nine-gear crow posted:

Obama gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod and everyone freaked the gently caress out over HOW DARE HE GIVE THE QUEEN MODERN PEASANT TECHNOLOGY, and the Queen said it was actually the perfect gift because her old iPod was starting to crap out and she was thinking of getting a new one anyway.

NBC posted:

President Bush’s “Hook ’em, ’horns” salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.

That’s what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.

“Shock greeting from Bush daughter,” a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush’s daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign.

evilbastard posted:

Which led to this comment : https://terminallance.com/2013/05/17/terminal-lance-presidential-service/

Helsing posted:

"The fact of the matter is that I've always—and you'll know this—been more enthusiastic about costumes than is sometimes appropriate.. When I was in high school, I dressed up at a talent show and sang Dale—with makeup on."

nine-gear crow posted:

Obama gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod and everyone freaked the gently caress out over HOW DARE HE GIVE THE QUEEN MODERN PEASANT TECHNOLOGY, and the Queen said it was actually the perfect gift because her old iPod was starting to crap out and she was thinking of getting a new one anyway.

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I really, really want to know what HM the Queen's playlists look like.

nine-gear crow posted:

Obama gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod and everyone freaked the gently caress out over HOW DARE HE GIVE THE QUEEN MODERN PEASANT TECHNOLOGY, and the Queen said it was actually the perfect gift because her old iPod was starting to crap out and she was thinking of getting a new one anyway.

Aruan posted:

Nameless Pete posted:

Gotta go with CA state senator Leland Yee, who passed legislation restricting the sale of violent video games at the same time he was trafficking weapons from Philippine Islamists to the San Francisco Triads. His Triad contact was a guy named "Shrimp Boy," while the guns (and missiles!) were purchased from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or MILF.

He still got 9.8% of the primary vote for Secretary of State, even after withdrawing from the race awaiting trial.

evilbastard posted:

Which led to this comment : https://terminallance.com/2013/05/17/terminal-lance-presidential-service/

RC and Moon Pie posted:

Bush does Hook 'em Horns, confuses Norwegians.

RC and Moon Pie posted:

Bush does Hook 'em Horns, confuses Norwegians.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-bush-vomits-on-prime-minister-of-japan posted:

One of the most widely ridiculed and memorable gaffes in the history of the United States Presidency occurred in Japan on the evening of January 8, 1992, when President George H.W. Bush vomits on the Prime Minister of Japan.

Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa was hosting a dinner for the president in honor of his state visit. Bush, who was 67 at the time, appeared to be in fine health, playing doubles tennis with the Emperor of Japan and his son that morning. During the dinner, however, Bush suddenly fell ill. He leaned forward, then fell to his side, vomiting into the lap of his host, the Prime Minister. Bush then fainted as his wife Barbara, his aides, and members of the Secret Service swiftly attended him. He was revived within moments, and was able to leave the dinner under his own power, apologizing for the incident.

mobby_6kl posted:

If we can do British scandals, how about #piggate, where this fine lad supposedly put his dick in a pig's mouth (not this one)

How are u posted:

"Homophobe lawmaker who fucks men on the DL" is one of my favorite genres.

HashtagGirlboss posted:

One of my favorite political scandals is Oregon Rep David Wu. Beyond people in the Portland suburbs and Susan Bonamici, who owes her job to his meltdown, I’m not sure how many folks remember him. The scandal itself wasn’t what I’d call funny in any sense—it was about sexual assault back when the Democratic Party was still occasionally willing to take their members to task for such things. But what sets Mr. Wu apart was the odd emails he sent out during his final congressional campaig, including this one where he’s dressed up like his fursona



Every so often I remember that picture and it makes me smile and I hope it jogs your memory of an otherwise I think mostly forgotten moment when US politics achieved it’s true potential

BrigadierSensible posted:

My favourite of this genre is, (and forgive me for forgetting practically all of the details), the 70 odd year old US Republican senator who would always travel with a rent boy. But his excuse for always having a young, male travelling companion, (that stayed in the same room with him if I remember my salacious details correctly), was "I'm an old man, so I need this fit young muscular 20 year old to carry my luggage."

And as far as I remember he didn't get in any real trouble for it. Even for the misappropriation of funds, which he was using to buy his lover, (once again if I remember my gossip correctly they weren't even in a relationship, the old dude was straight up paying the younger dude to be an escort), plane tickets and assorted gifts etc.

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

Barack Obama wore a tan suit that one time

HashtagGirlboss posted:

including this one where he’s dressed up like his fursona

DrSunshine posted:

Let's Remember Furry Political Scandals

DrSunshine posted:

Let's Remember Furry Political Scandals

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Please do.

quote:

“It’s nothing to do with sex; it’s an interest in cartoon animals,” Chamberlain told the newspaper Thursday.

But the profile also indicated that Chamberlain “tolerates” rape, prompting at least one commenter on the Facebook post to question the lawmaker’s ability to lead.

azflyboy posted:

Does "Homophobic Idaho Senator caught cruising for sex in airport bathroom" count?

