# Tea Party candidate for governor admits to sending horse porn e-mails: "Liberal media smear job" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965 "2010-04-13T17:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/81 "2010-04-16T07:12:07Z")
Oh, yeah, for sure, that was absolutely called for! I mean, how could you deprive us of knowing that? How indeed? No, really, thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/82 "2010-04-16T07:13:46Z")
Didn’t he do this before he became a candidate? Doesn’t that make it youthful indesecretions? I mean, come on, he was sewing wild oats. You can’t expect him to mount a political battle without having a few skeletons in his closet, and a liking for Miss Freedom? At least my white conservative friends (all of whom are at least mildly racist) know that that are not allowed to say racist things around non-white people. But if they are actual politicians, how are they supposed to know that they aren’t supposed to say those things _ **anywhere** _ someone like me can take note and come back at them months later? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/83 "2010-04-16T08:36:50Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And, for information you probably don’t want to know, the sheath sometimes gets dirty and has to be cleaned out. I’ve never done it (insert thank Og smilley here) but my daughter owned a gelding and has. It seems to involve your whole hand. I have. If you have breeding stallions, this is a common occurrence during breeding season. Washing them down with soap & water is a necessary hygienic precaution when breeding outside mares. And it’s more than your hand; usually you’re sticking your whole forearm inside there. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/84 "2010-04-16T14:48:03Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Paterson was not seriously considered electable even before getting mired in scandal, since he’s been a wretchedly bad leader and attracted ridicule over matters such as picking Hillary Clinton’s Senate replacement. Christ on a fucking horse. Let’s see, Paterson says, I’m not going to announce my nomination for Hillary Clinton’s seat until she’s actually vacated it. The NY Times, and other members of the press say, it would be great for Caroline Kennedy to fill her uncle’s seat - as if the fucking Senate seat is a goddamned heirloom. Paterson doesn’t budge from his stated plan. Caroline Kennedy starts a speaking tour that totally destroys her credibility because she can’t answer such unfair and hardball questions as: “What will you do to try to help upstate communities, if you get the Senate seat?” But it’s all Paterson’s fault this the whole embarrassing mess happened. Fuck you. And the horse you rode in on. ETA: Paterson’s interference with a domestic violence case is damning and unacceptable. Because of that I’m glad he’s renounced his re-election campaign. But prior to that, when the best his detractors could say was that he embarrassed the state of NY with the Senate seat mess - well, let’s just say I think their blinders were showing. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/85 "2010-04-16T15:58:43Z")
I wish I could comment, but I really only know Paterson from his appearances on _Saturday Night Live_. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/86 "2010-04-16T19:57:41Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > I have. > If you have breeding stallions, this is a common occurrence during breeding season. Washing them down with soap & water is a necessary hygienic precaution when breeding outside mares. And it’s more than your hand; usually you’re sticking your whole forearm inside there. Indeed. This is why, when sheath-cleaning, it’s a good idea to wear not only a standard wrist-length latex examination glove, but also a shoulder-length exam glove over it, such as vets use when they do rectal palpations of mares during pre-breeding checkups. I had one gelding who wouldn’t drop for sheath cleaning, and I always had to go way up in there to get the job done. 😕 What? Why are you all backing away, gagging? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/87 "2010-04-16T20:21:14Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Stop–I am holding my sides and hurting, I am laughing so hard! > What happens if he changes horses in midstream? Horse watersports porn? ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/88 "2010-04-16T20:30:05Z")
Just as long as the horse porn wasn’t gay. That would be wrong. As for cleaning horse cock, how do they manage in the wild? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/89 "2010-04-16T20:34:32Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > As for cleaning horse cock, how do they manage in the wild? Your mom. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/90 "2010-04-16T20:52:55Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Link to HorsePorn? (it’s supposed to be capitalized). O.K. [here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) one. > > Now, I know what everybody in this thread is thinking. You look at the above link, and you _know_ it’s a link to HorsePorn (I suggest thumbnail 7B - it’s got midgets). But you want to click on it anyway, don’t you? The curiosity is just eating at you. Maybe you are “bestiality curious” . Even though it disgusts you there is a part in all of us that _wants_ to click on the link to HorsePorn. > > But what does that say about you? > > I say embrace it. We are sexual beings made in God’s own image, and He gave us dominion over the animals (thumbnail 12C - the one with the pony in latex). I’m not going to get in trouble with the ASPCA if it’s discovered on my hard drive, am I? