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SOUTHERNERS ARE SO TOUCHY

  • CLINTON, GORE BASICALLY HAVE SEX: “They shook hands first, and than hugged for a full five seconds, with Mr. Clinton patting his hand along Mr. Gore’s back and lingering before moving on to greet the waiting family members.” Nothing beats a good grundle-pumping on the tarmac. [NYT]


3:55 PM on Wed August 5 2009
By Jim Newell
1313 Views

  1. Sussemilch says at 3:59 pm, August 5th, 2009

    They shook … hugged … Clinton patting … Gore’s … member

  2. V572625694 says at 4:00 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Grundle-pumping: had to look it up, and having done so, ew.

    Wonkette is edumacational!

  3. Come here a minute says at 4:00 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Mmmmmmm…..grundle.

  4. orange says at 4:01 pm, August 5th, 2009

    The word “linger” is pretty sweet.

  5. Gopherit says at 4:01 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Nothing beats a good grundle-pumping on the tarmac.

    Jim, your memoirs are going to read like the Washingtonienne’s, aren’t they?

  6. TheNavOne says at 4:01 pm, August 5th, 2009

    When did the NYT start writing Ex Presidential slash fiction?

  7. NoWireHangers says at 4:02 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Now we know what gets Adam Nagourney off.

  8. SayItWithWookies says at 4:02 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Al: Thank you for saving people who were near and dear to me and who I was afraid were gone forever.
    Bill: No problem — coulda done that for you in 2000 too, if you’d only asked.

  9. Nappied Hypotenuse says at 4:06 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Jim, if I hadn’t recently changed my handle to this, I would gladly become Grundle Pumper. Writing!

  10. Mahousu says at 4:06 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Euna Lee has a really cute daughter.

    And Al Gore cannot keep his hands off - well, pretty much anybody, in those pictures. Perhaps we were under a misconception as to who the real horndog was in that administration.

  11. Balls! says at 4:06 pm, August 5th, 2009

    They should have stuck to the dutch rudder, that’s not nearly as gay

  12. Mr Blifil says at 4:06 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Then Clinton lifted the diminutive Mr. Jong-il and slowly inserted him into Mr. Gore’s rectum while hollering “Have a Lewinsky Havana Special!”

    Or words to that effect.

  13. RoscoePColtraine says at 4:07 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Dems are gay fornicators. That’s why they’re Dems.

  14. Citizen Kang says at 4:09 pm, August 5th, 2009

    SayItWithWookies:

    Ahhh…you gotta love it. Elder statesmen behaving badly.

  15. nappyduggs says at 4:12 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Grundle pumping. Mr. Newell, you have just SAVED MY MARRIAGE!11!!1

    Fuck you.

  16. RoscoePColtraine says at 4:15 pm, August 5th, 2009

    V572625694: Same here. But I’ve always called that a taint. Males have an abundance of names for certain spots. How soon can I work ‘grundle’ into a casual conversation?

  17. McDuff says at 4:16 pm, August 5th, 2009
  18. Scruffy_The_Janitor says at 4:17 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Scruffy wouldn’t mind an extended Slick Willy hug…

  19. Pirate King of the Jews says at 4:18 pm, August 5th, 2009

    wikipedia does not recognize “grundle pump”

  20. BadKitty says at 4:19 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Bless you for not posting a photo.

  21. chascates says at 4:20 pm, August 5th, 2009

    And Limbaugh asked today if Clinton hit on the two Asian journalists he rescued.

  22. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 4:21 pm, August 5th, 2009

    V572625694: You and me both. There’s something to be said for blissful ignorance.

  23. freakishlystrong says at 4:22 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Is grundle where frumunda comes from?

  24. Jukesgrrl says at 4:23 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Hansel and Grundle.

  25. Extemporanus says at 4:23 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Nothing beats a good grundle-pumping on the tarmac.

    A Beowulf-milking on the driveway comes pretty damn close.

  26. hockeymom says at 4:25 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Nagourney called them both fat in the article.
    Also.

  27. kdaddy says at 4:26 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Growing up on a farm you learn, when the big animals get to pumping, get out of the way or
    become part of the grundle.

  28. magic titty says at 4:28 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Pirate King of the Jews: Wikipedia would know it if it saw it.

