It can be difficult to run for Senate. Your Wonkette knows; we haven’t done it many times because of how difficult it is. Michael Baumgartner, though, is running for Senate against Maria Cantwell, and was righteously pissed off because a reporter asked him questions that weren’t on his agenda, and so responded thoughtfully about the issues of the day. By telling the reporter to go fuck himself.
Feit published the e-mail Tuesday on his politics blog, PubliCola. He said he interviewed Baumgartner, a state senator running against Democrat Sen. Maria Cantwell, Monday to get his take on the political news of the day: comments made by U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, about rape and pregnancy. During the interview, Baumgartner expressed frustration that social issues were getting so much attention, while his biggest issue, ending the war in Afghanistan, was not.
Then, at 10:45 p.m. Monday, Baumgartner e-mailed Feit a photo of himself and a Navy SEAL, Pat Feeks, who died recently in Afghanistan. “Take a good look and then go (expletive) yourself,” Baumgartner wrote.
In an interview Tuesday, Baumgartner confirmed he sent the e-mail and said it was part of a larger conversation, which he would not describe. “It was sent from my personal e-mail. It was a personal comment to Josh,” he said.
Who doesn’t e-mail “personal” comments berating reporters following interviews? And what sort of traitor commie libtard reporter would reveal the very private and personal fuck yous of important candidates who think about the issues and love the troops like their own children?
Speaking of loving children, Baumgartner, who would like to talk about the issues in his race, did this:
Baumgartner apologized several months ago for going after Cantwell for being unmarried, saying she ”frequently voted to undermine the role of parents in child-rearing.”
Presumably, he sent her a picture of a baby and told her to go fuck herself until she could have one, because he is a Republican running for office and unaware of how vaginas work.
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a Navy SEAL, Pat Feeks, who died recently in Afghanistan
And the reporter is responsible for this tragic death because…?
JFC…
Baumgartner blows seals?
No, that's just ice cream.
Please, he is a reporter. So clearly he is a Muslim Socialist who is working to bring down this country. QED.
Well, Jesus fucking Christ would be fucking Himself, so there you have it.
BECAUSe SHUT UP IS wHY!!1!
If the reporter goes and "fucks himself" would he be unable to become pregnant because his "body has ways to shut down the whole thing"?
Not if it was consensual.
More importantly, if the reporter goes and "fucks himself", would that be considered gay sex?
That would make him a unisexual.
I had one of those once but it was too hard to keep my balance.
It does do something to one's inner ears.
What goes around, comes around!
It worse than that – It is incestual, gay, anal sex and quite possibly masturbation. That is a Conservative's worst nightmare.
What if he, or she, depending on how he self-identifies, was a hermaphrodite? Hanh? HANH?
That would clearly be heterosexual and thus permissible IF he was married to himself.
You mean a Conservative's hottest fantasy?
Republicans promoting gay sex… again?
Only if he does so illegitimately.
If he fucks himself, I think that would have to be consensual so he would be able to impregnate himself.
I've fucked myself several times against my will, usually at a wedding chapel.
Wow, that's pretty bold. Did anyone see you?
Sadly, there were witnesses so I couldn't get an annulment.
ftw, been there, done that, still paying
I hope it at least felt good at the time!
See, that's my problem. If they could ever make sex unpleasant, half my troubles would be gone
I greatly fear that this entire string will show up verbatim and as fact in an authorized Sex Education text book in Texas.
His mom is a teacher.
"I don't feel 'tardy."
Is the reporter a young man from Nantucket?
If the reporter could do that he probably wouldn't leave the house.
"So…what do you call your act?"
"The Aristocrat!"
I'm not saying all wingnuts are sociopaths, but it would explain a lot of the things they've said lately.
Only disagree with your diagnosis. Sociopaths are often charming in public. There are better words for what they are.
Michael Baumgartner is just another example of the idiots who now control the GOP. If you're a woman of any stripe, just take a look at what these dickwads think of you and your gender. Generally, they are self-pretentious pricks who feel they have been picked on for too long by the wimmins, messicans, muslins, and pretty much everyone else who isn't them. Asswipes.
