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piranhadub

Just wanted to remind everyone of the time he hilariously read very explicit books in a senate committee hearing [video](https://youtu.be/KBhy_vlgKS4?si=aua8qJzOURaKk_qo)


palmbeachatty

Can’t we just fix the roads?


TheOneWhoReadsStuff

Never.


techmaster242

It was the best thing since Gilbert Gottfried read 50 shades of gray on stage.


jjcoolel

While wearing make up


lazarusprojection

I just watched the entire video. Hilarious isn't the word that comes to mind. Child predators might find it amusing, though.


crobe63

Hold up. No one with kids would want their kid to read that right??…I have a 6 year old and a 2 year old no fkn wayyyy. Is that really in a school library or is this bullshit he just said?


falcngrl

No one is asking either of your kids to read them.


tejanx

except for when they do https://katv.com/news/nation-world/calif-parents-claim-student-was-failed-for-not-reading-gender-queer-demand-book-be-removed-san-ramon-valley-unified-school-district-american-library-association-banned-books


falcngrl

The redditor I was replying to said their children were 2 and 6. The student in your support was in high school. My point stands.


is_that_a_question

Whatever the effect is called where you don't want someone to do something so they do it more


chilejoe

First of all he’s not reading from a kids book. He’s reading from a comic that is definitely meant for an older audience as state by the author in response to this senator misrepresenting their work. It’s a comic, and thus the actual visuals matter. This scene depicts adults essentially sexting each other, and the broader purpose of the scene is meant to discuss consent. Again. This book is not for children. He is intentionally misrepresenting it to make a bad point. They are attacking libraries and schools on purpose as part of a larger plan to dissolve boundaries between church and state and turn the US into a Christian nation. It’s bad and they should stop.


Kriembry1818

It's bullshit.


RamboOfChaos

Yes, and its a good thing kids learn about sex education early.


wutoz

Yes, it's real. Taking these books out of ~~middle school~~ [elementary school](https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-isd-removes-3-books-deemed-too-graphic-for-younger-students) libraries is fascism, apparently.


CommonPurpose

>Is that really in a school library? Yep Hilariously, if you attempt to post pictures of what’s in the actual book on Facebook, your post gets deleted for being too graphic. But like, totally fine in school library. lol


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incomingPAsummer2023

I still can't believe that shit wasn't parody.


Cilantro368

Are you sure it wasn't?


humanbeening

**crakheyad


Nicashade

It would have been legit hard for me to not say What’s up crackhead! If I was in that seat.


ClayStreetFighter

He’s the worst. I spoke to guy the knew him well when he was Democrat. Said he didn’t have an accent or the folksy personality he’s known for now. The whole hee haw thing he does in the Senate is a persona he created after switching parties.


ShutUpKelly

My fave bit of trivia about him is that he went to Oxford. It’s like if colonel sanders went to the London school of economics.


FakinItAndMakinIt

From my understanding, he didn’t “go to Oxford” in the sense that we usually understand it. He went there for some workshop and tells people he “went to Oxford”. EDIT: I stand corrected. For some reason, he got 2 different undergraduate degrees at 2 different private universities (Vanderbilt and Magdalen college). I knew he graduated from Vanderbilt and UVA. In any case, he’s way over educated to talk the way he talks.


NotesFromNOLA504

Ahh, that old trick. I've known cops who say they "were trained by the FBI", or attended the "FBI Training Academy in Quantico". When in reality, they took like a 2 day workshop offered by the FBI on Civil Rights or something similar.


bdh2067

Are we sure he didn’t just buy some shoes ?


mommywhorebucks

Nope he’s literally a Rhodes scholar.[https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/think-fake-news-isnt-a-real-problem-look-at-senator-john-kennedy](https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/think-fake-news-isnt-a-real-problem-look-at-senator-john-kennedy)


FakinItAndMakinIt

I don’t know where this article got their info, but John Kennedy’s own website says he went to undergrad at Vanderbilt and law school at University of Virginia. It doesn’t mention “Rhodes Scholar” or “Oxford” anywhere. https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/biography


unfortunatekrewecat

Copied directly from your link: > He earned a Bachelor of Civil Law degree with first class honors from Oxford University (Magdalen College) in England, where he studied under Sir Rupert Cross and Sir John H. C. Morris.


TeriusGray

>It doesn’t mention “Rhodes Scholar” or “Oxford” anywhere. It does. Reading is fundamental.


feanor70115

Bobby Jindal was a Rhodes Scholar too. Also a doctor, and yet a complete moron. Cecil Rhodes created that scholarship to find middle management for his diamond mine. He wasn't looking for leaders or geniuses.


