Angry Former GOP Congressman Compares Cantor To Porn Star

Hey, kids! Remember how a couple weeks ago, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor was totally out of ideas, so he formed a new club with Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush called the National Council for a New America, and then went on a "listening tour" where the first and only stop was a restaurant called "Pie-Tanza" that wasn't even outside the Beltway? And there, they snacked on pizza and listened to each other say stuff that was basically indistinguishable from the stuff they had been saying all along, except this time, it was at a pizza place? Yeah. Those were good times. Like the movie Adventureland, only instead of sexy, disaffected college kids with sexy and disaffected hijinks at an amusement park, you have sad middle-aged men with sad middle-aged talking points at a pizza place.

Anyway, according to the American Spectator, not even the launch of this ambitious new experiment in soggy, third-rate rebranding succeeded in making Eric Cantor happy.

Cantor was most stung after last week's launch of what he termed a national "listening tour," when Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, announced at the same time her own "listening tour" as she mulls a run for the Senate in Louisiana.

"Apparently it's true: great minds do think alike," quipped a former colleague of Cantor who lost his seat last election cycle, he believes, for supporting the Bush bank bailout plan at Cantor's request.

So there you have it, Eric Cantor apparently has a sad because people would much rather listen to pornstars! Of course, there's still the mystery of the identity of Cantor's snarky former colleague! Of the fourteen Republicans who lost election last year, there were only four who voted for the bailout bill: Chris Shays of Connecticut, Joe Knollenberg of Michigan, Jon Porter of Nevada, and Randy Kuhl of New York. Care to guess?

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Comments

[AnthonyVolpe]

Don't feel bad, Eric. At least people aren't coming up to you asking you about your DP scenes during YOUR listening tour.

[DeBartolo]

She could take lessons from Eric and those who bend for Rush and the Southern Baptist

[fodel]

Cantor is obviously no stranger to porn.. he's been sodomizing the American public for years.

[DeBartolo]

I LOVE YOUR COMMENT! LOL Most appropriate

[BartLA]

I'm so glad your comment got approved. It's nice when the truth is stated for everyone to read.

[roshni]

Fanned!

[Telemachus]

I wondered where all that Santorum came from.

[kathy001]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

[dst1]

Me too.......­...Had to clean off the monitor...­.........

[haval2]

Oh my God how did these lowlifes get elected at all....the listening tour crowd is more of a threat to the country than Al Qeda could ever be.

[DeBartolo]

Southern baptist evangelicals elect them. Don't you know the GOP is the party of GOD.

[white mende man]

I believe hizballah has rights to "the party of god" title... oh well it does suit the GOP though.

[learntofly]

Exactly. They're complete loosers. And where did they find the listening tour crowd anyway? Probably aides.

Jason - Nice article.

[biglover]

Ive heard Stormy speak and she sounds like a helluva viable candidate to me. She sounds like she has a brain in her head.

Having said that, is she really running as a rethug?

[timberdoodle]

Remember Cantor isn't on a listening tour any longer since Rush told him to go on a teaching tour Cantor has agreed.

[tel8034]

More like a brain washing, indoctrination tour.

[GoDogGo]

It's hard to stop and listen when you're a...man of action. Bow-chicka-bow-bow.

[BluestateGuyInTX]

They've all been doing lap dances for Rush. None of them should be brought home to mom. ;-)

[corgidog59]

For the record, Pietanza has really good pizza. If anyone is in the Arlington,VA area, it is worth a try.

[bubbuh]

Are GOPees are topping?

[XLintLuvR]

GOPeeza. You know you wanted to say it. lol

[BartLA]

Hopefully the failed rebranding fiasco didn't hurt their business.

[HarryParatestis]

whew! I thought someone was comparing Cantor to John Holmes. It looks like he was thinking of a much smaller pornstar.

[morefromLA]

Yeah, I thought he was about to get some more votes with his higher profile.

[alguien]

yeah, an innie instead of an outie.

[Rog49Thomas]

On a listening tour, it's a really good idea to be silent and actually listen.

Otherwise, it's a speaking tour.

[sisterdebmac]

And to actually TOUR would be nice too. I knew that lame idea would fall apart fast. They all three looked so miserable, like they really wished they hadn't started it in the first place. No surprise it's already over. LOL!

[BartLA]

They blew their wad on pizza. Next stop was a pie house in Arlington. They never made it.

[Rog49Thomas]

When you already know the answers, you can have a fairly short tour.

And if something comes up that you don't know, well there's always Rush.

[jennytaylia]

I am SOOO happy that Eric has a sad!!! heeheehee.­....

[Treeske]

CAN THEY GET ANY FUNNIER? THEIR CLUELESSNESS, THE RESULT OF SELLING THEIR SOUL FOR STAYING IN POWER!

[DandaPanda]

except porn stars are way more righteous

[blkbtrfly1]

Perhaps not mor righteous.­..but definately more honest.

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[reggieb]

well as long as we are asking for money.....­. 2 kids in college...­.. blah blah progressive .... change blah blah blah......

[ctman47]

Of course, except Busty actually has ideas. So it is not a complete comparison.

[Rog49Thomas]

It's really important to distinguish between useful ideas and dangerous delusions.

Former President Pan had few useful ideas.

[Rog49Thomas]

Oops for some reason I read Busty as Bush.

That may be a sign of advancing age.

How sad!