Discussion: Rep. Michael Grimm: 'Sometimes I Get My Italian Up...I'm Human.'

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“Sometimes I Get My Italian Up”

…and when it stays up over 4 hours, I have to seek medical attention

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Nicely done, asshole: you manage simultaneously to disavow any personal responsibility for impulse control, and hide behind the ethnic stereotype. A two-fer!

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I’ve known men who’ve named their man parts, but never has anyone called it “My Italian.”

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Shorter Michael: Hey! Don’t blame me! I’m just an ethnic cartoon.

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Now that’s a spicy meatball!

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Grimm, keeping up the stereotype, named his “Uncle Big Pussy”

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If a regular person threatened to throw someone off a balcony, they would get arrested.

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So is he suggesting that he’s a mobster type that resorts to violence whenever he’s stressed or is he saying that all Italians have no self-control and resort to violence whenever they get stressed out?

I suppose that since he’s white, it’s OK to fall back on racial stereotypes.

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not me! hell, I parade that bad boy in the public square!

ok, why does the name “Grimm” not sound to me as though it is of Italian ancestry? sounds more like german.

in any event, the guy’s not only a douche bag, he’s also under federal criminal investigation. do his constituents really want to be represented by him?

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Real smart, dickwad. First you threaten a journalist, and now you try to excuse yourself by insulting the entire Italian-American community. I cannot wait for your non-apology - you know, “I am sorry if anyone was offended…”
Yeah, you can tell you’re a fucking Republican.

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Well, it’s short and hairy.

What would you call it?

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Wop are you talking about?

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Yeah, well, while “your italian” may give Teatroll dillholes like Lindsey Graham a bit of a tingley wingley in the crotchal area, it has absolutely no place in the professional behavior we expect of our elected officials. Your admission that you can’t control “your italian” shows that you don’t have the maturity or self control for the job.

Next time, try getting your “grow up.”

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another one of Grimm’s fairy tales

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We all have stressful jobs. Very few of us have allowed that stress to cause us to act out violently against another human being.

What’s that old Italian saying? If you can’t stand the heat…

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…whack a Gambino?

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‘Sometimes I Get My Italian Up’

Isn’t that cute! Grimm named his wee willy “My Italian”, and sometimes, he takes the little blue pill. (gay porn just isn’t doing it for him any more)

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It’s a stressful job being in Congress.

Who knew doing nothing was so stressful.

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ok… let me indulge those stereotypes… i wouldn’t be surprised if that line was approved by many staten islanders considering its home to many retired, uh, ‘connected’ families… who happily embrace it.