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/91 "2010-04-16T20:56:14Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Just as long as the horse porn wasn’t gay. That would be wrong. Okay, I stopped myself the other day but here’s my opening. If he’d just stuck to sending the video of the _gay guy_ having sex with a horse from a little while back (and who later died from rupturing, etc.), nobody would have batted an eyelash and unbridled penis could’ve ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/92 "2010-04-16T21:10:09Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Your mom. I would think that someone with your username would just avoid the thread at this point. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/93 "2010-04-16T21:23:16Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > I have. > If you have breeding stallions, this is a common occurrence during breeding season. Washing them down with soap & water is a necessary hygienic precaution when breeding outside mares. And it’s more than your hand; usually you’re sticking your whole forearm inside there. Ya know, if you had some pictures of that it might make for good campaign literature. And I wonder what the “smear” was that they accuse the Liberal Media of publishing? Was it the horrid accusation that Mr. Paladino distributed offensive horsey/girl photos? Or was it the horrid accusation that Mr. Paladino is a Tea-Totalitarian? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/94 "2010-04-16T21:26:24Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Indeed. This is why, when sheath-cleaning, it’s a good idea to wear not only a standard wrist-length latex examination glove, but also a shoulder-length exam glove over it, such as vets use when they do _ **rectal palpations** _ of mares during pre-breeding checkups. (Emphasis mine) Ummmmmm… band name much? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/95 "2010-04-16T21:52:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I would think that someone with your username [SMEGHEAD] would just avoid the thread at this point. You have it backwards. He prowls the World Wide Web to find The Perfectly Appropriate Thread to post in. And he we are for him. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/96 "2010-04-16T22:41:06Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > \ > I had one gelding who wouldn’t drop for sheath cleaning, and I always had to go way up in there to get the job done. > > 😕 What? Why are you all backing away, gagging? 3 cc Rompun and 0.5 cc Ace and that gelding will “drop” for you. Just sayin’… ETA— not offering medical advice here! _and you don’t want to use that Ace in stallions._ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/97 "2010-04-16T22:46:59Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > As for cleaning horse cock, how do they manage in the wild? They don’t. Just as they don’t have a farrier to trim their hooves, or a groomer to work on their coat, or a vet to give them shots & heal their injuries. They either survive it on their own, or they don’t. That’s why wild horses only live about half as long. (As do feral cats or dogs.) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/98 "2010-04-17T01:37:48Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > 3 cc Rompun and 0.5 cc Ace and that gelding will “drop” for you. > > Just sayin’… > > ETA— not offering medical advice here! _and you don’t want to use that Ace in stallions._ Heh. These days I leave sheath cleaning to my vet, not least because my current gelding is a large Thoroughbred who’s a bit defensive about having his boy bits interfered with, unlike the Quarter Horse I was describing, who – while he would not drop – actually seemed to enjoy the whole process, at least to judge by the, ah, rhythmic motion of his hind end during the cleaning. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/99 "2010-04-17T01:44:23Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > They don’t. > > Just as they don’t have a farrier to trim their hooves, or a groomer to work on their coat, or a vet to give them shots & heal their injuries. They either survive it on their own, or they don’t. That’s why wild horses only live about half as long. (As do feral cats or dogs.) Well, to be fair, the unnatural conditions in which most domestic horses are kept contribute to the need for farriers in terms of hoof wear. One could also argue that sheaths are less likely to accumulate crud among horses who aren’t spending much of their time standing around on more or less dusty bedding. But yes, it’s true, domestication – assuming the horse keepers know what they’re doing and do it properly, not always a given – does extend the equine lifespan. Advances in parasite control alone have greatly increased the likelihood that old Dobbin will live to a healthy old age. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/100 "2010-04-17T02:20:30Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > … at least to judge by the, ah, rhythmic motion of his hind end during the cleaning. Not. Another. Word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965.md?page=6)