{"id":12728,"date":"2016-03-07T13:08:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T18:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12728"},"modified":"2016-03-07T13:08:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T18:08:36","slug":"what-passes-for-serious-policy-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12728","title":{"rendered":"What passes for serious policy discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can&#8217;t make <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/03\/06\/candidate-for-skelos-seat-funded-lowbrow-sex-comedies\/\" target=\"_blank\">this stuff<\/a> up:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrismcgrathforsenate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chris McGrath<\/a>, the GOP candidate for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012s\/SD_map_rep_09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Republican ex-Majority Leader\u2019s Long Island seat<\/a>, is drawing heat from women\u2019s rights groups and others for bankrolling two R-rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes \u2014 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/offer-listing\/B000PMGS72\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000PMGS72&amp;linkCode=am2&amp;tag=gun0b-20&amp;linkId=AJFWCSNELJMVZYGA\">Surf School<\/a>&#8221; and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/offer-listing\/B000BBOUWM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000BBOUWM&amp;linkCode=am2&amp;tag=gun0b-20&amp;linkId=6EYCBMR6JXDGE433\">Death to the Supermodels<\/a>.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So? McGrath likes boobs. Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mUUGaW6bCqY\" target=\"_blank\">Vladimir Putin likes boobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Feminists were not amused &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They never are.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12728&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12728\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12728\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12728\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can&#8217;t make this stuff up: &#8220;&#8230; Chris McGrath, the GOP candidate for the Republican ex-Majority Leader\u2019s Long Island seat, is drawing heat from women\u2019s rights groups and others for bankrolling two R-rated sex comedies that include gratuitous nude scenes \u2014 &#8220;Surf School&#8221; and \u201cDeath to the Supermodels.\u201d &#8230;&#8221; So? McGrath likes boobs. 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