pity.
Ahh, schadenfreude, die schoenste freude….
(No, I don’t know how to insert an umlaut. Educate me, plz?)
You also forgot to capitalize the nouns. But I forgive you. ;)
..’.the Senator didn’t have a gay problem, he merely had a drinking problem” … so it’s ok to drive drunk and potentially kill an innocent bystander but not ok to love someone who happens to have the same gender as you? It just reinforces my opinion of republicans as obnoxious.
I took Agentsmith’s comment as dripping sarcasm – could be wrong…
Well, I think having a drink problem, or even an illegal drug problem is still a million times more acceptable within the Republican conservative super Christian cirlcles than simply being gay. Drunk driving is against man’s laws and being gay is against God’s laws.
And you cannot love someone of your own gender, it is only beastly lust masking as some kind of emotional attachment. Gayness is a choice like some people choose to be Asian, black, Latino, etc. Being a drunk is a sickness, it just happens to you.
And yes, this is sarcasm.
Where can I choose to be Asian? My hair pains me so. Beautiful Asian hair (plus, cute eyes and taste buds that enjoy the taste of rather strange lifeforms) would be awesome.
Exactly. Man’s laws, god’s laws. Just like in days of yore – god tells us to slaughter someone, like he did many thousands of times in the bible, we have to do it nothwithstanding the law. The laws against murder do not apply to people who are in direct communication with god unless they do not conflict. In case of a conflict, god’s laws have paramountcy (legal term, usually used to distinguish jurisdiction). Hope everyone’s clear on how this works.
What I don’t get is if people believe god doesn’t like it if you’re gay (or anything else people say god doesn’t like), who anyone thinks they are fooling when they sneak around hoping not to get caught. Maybe he thinks god wouldn’t be at a gay bar, well, obviously! If he was, he would have healed them where they gather! These loopholes really bother me. How is anyone convinced there is a god.
LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!
As Hitchens would say “Be aware that you too are an animal”
I’d be very afraid now, if I were the Senator — afraid to ever show my face at a gay bar again and afraid to take some guy home with me. I’d be afraid someone might want to retaliate for my ugly hypocritical voting record. Strangely enough, though they are not associated with any gay man, two very scary words come to mind: Lorena and Bobbit
I doubt they’ll retaliate against him for his voting.
His own fellows, however, might fall on him like a pack of rabid wolves.
True. I was thinking more of the rare, lone, crazed, angry psychopath who just happens to be gay, rather than the gay community as a whole. His fellow conservative, homophobic, right wing colleagues are indeed far more likely to chew him up and spit him out. Perhaps Ted Haggard will have mercy and “set him straight” again, although that might require a few hits of tina along the way. =P
Q: What’s the difference between a Democrat and a Republican?
A: When Democrats have an affair it’s with a woman.
In the local paper, the Bakersfield Californian, there wasn’t ONE mention of him being at a gay bar.
Just goes to show you how a very conservative locale can ignore something that might reveal their hypocrisy
This is an article in the Borowitz Report:
GOP Lawmaker Demands Recall of Car That Drove Him to Gay Club
Calls Gay Car ‘Menace’
SACRAMENTO (The Borowitz Report) – Anti-gay California State Sen. Roy Ashburn today demanded a sweeping recall of the vehicle that drove him to a gay nightclub this week.
Sen. Ashburn, a Republican who has consistently voted for anti-gay legislation, said that the car drove him to the club “against my will.”
“If we are recalling cars for problems with their brakes and power steering, then surely we should be recalling vehicles that force their drivers to go to gay nightclubs,” Sen. Ashburn said.
The state senator said not only did the car drive him to the gay nightclub, but it forced him to enter the club and party there for hours, resulting in his later arrest for DUI.
“I can’t tell you what a menace this car is,” he said. “It really is the gayest car I’ve ever seen.”
In addition to calling for a recall of the gay car, Sen. Ashburn said he would sponsor legislation mandating that all California vehicles be fitted not only with GPS but gaydar.
In other news, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin offered this appraisal of her standup comedy performance on The Tonight Show: “I was like, I’m not going to quit my day job, but then I remembered I already did.” More here.
Those in power most always try to control in others that which brings themselves to their knees.
(Every pun intended)
lol
irony so thick you could choke on it. Ehhh what a massive douche.
How many repressed homosexual anti-homosexuals will have to be caught before people realize that many anti-homosexuals are repressed homosexuals?
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Like an idiot, I had to click through and was confronted with his face. Why do these men never have eyelashes or lips?
[bigotry be gone!]
Daniel, can you delete this guy’s post? Seriously, thoughtless morons like this are not deserving of bandwidth.
I mean, really, I’d rather try nailing Jell-o to a tree than attempt refuting such absolutist falderal.
He’s positively viscous.
[stupid-be-gone!]
Wow, you’re just a vile little piece of crap, aren’t you?
He’s just a troll so ignore him …
This guy is a waste of space. He’s just here to troll and sling insults. Anybody that insanely angry about homosexuality is in the closet so far that they’re playing with Mr. Tumnus in the land of Narnia anyway.
Seriously, Vorjack or Daniel: Can one of you delete and ban this guy? I don’t have the energy to try to goad him into having an apoplectic stroke.
Uh, Billbo, can I just point out that “viscous” means “thick”? You most certainly are that, and it’s good that you know it and are even grateful to TRJ for agreeing with you, but some low-hanging fruit is just too low, you know? Well, then again, you can’t formulate even a basic argument, so maybe you don’t.
I “formulated” lots of “good arguments” and we’ve noticed no one has the cinchonas to take one apart. I guess yer’ all thinkin’ maybe a hopin’ that Iz’ jest’ some dumb hillbillie that will see the errer of my wayz’ and come back as a “gay freindly” sayin’ “oh please fergive’ me, Iz’ didn’t know what Iz’ wuz’ takin’ ’bout, I’m so sorry to hurt your feelins’! I promise to be a good little gay friendly from now on, no matter how ridiculously dumb the defending arguments ever get.”
Nonetheless, I was amazes at how long it took any of you to show your spelling bee capabilities, we can now give the all lowly “Custador” that prize, but Custador, why didn’t whine and correct yer’ buddy trj when he first threw it out? Never mind, we know the answer, because he was making an argument “you liked.” That’s how all the homosexual anarchistic movement functions with everything. e.g…….
“We’re not after your children, we just want the age of consent laws lowered?”
“We didn’t start or spread AIDS, we just had it first and gave it to the normal people.”
“We’re not trying to ‘recruit’ anyone, even though all our agenda is designed specifically to do just that, and to attract the young and vulnerable.”
My favorite; “child molesters aren’t gay, even though they nearly always rape little boys, and when little boys aren’t handy, little girls’ rear ends appear to suffice.” (According to police transcripts and court proceedings.)
Ironically, your wishes about me being some closeted freak couldn’t be more off track. I know way too many of your dirty little deeds to even remotely think of it as anything but seriously devoid of human responsibility and reason. the truth is, my comments are the “norm” and all you have to say are what is “vicious,” reprehensible and loaded with debauched ideology.
The DAY is coming, when the gay battle is exposed to it’s ugly utter end. I know, you’re all giggling away at that now, and that’s precisely the way we need you to be. Thanks for your time, sorry you didn’t have the balls to address a single fact I set “trolled” out for you all.
Don’t worry, I WILL NOT BE responding back, much to the chagrin of Comador, who’s really a closeted normal person who was hoping I’d give him his ticket out of the mess he’s put himself in.