# Dr. Frist, Meet Dr. Freud **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111 "2006-01-29T20:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/1 "2006-01-29T20:51:36Z")
Bill Frist, the only Senate Majority Leader we have, was on _Meet the Press_ today. When Tim Russert led the discussion into Jack Abramoff’s donation to Frist, the Republican replied: > [@](#): > > . . . The Abramoff scandal is part of that, so any money that’s come in from any client I’m going to give back immediately, give it back to the client, because I want to have no part of it. Client? Client?! Now there’s a Freudian Slip of epic (size XXL) proportions. You _know_ where a politician is coming from when he refers to his financial supporters as _clients_. Yessir, we gotta give our clients all the customer service they’re payin’ for. Those of us without the wherewithal to be “clients” are just up the creek. Sen. Mr. Dr. Frist, this one’s for you: 😛 [Link to _MTP_ transcript](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11047820/page/2/) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/2 "2006-01-29T20:56:07Z")
I have no love for Sen. Frist, but to me it seems like he’s talking about money from _Abramoff’s_ clients. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/3 "2006-01-29T20:57:56Z")
huh. well, to\*\* this\*\* card carryin’ librul Bush hatin’ left leanin’ poster, all that quote signals to me is that Friest intends to return funds that came from **Abromofs** clients, not that he thinks of lobbyists as his clients. YMOV ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/4 "2006-01-29T20:58:57Z")
damn you **waterj2**. ::_shakes angry fist_:: ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/5 "2006-01-29T21:04:56Z")
> [@wring](#): > > ::_shakes angry fist_:: ~shakes happy fist~ ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/6 "2006-01-29T21:14:44Z")
> [@wring](#): > > damn you **waterj2**. ::_shakes angry fist_:: Well, when it already says “Cambridge, MA” in your location field, you can save time by not needing to point out that you’re a card-carrying librul, left-leaning, Bush-hating poster. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/7 "2006-01-29T21:16:48Z")
He’s announced that he’s not running after this term. Good riddence. As a Senator from my state of Tennessee, Bill Frist has been as useless as tits on a chicken. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/8 "2006-01-29T21:26:45Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Well, when it already says “Cambridge, MA” in your location field, you can save time by not needing to point out that you’re a card-carrying librul, left-leaning, Bush-hating poster. > > 😃 point. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/9 "2006-01-29T21:32:28Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I have no love for Sen. Frist, but to me it seems like he’s talking about money from _Abramoff’s_ clients. Oy; you may be right. That isn’t clear from the context, but that may well be what he meant. (Tho’ I still like my knee-jerk interpretation better. . . .) **Bosda** : You mean chickens have breasts but not tits? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/10 "2006-01-29T21:33:52Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > He’s announced that he’s not running after this term. > > Good riddence. As a Senator from my state of Tennessee, Bill Frist has been as useless as tits on a chicken. At least tits on a chicken would have curiosity value. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/11 "2006-01-29T21:39:02Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > Oy; you may be right. That isn’t clear from the context, but that may well be what he meant. (Tho’ I still like my knee-jerk interpretation better. . . .) > > **Bosda** : You mean chickens have breasts but not tits? 😕 Why not? Stockings have runs, even when they’re not moving. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/12 "2006-01-29T21:40:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > At least tits on a chicken would have curiosity value. Most folk hyarbout think he’s a mite curious anyhoo. How did you like my Hayseed impersonation? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/13 "2006-01-29T21:42:08Z")
Don’t quit your day job. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/14 "2006-01-29T21:57:43Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > **Bosda** : You mean chickens have breasts but not tits? 😕 Careful, this could turn into one of those awful “Are eggs dairy products?” threads. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/15 "2006-01-29T22:49:06Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > I have no love for Sen. Frist, but to me it seems like he’s talking about money from _Abramoff’s_ clients. And it’s also entirely possible that Frist regards Abramoff’s clients as his clients. Or did up until Abramoff became so unpopular. From kingpin to pariah overnight. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/16 "2006-01-30T17:52:50Z")
If he really decides not to run again, good riddance to him. ---
**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/17 "2006-01-30T18:35:00Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > If he really decides not to run again, good riddance to him. not to rain on the frist leaves town parade, he’s not running for his senate seat so he can be available to answer the call of his fellow republicans, wracking their br…,consulting their eight-balls, for a presidential candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/18 "2006-01-30T21:53:04Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > He’s announced that he’s not running after this term. > > Good riddence. As a Senator from my state of Tennessee, Bill Frist has been as useless as tits on a chicken. I’m happy for you. Now all we need to do is make sure he doesn’t wind up President. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/19 "2006-01-31T00:07:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m happy for you. Now all we need to do is make sure he doesn’t wind up President. Unlikely. His wife is ill, which is probably why he’s leaving office. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111/20 "2006-01-31T07:09:11Z")
I hope that’s not the reason - it’s the first I’d heard about it - but I’d be happy if he’s actually leaving instead of prepping for a Presidential run. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-frist-meet-dr-freud/342111.md?page=2)