  29. blinky_twinkie says at 4:32 pm, August 5th, 2009

    I’ve been wondering what a “grundle” is since the movie “Dodgeball” came out. And now I know. Yay knowledge (ew).

  30. Rev. Peter Lemonjello says at 4:34 pm, August 5th, 2009

    What, no scritches?

  31. hobospacejunkie says at 4:56 pm, August 5th, 2009

    hockeymom: Nagourney is such a bitchy weight queen he can’t help editorializing. Except when it comes to describing health care industry stooges.

  32. V572625694 says at 4:58 pm, August 5th, 2009

    RoscoePColtraine: queeraselvis v 2.0: My distaste for the term itself is not, however, indicative of any actual repugnance for the act as such, when performed upon me by a suitable partner.

    This is how Bill Clinton would phrase it on the witness stand.

  33. Gorillionaire says at 5:06 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Great. Now I have to rub one out at work. Thanks alot Wonkette.

  34. Gopherit says at 5:31 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Gorillionaire: you are going to hell for saying that.

  35. El Pinche says at 5:34 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Wake me when there’s youtube footage of bubba and al scissoring each other.
    Fingerbanging, also.

  36. snideinplainsight says at 5:45 pm, August 5th, 2009

    But what about the Buffalo Wishbone?

  37. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 5:48 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Takes me back to the spouse swamping days of the Clinton/Gore Bus trip.

    And, Jim, you should be happy, this article is already the fourth hit out of 1240 when you google “Grundle pumping.”

    Sussemilch: Now that is a movie I would pay to see.

    Of course you could have gone with: They shook . . . first, and than hugged . . . , with Mr. Clinton . . . hand along Mr. Gore’s back . . . lingering before moving on to . . . the waiting . . . members.

    Or simply: They shook . . . and . . . hugged . . . the . . . members.

  38. mightysea says at 5:51 pm, August 5th, 2009

    They were merely exchanging long protein strands. If you can think of a simpler way, I’d like to hear it. Thanks for not making any jokes about the global warming in Gore’s pants, etc etc.

  39. Snarkalicious says at 5:53 pm, August 5th, 2009

    snideinplainsight: That’s a younger man’s game, son. We’ll have to settle for a Niagra Lazy-Braid.

  40. The Station Manager says at 6:11 pm, August 5th, 2009

    mightysea: Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.

  41. Todd Mecklem says at 6:11 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Just sweet nostalgia for the days when Al was Bill’s favorite Vice…

  42. lemprika says at 6:11 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Is it too early for us to call that scene the “Bromance” of the summer.

  43. widget09 says at 6:29 pm, August 5th, 2009

    I don’t know but I think a “rusty trombone” might trump that grundle pumping.
    Ante Up.

  44. Uncle Glenny says at 6:36 pm, August 5th, 2009

    NYT left out the line about Bill smuggling a Nork missile in his pocket.

    chascates: Sometimes I think Rush scavenges the Wonkette comments then has editors work on the points so they seem less realistic.

  45. Carl Spakler says at 7:32 pm, August 5th, 2009

    When I look the NYT pic I hear the theme to Love Story…

    OK, it was actually the theme to Shaft

  46. Scandalabra says at 8:19 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Thank god Al didn’t take advantage of the tarmac photo op to deliver a “Cleveland Steamer”.

  47. Lazy Media says at 10:29 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Everybody wants Bill Clinton to touch them. Those who have not been In The Presence don’t know it yet, but if you ever meet his Massive Red-Faced Eminence, you will understand. It’s a weird vibe. The dude’s charisma can kill at 100 paces.

  48. dedalus says at 11:23 pm, August 5th, 2009

    Hate to admit it, but Bing sniffed out the old Grundle for me, whereas Google kept referring me to some circle jerk site named Wonkett.

    Thanks Mr. Ballme. Er…

  49. hobospacejunkie says at 1:06 am, August 6th, 2009

    Lazy Media: So true. My wife met him at a fundraiser last fall & swoons every time she talks about it.

    And I shook his hand back in ‘92 in the late summer/early fall Texas heat. Boy howdy was his face red. Looked like he was about to spontaneously combust.

  50. So the Fab Four Less Two are together, again?

  51. LoweredPeninsula says at 5:04 am, August 6th, 2009

    Lazy Media: Everybody wants Bill Clinton to touch them.

    Win; because it’s true. Today, we are all wanting to be touched by Bill Clinton (Blythe).

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