Gov tells Bette Midler to kiss dog's 'heinie' - and shows it
Source: AP
By LEAH WILLINGHAM an hour ago
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians poor, illiterate and strung out in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Bidens Build Back Better Act.
The 70-year-old Republican governor ended his televised State of the State address Thursday night by lifting up his English bulldog and flashing its rear end to the cameras and crowd.
Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie, Justice said, grinning as people applauded and some gave him a standing ovation.
Justice had spent more than an hour touting the states accomplishments, including two recently announced economic development projects.
Absolutely too many people doubted us, he said. They never believed in West Virginia. ... They told every bad joke in the world about us.
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WV has a long way to go!
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Srkdqltr
(6,363 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,775 posts)He must spend far too much time looking at dog's heineys.
nuff said.
KS Toronado
(17,402 posts)Initech
(100,121 posts)He didn't say anything like this when he was a Democrat before 2017.
ificandream
(9,410 posts)Hell kiss that dogs ass before she will.
cstanleytech
(26,344 posts)ificandream
(9,410 posts)But I was talking about him and the dog, not him and the Orange mutt.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)Marthe48
(17,079 posts)justice is another con artist.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)And it wasn't the poor dog showing it's ass in public.
Bev54
(10,087 posts)Botany
(70,627 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,367 posts)turbinetree
(24,738 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,123 posts)Marcuse
(7,545 posts)2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)Which is not untrue. Just another coal baron peeing on them and telling them it's raining.
"What #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible. He sold us out. He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out.
10:41 AM · Dec 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone"
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Fits in with the rest of the state, at the bottom percentile of everything.
msongs
(67,470 posts)Old Crank
(3,658 posts)that is all.
Paladin
(28,280 posts)And make it a long, deep one. I want to see a smile on that ugly dog's face.
GB_RN
(2,395 posts)There are certainly better ways you could have made a retort than pulling a stunt like that. To borrow a phrase/idea from Mitch "Mumbles" McConnell, that was definitely beneath the dignity of his office. 🤦?♂️
Natal
(40 posts)Maybe 15. Not sure.
Aussie105
(5,469 posts)Them folk is smart, sophisticated, intelligent, culturally advanced and socially sensitive.
How do we know? Well, the (human) dog's hiney said so.
Surely that is enough for you, Bette?
Class act, Mr Justice, Sir!
George II
(67,782 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,823 posts)DLevine
(1,788 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,863 posts)Improve on one and all will follow. WV needs help not some ass clown.
live love laugh
(13,181 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,037 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(1,341 posts)And will kill Midler at first site within the state, and get away with it.
paleotn
(17,994 posts)For the same reasons I don't go through Mississhitty.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,341 posts)But many years ago, she performed at the Charleston Civic Center for a tour.
Skittles
(153,258 posts)...
maxrandb
(15,373 posts)Of course not.
Decency is NEVER expected from Retrumplicans.
It's why I think Biden should have never apologized to that "dumb SOB".
We think it shows decency and grace.
A bunch of American swing voters see it as weak and disingenuous.
If you call someone a Dumb SOB, and that person is actually a dumb SOB, you're just "telling it like it is".
Evolve Dammit
(16,793 posts)onecaliberal
(32,952 posts)PatSeg
(47,691 posts)I agree with Bette Midler's criticism of Manchin, but it wasn't helpful to put the people of West Virginia in one big category - poor, illiterate and strung out. A lot of the problems of West Virginians are directly related to their politicians and leaders. They are the people who should be attacked, not necessarily their constituents, who now have yet another reason to hate liberals and Democrats.
ripcord
(5,553 posts)paleotn
(17,994 posts)Cut them off. Split them off. Let them have their own banana republic. I'm tired of this shit. I'm tired of the tax drain. Fuck them.
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)Response to Dial H For Hero (Reply #34)
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George II
(67,782 posts)Link to tweet
twodogsbarking
(9,863 posts)Marcuse
(7,545 posts)amb123
(1,581 posts)Obviously, it didn't work!
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)Man, I look just like my dog...s ass.
twodogsbarking
(9,863 posts)She may not always be polite but there is always a reason.
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)I know you can't so don't try.
Skittles
(153,258 posts)disgusting
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)It is called socialist corporate welfare!