Recall that Karl Rove says he became a conservative when he was a kid because a girl with a Kennedy bumper sticker on the basket of her bicycle was mean to him.
And everyone called him Turd Blossom.
Fuck himself in a good way or a bad way?
In a legitimate way.
Or illegitimate way, if he did want to get preggers, and didn't have time to fill out all the paperwork to make it legitimate.
some people just like visiting the Abortionplex.
What statement is he making with that pink tie?
Not the one he thought he was making.
To be fair, fucking yourself prevents abortions.
Tried that, but I ended up just laying back and enjoying it.
To steal a bit from Woody Allen, at least it's sex with someone you love.
And nobody cares if you pick your nose in the afterglow.
Also by Woody: "I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own."
I still like to demand a government paid abortion all the same. Why should I miss out on all the fun because I'm a man and don't have a partner? That's sexist!
The GOP is fucking itself. Hard and legitimately.
Was it a shirtless photo? I only ask because he sends me those all the time. Nothing to see here, folks.
"Go **** yourself"
Further proof that republicans have no idea how their junk works.
If you hate Publicola and getting caught in the rain
If you're into Todd Akin, if you don't have a brain
If you like sending Fuck Yous at midnight to blogs from the Cape
Then I'm the candidate you've looked to vote for on 'forcible rape'
Oh my, wish I had a basketful of upfists for that.
A Republican that wants to end a war? RINO!
I am thinking that Michael Baumgartner is a man of his word. He tells someone to go fuck himself and in the process fucks himself and his own candidacy.
In fairness, his candidacy was fucked as soon as he put an (R) next to his name.
Up until this moment, I (a Washington state resident) had NO IDEA who was running against Maria Cantwell.
Now I do. And I feel comfortable telling him to go fuck himself.
He went on to say he sent the message out of frustration that more media attention hasn’t been given to his campaign platform to end the war in Afghanistan. “The problem is that many media outlets, including PubliCola, do not want to talk about why these men and women continue to be killed."
Yeah, because Obama wants to keep hundreds of thousands of troops in Afghanistan indefinitely. Doesn't he?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/obama-america…
Josh Feit is the Linda Tripp of 2012.
If there's one thing I learned from doing time in the Human Resources mines, it's that bad behavior is a superbly accurate predictor of more bad behavior. If this guy wins, he'll have a career worth watching for the entertainment value.
Cantwell would need to be documented taking 13 year olds from the swings, bringing them to Portland, Boise or Vancouver, BC, somehow fathering the babies they need to abort (which this moron probably thinks she's capable of), etc before she'd lose this election.
WA is a blue state and she's popular. However, I suspect this guy going on the RNC Offical No $$$ From Us List….
I thought "go fuck yourself" was the motto of the upcoming GOP convention.
After all, it's the personal motto of most Republicans I know.
It's certainly the first response I have to most Republicans in office…
Baumgartner apologized several months ago for going after Cantwell for being unmarried, saying she ”frequently voted to undermine the role of parents in child-rearing.”
All these womyns are making the Baby Jesus cry, what with their wanton, lustful ways.
Did he marry a kindergartener, or is that his daughter in the picture?
No, silly. That's his beard.
My bad. I should have noticed the pink tie.
And what's with the old ladies waving goodbye to someone else besides the bride and groom? Are they going on the honeymoon too?
Probably the INS agents to make sure he really married his mail-order bride.
Fuck me? Fuck you!
DR. DOOLITTLE LIBEL!
Austin Powers Libel!!!
At least he didn't say "go fuck yourself, this is a Holy site!"
If the reporter could fuck himself, would he even bother working?
Dudes at my college used to sing:
"If I could cook, I wouldn't need a spouse
if I could blow myself, I wouldn't leave the house."
to the tune of Word Up.
Then, at 10:45 p.m. Monday, Baumgartner e-mailed Feit a photo of himself and a Navy SEAL, Pat Feeks, who died recently in Afghanistan. “Take a good look and then go (expletive) yourself,” Baumgartner wrote.