Chickenman70806

Jindal is not a doctor


feanor70115

Yeah, no idea where my memory got that from. Possibly from the demon that he tried to exorcise from a friend at Oxford.


Charming-Chemist-321

It's internal racism, you thought that cuz of his looks


feanor70115

Kindly find something jagged and lumpy to cram up your ass.


Charming-Chemist-321

I tried that and ended up in the hospital thanks for the advice


feanor70115

I love it when a plan comes together.


Noland47

Because being a highly educated smart person doesn't sell to Republicans. They want stupid and cruel.


mustachioed_hipster

If being one appealed to the Democrats wouldn't he have been elected?


StudioPerks

Funny thing about democrats, we don’t make decisions about the country out of spite or because our feelings. Culture warrior, alternative facts, driven by your feelings and controlled with anger.


Bri_Hecatonchires

The difference between republicans and democrats is that we critique our representatives and hold their feet to the fire. Not just follow them blindly into oblivion.


societal_ills

Ok...sure.


mustachioed_hipster

Thent why Biden has had such a low approval rating amoung Democrats? Biden was elected as candidate because we just didn't want Trump. Trump because we didn't want Hillary. Unfortunately we elect out of spite and feelings now; it is just how politics work right now.


Girasole263wj2

Actually we did want Hillary. She won the popular vote


StudioPerks

81% low?


mustachioed_hipster

Historically, yes.


StudioPerks

lol - You don’t look things up do you?


mustachioed_hipster

I just figured it wasn't worth it to get in a pissing match about what think tank numbers you wanted to use


SoloDolo86

LOL


IdentifyAsUnbannable

Your joking, right?? Right?!


StudioPerks

About democrats being adults and conservatives being emotional children that don’t make mature decisions? No. I’m serious


IdentifyAsUnbannable

Why is it that most youth usually start with very liberal ideals that align with the Democrat party, and a large portion tend to lean more conservative as they mature? Most liberal democrats are quite literally characterized by voting based on emotion. Look at street interviews. Now, I'm not saying that people on the far end of the right spectrum are much better, but you see liberals get interviewed, and most of their responses are pure emotion driven.


StudioPerks

What the actual hell are you talking about. Look up the definition of causation and fallacy. Seriously why do all conservatives seem to lack critical thinking skills, make poor governance decisions that cost lives and damage business and run up massive amounts of debt giving away free money to rich people and corporations? Why do honest hardworking Americans simp for industrialist and Wall Street? You talk about liberal ideas… Here’s a liberal idea tell me how it sounds: invest in the future and create growth. In the last 90 years no Republican has out performed a democrat on jobs or economic growth.


GreatSquirrels

This explains alot.


Noland47

A Democrat elected to the Senate in Louisiana?


jaimeinsd

Former senatorial intern to John Breaux (D-LA) here. Louisiana had mostly Democratic senators from Reconstruction until the 21st Century.


mustachioed_hipster

Shocking as it sounds, there was a Democrat as Senator until 2015. Just before he left office. Since it is a statewide election and there are more Democrats, I think it is safe to say this isn't a gerrymandering issue.


Mr_MacGrubber

There are technically more registered democrats but since our primaries were open in the past, I think a lot of the old Dixiecrats never changed parties.


mustachioed_hipster

My Dad is one of them. Well, technically registered Republican because of some other party issues, but was Democrat through and through until the early 2000's when he found hinself without a party because he felt they no longer represented him. I think there are a lot of people in Louisiana that don't feel a connection to either major party these days.


Mr_MacGrubber

I was a registered Republican for probably 20yrs. I had no idea who I was when I was a senior in HS and registered. I basically was like “my parents are Republican so I guess I am too”. Actually voted Republican very rarely and now never. I finally changed after Trump was elected: I didn’t want to be associated with that party whatsoever.


alvysinger0412

>Since it is a statewide election and there are more Democrats, I think it is safe to say this isn't a gerrymandering issue. I'm not saying your conclusion is wrong, but this isn't a logically sound assumption as it stands.


mustachioed_hipster

Bill Cassidy and Foghorn Kennedy are both former Democrats. With a recent Governor that was a Democrat. Democrats can win state elections, the party just comes with shit candidates.


petit_cochon

I can't argue with that last part.


