So hard to remember if you’re dealing with libertines or puritans
by digby
Mother couldn’t have been happy about this:
US Navy sailors were instructed by the ship’s senior enlisted sailor to “clap like we’re at a strip club” for Vice President Mike Pence’s arrival aboard the USS Harry S. Truman on Tuesday.
The ship’s public information officer confirmed to CNN the comments were made prior to Pence’s arrival aboard the Truman in Norfolk, Virginia, and called the statement “inappropriate.”
It’s so confusing having a president who grabs women by the pussy and a VP who is a right wing prig. It’s not surprising that some people would think this sort of thing is appropriate. After all, the VP’s boss went to the boy scout jamboree and talked about a rich pal of his living a libertine life on a yacht:
Sold his company for a tremendous amount of money, and he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. I won’t go any more than that, because you’re Boy Scouts so I’m not going to tell you what he did.
Should I tell you? Should I tell you?
You’re Boy Scouts, but you know life. You know life…He got bored with this life of yachts, and sailing, and all of the things he did in the south of France and other places. You won’t get bored, right? You know, truthfully, you’re workers. You’ll get bored too, believe me. Of course, having a few good years like that isn’t so bad.
It’s easy to see how someone might get confused about what’s “appropriate” and what isn’t.
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