It's 10:45 at night, do you know what kind of pictures your husband is masturbating to?
Rape? Go fuck yourself!
"See this guy? He DIED so he could be my political prop, so FUUUUCCKKKK YYYOOOUUUU!!!!1!"
What, "Kiss my ass! This is a HOLY PLACE!" was already taken?
During the interview, Baumgartner expressed frustration that social issues were getting so much attention, while his biggest issue, ending the war in Afghanistan, was not.
Just a guess here, Mikey, but I'm thinking it's because your GOP buds keep saying stupid shit about social issues that have almost zero to do with them personally.
DEIT: Oh, and these same GOP buds also don't have, or refuse to sign on to, a coherent plan for winding down the war in Afghanistan. Maybe you wanna talk to them about this, eh?
I can think of about 300 of colleagues should get this Email. Also.
But its the democrats who bring down the level of discourse, people. Come on, stay on message.
Fucketty, fuck, fuck fuck.
Because Jesus, that's why.
He refuses to discuss important domestic issues like a woman's right to choose, but says "fuck you" because there are still troops in Afghanistan – he sounds like a liberal purity troll from a place like Daily Kos; next he'll be saying "Obama is JUST LIKE Bush!" because there are still some troops in Afghanistan and he didn't give us a full socialized medicine plan that would never have passed Congress but instead compromised and gave us the ACA we have that actually passed.
Ohh, there's semen on the photo, next to a Navy Seal.
Navy SEALs are seamen, after all.
Not even so much as a peen print, sadly.
Jesse, I'm kinda surprised you didn't use this photo
Basketball? But white guys can't jump!
Bullpups, no less. WTF is a bullpup????
This, according to da Googles
heh heh…it's says "buttstock"….heh heh
He looks like the Heath Ledger version of the Joker. Only pastier.
Oh, I'm sure he's used it alright. . .
So, he's upset about his friend dying in Afghanistan. Fine and good, but his anger isn't at the Republican Bush's diverting sufficient resources from there to his Oedipus complex, lied to get into war in Iraq? Seriously?? His friend would have a much better chance of being alive if Bush hadn't screwed up so royally. Sorry, no sympathy for fucking morons.
Baumgartner apologized several months ago for going after Cantwell for being unmarried, saying she ”frequently voted to undermine the role of parents in child-rearing.
I would frequently vote against rearing a child, too.
skoal rebel for senator!!!! 'fuck y all!'
What would Kurt Cobain say?
Nevermind?
Rape me–in a legitimate way?
Smells like douchebag?
Bang! Thud.
Too soon!
Something about territorial pissings?
Offer a recipe for Cajun-seasoned, blackened tumors? Good eats!
Oh my a republican who doesn't want to answer questions about his views. Why you would think he doesn't want his stupid, ignorant, asshole thoughts made public. However, as is often true with the truly ignorant, his words betrayed him.
While "Afghanistan, damn it!" is a change from the standard GNoP "9/11, stupid!" if one member of the Senate or House could really make a difference regarding the US being in a war, Barbara Lee would have kept us out of Iraq.
This has got to be made up. No self-respecting Navy Seal would be called Baumgartner.
Isn't that usually the name of the guy who gets blown up in the first reel?
AKA the unknown character in the landing party in a Star Trek episode.
A red shirt. How appropriate.
I have a buddy who was in the Marines whose last name is Dick. He says that was a little rough.
It's ok local bloggers have a way of shutting that whole thing down.
The Washington State Republican Party has decided to take on Sarah Palin as their spiritual and intellectual guide. And they continue to wonder why the Republican party continues to wither in this state. In the 60s, moderate Republicans threw out the Birchers that controlled the party, and manage to do well in elections. Since the 80s and Reagan, they started a downhill slide into a mess of radical, paranoid fools. Heck, in 1988, Pat Robertson won the caucuses here. Anyone who doesn't tow the Rush Limbaugh/Koch brothers line is declared a RINO, and debate mostly comes down to believing that everyone is dumb since they refuse to support the far right. I weep for them, I truly shed a tear.