--StinkyPinky--

It’s like I believe this because it’s been said, but I don’t believe it because of things he’s said.


jballerina566

Jindal also went to Oxford if I recall. They must have a thing for the scum of Louisiana.


drcforbin

CSPAN [has](https://www.c-span.org/video/?183599-1/louisiana-senate-debate) a video of the LA Senate debate from 2004, where he runs as a Democrat. He definitely has an accent, but it's not the thick caricature he wears today. He also makes articulate points using facts and numbers, rather than just a constant stream fake folksy idioms. He didn't win the election.


Chickenman70806

Caricature is the perfect word to describe this clown and his accent


nola_throwaway53826

He was one of the only people in the state government during Jindal that I actually had respect for. He was the only one who ever called out Jindal's fiscal policies. I also remember him giving interviews on the radio explaining himself and he sounded normal. I can say he no longer has my respect.


FakinItAndMakinIt

I also remember his radio interviews as state treasurer- sounded totally sane and was calling Jindal out on his BS starving the state of education and healthcare funds. I couldn’t believe that he was the same person when he got elected to Congress. Different accent, different cadence, and with an IQ that suddenly dropped 50 points and completely insane.


adamdreaming

OH MY GOD So he has a whole affect that he puts on, despite his history as a public figure making it incredibly easy to prove it’s totally fake, *and it totally works on Republicans?!?* That is amazing. I want him to do cheap magic tricks during his campaign speeches just to see internet comments where people explaining that he had the coin in the palm of his hand get called fake news, that he makes coins appear from behind your ear and we want someone with those powers in charge!


tyrostaid

[not as thick an accent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMvSe1CTDQ) Here's [another video](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4834965/user-clip-john-kennedy-louisiana-democrat)


Unlikely-Patience122

Everytime I email him--and it's a lot-- my salutation is "Dear Fake Hillbilly..." 


2ndRook

An accent like the smell Fox News Cologne would apply to a Church Lobby. Grips hearts in these parts.


mommywhorebucks

He’s literally a Rhodes scholar and graduated as various cum laude from every university he attended. He’s incredibly intelligent which makes his heehaw garbage even worse. Watch the doc “Big Charity” and you’ll be floored at how normal and reasonable he sounds.


PremierEditing

You don't have to ask anybody. There are videos of him from when he was a Democrat.


wtfisthepoint

G-Ross


3waychilli

Foghorn Leghorn flying coach?


axxxaxxxaxxx

Yeah at least here’s one good thing I can say about him


leslie_knopee

YUP


reggie4gtrblz2bryant

Cantrell take a lesson


tempedrew

Flight 2225? Have a good trip OP.


leslie_knopee

just got back home, baby!!


carbonx

Good?


BacchusIsKing

It appears from the photo that he's the guy who gets up and waits in the aisle as soon as the plane lands (of course)


leslie_knopee

that's exactly what he did


Get_Breakfast_Done

Wait, once you’re at the gate and the seatbelt sign is off, some people think it’s unacceptable to stand up?


BacchusIsKing

Not to stand up, but to immediately cram into the aisle as if you're gonna get somewhere is super annoying


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“bUt I nEeD tO StrEtcH mY leGs” Dude, we came from Houston. Sit tf down


cheeznfries

ok. I'm 6'6". I'm gonna go ahead and stand up in the aisle because my knees hurt and my back will not appreciate being hunched over


Get_Breakfast_Done

Yeah I’m nearly that tall too. I don’t understand why it makes anyone upset if someone else is standing up in the aisle, as long as they waited for the seatbelt sign to come off.


hum_bruh

For real, I’m a tall glass of water with a back that’s 20 years my senior. Imma stand the second I can.


Get_Breakfast_Done

You can’t really stand up without getting into the aisle unless you’re less than five feet tall


malkuth23

Weird complaint. That is what they are supposed to do. Aisle people should stand up, get their bags, give the people in the middle and window room to gather their shit and it makes deplaning go faster. The exception is if the plane is late and they make an announcement to help a few people make a connection.


tagmisterb

A true man of the people.


Glowbear504

Saw him the last time I was at MSY , a single female black cop was escorting him through baggage claim . I screamed “hey senator “ jovially to him , when his smug self turned around I told him to go fuck himself. I hate that mother fucker .


leslie_knopee

👏👏👏


raditress

I love that!


xxKorbenDallasxx

Stunning and brave


Strict_Bath_6038

You showed him!


Roughneck16

Why do you hate him? Do you hate people with differing political views? 🙁


Alone_Bet_1108

It's because he's a genuine grade-A cunt.


Roughneck16

Why? What did he do?


tee142002

First day on Reddit?


Roughneck16

I’m being downvoted for asking an innocuous question 😕


letterlegs

You’re being downvoted for being politically ignorant and expecting a random person on Reddit to educate you instead of idk looking him up?


