"what are you benching buff boy"?

[samplegirl]

Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff says President Bush knew him well enough to joke with him about weightlifting. "What are you benching, buff guy?" Abramoff said Bush asked him. The president has said he doesn't know Abramoff.

Abramoff said he finds it hard to believe Bush doesn't remember the 10 or so photos he and members of his family had snapped with the president and first lady.

"He (Bush) has one of the best memories of any politician I have ever met," Abramoff wrote in an e-mail, according to Vanity Fair's April issue being released this week. "Perhaps he has forgotten everything. Who knows?"

[Lautremont]

1. What's he curling there? Must be almost twenty pounds!

[pk_du]

2. Shut up!..."its hard work" :O)

[flvegan]

3. It's 55 lbs by the looks of it.

He's got 2 10 lb plates on either side, and an ez curl bar weighs in at 15 lbs.

[flvegan]

4. Oh...wait...I forgot...

by the looks of his elbow position, his form is for shit.

Just saying...

[Deja Q]

14. Even I can do that without looking so badly constipated!

:rofl:

[samplegirl]

5. Maybe he ought to strain his

pea sized brain some.

[Name removed]

6. Deleted message

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[Duncan Grant]

7. What an odd thing to post at a "progressive" board.

You say "gayest" as if there was something inherently bad or wrong about gay people. Why is that?
edit: And the "Brokeback Mountain" reference seems a bit of a backhand at men like me too. Hmmmmm...

[SPKrazy]

8. I Thought It Was Funny!

but I'm not gay

so if it is offensive to gays, then I guess it isn't funny.

[Duncan Grant]

10. Funny?

Can you explain the humor to me? I just don't get it.

Why is this funny? :shrug:

[SPKrazy]

11. I Think It Is Based On The Stereotype of Gays

Effeminate, and that B* was trying to hit on Abramoff.

I admit I laughed, but you are right, it isn't something that is really that funny, especially if it hurts others.

[Duncan Grant]

12. Why should gay men post here if this is what they must deal with?

"Gayest. President. Ever." trivializes me and the daily bullshit I put up with in the "straight" world. Simply put, I deserve the same courtesy and respect as every straight man here.

Using "gayest" as a pejorative is never ok.

edit: removed the self-effacing pleasantries

[SPKrazy]

13. I Hope You Continue To Post Here

I won't be responsible for the first feeling I have when I read something, but I can be responsible for the first posted response to that I see.

Sorry if I've added to your offense. I have no idea what it is like to be gay in the straight world.

The closest I can come to is being non-mormon in the mormon world of Utah when I was growing up. And that wasn't any fun.

Peace!

[Duncan Grant]

15. You didn't add to my offense.

I would encourage everyone at DU to speak the truth of their experience.

Peace to you, too.

edit: Least there be any confusion, I just want to point out that you weren't the one who made the deleted post. :thumbsup:

[FreedomAngel82]

17. And what is with his bald head obsession?

:shrug:

[alarcojon]

9. Agreed. Not cool

[Duncan Grant]

18. It gets tiresome.

Two steps forward, one step back... :)

[FreedomAngel82]

16. LOL

Of course he 'doesn't remember.' :eyes: How funny. The Vanity Fair article is good and you should read that.