Dammit, now there'll be chaos at your borders due to the flood of refugees screaming for asylum and Washington State drivers licenses!!
Baumgartner apologized several months ago for going after Cantwell for being unmarried, saying she ”frequently voted to undermine the role of parents in child-rearing.”
Sure, because everyone knows only married people can become parents. That's why Republicans never go on jags about how single parents are unfit to raise kids.
Of course only married people can become pregnant. It has long been shown that if a women doesn't have a ring on her finger, her body will clamp down and prevent her from being pregnant. Don't you know any science?
If only that were true. (We'd all save a lot of money on birth control!)
What a crazy ghoulish smile…
Someone's been gartnering too much bum.
"I don't see a problem, after all, it's a good Anglo-Saxon word." Mitt Romoney.
Part of that special relationship
Yes, verrrry special.
Let me explain this for you, Mr. Baumgartner.
Bush invaded Afghanistan as a feint so he could invade his real target, Iraq. For years, the troops there were literally on a shoestring and did not have enough reinforcements, logistical support, etc., to get the job done. So, when Obama became President, he got us out of Iraq and reinforced Afghanistan in order to at least try to get Al Qaeda's leadership. Also, he couldn't just pull out the troops and go home because assholes like you would have hollered "cut and run" at him. Plus, it would have been dangerous to do that precipitously. Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, Obama thinks he can do the same thing in Afghanistan that he did in Iraq, and he will. It just won't be as fast as anyone wants it to be.
Oh, and go fuck yourself because you should have already known this.
Oh, those of you outside of Washington State might not know this, but "go fuck yourself" is a local way to express affection. I know, because as I drive into the city every day, I express love and affection for all of my fellow commuters, loudly, with the windows rolled down.
"Go fuck yourself" is what we call "Seattle nice".
Update: Baumgartner retracts his nonpology:
State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate Michael Baumgartner issued an apology Tuesday, then retracted it after apparently sending a profane email to a reporter for the political blog Publicola.
"Let me just say, Josh had it coming in this email, and I don't apologize," Baumgartner told KIRO 7's Graham Johnson on Tuesday afternoon. "Look, it's a naughty word. It doesn't amount to a whole lot."
Stay classy, Baumy.
Knowing absolutely nothing about Baumgartner, and having read not one word of the article (yet), my first thought upon glancing at that picture for one second?
That man is *pissed to shit* that his wife made him wear a pink satin tie on their wedding day.
Who does Baumgartner think he is? Rahm Emanuel?
Big Baum condemned the Akins' comment because “There is no place for these kinds of statements in politics." Apparently, "Fuck you" is acceptable for this good Christian.
Allen West: (slow clap)
In the same way that Clark Gable broke new ground in "Gone With The Wind" with "I don't give a damn," Dick Cheney opened new vistas of Republican discourse with "go fuck yourself."
True story: one of Mrs. Zombie Reagan's cousins is an active Navy SEAL, currently in Afghanistan. Can I start sending pictures of me and her cousin to wingnuts, with the caption "QED motherfucker"?
Do Republicans know how to fuck? Or they only know how to say it?
I believe that "Go Fuck Yourself" is known in Game Theory as "The Cheney Gambit".
Now there's a man's man for you: an email put-down.
So you're saying he should wait until marriage before he fucks himself?
What about a handjob?
Absofuckinglutely she should be married before fucking himself. A handjob is fine so long as there is no "Happy Ending."
Does a handjob even count as fucking?
Depends on who is doing the counting.
Imagine having sex with Orly Taitz.
See? There goes that half of your troubles.
According to my ex, I was able to accomplish making sex unpleasant.
President Bill didn't think it was.
Yes, but how do I explain the vomit on the sheets?
As opposed to "fancy stock." Because, duh, fancy!
I've never been the recipient of bad sex.
Given it a few times, but never gotten any.
You guys could have promising careers as Medieval Theologians.
How many angels can dance on the head of a dick?
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