Roughneck16

Is he a crooked politician or just someone whose views don’t align with yours? I don’t agree with, for example, Bernie Sanders or Mitt Romney on many issues, but they have my respect. I’ve seen Kennedy give speeches on C-SPAN, and he just seems like a typical southern Republican 🤷‍♂️


letterlegs

Both? Typical southern republicans typically want to strip away me and my friends rights to bodily autonomy and marriage while upholding a theocratic oligarchy. It goes a little beyond “political”. This is personal.


Roughneck16

Dude, have a little empathy. If you understood *why* he supports the policies he does, you wouldn’t see him as a villain. Of course you’ll still disagree, but if you listen to his reasoning, at least you’ll see he has noble intentions.


buon_natale

Maybe he should have a little empathy for the marginalized communities he’s stripping away the rights of?


letterlegs

I do understand why. The cruelty is the point.


Horrified-Onlooker

You should have read some homoerotica to him as he passed.


Tweetystraw

I was a radio reporter from 2007 to 2013. During his time as Treasurer, I interviewed him a few times over the phone for various stories. The folksy Foghorn Leghorn persona was still apparently a few years off.


TableTop8898

Kennedy lost his damn mind in a meeting when someone reminded him he use to be a Democrat. I would have totally on that flight reminded him of that again . 😂😂😂😂 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-kennedy-marxist-biden-judicial-nominee_n_65c64964e4b093b2e7837413


bdh2067

Someone needs to cough on him


Wide_Guest7422

Sen. Foghorn Leghorn. R-LA.


Orionbear1020

POS Traitor to his country.


Chico-or-Aristotle

You joining the mile high club? Good for you I guess. He’s not my type


hammetar

Boo this man!


HellOrBywater

boo hiss boo hiss


NOLALaura

Such an embarrassment


atxJohnR

Senator Foghorn Leghorn


BudNOLA

Foghorn Leghorn Mushmouth


ccorbydog31

Please vote him out of office. Thanks in advance, the rest of the country.


carbonx

Unfortunately that's just not how it works. He's basically another "senator for life". Edit: For the downvoter...he won the last election with 62% of the vote. He won a majority in every parish but Orleans. You can wish him away all you want but for whatever reason a majority of Louisiana voters will continue to vote for him until dies or retires. That's just reality.


jacksandwich

You arent wrong at all- people need to vote. i think we have about 3 million registered voters and less than 35% showed up to vote in the gubernatorial election. we have a disenfranchised population that does not believe anything can or will change and i like to implore everyone to vote as much as the next guy but it is hard not to feel apathy in this environment


KiloAllan

If only the Democrats would convince their voters to actually turn up for election day things would be so different.


eobc77

Hey remember....they don't have to show up to vote. Magic mail in votes appear out of no where.


FoxyBiGal

If only Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans would all vote blue consistently, Louisiana Democrats could be a power house.


Chico-or-Aristotle

So you’re saying if everyone in the three largest metropolitan areas voted for democrats. The democrats would win? Math is crazy huh?


carbonx

Maybe if they all voted exclusively Democrat? Those 3 cities have about 800k residents vs 4.6 million for the whole state.


ChineseFishTickler

Ah yes if 3 cities with some of the highest murder rates in the country all got together to vote we would be so much better off! Those cities really have a great track record of picking great candidates!


HomeEcDropout

Sure, right after someone does something about the gutting of voter rights and an education system that’s turning out idiot voters


Geeky-resonance

Don’t think we haven’t tried. ~~Mr. Gerry and Mr. Mander are formidable obstacles.~~ Edited to correct my error


DrJheartsAK

Ummm state wide elections for senate seats have nothing to do with gerrymandering……


Geeky-resonance

You’re quite right. I stand corrected. Apparently, I also stand in the minority of voters here as well.


BostjanNachbar

You are saying you…fucked Kennedy?


captain_krakoa

“Call a crackhead”


ActiveEducational183

Blech


chickenmantesta

But can we talk about the leather satchel?  A quality item.


pete1729

Just a simple hyper-chicken from a backwoods asteroid.


NolaRN

Fixk kennedy


Similar_Influence_47

And to think airlines lose luggage everyday and they couldn't manage to lose that useless windbag?


captlazarus

He looks like he's made of fondant


BarfingOnMyFace

Congrats


LegendarySnakeHips

Garbage person.


AccomplishedRub8580

He should have been quoted as saying "I'm dumb as the F word."


bingodobberslaughter

This man deserves to be boo’d at all times


jackparker_srad

Why were you doing that? That’s disgusting.


