Blake Farenthold, Republican of Texas

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07/29/2017 at 08:55 • Filed to: None

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Farenthold

No comment to offer here, other than that he suggested he take Lisa Murkowski outside and settle their healthcare differences “Aaron Burr style.”

This guy is married. Ew.


DISCUSSION (29)


Kinja'd!!! vondon302 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 09:08

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Lmao. She looks pleased to be there.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 09:10

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he looks like a charmer

we’ll take him and we’ll give you this fuckwit

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Corey Bernardi


Kinja'd!!! Nerd-Vol > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 09:12

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Good. Conservative. Values.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 09:18

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All is not always as it seems. He was at a fund-raising party for a friend. The girl was a waitress at the party. It happened before he was elected to congress. I don’t know the guy and he’s not my congressman, but I hate it when people get railroaded with “evidence” which was taken out of context. I’m sure there are pictures of me out there which, if cropped the right way, would make me look really bad.

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http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/For-Farenthold-a-long-journey-from-duck-pajamas-6021085.php


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 09:44

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Ew. Are you the one with the goatee?


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/29/2017 at 09:44

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Never heard of him. Still, I’ll give you the Mooch.


Kinja'd!!! itranthelasttimeiparkedit > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 09:58

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I always read it as fart-and-hold


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 10:19

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The lack of cropping doesn’t exactly improve his look. At best, it’s “hey bro let’s get a picture with the waitresses in the skimpy outfits.”


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 10:43

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I will take any member of Congress up on offers to settle things “Aaron Burr style”. We can settle things “Goodfellas style” too if they want.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 10:45

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;)


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Textured Soy Protein
07/29/2017 at 10:58

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At best, it’s “hey Blake! Step in here and get a picture with me!”

Have you never had a picture taken that you really didn’t want when your friend *insisted* that you get in there with him?

Did you bother to look into anything before you formed your opinion? Did you see any of the other pictures from that same night? Spoiler: it’s mostly fat guys in PJs.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > pip bip - choose Corrour
07/29/2017 at 11:58

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No, no, no, no, no! We have enough fuckwits over here ruining shit. You gotta keep yours!


Kinja'd!!! fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 12:11

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Surprised Trumputinbannon hasn’t appointed him to a cabinet position yet.

Blake, not Chad, I guess they both work.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Textured Soy Protein
07/29/2017 at 12:25

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I saw a flight attendant at an airport once who was pushing 60 and looked dynamite . She probably spent 90 minutes on her appearance. Hair, makeup, all of it impeccable. Her uniform fit really well also. I stopped her and said, “Madam, you really look great.” She genuinely appreciated the compliment and we shook hands and went our separate ways. If I’d thought of it, I’d have taken a picture with her and shown my wife. And if I ran for the Senate someday and that picture came to light, nobody would think anything of it. That’s what I’m saying.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 12:27

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Sorry if I came across as snarky. Context or no context, the picture is Ew .

I saw a flight attendant at an airport once who was pushing 60 and looked dynamite . She probably spent 90 minutes on her appearance. Hair, makeup, all of it impeccable. Her uniform fit really well also. I stopped her and said, “Madam, you really look great.” She genuinely appreciated the compliment and we shook hands and went our separate ways. If I’d thought of it, I’d have taken a picture with her and shown my wife. And if I ran for the Senate someday and that picture came to light, nobody would think anything of it. That’s what I’m saying.


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 12:52

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You’re right, that’s a scenario that didn’t occur to me. I haven’t had that experience because I’m generally not friends with drunk douchebags who would do that.

Whatever the exact circumstances that led to the picture are, point is, it’s a couple older dudes who roped a couple younger scantily-clad employees at a party into a photo, where the employees probably had to go along because they’re employees. 

Yes, that’s part of the employees’ job.  No, in the scheme of things, this photo is not some major offense. It just makes the guys look skeevy.