In 2007, Larry Craig was arrested after an undercover police officer at the Minneapolis airport (who was there because of complaints about sexual activity in the bathrooms) observed Craig: "At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. ... The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area. Craig then proceeded to swipe his left hand under the stall divider several times, with the palm of his hand facing upward."

Craig claimed that he was actually picking up some paper from the floor, and that his foot movements were explained by the fact that " I'm a fairly wide guy."

He then pled guilty to disorderly conduct, said he'd resign from the Senate, and then immediately tried to withdraw the guilty plea and refused to resign, but didn't run for re-election in 2008 when his term ended.

karthun posted:

The Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom was renovated a few years back at MSP and they removed the Larry Craig Memorial Stall.

quote:

Remarking on falling crop prices, Obama asked, “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

Arugula-gate, as it inevitably came to be called, was immediately deemed a gaffe—a sign that Obama was an out-of-touch elitist. (The New York Times noted that there wasn’t a Whole Foods in all of Iowa.)

quote:

"... In my opinion, it is time the people of the United States should know that their money goes to buy for their plain hard-handed democratic President, knives, forks, and spoons of gold, that he may dine in the style of the monarchs of Europe. … What, sir, will the honest locofoco say to Mr. Van Buren for spending the People’s cash [for] GREEN FINGER CUPS , in which to wash his pretty tapering, soft, white, lily fingers, after dining on fricandeau de veau and omelette soufflé? ...

And now we may, for a moment, imagine the elite of the court … all seated before this sumptuous array of gold and silver ware … compotiers on feet, and tambours elevated with three stages … [the] plateau with its splendid mirrors, fine gilding, carving, wreaths, garlands, fruits, and vines, and with its sixteen figures presenting crowns. … I ask you, how would a plain, frank, intelligent, republican farmer feel … if he were caught at a table like that? … I have been informed that even Members of Congress have, on some occasions, been … greatly perplexed to ascertain what dishes might be called for, there being no food whatever on the table , and no “bill of fare” … to designate the … nomenclature of the various viands upon which the palace guests were to banquet. The latter embarrassment, however, was soon removed by the butler announcing—

For the first course .—Potage au tortue, Potage à la Julienne, et Potage aux pois.

Second course .—Saumon, sauce d’anchois, Bass piqué à la Chambore.

Third course .—Suprême de volaille en bordure à la gelée, Filet de boeuf piqué au vin de Champagne, Pâté chaud à la Toulouse.

Fourth course .—Salade d’homard monté, Filets mignons de mouton en chevreuil, Cerveau de veau, au suprême, Pigeons à la royal aux champignons.

Fifth course .—Bécassines, Canard sauvages, Poulet de Guinée piquée.

Pâtisserie .—Charlotte russe au citron, Biscuit à la vanille decoré, Coupe garnie de gelée d’orange en quartiers, Gelée au marasquin, Gelée au Champagne rose, Blanc mange, Sultane, Nougat, Petits gateaux varies.

Dessert .— Fruits, et glace en pyramide, et en petits moules, Toste d’anchois, Café et liqueur. Followed by Sauterne, Hock, Champagne, Claret, Port, Burgundy, Sherry, and Madeira, “choisest brands.”…

The survey of smooth lawns and gently sloping meads, covered with rich coats of white and red clover and luxuriant orchard grass, made no delightful impression on their eyes. No, sir; mere meadows are too common to gratify the refined taste of an exquisite with sweet sandy whiskers. He must have undulations, beautiful mounds, and other contrivances, to ravish his exalted and ethereal soul. Hence, the reformers have constructed a number of clever sized hills, every pair of which, it is said, was designed to resemble and assume the form of an Amazon's bosom, with a miniature knoll or hillock on its apex, to denote the nipple."

Lurdiak posted:

Remember everything Rob Ford ever did lol.

Solkanar512 posted:

Can we include non-governmental organizations? If so, I’d like to nominate former head of the FIA Max Mosley.

Two words: Nazi orgy.

thekeeshman posted:

In order to really get the impact across to people, you have to mention that Max is the son of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists and big big fan of Hitler.

quote:

Cynthia (his first wife, with whom he cheated on with her sister and step mother) died of peritonitis in 1933, after which Mosley married his mistress Diana Guinness, née Mitford (1910–2003). They married in secret in Germany on 6 October 1936 in the Berlin home of Germany's Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels. Adolf Hitler was their guest of honour.

quote:

After his election failure in 1931, Mosley went on a study tour of the ’new movements’ of Italy's Benito Mussolini and other fascists, and returned convinced, particularly by Fascist Italy's economic programme,[22] that it was the way forward for Britain. He was determined to unite the existing fascist movements and created the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in 1932. The BUF was protectionist, strongly anti-communist and nationalistic to the point of advocating authoritarianism.[23] It claimed membership as high as 50,000, and had the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror among its earliest supporters.[21][24][25] The Mirror piece was a guest article by Daily Mail owner Viscount Rothermere and an apparent one-off; despite these briefly warm words for the BUF, the paper was so vitriolic in its condemnation of European fascism that Nazi Germany added the paper's directors to a hit list in the event of a successful Operation Sea Lion.[26] The Mail continued to support the BUF until the Olympia rally in June 1934.[27]