October 13, 2010
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Caught With a Dildo
Democrat Krystal Ball is running for a Congressional seat. But some photos of her have surfaced on a Republican website.
In one of the photos, she is wearing lingerie and touching a sex toy connected to her ex-husband’s nose as part of his costume. Here is the link: Link
The photos are six years old.
Personally, that would not make me vote against a person. She was just having a good time at a party with her husband.
Do you think the photo suggested she is unfit to serve in an elected position?
Comments (146)
No
All the more reason to vote for her! =]
It was a dildo nose. LOL Not a vibrator. And I think what happens in a person’s sex life is none of our business. It definitely would not change my vote.
No.
Oh lord no. I think the world will be way more at peace if the people running it are getting some.
That wouldn’t change my vote. She was having fun with her husband at a party – no reason to question her capabilities as a politician.
Obviously. Everyone knows that politicians don’t have sex lives.
Her name sounds like a stripper’s stage name.
Who hasn’t had a penis related incident? Only human.
As long as it’s not in front of diplomats, I would hardly care. She’s at a private party being silly with her husband.
Not at all. How many people these days don’t have vibrators? Come on.
On the contrary. It’s good to know that she’s an actual human being.
any little “bad” things that people feel threatens to the voting will always surface, no matter what it is.
Anybody remember Sarah Palin?
I’d vote for her. Hell, it might even MAKE me vote for her! Doesn’t get much more real than touching Rudolfs shiny red vibrator nose!!!
No, that’s just dumb.
But that’s how America is.
WE’RE ALL DYING INSIDE BECAUSE OBAMA SMOKES CIGARETTES. !!!!!!!!!!
No, but it doesn’t reflect very well either.
she’s totally fit to run for office. i’d say this ups her points a lot
She’s with her husband at a party, not some random date. So that shouldn’t be a problem.
perhaps if she were dressed like a nazi and it wasn’t holloween maybe……
Not really. She’s having fun at a party. Are people not allowed to have fun in politics, I don’t get it?
I’m all for voting for people who know how to have a little fun
Is she a witch?
It was 6 years ago. A lot can change in that time span.
to be honest, this happens all the time if the dem is photographed next to their opponent. jerry brown debated one last night.
No. Everyone has a life. I really don’t understand why politicians are persecuted so much for these things. It’s like people expect them to be subhuman cyborgs or something.
She defends Palin and O’Donnell? That says it all.
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It would definitely affect my vote. I can’t support anyone who would be preoccupied with sex and reindeer while in office. How do I know she won’t raise my taxes on a whim because the batteries ran down on her vibrator? At lets not even get into the widespread ramifications of bestiality with one of Santa’s reindeer!
No.
@MyxlDove - LOL!
Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose. Do dildos come with straps to put around your head to hold the nose in place? The straps that are clearly visible against her ex-husbands face. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a dildo with straps to wear around your head over your nose. Might it be she’s just pulling on her reindeer ex-husband’s very shiny nose? People have way too much time on their hands. As for the question, no. I doubt there are many women who have not used a dildo since us men don’t do a very good job pleasuring them.
That’s not enough to make me not vote for someone. But having a cheezy ass name like Krystal Ball… that’s enough to make me not vote for her… lol
Yep. That’s pretty much a deal-breaker right there. Politicians shouldn’t have sex. It gets in the way of their job.
(I’m kidding. I feel like I shouldn’t have to say that I’m kidding, but you know. I am.)
But is her name SERIOUSLY Krystal Ball??
Her name is Krystal Ball???? LOL Sorry, but that just makes me think this is a joke.
@thepictureofme - So, after reading the first sentence, I started reading your whole comment to the tune of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, thinking it was going to be a parody or something. I quickly realized that the words didn’t match the song. lol
This particular picture, no. But I am conflicted…because I don’t know where the press should be allowed to stop. In fact, I just wrote a post on this very topic. What is too private? How far should journalists be able to go to dig up stuff like this or worse? Is it relevant … and should journalists be able to go beyond the person’s legal name scour for information.. I’m sure some geek could break into my shutterfly account and find all the photos I’ve ever taken! Should they be able to?
@SodomyClown - I haven’t!
Well, unless you count the time I was pregnant. I guess that could be described as a “penis related incident.” If you wanna stretch the truth a bit.
outward appearances, charms and appealing personality traits should never define who we put in office.
oh wait…
Krystal Ball. Seriously? I think the name alone disqualifies her.
HER NAME IS PRACTICALLY CRYSTAL BALL… just sayin.
i think that is a reason TO vote for her hahaha! love to see them having a good time
No, that was then, this is now. Her private social life is her business, all I care about is public information directly related and relevant to her current election.
I want to vote for her more now.
As long as her collection isn’t more extensive then mine. I’d feel intimidated.
