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Impeach the Motherfucker Already!

Submitted by Shal

Edited by Shal

Dan Savage, writer of the weekly sex column Savage Love, has some experience with coining terms. He and his loyal readers are responsible for the widespread use of the terms "pegging" (the act of a woman fucking her man with a strap-on), "santorum" (as he puts it, "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex," named after anti-gay senator Rick Santorum), and the acronym "DTMFA" ("dump the motherfucker, already" -- advice frequently given in his column).

Dan's got a new term he's trying to get people using: "ITMFA," which is short for "Impeach the motherfucker, already!"

I approached the idea cautiously. While Savage Love readers have successfully popularized two terms— pegging and santorum—I was apprehensive about ITMFA. Did the world need another anti-Bush slogan? Did we need another anti-Bush website? Instead of launching the campaign, I punted, asking my readers what they thought.

Well, they thought we should go for it—and my readers are usually right about this stuff.



The website at impeachthemotherfuckeralready.com is still in its early stages, but Savage is asking supporters to make their own "ITMFA" buttons and tshirts and send in pictures to be displayed. He also plans to link to any interesting news or websites that discuss impeaching President Bush.

I wish him luck in getting the phrase -- and the sentiment behind it -- into the realm of public discourse.

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Lotusmonger

Lotusmonger

Chicago, IL
May 2004

MAR 12, 2006 09:16 AM

Santorum is a great word because it sounds like something you would hear from an ancient Roman prostitute.

daniofthedead

daniofthedead

Philadelphia, PA
June 2004

MAR 12, 2006 09:32 AM

muahaha.

frothy. ew!

i hope it goes well for him, well for all of us surreal

Drama

Drama

Columbus, OH
January 2003

MAR 12, 2006 09:38 AM

I always liked Dan Savage's column...I remember when CityBeat (the local music/political magazine in Cincinnati) was basically forced to remove the "Savage Love" columns due to pressure from local politicians and "morality groups" because of their content...it made me more than happy to leave Cincinnati because of the blatent censorship going on there.

That said, go Dan!
Oh and impeach Bush!

jake_lex

jake_lex

Lexington, KY
February 2003

MAR 12, 2006 09:52 AM

If you can get impeached for getting a hummer in the Oval Office, surely to God you can be impeached for the shit Bush has done.

I mean, Nixon's somewhere now saying "Damn, is that guy abusing the powers of the presidency."

eightzeroone

eightzeroone

I'm lost
OLD SKOOL

MAR 12, 2006 09:53 AM

Damon_Shadows said:
I always liked Dan Savage's column...I remember when CityBeat (the local music/political magazine in Cincinnati) was basically forced to remove the "Savage Love" columns due to pressure from local politicians and "morality groups" because of their content...it made me more than happy to leave Cincinnati because of the blatent censorship going on there.

That said, go Dan!
Oh and impeach Bush!



Columbus Alive got bought and his column went away. Sometimes I goddamn hate Ohio.

meggle

meggle

Berkeley, CA
November 2002

MAR 12, 2006 10:10 AM

amen to all

UpTight

UpTight

I'm lost
December 2003

MAR 12, 2006 10:15 AM

iousdf sdol nsdop sek aw aghp

oops

sorry

I fell asleep on my keyboard

what's that?

some Lib wants to impeach Bush?

oh

iasd hoqw gsd k;AS

Hooraydiation

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA
October 2005

MAR 12, 2006 10:18 AM

I wish it was a little catchier.

goatboy23

goatboy23

Vatican City
November 2003

MAR 12, 2006 10:31 AM

Hooraydiation said:
I wish it was a little catchier.





(stolen from this post)

Wren

Wren

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

MAR 12, 2006 10:31 AM

If you don't read his column regularly, you won't know this, but this is a take off of a phrase he often uses, "DTMFA" or "Dump that motherfucker already!". For regular readers the sentiment is immediatly recognizable. ^_-

Hooraydiation

Hooraydiation

Boston, MA
October 2005

MAR 12, 2006 10:39 AM

Wren said:
If you don't read his column regularly, you won't know this, but this is a take off of a phrase he often uses, "DTMFA" or "Dump that motherfucker already!". For regular readers the sentiment is immediatly recognizable. ^_-


I can't believe I didn't catch that since I actually do read the column every week on The Onion. blackeyed

And I should actually read the news article too. Man, I suck,

[Edited on Mar 12, 2006 by Hooraydiation]

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

MAR 12, 2006 10:40 AM

Wren said:
If you don't read his column regularly, you won't know this, but this is a take off of a phrase he often uses, "DTMFA" or "Dump that motherfucker already!". For regular readers the sentiment is immediatly recognizable. ^_-




I.. uh.. kinda included that in my article. biggrin

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

MAR 12, 2006 10:49 AM

UpTight said:
iousdf sdol nsdop sek aw aghp

oops

sorry

I fell asleep on my keyboard

what's that?

some Lib wants to impeach Bush?

oh

iasd hoqw gsd k;AS


uptight misses the point a little bit here. this isnt michael moore. its a sex columnist with a pretty high readership. not that dan hasnt been making political quips for the entirety of his career, but its not his main schtick. liberal sex advice is his main schtick. and dreaming of coming on ashton kutcher's face.

steve626

steve626

Tarentum, PA
February 2005

MAR 12, 2006 10:52 AM

However he leaves office, he's leaving lots of Santorum around as a result of what he's doing to America.
And the bad thing is, Santorum might be the next evildoer coming from the Right. He's worse than Bush because he comes up with all of these bad ideas and hate on his own.

seanvegas

seanvegas

Lincoln, NE
December 2004

MAR 12, 2006 11:07 AM

Politics n' anal sex, God bless America! surreal

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