Quoted: Rep. Hank Johnson's limp microphone joke
"For some reason this microphone goes limp all the time. Maybe with some Viagra we can get it to..."
-- Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), confronting a sagging microphone during his moment to speak at Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on Internet piracy of live sports broadcasts. Surely he knew he was on C-SPAN!
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December 16, 2009; 2:04 PM ET
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Posted by: DwightCollins | December 16, 2009 3:26 PM | Report abuse
so what..............
its a mild joke
Posted by: ProCounsel | December 16, 2009 3:32 PM | Report abuse
hey, it's not like every other commercial on tv isn't already talking about erectile dysfunction.
Posted by: eomcmars | December 16, 2009 4:08 PM | Report abuse
Eh. You can't even watch Spongebob without risking two people in separate bathtubs showing up.
Posted by: dkp01 | December 16, 2009 4:11 PM | Report abuse
You just made me laugh out loud, dkp01.
Posted by: The Reliable Source | December 16, 2009 4:19 PM | Report abuse
Who cares. Please find some actual news to cover.
Posted by: TomR3 | December 16, 2009 4:49 PM | Report abuse
And the Washington Post is publicizing this because it's x-rated? Um, no...It's salacious? Um, no...It's terribly offensive? Um, no...It's in bad taste? Well, maybe. OK, I give up. Why is the Washington Post publicizing this? This is beneath the Daily Show; we're firmly in Jay Leno-stupid joke territory here. Raise your standards.
Posted by: fedesq | December 16, 2009 6:05 PM | Report abuse
Hey did ya hear the one about a senior senator from a big east coast state who called a flight attendent the "b" word when she told him he was holding up the plane from departing?
Big yuks from Chuck's Hair Plugs:
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0912/schumer_has_a_flight_to_forget_.html
Posted by: nickthimmeschearthlinknet | December 16, 2009 8:34 PM | Report abuse
come on people! WAKE UP! don't you realize that he's a democrat? so? that means he can be mean, stupid, criminal, a racist, a bigot, harmful or even a womanizer, you know, just plain no-good, and ? that's OK, because AS A DEMOCRAT HE IS SMARTER THAN YOU, AND? HE CARES FOR OTHER PEOPLE MORE THAN YOU OR I EVER COULD. HE'S A GOD. THE DEMOCRATS WILL SAVE THE WORLD. i didn't say america. WAKE UP! PEOPLE. HE'S OK. AND, so is SCHUMER. he loves children, more than you and me. the DEMOCRATS GET A GET-OUT-OF-JAIL-OR-HELL-PASS FREE because of their brains and love for mankind. i'm getting misty eyed just thinkin' about 'em.
Posted by: fshaffer | December 16, 2009 9:15 PM | Report abuse
Calm down, everyone. Member of Congress made a funny joke in a setting where people don't usually make funny jokes. That's all.
Posted by: The Reliable Source | December 17, 2009 1:23 AM | Report abuse
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what does anyone expect from a limp rep...