I’m sure even Sarah Palin has a vibrator.
Come on, people. Voting for someone because they have a sex toy is just as stupid as not voting for someone because they have a sex toy.
Well, it did stop Lois Griffin from being elected to the Quahog school board…
Besides she had a rough childhood with abusive parents. Think about it. Mr and Mrs Ball named their child Krystal! How could they? Her brother is probably named Bowling and then their is little Ping Pong the Chinese baby they adopted.
That we have to ask questions like this, in this day and age, breaks my heart.
Owning a sex toy–touching a sex toy–having once been around a sex toy, maybe, is NOT a good reason to not vote for someone. If you want reasons NOT to vote for Krystal Ball, there are plenty of reasons that have NOTHING to do with sex toys. I think that this sort of photo campaign pretty much says more about the people running it than it could EVER say about Ball herself.
@RushmoreJ - I just snorted, and it made my sore throat worse. But I’m laughing so hard, I don’t care.
How…wrong.
People really need to be cautious when making a decision to get into politics.
@RushmoreJ - I was amused by your comment.
She sounds like a fun person to hang out with. The picture will not impact whether or not I think she is fit to run for election.
I think this just makes the Repub site that posted the picture look really bad. Mudslinging is immature.
@DickDoktorII - yeah but she only defends them against sexist attacks. Whether you’re female or not should have no bearing. Campaigning should be about the issues.
No
No. I am sure a lot of other politicians have done worse, looks like she is just having fun.
No. She’s human like the rest of us. .@crazy2love - ahh ! yes i agree with you 100 percent :]
Sounds like she has all the right attributes.
the photos? no worry. the name…krystal ball?
i’d have to give that some thought.
who hasn’t taken a funny picture with a dildo?
no
no, congrats to her for having some fun in her life!
“I’m angry that when we are suffering from high unemployment, record
budget deficits and a broken education system, that crass political
operatives will resort to the politics of personal destruction when they
can’t talk about the issues.”
Can’t put it much better than she did… raunchy photos are completely irrelevant to political issues, which SHOULD be the basis of who we vote into office.
God, I can’t wait for these damn elections to be OVER. I hate the commericals. They are so negative. Why don’t you say somethig GOOD about YOURSELF instead of bashing the other person? I’m hearing more of the OTHER persons name than your own. Not a good thing. (Sorry, had to rant).
This woman was with her *husband*. This is just stupid. Lol.
I think she has pretty hair. I wonder what kind of shampoo she uses?
Nope. Seems like a normal person to me.
All politicians make it a point of bending us over and ramming it home…dry Some just need to strap one on first. So, pics of a pol with vibrator in hand….yawn
I think her judgement should be brought into question.
nah. you go girl.
Well we know the male politicians have sex it’s about time the women came out of the closet too.
As long as it is not a real one attached to other men….how this is even an issue is pathetic.
Good grief, no. But her name being “Krystal Ball” does sound like a lot of hocus pocus! :-p
Kathi
They’ll find anything. I’d prefer a photo like this to surface, immature, than to have to develop odd thoughts out of paranoia.
If people have humor, it’s funny.
It was probably done on purpose because sex sells. It’s an affordable scandal. Not like the 100,000 that the charity organization bribed you with.
No, not in the slightest. I don’t think it should matter, just like I don’t think it should matter if Bill Clinton had sex with every intern between DC and Arkansas. The “news” media is quite disappointing.
The comments on this post are quite heartening, however. I hope that more people in this country realize that an election should be won or lost based on real issues and not based on the sex lives or personal problems of those running.
We’ve had chubby chasers and lingerie wearers in office before… I’d vote for her if her platform fits my stance.
Wouldn’t make a difference to me. It was her husband, at the time anyway, so it’s not like she is having an affair or anything…
No, not really. Better than what some of the people who’ve BEEN elected to important positions have done.
While I think some aspects of a person’s private life may warrant cause to not vote, I’d say this is foolish and stupid. And that’s coming from a registered Republican.
Ha her PR had her dress so modestly in the interview. I wish things like that didn’t matter so much.
I wish everyone would think like you do about this.
All of us have that “thing” or “things” that might make someone out there tilt their head sideways at a time or two. Some things that are in our past, some things that aren’t so recent, but not so far away. Would it be so bad if she were a Republican? It’s hard to say, because people in general seem to be hellbent on running certain bits of information about people right into the ground. It’s like they put down where they stand on the issues, and focus on stupid things. Whether it so happens to be the fact they were beauty queens like Sarah Palin, have the middle name Hussein like the President, or barely even thought of witchcraft. People look for things like this to measure how bad of a character someone has the potential to be. People forget that politicians are human. They have lives outside of their offices of power. And yes….they even use dildos.
