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Hippo_Tron

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140. How is that furthering your point

Sun Jun 16, 2013, 02:45 PM

Jun 2013

It would be the same thing if it were Murdoch's son, nephew, brother, or husband. Someone not famous in their own right doesn't get pointed out by name in a story like this. They get called Murdoch's son, nephew, brother, or husband.

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Oh My - Tony Blair was banging Murdoch's wife????? [View all] malaise Jun 2013 OP

And here I thought Whitey Bulger would be more interesting..Delish... monmouth3 Jun 2013 #1

I love the denials everywhere malaise Jun 2013 #3

I like how you think girl..."decrepit scumbags" would be my thought also...LOL monmouth3 Jun 2013 #14

"I did not use my dong to dick Deng." - Tony B. Berlum Jun 2013 #30

Hahahahaha malaise Jun 2013 #32

I think I saw "Dong Dick Deng" on a menu in a Sichuan restaurant. Ken Burch Jun 2013 #39

Have you ever been to Sichuan? pangaia Jun 2013 #51

I meant a Sichuan-style restaurant. No offense intended and my apologies for causing offense. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2013 #78

No offense taken, whatsoever. pangaia Jun 2013 #113

I bet. Have a nice weekend. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2013 #129

There's a restaurant in Orange County CA called Young Dong R B Garr Jun 2013 #104

Dang, dawg adieu Jun 2013 #66

I wonder what Cherie Blair thinks of all this? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #91

Good question malaise Jun 2013 #95

It always surprised me. Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #96

This French couple guessed it back in the 80s! TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #94

Ding dang a dong a dong ding dong..... rppper Jun 2013 #112

Wait...Blair was banging Whitey, too? Ken Burch Jun 2013 #19

That would be the trial of the century malaise Jun 2013 #20

Whitey was hot in his day flamingdem Jun 2013 #61

I would pick him over those two any day of the week malaise Jun 2013 #62

I think you meant to respond to malaise..Haha..n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #24

I think not malaise Jun 2013 #34

Didnt Murdock's News of the World have Blair wire tapped? DJ13 Jun 2013 #2

That would have been news from Deng under malaise Jun 2013 #7

You are wicked. Skidmore Jun 2013 #41

Hahahaha Murdoch is from malaise Jun 2013 #43

So he is. So he is. Skidmore Jun 2013 #45

Sounds like Blair was tapping Murdoch. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #56

Damn, Ma'am.... The Magistrate Jun 2013 #4

The comments in this thread alone, Sir, are enough to have me reaching for my fan Hekate Jun 2013 #80

I like how you put it in such a way that gives zero agency to the woman. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #5

Sorry - I don't give a flying fuck about Wendy Deng malaise Jun 2013 #8

It's not a matter of not liking her. It's framing her as only existing as a man's property. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #10

Start your thread on the subject n/t malaise Jun 2013 #11

I'm kindly requesting that you modify the thread title so that it isn't sexist. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #12

lots of luck with that one hobbit709 Jun 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jun 2013 #21

This is why we can't have nice things. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #22

Yuo know what Mark Twain said about the only people who had the right to use we. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #28

Was it something about how we shouldn't be making blatantly racist jokes? Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #33

We understand. ananda Jun 2013 #98

+1,000 n/t malaise Jun 2013 #35

This is a second request that you remove the sexist content from the thread title. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #44

Remove sexist content from a thread title about an adulteress affair? RC Jun 2013 #154

I think it's more due to the fact that nobody has the faintest clue who Wendy Deng is Hippo_Tron Jun 2013 #139

"Murdoch's wife" is how people know who she is -- she isn't famous pacalo Jun 2013 #68

You are only furthering my point. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #85

Whatever...the fact that she's Murdoch's wife needed to be pointed out. pacalo Jun 2013 #89

Well, of course. That is the only way to further the slut rhetoric. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #92

And what would you call a married woman that has an affair? hobbit709 Jun 2013 #93

I wouldn't call her anything. She would be unfaithful for what she did. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #101

Start your own OP to find others who are interested pacalo Jun 2013 #106

Sigh. It is so fitting to be accused of neurosis. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #111

It is what it is. It's also threadjacking. pacalo Jun 2013 #116

Criticizing the contents of an OP is not thread jacking. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #120

The fact that you are belaboring the issue is proof enough. pacalo Jun 2013 #121

Feel free to ignore me. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #124

They just don''t get it! Frosty1 Jun 2013 #136

I agree -- that is exactly what makes this such a huge story Samantha Jun 2013 #127

How is that furthering your point Hippo_Tron Jun 2013 #140

if we say 'margaret thatcher's husband' was doing such & such, does that frame him as existing HiPointDem Jun 2013 #134

Very well said malaise Jun 2013 #137

Language and practice inform one another. It is not a one way road. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #150

speaking is an action. language is not. that's why it's a noun. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #156

That's her business model. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #142

Excellent Cha Jun 2013 #60

She's just a recepticle to "bang", apparently. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #25

I never thought of banging as particularly sexist. caseymoz Jun 2013 #83

THAT would be the most AWESOME scandal EVER! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #6

Oh yes indeed malaise Jun 2013 #9

perhaps eclipsed by the inclusion of Jeb Bush in some sort of tag-team maneuver... DJ13 Jun 2013 #13

Help me out. Is that a Bush hovering over his own sick? Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jun 2013 #31