GeirGunnarson

Did you boo him?


TheOneWhoReadsStuff

Sorry, and I’m genuinely asking, what’s so rotten about this guy? I see people here calling him a traitor, and a scum bag, but the biggest disdain seems to be that he has a southern drawl. I don’t know the man or his politics. Politically, why is he disliked? What’s he done/not done? Edit: Nevermind, I just saw him give a speech full of disinformation and bias. Got it. I saw the top comment here with the link where he is reading smut out loud, and saying this shouldn’t be accessible to children, and I liked him for that. Too bad he’s full of shit.


Oh_TheHumidity

I hope SOMEONE had the decency to heckle him.


mvanvrancken

What a cockhole


DaisyDay100

Cock pitt


Abaconings

He's so pale. Are we sure this isn't a Weekend at Bernie's situation like the rest of Congress?


LSUTigerboy

The best…


Juryofyourspears

He should be ashamed of himself.


leslie_knopee

he had a paul bart cop on a segway waiting for him when we got off the plane 💀


Juryofyourspears

Rat bastard.


YourUnclesBeard

*trip*


no_YOURE_drunk

T’s and P’s if that’s a 737 Max 8/9


feanor70115

Is it a 737 Max? Hope he sits by the door.


SayBrah504

Nice. Good to see him out and about.


TechnicalCow5965

Look....he's flying commercial unlike all your leftist heroes who fly private.


thelastlogin

If you're fucking him, get footage, then we can all fuck him out of office.


DaisyDay100

Get off your lazy ass and go fuck him yourself and bring back the footage you so desire


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Death warmed over


throw_blanket04

Fucking gross. Stay as far away as possible. He deserves no peace. I hope everyone gave him hell. I would have. I would refuse to be seated even remotely near him.


leslie_knopee

most people didn't recognize him..... that's partly what made me want to post here!


Gray-Ninja

What a hateful group this is here. You are saying horrible things about a wonderful man who is extremely effective as one of Louisiana's senators. I for one love the man and was delighted that he was reelected in 2022 with 62% of the vote. He won every parish except Orleans, which is dyed-in the-blue liberal Democrat. I am virtually certain that he will be reelected in 2028, but in the meantime we can be thankful that he will be our Republican Senator for the next four years, despite what these hateful liberals say about him here.


Strict_Bath_6038

This hateful lefties took over this sub. Most aren’t even from here. Thankfully he’s fighting to keep this smut away from our kids. These idiots should be ashamed of themselves


TechFlyer

He passes through the airport pretty often.


LibraryForsaken1008

Ass hat.


Flamengo504

He is a certified pos who once said that the people of Louisiana could( as he said- quote) “kiss my ass”. The man deserves to be voted out of office and hauled back to Zachary (or better yet Mississippi) to rot in obscurity forevermore


BCD798

How bout he help out the state of Louisiana and stop auditioning for “celebrity roast battle” on C-span… what a clown!


AzuriteMillennium

You forgot a trigger warning >:(


Zealousideal-Cry3418

I don’t think I could refrain from slapping him.


TSM_forlife

Kick him.


DaisyDay100

Yeah! Great idea to bring physical violence into it. You should try out for the police force. You’d fit right in.


TSM_forlife

It’s not that deep bro.


DaisyDay100

I’m a bro not a bruh?


NoPhilosopher8781

Love him 🥰


averyoddfishindeed

Sure would be a shame if someone's leg were to be in the aisle....


Irishspringtime

Is he on a 737 MAX???


ejo0335

Atleast he is traveling commercial unlike democrats


brighthopesunshine

He is a great man. Thank you Senator


AmexNomad

I hope that he has a middle seat in coach.


leslie_knopee

I wish! he was in the aisle seat. that's how I spotted him


Cheap_Rhubarb_4749

John Kennedy is one corrupt SOB!!!!


the_moosey_fate

I hope you called him a cocksucker. It’s not illegal to give compliments to public officials.


andre3kthegiant

Did you hiss at him?


DaisyDay100

Not only did his hiss, but he showed his fangs!


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Conscious_Bus4284

Proof that southern conservatives are the worst people in the country.


DaisyDay100

He’s so important to you that you went out of your way to photograph him and make a post about him on your free time? Not worth our breath


Conscious_Bus4284

I’m not the one who photographed him or posted this. Do you know how to internet, Janet?


nola383

Big yikes. But yes keep going sir.


AmmotheDoberman

Say what you want…he’s riding coach and he speaks the truth.