Now this might be the old crazy Liberal and Green Tea in me talking, but I could care less. Unless she’s in a bathroom stall tapping her feet for sexual favors, this is a harmless old picture someone found to slander her. FAIL on their part.
I think all this SH*T is getting totally retarded. I’m seeing crap every day about some chick in a Halloween costume what is too provocative, another chick that made some funny comments about witchcraft and is getting SLAMMED now for being a witch, and now this. I mean come ON people what does ANY of this SH*T have to do with politics.
Here is a bit of food for thought. We don’t have any of this kind of crap on currently elected officials and look how great of a job they are doing. They are so disconnected from society they have NO idea how to do anything. Lets try something different shall we?
Also if the people running this CRAP are so inadequate that this is all they have to go off of then do we really need to put those people in office?
P.S. I am a Republican and even though this woman (and I believe the other people too are Democrats) I still believe this is just plain stupid.
omg seriously? If photos like this keep people from voting for someone, and pm everyone is on Facebook, there will be NO ONE to vote for very, very soon.
her name really is krystal ball?
I don’t see what the big deal is. To me, she’s just goofing off and having a good time. It seems rather stupid to get soooo offended over an innocent pic taken in jest, and yet turn around and defend a guy who likes to goosestep around his house with his buddies in full Nazi gear.
I wonder how many people in office has photos like that…the only difference, someone put these on the net and the others aren’t. give the girl a break.
This is an example of the age gap. Now, even if you’re clean-cut, you do things the older generation would consider scandalous, just to be edgy. And there are probably pictures. If this were a total deal-breaker, I could never run for public office. Not because I have a picture of me with a dildo in my hand, but because I am anything but clean-cut.
Ya know, because important people don’t have kinky sex…
@imperfect_smash - Exactly what i was thinking.
As my boyfriend, Jason, just said while reading this over my shoulder… “GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!” These pictures are funny… and also part of her private life. They’re no one’s business, just like Monica giving Bill a blowjob wasnt anyone’s business! A person’s “sex life” has NOTHING to do with their capability to be a responsible human being. These pictures show, not only that she has a sense of humor, but also that she is capable of showing a little maturity… some of you may not see her laughing with her hand around a dildo as maturity, but when I see people freaking out of sexual inuendo, those are the people that i think need to grow up. Sex is a natural part of life. If everyone who ran this country were “innocent puritans,” we’d still be burning people at the stake.
No. I think it is kind of interesting to find out some of the stuff that you do about certain people. You develop this image of them, && then you see a picture such as that && realize that maybe they arn’t as clean cut as they appear. It’s kind of nice knowing that people running for a Congressional seat can && will have fun to. Who cares if it’s 6 years old. lol
Heaven forbid that our politicians have real lives!!
@Rob_of_the_Sky - HAHAHHAHA YES!
If I ever ran for a political position, they’d find pictures that are a lot worst, but why would people care? Are politicians not allowed to have fun?
That is an utterly ridiculous question.
Everybody here says no but wait – if it were a Republican man doing something similar to that, people would be all over it.
They need to leave her alone.
@irishluck20 - Not those of us who don’t care for either party
Sweet Jesus, if idiots like Sarah Palin can run for anything, I’ll vote a smart girl with a sense of humor any day. Beside, eliminate her because she has a dildo, and you’ll have to eliminate half the females in this country.
This is the kind of stupidity that makes me hate news media. This has nothing to do with anything. So what? If this influences voting, there’s something wrong with the voters.
No…she’s not doing anything illegal or harmful. Unless it was a dildo of mass destruction…
@XoAsianBabioX - I didn’t even think about that until you mentioned it, but that is an awesome name.
krystal ball? seriously?
You might know a republican would have a red vibrator.
Her name is Krystal Ball. How is a dong-nose an issue?
I think she’s hot… that might make her unfit to run for office.
I think the more important issue is that her name is Krystal Ball…
she’s “peverse” so she’s perfect for congress! lol
Her name is seriously Krystal Ball?
…the dildo wouldn’t sway me against herbut that name makes me wonder if she hates her parents.
wow shes hot……i’d vote for her
@Ricardo98 - hahaha, good one
omg politicians have sex too?! O.O /sarcasm
we all know some hardcore right winger is gonna have a heart attack.
Honestly people need to stop being so nosy and pry into people’s personal life. They’re only human…politician or not. So what if they like to have fun in their life? Doesn’t mean they aren’t qualified to do their job
Politicians are supposed to represent us, and 99% of humans are sexual beings, whether they deny it or not. Denial won’t make the fact go away. I’m sure if I was a female with a sense of humour, I’d do the same thing.
Sure. It was she was having fun. Just like she did in college. And i believe the one people were more offended by was the one of her sucking the dildo?
