# Can I get a fucking break? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914 "2004-03-28T14:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/1 "2004-03-28T14:21:43Z")
Recently posted in another thread, in my opinion, as justificationf for Bush’s crass use of failure to find WMD as a basis for humor: "No common sense? No Discretion? Call me when he gets a hummer in the oval office from a low level functionary, and we’ll talk discretion. " and in various forms, posted a multitude of times here and elsewhere. I have a question. Does anybody believe that Clinton’s BJ was the first or last that will or has happened in the Oval Office? I don’t, power is an aphrodisiac, IMO. And WTF kind of logic does Clinton’s BJ have to do with justifying anything that Bush does or does not do? (I know this has been beaten to death but this is my turn with the whip) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/2 "2004-03-28T14:33:07Z")
At least President Bartlet had enough class to go the private residence. With his wife, I might add. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/3 "2004-03-28T14:36:02Z")
Because Clinton lying about it was a FELONY! A FELONY, damn you! Bush’s misstatement was just an unfortunate failure of the intelligence community. I’ll leave it to history to decide which has the greatest effect on world events. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/4 "2004-03-28T14:37:49Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > I’ll leave it to history to decide which has the greatest effect on world events. Hitler had a great effect on world events. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/5 "2004-03-28T14:43:20Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Hitler had a great effect on world events. BING! Godwin in three! Not bad, but not a record. Keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/6 "2004-03-28T15:04:16Z")
I was just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/7 "2004-03-28T16:41:46Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > BING! Godwin in three! Not bad, but not a record. Keep trying. BING! Incorrect Godwin Citation in four. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/8 "2004-03-28T16:42:42Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > BING! Incorrect Godwin Citation in four. Math Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/9 "2004-03-28T16:42:45Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > BING! Incorrect Godwin Citation in four. I think he meant replies. In which case the OP doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/10 "2004-03-28T17:23:44Z")
Lack of intelligence and GW seem to fit together naturally. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/11 "2004-03-28T17:55:25Z")
Corollary: When GW speaks of inadequate intelligence, he’s convincing. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/12 "2004-03-28T23:10:16Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Because Clinton lying about it was a FELONY! A FELONY, damn you! > > Bush’s misstatement was just an unfortunate failure of the intelligence community. > > I’ll leave it to history to decide which has the greatest effect on world events. Lying about cheating on your wife is a felony. OK, I’ll take the risk. What horseshit. And you go ahead and take the “larger view” - “leave it to history,” that is something not available to the Americans dying in Iraq. And the Iraqi’s dying in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/13 "2004-03-28T23:15:47Z")
> [@county](#): > > Lying about cheating on your wife is a felony. OK, I’ll take the risk. What horseshit. > > And you go ahead and take the “larger view” - “leave it to history,” that is something not available to the Americans dying in Iraq. And the Iraqi’s dying in Iraq. Well, **county** , you impress me. You have a rational, well informed and intelligent viewpoint, and you are defending it eloquently. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/14 "2004-03-28T23:38:42Z")
> [@county](#): > > Lying about cheating on your wife is a felony. OK, I’ll take the risk. What horseshit. > > And you go ahead and take the “larger view” - “leave it to history,” that is something not available to the Americans dying in Iraq. And the Iraqi’s dying in Iraq. Well, lying in front of a grand jury is normally considered perjury which is a felony. Nonetheless, giving the amount of invective directed towards Clinton’s lie and the amount directed towards Bush’s, it’s still up to history to show which is the lie which turns out to have more effect on people’s lives. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/15 "2004-03-29T07:51:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **Eutyclus** BING! Godwin in three! Not bad, but not a record. Keep trying. I hearby invoke Gomez’s Rules which trump Godwin’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/16 "2004-03-29T07:55:05Z")
Cite for Gomez’s Rules: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=240989](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=240989) ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/17 "2004-03-29T15:13:13Z")
Y’know, a fucking break would have to be longer than a coffee break or a cigarette break. Wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/18 "2004-03-29T15:17:06Z")
I’m just a caveman, but I’m still totally missing what county getting a break has to do with Clinton getting a blow job and George W. Bush being an idiot. Will someone help? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/19 "2004-03-29T15:19:33Z")
A great fucking break is 147. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914/20 "2004-03-29T15:24:50Z")
> [@county](#): > > Recently posted in another thread, in my opinion, as justificationf for Bush’s crass use of failure to find WMD as a basis for humor: > > "No common sense? No Discretion? Call me when he gets a hummer in the oval office from a low level functionary, and we’ll talk discretion. " > > and in various forms, posted a multitude of times here and elsewhere. > > I have a question. Does anybody believe that Clinton’s BJ was the first or last that will or has happened in the Oval Office? I don’t, power is an aphrodisiac, IMO. > > And WTF kind of logic does Clinton’s BJ have to do with justifying anything that Bush does or does not do? > > (I know this has been beaten to death but this is my turn with the whip) Some conservatives just can’t seem to get over Clinton’s blowjob. They keep imagining it and imagining it, until it almost seems to them that they are right there, giving or getting said blowjob. Denied direct sexual expression by their sexually conservative mores, they feel they can think about Clinton’s blowjob because it has entered the political arena, so they think about it … constantly … with one hand in their pants. Sad, but true. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-fucking-break/236914.md?page=2)