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Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 06:42 AM Dec 2014

Texas GOP congressman who owns ‘blow-me.org’ website accused of sexual harassment

How can this be??? He looks like a fine, upstanding fellow, nothing 2-3 generations of incest wouldn't produce.

A Texas Republican congressman is facing allegations of sexual harassment from a former staff member.

According to Mediaite, Rep. Blake Farenthold was accused of harassing a female staffer in a lawsuit filed last Friday. On Monday, it emerged that Farenthold is the owner of the URL “www.blow-me.org,” a currently inactive web address.

Freshman congressman and Tea Party favorite Farenthold was accused of sexual misconduct and of creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed by former staffer Lauren Greene.

Greene claims that Farenthold needed a team of staffers to accompany him to functions on Capitol Hill because of his tendency to drink too much and behave inappropriately toward women.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/texas-gop-congressman-who-owns-blw-me-org-website-accused-of-sexual-harassment/

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Texas GOP congressman who owns ‘blow-me.org’ website accused of sexual harassment (Original Post) Katashi_itto Dec 2014 OP

Looks like he hasn't missed too many trips to the buffet, either bluestateguy Dec 2014 #1

Some jokes just write themselves. Arkansas Granny Dec 2014 #2

Yep, agree, not much to add here. Pic and the website pretty much tells it all IMO! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2014 #4

Ducky Pajama Boy strikes again. hobbit709 Dec 2014 #3

Good god almighty! bulloney Dec 2014 #7

One word: Texas RedSpartan Dec 2014 #10

For some reason, I can't stop thinking of this nxylas Dec 2014 #12

If shoe fits... 47of74 Dec 2014 #38

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! The Pajama Photo!!!! hatrack Dec 2014 #18

Pictures like that just should never happen. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #31

He's the guy who told vets losing disability pay during the shutdown that they needed to sacrifice pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #5

Rep. Farenthold doesn't look like he's made many sacrifices in the buffet line. bulloney Dec 2014 #8

Don't tell a room full of trained killers they have to make sacrifices jmowreader Dec 2014 #40

What a disgusting pig! smirkymonkey Dec 2014 #41

Oh look, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is trying internet dating. Downtown Hound Dec 2014 #6

Disgusting. narnian60 Dec 2014 #9

I had the same reaction. Aerows Dec 2014 #27

Neither would I. 47of74 Dec 2014 #39

Ditto. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #33

likewise IronLionZion Dec 2014 #36

Add me to the list. sinkingfeeling Dec 2014 #37

My Congratulations Go To... Vogon_Glory Dec 2014 #11

He's closed the website, apparently. marble falls Dec 2014 #13

It sucks that his cover was blown. Orrex Dec 2014 #15

Maybe he felt deflated and prostrate with regret. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #19

After his election lasted more than four hours, everybody lost Orrex Dec 2014 #20

I'm sure it all came to a head with his acceptance speech. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #21

Did you know that he was alone on the stage? Orrex Dec 2014 #23

He's tried to get many women to sit on his staff, but they usually shrink from the task. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #24

I find it difficult to imagine Aerows Dec 2014 #28

He seems like quite the raconteur, does he not? msanthrope Dec 2014 #29

*smirk* Aerows Dec 2014 #30

I think that the important thing here is to make jokes about his weight Orrex Dec 2014 #14

The incest reference in the o.p. is funnier than the fat comments. Hoppy Dec 2014 #16

I call fowl Orrex Dec 2014 #22

A lamb is not a fowl. Hoppy Dec 2014 #25

This isn't even remotely funny Major Nikon Dec 2014 #42

He better not ut oh Dec 2014 #44

He was top 3 for Bill Maher's flip a district. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #17

Folks all the rapist, felons, criminals flock to the GOP. They get elected under the GOP. sammy750 Dec 2014 #26

Blake Farenthold must be a very sexually insecure man Jack Rabbit Dec 2014 #32

I wonder what he was doing in the park...? daredtowork Dec 2014 #34

Blake Farthold?? Sexual Misconduct?? I'm shocked... Thor_MN Dec 2014 #35

Rachel seemed to have a hard time around Blow Me PatrynXX Dec 2014 #43

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)

1. Looks like he hasn't missed too many trips to the buffet, either

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:03 AM

Dec 2014

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)

2. Some jokes just write themselves.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:18 AM

Dec 2014

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)

4. Yep, agree, not much to add here. Pic and the website pretty much tells it all IMO! n/t

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:28 AM

Dec 2014

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

3. Ducky Pajama Boy strikes again.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:28 AM

Dec 2014

What's worse is that his step-grandmother is Sissy Farenthold-a great Democrat.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)

7. Good god almighty!

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:54 AM

Dec 2014

It's one thing to look like an idiot, but to act the part on top of that...and he was elected to Congress?

This country has gotten so stupid and ignorant, it's pathetic!

RedSpartan

(1,693 posts)

10. One word: Texas

Reply to bulloney (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 08:28 AM

Dec 2014

nxylas

(6,440 posts)

12. For some reason, I can't stop thinking of this

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:19 AM

Dec 2014

47of74

(18,470 posts)

38. If shoe fits...

Reply to nxylas (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 11:22 AM

Dec 2014

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

18. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! The Pajama Photo!!!!

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:43 AM

Dec 2014

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

31. Pictures like that just should never happen.

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 05:01 PM

Dec 2014

I can't even comprehend how anything happening in that picture is possible.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

5. He's the guy who told vets losing disability pay during the shutdown that they needed to sacrifice

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:42 AM

Dec 2014

Tea Party Rep. Farenthold To Disabled Vets Hurt By GOP Shut-Down: ‘You have to Make Sacrifices!’

