• February 16, 2012

Republican Arizona congressperson Jeff Flake spent the week on a desert island, literally, and someone asked him how this made him feel. Well, truth is, Jeff Flake hasn’t felt like a man since leavin’ the ranch. Nope, it’s impossible to feel like much of a man at all, with this fancy humans-only society-livin’. “I’ve felt like a pansy, I guess, and this made it feel like I was actually doing something again.” Like, he didn’t feel like such a queer again, on account of all the nature and shit. “Congressman Flake didn’t realize that that word can have a negative connotation. He simply meant ‘wimpy.’ He apologizes if anyone took offense to it,” said his spokesperson. Does this look like the face of a pansy to you?? [Ben Smith]

{ 82 comments }

SayItWithWookies October 15, 2009 at 10:33 am

Looks more like a leg-humper to me.

whiskey tango foxtrot October 15, 2009 at 10:35 am

Did someone redact the linking verb in that there headline?

Lascauxcaveman October 15, 2009 at 10:36 am

As a pure-blodded wimp, I find your apology extremely offensive, sir.

Lascauxcaveman October 15, 2009 at 10:37 am

Heh. “Pure-blooded.”

Wimps can’t spell for shit. And they’re funny looking.

Pop Socket October 15, 2009 at 10:37 am

The question is rhetorical, right?

freakishlystrong October 15, 2009 at 10:38 am

No, that face cold screams “I’m a bottom”…

ph7 October 15, 2009 at 10:38 am

Seeing how he spent his week on the island repeatedly posing for shirtless photos, I think we went in pansy,and came out one, too.

DangerousLiberal October 15, 2009 at 10:42 am

When those kids in 7th grade called me a pansy ’cause I couldn’t play sports for shit, they knew that they really wanted to say “fag.” Which I wasn’t, but still…. So this guy doesn’t know what the word means? Asshat.

queeraselvis v 2.0 October 15, 2009 at 10:42 am

Answer, Jeopardy-style: What is “Hell Yes?”

hobospacejunkie October 15, 2009 at 10:44 am

gay face

Doglessliberal October 15, 2009 at 10:44 am

He didn’t realize the word can have a negative connotation? First: He was using it for its negative connotation. Second: what adult American male doesn’t know what that word connotes? I think it was a requirement for years that coaches of boys’ sports had to scream the word at players. So, if you are going to try to cover your ass after the fact, Flakeboy, do it credibly.

Oh, and Jeff, if you don’t want to be a pansy, have the balls to apologize yourself, OK?

Norbert October 15, 2009 at 10:45 am

Hiking the Appalachian trail = boning an Argentinian lady
Spending a week alone on a desert island = 7 days of nothing but wanking

Doglessliberal October 15, 2009 at 10:45 am

[re=435616]ph7[/re]: and he said he was on the island ALONE, with only minimal provisions. So who took the photos, and with what? He MacGyvered up a cocoanut camera on a palm tree tripod?

hobospacejunkie October 15, 2009 at 10:45 am

[re=435620]DangerousLiberal[/re]: They couldn’t call you a fag in 7th grade? What a bunch of pansies.

S.Luggo October 15, 2009 at 10:46 am

Jeffy was born in Snowflake, Arizona. End of discussion.

ManchuCandidate October 15, 2009 at 10:48 am

I dunno. He seems rather Flakey to me.

Clancy_Pants October 15, 2009 at 10:49 am

Pitcher or catcher?

PinkyTuscadero October 15, 2009 at 10:51 am

You felt like like something you can buy for 2.99 in the outdoor garden center at the Homos’ Depot? How can that possibly be, given that you hail from that dry-ass clump we call the state of arid zona? At the Depot the miraculous hidden misters administer water from time to time, and that, sir, is how pansies are grown. But in the arid zona, there are no misters. Just missuses. Oh, now I get how you’re a pansy.

Kingbee October 15, 2009 at 10:51 am

The problem is that when at home, he wears his pansy suit — footie pajamas with a big, gorgeous, artificial pansy sewn to the breast. When he was on the island, he was gloriously naked! Flake.

Mustang October 15, 2009 at 10:51 am

He looks like the closeted guy at the party who goes out of his way to look like he’s trying to pick up girls.

WadISay October 15, 2009 at 10:51 am

If you really want to get your manhood back, go to an island where you can hunt “the most dangerous game.”

bfstevie October 15, 2009 at 10:52 am

He probably should’ve said “Nancy boy”. Or, in young people speak, nancy boi.

Marlowe October 15, 2009 at 10:52 am

Does this look like the face of a pansy to you??

Yes.

Woodwards Friend October 15, 2009 at 10:52 am

This is Glenn Beck’s Republican Party. They’re all pansies now. Also they’re all Rush Limbaugh. Whereas.

iolanthe October 15, 2009 at 10:52 am

That is a serious case of gayface.

binarian October 15, 2009 at 10:55 am

“Jeff Flake”? Really? Wow.