...With Rove running the camcorder, of course... Ken Burch Jun 2013 #23

OH, you just kicked it up a level! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #27

Murdoch was too busy guarding FOX, not the hen house Blue Owl Jun 2013 #15

DUzy malaise Jun 2013 #17

LOLLL flamingdem Jun 2013 #63

In an apparently unrelated story, Tony Blair has just released his first country-western single: Ken Burch Jun 2013 #26

Getting up off the floor malaise Jun 2013 #37

Now that's funny right there! nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #73

LOL! polly7 Jun 2013 #76

Doozylicious marions ghost Jun 2013 #29

If it isn't locked yet malaise Jun 2013 #40

Ahahaha LittleBlue Jun 2013 #36

Not if you thought Murdoch was attractive malaise Jun 2013 #38

Ya gotta give her credit. RudynJack Jun 2013 #42

To each her own malaise Jun 2013 #46

It's a specialized talent RudynJack Jun 2013 #48

pamela digby churchill harriman was already part of the elite. wendy deng wasn't. no comparison. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #135

Who cares where they started? RudynJack Jun 2013 #152

harriman was already at 'the top'. she married rich men because she belonged to the same class. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #155

This one is better than Snowden flamingdem Jun 2013 #47

That needed a graphic warning malaise Jun 2013 #49

I didn't realize it was so huge! flamingdem Jun 2013 #50

Bwaaaaaaaaaah malaise Jun 2013 #64

Probably tea stains, though. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #71

By George I think you've got it! flamingdem Jun 2013 #74

She was just looking for a younger man (younger than Murdoch can still be older than dirt.) Shrike47 Jun 2013 #52

Yeah he wasn't exiting soon enough marions ghost Jun 2013 #59

Not "banging," "shagging." He's British, you know. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #53

I was trying to remember Rachel's word but I can't malaise Jun 2013 #65

Schtupping. It's Schtupping. Yiddish word. PDJane Jun 2013 #103

That's it malaise Jun 2013 #117

I nearly wet myself laughing over this post..you are a treasure! nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #146

Hahahahahaha malaise Jun 2013 #147

Rupert Murdoch would like to send a dedication to Tony & Wendi........... thelordofhell Jun 2013 #54

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahaha malaise Jun 2013 #69

You're soooo bad... pacalo Jun 2013 #114

Tony is a Friend of Bill. cloudbase Jun 2013 #55

Is his 3rd divorce another example of the "sanctity" of marriage between 1 man and 1 woman? livingwagenow Jun 2013 #57

You guessed it. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #58

Those rules are for us plebs malaise Jun 2013 #70

This Jethro Tull classic comes to mind alfredo Jun 2013 #67

No sympathy for him from me malaise Jun 2013 #72

Same here. I can't see how she could have handled his old man smell. alfredo Jun 2013 #87

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww malaise Jun 2013 #88

Like I give a you-know-what Jack Rabbit Jun 2013 #75

WOW, that's a good one, eh? elleng Jun 2013 #77

Probably for the war crimes malaise Jun 2013 #79

Mebbe, but elleng Jun 2013 #82

Is the investigation going to be called "The Blair Twitch Project"? Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #81

Twitch or Itch? malaise Jun 2013 #86

They're British. The term is "punting." nt caseymoz Jun 2013 #84

Did any of the offspring look like poodles? TheCowsCameHome Jun 2013 #90

DUzy malaise Jun 2013 #97

...and if she were having an affair with Sir Paul McCartney, you'd have a Deng Beatle! calimary Jun 2013 #99

Some great responses on this thread malaise Jun 2013 #100

I believe it.. HipChick Jun 2013 #102

Well anyone with half a brain knew there's been an affair but this guy?? MichiganVote Jun 2013 #105

Could't say it better except that you forgot this part- malaise Jun 2013 #118

But of course. The bigger the lie, the bigger the defense. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #125

A whore is a whore is a whore Taverner Jun 2013 #107

And he is the quintessence of a whore malaise Jun 2013 #122

OMG! MoonRiver Jun 2013 #108

Blair must have had it in for Murdoch. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2013 #109

Had it in malaise Jun 2013 #123

It's cool tho' - all happened under Rupert's watchful eyes kenny blankenship Jun 2013 #110

oh CatWoman Jun 2013 #115

Wink wink - check this malaise Jun 2013 #119

This could make a great episode of "Maury" n/t dflprincess Jun 2013 #126

Rumpy Turbineguy Jun 2013 #128

Is this the part where somebody should point out that the traditional role of a "godfather" Ken Burch Jun 2013 #130

You think he switched religions to be godfather? malaise Jun 2013 #133

If he did, he switched to the wrong one. Ken Burch Jun 2013 #145

LOL malaise Jun 2013 #149

Gotta give the British credit Freddie Jun 2013 #131

What's the best source for news of this scandal flamingdem Jun 2013 #157

Who gives a damn? Not me DiverDave Jun 2013 #132

I think that it's just gossipy B.S. Beacool Jun 2013 #138

If any of this pans out, somebody may need legal representation pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #141

I know a few and would love an inside track on this one malaise Jun 2013 #148

I think Hugh jackman is also friend of Rupie Doctor_J Jun 2013 #143

No honor among thieves... ForeignandDomestic Jun 2013 #144

Wonder if this is related? ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2013 #151

Interesting malaise Jun 2013 #153

Did the Poodle Do It Doggie Style? AnnieBW Jun 2013 #158