Congressman Blake Farenthold (R- Texas via every fast food restaurant in the state) told veterans about to lose their disability checks due to the government shutdown, that they would have to make sacrifices.

Because goodness knows that former soldiers receiving disability haven’t already made extreme sacrifices. For this country. To keep it free.

Let us quote the Congressman since this statement cannot be paraphrased

“I feel like my mandate when I was elected was to go reduce the size of government, lower taxes, and increase freedom, and freedom isn’t free, and sometimes you have to make a small sacrifice to move forward with what you’re after,” Farenthold said.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3892051

bulloney

(4,113 posts)

8. Rep. Farenthold doesn't look like he's made many sacrifices in the buffet line.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:55 AM

Dec 2014

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)

40. Don't tell a room full of trained killers they have to make sacrifices

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 05:49 PM

Dec 2014

They might start by sacrificing you.

Farenthold's saving grace is he's too fat to strangle and you'd need a claymore to stab him.

On edit: you couldn't shoot him either. Bullets are most effective against brains and hearts, two organs he doesn't have.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

41. What a disgusting pig!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 06:17 PM

Dec 2014

In every way imaginable. How could he possibly say something like that with a straight face?

I am so disgusted, I don't even have the words to express it properly.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

6. Oh look, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is trying internet dating.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:47 AM

Dec 2014

narnian60

(3,510 posts)

9. Disgusting.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 07:58 AM

Dec 2014

I want to say more, but I better not.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

27. I had the same reaction.

Reply to narnian60 (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:37 PM

Dec 2014

I don't think I'd be long for DU if I said what I really thought of this "Congressman".

It might actually blight my own soul to spew the venom I would like to spit at this "person".

47of74

(18,470 posts)

39. Neither would I.

Reply to Aerows (Reply #27)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 11:22 AM

Dec 2014

NewDeal_Dem

(1,049 posts)

33. Ditto.

Reply to narnian60 (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 11:09 PM

Dec 2014

IronLionZion

(45,451 posts)

36. likewise

Reply to narnian60 (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 07:43 AM

Dec 2014

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

37. Add me to the list.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #36)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:58 AM

Dec 2014

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)

11. My Congratulations Go To...

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:15 AM

Dec 2014

My congratulations go to the lazy-@$$ and ill-informed non-voters in Farenholt's district who stayed home this fall and let the Farenholt cuckoo get re-elected. Your non-action helped Blakie-poo get re-elected and you deserve every bit of the embarrassment you're going through.

marble falls

(57,102 posts)

13. He's closed the website, apparently.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:20 AM

Dec 2014

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

15. It sucks that his cover was blown.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:21 AM

Dec 2014

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

19. Maybe he felt deflated and prostrate with regret. nt

Reply to Orrex (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:49 AM

Dec 2014

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

20. After his election lasted more than four hours, everybody lost

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #19)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:03 AM

Dec 2014

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

21. I'm sure it all came to a head with his acceptance speech. nt

Reply to Orrex (Reply #20)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:08 AM

Dec 2014

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

23. Did you know that he was alone on the stage?

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #21)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:25 AM

Dec 2014

His staff failed to rise to the occasion.

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

24. He's tried to get many women to sit on his staff, but they usually shrink from the task. nt

Reply to Orrex (Reply #23)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:31 AM

Dec 2014

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

28. I find it difficult to imagine

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #24)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:43 PM

Dec 2014

anyone would want to have congress with that toad.

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

29. He seems like quite the raconteur, does he not?

Reply to Aerows (Reply #28)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:47 PM

Dec 2014

(that one was special, just for you!)

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

30. *smirk*

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #29)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:50 PM

Dec 2014

I think this revelation reveals the man behind the mask, don't you?

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

14. I think that the important thing here is to make jokes about his weight

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:21 AM

Dec 2014

Because, you know, that's the main thing.

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

16. The incest reference in the o.p. is funnier than the fat comments.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:31 AM

Dec 2014

--but the ducky pj's are certainly worth a yuck.

Orrex

(63,215 posts)

22. I call fowl

Reply to Hoppy (Reply #16)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:22 AM

Dec 2014

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

25. A lamb is not a fowl.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #22)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:51 AM

Dec 2014

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

42. This isn't even remotely funny

Reply to Orrex (Reply #22)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 06:20 PM

Dec 2014

ut oh

(895 posts)

44. He better not

Reply to Hoppy (Reply #16)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 03:48 AM

Dec 2014

get near Dick Cheney with those PJ's...

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

17. He was top 3 for Bill Maher's flip a district.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:33 AM

Dec 2014

sammy750

(165 posts)

26. Folks all the rapist, felons, criminals flock to the GOP. They get elected under the GOP.

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:27 PM

Dec 2014

The GOP thinks they are above our laws, so they rape, kill, steal, etc and they will get elected. Many of them will move from state to state to get elected to hide their background. That does work.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

32. Blake Farenthold must be a very sexually insecure man

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 10:58 PM

Dec 2014

I can understand that. I'm 5'3" tall. I think he's wider around the middle than I am tall.

But at least I'm cute and adorable. He's neither.

daredtowork

(3,732 posts)

34. I wonder what he was doing in the park...?

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 11:18 PM

Dec 2014

The only thing he had posted on that web site back in 2003 was a gif named park.gif

https://web.archive.org/web/20031215151038/

The gif is now broken.

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

35. Blake Farthold?? Sexual Misconduct?? I'm shocked...

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 07:28 AM

Dec 2014

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)

43. Rachel seemed to have a hard time around Blow Me

Reply to Katashi_itto (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 07:30 PM

Dec 2014

coulda just said Blow Me Down to begin with. or just say it's similar to the wolf and 3 piggies

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