WarAndG October 15, 2009 at 10:55 am

Coincidentally Rep. Pansy is trying redact his comment about him being a flake.

Doglessliberal October 15, 2009 at 10:56 am

[re=435641]iolanthe[/re]: look at his whole-body shots. Maybe Playgirl will let him do a pictorial with Levi?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101760.html

binarian October 15, 2009 at 10:56 am

Oh, and alt text for this pic? “Yeah, kids used to beat me up and take my lunch money in school.”

queeraselvis v 2.0 October 15, 2009 at 10:56 am

[re=435626]Doglessliberal[/re]: According to the CNN article, “minimal provisions” included sunscreen (a suggestion made by… wait for it… John McCain), a satellite phone (to call his wife), a desalinator so he could have fresh water, and a snorkeling kit complete with spear and net (to catch him some Chicken of the Sea, presumably). No word on whether or not he brought a soccer ball that he could decorate with a face so he could have someone to talk to.

charlesdegoal October 15, 2009 at 10:58 am

Flake, pansy, what’s the difference?

Mahousu October 15, 2009 at 10:59 am

I wouldn’t call him a pansy. More of a petunia.

ttommyunger October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am

No, he’s not TOO gay! Got to be rough being a little “light” in your cowboy boots when your’re from the “Skidmark State.” You’ll do all kinds of dumb shit to deny it, like spending a week on an island playing wak-a-mole with your wang 24/7. Jeesh!

hobospacejunkie October 15, 2009 at 11:01 am

Jeff Flake has destroyed thousands of lives with his pansy comment. Waiting for news that he hasn’t voted in the past 25 years. Because voting is for pansies.

t_rax October 15, 2009 at 11:01 am

Rep. Matthew McConaughey (R-AZ)

Doglessliberal October 15, 2009 at 11:03 am

[re=435647]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: what a pansy.

joeybrill October 15, 2009 at 11:04 am

The gray tufted varicose-vein testicle set is HUGE in his area. The have survived circuit parties on less than two bumps and a Snapple. Poor Jeff is dead meat.

teebob2000 October 15, 2009 at 11:04 am

Well, he shouldn’t have spent all that time when he came back in the Tucson Greyhound terminal trolling the men’s room stalls. I know when I do that, I definitely feel like a queer!

progressiveinga October 15, 2009 at 11:05 am

Highlighted hair? Check
Bleached teeth? Check
Plucked eyebrows? Check
Conclusion: Pansy is as pansy does.

Pop Socket October 15, 2009 at 11:05 am

[re=435632]Clancy_Pants[/re]: Pinch hitter.

nbawriter October 15, 2009 at 11:06 am

Pansy? I kind of feel a little sorry for the guy if he had to apologize for that.

Do they sell sympathy pairs of Mormon underwear that you can gift for a guy?

nbawriter October 15, 2009 at 11:08 am

[re=435647]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: (Joe) Wilson!!!! YOU LIE!

qaf October 15, 2009 at 11:09 am

[re=435628]S.Luggo[/re]: Shouldn’t he have ten or so slightly-related siblings?

ShiningMathPath October 15, 2009 at 11:10 am

[re=435655]hobospacejunkie[/re]: he meant to say “panzy” –like he’d been spending too much time immersed in styrofoam

Aflac Shrugged October 15, 2009 at 11:12 am

It’s not the living amidst the heights of modern convenience that makes you a pansy, Jeff. It’s the intern frosting all over your face.

Just use a wide stance and let your freak flag fly high. It’s only a matter of time before the Republicans elect so many closet cases that they have to back you guys up in public.

qaf October 15, 2009 at 11:14 am

[re=435626]Doglessliberal[/re]: To be fair, he was sharing the island with Sally Lightfoot crabs, which seems appropriate somehow.

magic titty October 15, 2009 at 11:16 am

He looks like he masturbates to magazines.

nbawriter October 15, 2009 at 11:18 am

[re=435688]magic titty[/re]: So he’s bipartisan?

Doris Ziffel October 15, 2009 at 11:18 am

[re=435661]progressiveinga[/re]:[re=435645]Doglessliberal[/re]: Not to mention that he apparently works out a lot and wears those skin-tight workout shirts when he’s wearing a shirt at all.

finallyhappy October 15, 2009 at 11:18 am

I guess his constituents are stupid- since the rest of us know he knows what pansy means.

Doglessliberal October 15, 2009 at 11:19 am

[re=435708]Doris Ziffel[/re]: not that there’s anything wrong with that

S.Luggo October 15, 2009 at 11:21 am

[re=435666]qaf[/re]: Yeah, and they all look like this: http://pbskids.org/teletubbies/noflash/coloring/tinkywinky.gif

Let Me Wet My Beak October 15, 2009 at 11:35 am

The irony is, the pansy is an incredibly hardy flower that blooms amid the snow.

Gopherit October 15, 2009 at 11:37 am

Jake Flake is a delicate flower.

