"I'm not that innocent": Eric Cantor (R-Dickhead) chooses Britney Spears over Presidents Presser

[Uzybone]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/25/eric-cantor-attends-britn_n_179160.html


"There was more than one whip at last night's Britney Spears concert in Washington DC.

GOP aides confirmed to the Huffington Post that House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) attended the pop concert at the Verizon Center, where Britney appeared on stage brandishing a leather lash."

[AnnieBW]

1. Ah, love those family values

Britney (married twice, and famously nutso) walking around with a whip. Ya gotta love those family values!

[firedupdem]

2. I'm sure the religious right was right there with him. Bunch of

hypocrites.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Eric Cantor - "Womanizer"

[Uzybone]

5. GOP: "Like a Circus"

Too bad Jon Stewart is off this week. He would have had so much fun with these fools.

[rvablue]

17. I don't know how. But someone has to get busy photoshopping Cantor's face onto that dancer to the

left of Britney....that would be LOL! funny!

[iamthebandfanman]

4. maybe he heard a song and was confused

... thought he was going to a circus.

[liberal1973]

6. LoL

I'm thinking of the Michael Moore interview with Britney spears.

A faux congressman at a faux singer's concert.

[rocktivity]

7. PLEASE tell me that he DOESN'T have

a pre-teenage daughter!

One House GOP leadership aide said Cantor went at the request of a fundraiser. "If suffering through a Britney Spears concert will raise one more dime to help Republicans take back the House, then I'm glad Cantor's willing to do it." Who was the fundraiser--the Jonas Brothers?

:rofl:
rocktivity

P.S. Wonkette says that "Cantor and a bipartisan group of legislators attended the...concert..." One of the bipartisans was supposed to be Mary Landrieu, but she admits only to being in a restaurant "suspiciously close" to the venue! But I'll give her the benefit of the doubt--whoever heard of a bipartisan fundraiser?

[MaineDem]

8. Oh my, I assumed he went with his kids

(Assuming he has kids, of course.)

But a group of legislators? To a Brittney concert? :rofl:

[rocktivity]

15. I did, too--and I was ready to defend him!

I was all set to write that if it was okay for Obama to skip the Gridiron dinner to spend time with his kids, it would be hypocritical of us to pick on Cantor for taking his kids to see Britney Spears. But noooooo.....

:rofl:
rocktivity

[RollWithIt]

10. His youngest daughter is 17-18 and youngest son 15-16.....

So I doubt that would be the motivation.

[rvablue]

18. Don't think she is pre-teen, but a teenager, even so, given all the lecturing from the right about

morals, ethics, appropriate child entertainment, blah, blah, blah, this does still reek of hypocrisy.

[RollWithIt]

9. Seriously? Ok lets backtrack 4 years, "Pelosi attends Britney Spears Concert"

Fox News would have footage of her at the concert running 24/7 for weeks on end.

[Jennicut]

11. This is too funny. Cantor is such a nerd. A nerd watching Britney get down and dirty.

What an image.

[Raine]

12. I can just see him singing along to "Oops I Did It Again"

Oh Gawd ... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[vaberella]

13. See, when I heard whip...all I got going was "Hit me, Baby One More Time"

Give me a Siiiiiiiign
Hit me, Baby one more time....

Cantor is a dirty dealer with that thought in my head.

Lord. :rofl:

[Bunny]

14. What am I missing here?

Was there an expectation that Cantor would actually attend the presser, and therefore we should be indignant that he did not? Or are we more appalled that he went to a Britney Spears concert? :shrug:

[Uzybone]

21. Its just funny

plus points out the hypocrisy of the GOP that they attack Obama for not being focused,yet on a night the President is taking questions in front of a national audience, the GOP leader is out watching Britney Spears.

You should know no one is bashing Cantor just because he went to see Britney. Nothing wrong with that in itself. No one is indignant or appalled.

[rocktivity]

16. UPDATE: Cantor Defends Britney Concert Attendance

From HuffingtonPost.com:

Rep. Eric Cantor is unimpressed with all the uproar over the revelation that he attended a Britney Spears concert while President Barack Obama convened the second primetime news conference of his presidency. "I don't know why that's an issue whatsoever," said the House Minority Whip. "There was a concert and I had a political event at that concert. Look, that is why I was there."

...The host then noted that Politico "is making a bid deal about the fact that you showed up at the Britney Spears concert." He later told Cantor to not "feel bad about it. Your daughters would probably be thrilled, if you have daughters."

In an interview with The Takeaway...(T)he host...told Cantor"...Your daughters would probably (have been) thrilled, if you have daughters"...Replied the Virginia Republican: "I think my daughter really was mad that she wasn't there."

That's the point, duh! If you HAD taken your daughter, you would have had a built in excuse for being there--you did it to spend time with your daughter and one of her favorite stars!


rocktivity

[rvablue]

19. Uhhh, this makes it that much worse. He went to this frackin' concert without his daughter

what the hell is a grown married man doing going to this concert on his own? What a freakin' weirdo.

[Beacool]

20. Frankly, what's the big deal?

I'm sure that Democrats missed Bush's speeches and press conferences (as few as there were).

It would have been bad if a Democratic leader had missed Obama's press conference, but a Republican? Who cares..........

:shrug:

[Supersedeas]

22. Did he really say that this was a 'political event' where he could 'help the team' ?