Republican Party Platform to Target 'Hardcore' Porn

Republican Party Platform to Target ‘Hardcore’ Porn

Politics • August 2012 • Views: 1,576

Trueman credited Family Research Council head Tony Perkins for introducing what it called tougher new language into the platform; whereas before only child pornography was considered illegal, he says, it will now read “Current laws on all forms of pornography and obscenity need to be vigorously enforced.” Trueman says, erroneously, that it is currently illegal to distribute “hardcore pornography” on the Internet, on hotel and motel televisions, on cable and satellite television and in retail shops.

You’ve already “blown it” with women, young people, minorities and now you’re going for the whole ball of wax by alienating men. Seems that the people in charge of driving the GOP boat are drunk, off course and in the bathroom.

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12 comments

Michael McBacon Mon, Aug 27, 2012 11:13:09am

However, the adult (porno) industry thrives off of men who preach "family values" like those in the GOP.

alinuxguru Mon, Aug 27, 2012 11:51:13am

Way to target the "Jobs Creators" there RNC. Why do you hate the small business owners of an entire industry Mitt? Why?

dragonfire1981 Mon, Aug 27, 2012 12:04:00pm

Blowjob creators?

Locker Mon, Aug 27, 2012 12:06:10pm

re: #3 dragonfire1981

Blowjob creators?

+100

Tigger2 Mon, Aug 27, 2012 12:22:45pm

Well that should drive the middle age white voters away, who do they have left to piss off.

alinuxguru Mon, Aug 27, 2012 12:28:02pm

re: #5 Tigger2

Well that should drive the middle age white voters away, who do they have left to piss off.

porn watchers are not single issue voters. If you take away their contraception -- oh wait....

HappyWarrior Mon, Aug 27, 2012 12:35:02pm

Seriously? Why don't they focus on important issues. Hardcore pornography done by consenting adults is the least of our issues.

Tigger2 Mon, Aug 27, 2012 1:01:33pm

re: #7 HappyWarrior

Seriously? Why don't they focus on important issues. Hardcore pornography done by consenting adults is the least of our issues.

It's because they don't have any answers on the important issues.

Destro Mon, Aug 27, 2012 1:58:10pm

After 9/11 Bush went after porn to placate his base. This is nothing new, These
GOP kooks are the same kooks once and forever.

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

Recruits Sought for Porn Squad
By Barton Gellman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on Porn. And it's looking for a few good agents.

Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from FBI headquarters to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III.

Mischievous commentary began propagating around the water coolers at 601 Fourth St. NW and its satellites, where the FBI's second-largest field office concentrates on national security, high-technology crimes and public corruption.

The new squad will divert eight agents, a supervisor and assorted support staff to gather evidence against "manufacturers and purveyors" of pornography -- not the kind exploiting children, but the kind that depicts, and is marketed to, consenting adults.

"I guess this means we've won the war on terror," said one exasperated FBI agent, speaking on the condition of anonymity because poking fun at headquarters is not regarded as career-enhancing. "We must not need any more resources for espionage."

Among friends and trusted colleagues, an experienced national security analyst said, "it's a running joke for us."

A few of the printable samples:

"Things I Don't Want On My Resume, Volume Four."

"I already gave at home."

"Honestly, most of the guys would have to recuse themselves."

Federal obscenity prosecutions, which have been out of style since Attorney General Edwin Meese III in the Reagan administration made pornography a signature issue in the 1980s, do "encounter many legal issues, including First Amendment claims," the FBI headquarters memo noted.

Mentis Fugit Mon, Aug 27, 2012 4:31:24pm

Locker sez:

Seems that the people in charge of driving the GOP boat are drunk, off course and in the bathroom.

...with a wide stance?

EiMitch Mon, Aug 27, 2012 5:28:53pm

Wait, wait! You mean to tell me that wild-eyed religious zealots don't pick their battles rationally? What a revelation! /sarc

re: #8 Tigger2

It's because they don't have any answers on the important issues.

re: #9 Destro

After 9/11 Bush went after porn to placate his base. This is nothing new, These
GOP kooks are the same kooks once and forever.

In other words, the GOP is aiming for an easy, short-sighted victory that will cost them the big race. Their heads are so far up their own holier-than-thous (see what I did there?) that they think a majority of people think like their base.

These recent few years are the religious right's paradoxical undressing before dying of hypothermia. But thats what you get for staying frozen decades in the past.

The republicans will be pwned this November. Then the moderates who quietly fled will take the party back. Or start their own party and leave the old GOP behind like a pile of used tissues for Grover Norquist to blot his lonely tears.

Charleston Chew Thu, Aug 30, 2012 3:22:27pm

re: #9 Destro