S.Luggo October 15, 2009 at 11:39 am

BTW: Alan Grayson has major hatred for Representative Flake.
http://grayson-for-congress.blogspot.com/2008/04/us-senate-unanimous-against-genetic.html

GayInMaine October 15, 2009 at 11:41 am

Is this the beginning of a sex scandal? Because its been a pretty boring start to Cocktober so far. Just saying.

Come here a minute October 15, 2009 at 11:45 am

I’m offended by ‘wimpy’. Now I’ll never vote for that pansy.

Holden Caulfield October 15, 2009 at 11:52 am

Does this look like the face of a pansy to you??

Not so much the face as the hair. That’s definitely pansy hair.

Barrelhse October 15, 2009 at 11:59 am

Tres Ghey, I’d say.

thefrontpage October 15, 2009 at 12:07 pm

Yes, we guess that working as a federal Congressman isn’t really “doing anything.” Yes, that’s correct, that’s accurate. So please resign from office today, since you’re not really doing anything. And let someone take the office who feels like they are really doing something. Maybe you can write a book about spending a week on an island and eating fish, crab and coconuts. Maybe it’ll even be turned into a movie, starring, maybe, Tom Hanks. But, it should be noted, Tom Hanks is not a pansy.

Humpback October 15, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Ya know, I can see his point. He’s been called a flake all his life and he probably never realized it was an insult.

Monsieur Grumpe October 15, 2009 at 12:13 pm

When I see his photo I envision a Craiglist posting that says:

Will clean your toilet with my tongue for insults and spankings.

house of the blue lights October 15, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Well, he can’t say he felt like “flake” clearly, so what else was left?

Carrie_Okie October 15, 2009 at 12:42 pm

Poofter

chascates October 15, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Hook him up with Meghan.

PuffAdder October 15, 2009 at 12:53 pm

[re=435644]WarAndG[/re]: Ahh! Hot miso soup everwhere!! You bastard.

/yeah, he’s a pansy

AnnieGetYourFun October 15, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Hm. I would have said “hockey player on vacation in Hawaii” if you hadn’t gone and ruined it by telling me he’s a politician.

RoscoePColtraine October 15, 2009 at 1:17 pm

Just say “candy-ass” because everyone likes candy.

lawrenceofthedesert October 15, 2009 at 1:40 pm

This entire posting is rampant botanism. Why do animals insist on disseminating devastating caricatures of plants? Is a pansy any less in God’s eyes than a moose? (okay, it’s slightly less funny…) Until plants have equal rights, all of our rights are diminished. Tokenism is no longer enough — electing vegetables like Jeff Flake or Michele Bachmann to Congress won’t suffice. And while we’re at it, let’s change his name to Jeffrey Avalanche for using the p-word.

PsycGirl October 15, 2009 at 1:52 pm

In related news, Congressman Pansy dealt with being a flake.

JSDC007 October 15, 2009 at 1:57 pm

Jack Tripper meets early 90s gay porn set to music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, i.e., a pussy bottom.

S. Cullen Bonz October 15, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Is that his publicity shot from his tour with “Up With People”?

Vulpes82 October 15, 2009 at 2:23 pm

I wasn’t quite sure based on the portrait, but this picture (http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/congressman-insincerely-apologizes-to-flowers) convinced me: THIS pansy wouldn’t mind being on a desert island with THAT pansy!

Min October 15, 2009 at 2:27 pm

What a flake.

PoignancySelz October 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm

This post was just equal opportunity to all our gay friends, re: Meg’s tatas.
He also looks more excited than a fag in a locker room.

cybervoyeur October 15, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Any pansy or flake that has a worked-out body like that has got to be gay.

Uncle Glenny October 15, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Fuck. As I was skimming my Wonkette I saw that pic before I even read the headling and thought “pansy.”

I mean, how did that guy make it out of high school?

Neoyorquino October 15, 2009 at 4:27 pm

I’m sure he doesn’t feel like a pansy. But I’ll bet you feels pretty. Oh, so pretty. He feels pretty, and witty and . . . well, this is a much easier set-up than a “got a rocket in your pocket” reference. And yes, I enjoy the occasional show tune. What of it?

Violenza October 15, 2009 at 8:18 pm

Closeted weirdo in a wind tunnel!!

Robert Zimmerframe October 15, 2009 at 11:02 pm

“uh, what I really said was chimpanzee, you know, I was climbing the trees and, uh, eating bananas and stuff”.

NYNYNY October 16, 2009 at 12:19 am

Mormon political dynasty scion heiress.

LowerdPeninsula October 16, 2009 at 1:41 am

I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I didn’t know the connotation of the word until I was probably a teen, and played “Smeer the Queer” at recess (a kind of primative football/rugby hybrid for those that don’t know) during my elementary school days thinking of the name of the game as practically one word, and/or having no idea what a ‘queer’ was.

At this guy’s age, however, he’s just bold-facedly lying.

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