Blake Farenthold is an asshole for many other reasons that have nothing to do with this photo. Exhibit A: discussing how he wants to challenge fellow legislators to a duel.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 12:55

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I’m not denying the girl is kind of, as you put it, ew. The whole situation is kind of ew. Pajama parties for adults, in general, are a bad idea. If I were invited, I’d probably show up in jeans like the guy on the right.

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Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
07/29/2017 at 12:57

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Ew, ew, ew .


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 13:21

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If I am totally honest, I was not even thinking about the girl in any of this. I was thinking about the middle-aged fat dude being with the girl, in his PJs. But the Playboy Bunny thing is in its own category of Ew .


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 13:24

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What, fat guys don’t deserve the love of a pretty young lady?

I hope you never see a picture of me with my wife.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 14:19

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The difference would be that you are her husband.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 14:37

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What about *before* we were married?


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 15:10

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Are you being obtuse? This is not Geometry class...


Kinja'd!!! fintail > Nerd-Vol
07/29/2017 at 15:42

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No doubt also espousing self-discipline and personal responsibility - yet looking at these twerps, it is impossible to claim they have ever displayed either trait.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 15:50

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Not being obtuse, but perhaps a bit obese. Let’s put it this way, if you saw a picture of my wife and I when we attended a certain Halloween party, you might jump to some of the same conclusions that you have about Mr. Farenthold. You know, fat guy with a somewhat scantily clad pretty girl (without the fake blonde hair).

The more I learn about this guy, the less this drummed-up narrative seems to fit. He’s on the board for a private religious school. He’s been married for 30+ years. There’s not a bunch of questionable images out there. Only one person who worked with him claims he’s harassed her.

I worked for one of the most stand-up guys I’ve ever met. He read his bible at lunch every day. I never heard him utter a curse word. The man was a saint. He was also accused of harassment.

He was free with his compliments. Every day he would tell each of the ladies that they looked nice or say something positive and polite, even if they really didn’t or if they didn’t deserve it.

One of his students, a young lady who was failing his course, decided that filing a harassment suit was an excellent way to get back at him. It was dismissed in court, but only after years of investigation, a formal inquiry by the university, and a lot of money spent on lawyers. There was not a single person who would corroborate her assertion.

The whole thing changed that man. He went from being one of the more gregarious people I knew to one of the grumpiest. He developed a hard shell that made it hard for most people to get along with him. He never cursed or spoke negatively, but his demeanor became so brusque that nobody wanted to be around him any more.

That’s where I’m coming from. When I see a posting of a fat guy in his PJs, I have to wonder about the real story. He may have made a poor choice when selecting duckies, but that could have been his wife’s choice for all we know. (My wife likes to get me plaid PJs. I hate plaid.)

Alright, I’ll stop ranting now. I’m going to go tell my wife thank you for marrying a fat guy like me.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2017 at 16:54

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Few days pass in which I do not thank my wife for allowing me to be her husband. As I like to tell people, “I got her and all she got was me.”

I take your point.

I was the focus of such a character assassination plot this past year and I wound up on paid administrative leave for six weeks while I was 100% exonerated. But it robbed me of a measure of innocence. I’m one of those outgoing, gregarious guys.

I won’t leave the house in sweats, let alone pajamas, unless I’m going to the CrossFit gym and then, it’s a quarter to five in the morning.

Peace be with you, Brother Oppo. And my best to your lovely wife.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/29/2017 at 17:23

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Dang. I’ve never been a target. That has to be so much worse. I’m thankful you were exonerated.

I shared our conversation with my wife. Her first response? No adult pajama parties. I guess I have to take that off the bucket list.

My best to you and yours.


Kinja'd!!! Stef Schrader > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/30/2017 at 11:02

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Definitely a backpfeifengesicht, especially after his wannabe-macho statements earlier that propelled him to fame. Zero excuse for that.

Texas, stop electing stupid people.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Stef Schrader
07/30/2017 at 19:44

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Google Translate says backpfeifengesicht means “a face in need of a fist.”

Does that sound about right?