Comments on: The Money Shot... at least according to Tom DeLay's photo album...

The Money Shot... at least according to Tom DeLay's photo album...

ph00dz — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:28:22 -0800

The Money Shot ... at least according to Tom DeLay's photo album.

By: AwkwardPause

AwkwardPause — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:36:06 -0800

He should put his money where his mouth is ...or something.

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:37:47 -0800

Well, that poor man's face is turned partially away from the camera. Hard to tell if he did catch a ball-drainer or not. I always knew DeLay was "The Big Loada" but I'm still lacking proof.

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:38:20 -0800

Am I missing something, or is this post really just based on the label someone gave to an image file (and the fact that the phrase chosen has a pornographic connotation)?

By: i_cola

i_cola — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:49:32 -0800

Give the man a biscuit... [cookie]

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:52:17 -0800

Odd. Maybe he just doesn't know what it means.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:52:39 -0800

Yes. This post is just a different sort of political splooge for the polifites to, uh, chew on.

By: SpaceCadet

SpaceCadet — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:52:44 -0800

I don't get it.

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:53:28 -0800

I've noticed the phrase "money shot" coming up a lot, like when I was watching CNN coverage of the SpaceShipOne landing, a reporter referred to the second launch as the "money shot". See also Paula Abdul calling Ruben Studdard's dimples "the money shot". I suspect these people may be unaware of the actual meaing of the term.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:56:26 -0800

He came, he saw, he conquered.

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 08:59:04 -0800

I suspect these people may be unaware of the actual meaing of the term. If I'm not mistaken, "the money shot" was borrowed by the porn industry from the "legitimate" cinema. It didn't (and doesn't) always have pornographic connotations.

By: m@

m@ — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:10:35 -0800

Delay was 'rebuked' in the house for tying political donations to legislation so it's a bit of a double pun. Rebuked apparently now means "I'm a scumbag but a powerful one, had it been a 1st term Democrat this would be cause for scandal, shame and serious action."

By: lodurr

lodurr — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:19:34 -0800

I think it's one of those terms that was borrowed, went out of fashion (probably in no small part because of who borrowed it and what for) in the mainstream, and has then come back stronger because pr0n is so fucking fashionable these days. So when Paula Abdul says that Reuben's dimples are "the money shot", she means that they're necessary to his "triumph" much as you can't make a porn scene without some kind of ... well, money shot. She knows damn well where the term has been used. And I expect DeLay does, too; he pretty much sees the whole world in terms of who gets to "cum on" whom, AFAICS.

By: milovoo

milovoo — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:21:07 -0800

Congressman DeLay talks to one of his constituents at a Cinco de Mayo event that took place in Alvin, Texas OK ... so, even knowing the relevant facts, and understanding the double-entendre, why is that photo important in any way? Is this one of those secret message posts, or have politics just gotten too oblique for me?

By: dazed_one

dazed_one — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:24:51 -0800

Yeah... I don't get it.

By: aladfar

aladfar — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:30:13 -0800

The photo is important as it shows Delay interacting with a person of color with a United States flag on his sleeve. Someone at his office realized that this offers the greatest potential for political profit, and called it the "money shot". This reveals, therefore, that Delay and his office are more concerned with appearances than they are with producing effective and equitable policy. And, of course, the same is true of every other politician. Bush in his flight suit, with is Thanksgiving turkey, for example. Kennedy looking rugged on his sailboat. This is fascinating, however, because it offers a tiny glimpse behind the curtain. The man behind Oz is a manipulative little weasel with his mind in the gutter. Dig?

By: Dr_Octavius

Dr_Octavius — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:37:29 -0800

My only thought is that the picture was named such because it is of him with a minority "first responder." Thus giving him cred with two coveted groups. Just my take. If that was the basis for the name I don't think it is relevant to his person (which is the implication I got from the post...of course I could be wrong)

By: Dr_Octavius

Dr_Octavius — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:40:32 -0800

On preview: What aladfar said. But I think it reflects more on politicians in general not just Delay.

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:49:52 -0800

"Tom's XXX Bukkake Party, cumming soon on DVD"

By: hackly_fracture

hackly_fracture — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:51:46 -0800

Site strangely down now . . .

By: nofundy

nofundy — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:04:14 -0800

He came, he saw, he conquered. posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:56 AM PST on October 7 "Tom's XXX Bukkake Party, cumming soon on DVD" posted by matteo at 9:49 AM PST on October 7 Time for Tom to [cough] come out of the closet? Don't delay, do it today. Wealthy, stupid rednecks who give him lots of money gets Tom turgid.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:08:42 -0800

404 Page Not Found. Looks like someone's awake over there. Not that it matters since Delay's days are numbered.

By: milovoo

milovoo — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:10:07 -0800

Ah, I see, that is quite crass. (maybe some sort of "check out the linked image name" would have helped those of us who do not regularly notice things like that) I wonder who told them about it.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:17:52 -0800

I'm sure the image-naming convention was for diabolical reasons which reveal a cynical subtext. I'm sure DeLay himself does all the webmastering, too. Yes. Hey, did you hear, Bush received direction from Cheney via earpiece in the debates! Another great post! Lemmings.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:29:37 -0800

lemmings.

By: y6y6y6

y6y6y6 — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:43:47 -0800

404 suddenly - Which means Tom Delay reads MetaFilter.

By: Argyle

Argyle — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:50:44 -0800

Here is the thumbnail image via Google Image Search cache:

By: camworld

camworld — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:05:56 -0800

This needs to be remixed into a porn intro.

By: matteo

matteo — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:22:36 -0800

Tom Delay reads MetaFilter. I understand his username is ParisParamus. he really needs to cum clean about this

By: milovoo

milovoo — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:31:00 -0800

I'm sure the image-naming convention was for diabolical reasons which reveal a cynical subtext. OK, fair enough that it wasn't DeLay himself who named it, but is there an alternate explanation for the image name?

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:29:18 -0800

Politics aside for a moment. I just thought it was funny that it was titled something like "money shot." I was looking for something unrelated and stumbled on that. Figured metafilter folks would appreciate it... Here's something curious, though - clicking through from metafilter to the photo album, which is still up, yields a 404 page. Go there in a separate browser window, the page loads fine.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:31:29 -0800

Oh wait. I'm retarded... they moved the gallery and changed the name of the pic. Weird...