But Liberals have come up with plenty of dirt on lets say Cristine Odonnell and posted it everywhere. How does that make them better?
Both sides, Republican and Democrat, like to come up about shit from peoples past to try and sway voters. EVERYONE likes to have fun and sometimes you get caught. She asked to be a politician, so she asked to be in the spotlight. Obviously the opposing party is going to dig up dirt on you. Politics is dirty and she asked to play the game.
Plus, check the recent polls.Wittman has in in the bag, no problem.
Pfft… silly Democrats with their “sense of humor.”
If she were a Republican, her career would be over. Since she’s a Democrat, it’s a resume enhancement.
With a name like “Krystal Ball”, I’d expect a lot more than that innocent photo!
Seriously, what’s the big deal? Six years wasn’t that long ago, maybe she’s still that awesome.
If PRESIDENTS can KEEP HOMOSEXUAL BOYS, and ENGAGE in PAGAN RITES who cares about DILDOS?
And with that NAME why hasn’t someone accused her of Witchcraft?
Krystal Ball is a stripper name.
No, that’s ridiculous to not vote for someone because SIX years ago they were having a good time. Even if it was one year ago, or one month ago.
It really wouldn’t bother me any… I mean, like you said, she was having fun and it was a party. We’ve all done things that could potentially look compromising when a camera is present.
On the same token… if you’re planning on running for anything, then you have to be careful of your actions, because people watch and people judge (unfortunately) based on any single choice a person makes. It still wouldn’t change my mind on voting for her if I felt she was a sound candidate… if I voted of course.
How do dildos affect the person’s ability to do their jobs? What is it anyone else’s business? How does this even say anything about her personality?
Using a sex toy is completely irrelevant.
what they don’t mention is Obama was taking the picture
hell no! everyone needs a healthy sex life, and she’s with her husband, so who cares?
Of course not, and Republicans know that it doesn’t make her unfit to lead. But they know they can use it to sway some votes away from her. *sigh* The state of politics in this country is very sad.
hell i would vote for her now that i have seen that photo. we need some people that like to fucking party and get loose!!!
Cheers to dildos (CHEERS)!!
Insignificant. Nothing at all compared to the mistresses and homosexual liasions of *conservative* Repubs that are allegedly all about morality and family. LOL!
With a couple relatives in Delaware I was more concerned with that debate last night…..It was comedy
Not me personally, but there are a lot of conservatives out there who still consider anything having anything to do with sex is amoral and not a good candidate for any political office.
Absolutely…….. Not.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I think it’s cute. Simple little “human” things wouldn’t change my vote.
Once again, evidence that American politics is a complete joke. But if the feedback here is any indication, hopefully this particular tactic will backfire.
Will a dildo affect the way she works? Probably not considering many
women probably have one and are doing just fine. This is why i hate
politics and i hate their obnoxious slander campaigns even more. Why
can’t they just advertise the 3 most important things they want to do
and have people decide if those 3 things are better than the other’s 3
things. As much as dictatorship is bad, they still don’t take forever to make changes (better or worse) happen.
God forbid we put a human in an elected position.
Wouldn’t change my vote.
Oh, and to those concerned about her name, trust me it could be worse. I went to high school with a girl named Ophelia Rump….
is someone trying to fuck with her? hell no.
yea right, I’d vote for her because she has a sense of humor, how often do you find that in politics?
Only if she made a point about her traditional living and family values. Be they Democrat or Republican, once someone has introduced those topics to the table and is talking about improving the morals of society, I expect traditional living, etc.
But if she never claimed that, then I don’t care about the pictures.
>Do you think the photo suggested she is unfit to serve in an elected position?
You ask a lot of interesting, thought-provoking questions on this website, but this is not one of them.
This photograph is completely irrelevant and there is absolutely nothing about it which suggests she is unqualified for office.
Maybe I am out of touch with the voting population, but seriously — why would anyone consider something like this when voting for a representative?
Because getting caught with a hooker, a stripper or a person of the same sex is so much less scandalous. If this picture had been taken recently I’d wonder about the candidate but this was six years ago. Who hasn’t done something a bit stupid in their life?
Nope.
Nah.
Politics are nothing but slander now. So lame. Are elected officials not allowed to be human or have fun or be themselves? Why do we dig up scourge on people, I mean who really cares? How many figureheads out there haven’t done these same things, perhaps just not on record? Bill Clinton for crying out loud. He kinda opened the Pandora’s Box on it all and that was over a decade ago.
It’s sad when government candidates have to resort to these measures to ensure their position. It’s no longer the person who is best for the job but the person who looks most favorable. It’s all media BS like so much else.
Nope. It’s not like she was cheating or doing something awful.
I am wondering how they got those pictures though. Ugh.
I don’t see how those photos are relevant at all.