Democrat VA Candidate Gives BJ to Nose

[Samson]

Krystal Ball...what a great name!!

One shows Ball at a party leading a man on a leash (he had a metal choker on his neck). In another her and another woman are in a sexy-lesbian pose. In a third pose she is suggesting lewd acts with a man's phallic nose. All together there are 12 photos of her at this party. Many way too racy to be posted

 

[RadiomanATL]

Krystal Ball...what a great name!!

One shows Ball at a party leading a man on a leash (he had a metal choker on his neck). In another her and another woman are in a sexy-lesbian pose. In a third pose she is suggesting lewd acts with a man's phallic nose. All together there are 12 photos of her at this party, seen on Black Velvet Bruce Li website. Many way too racy to be posted

Her response was classic and on the nose (pun!)

 

[RadiomanATL]

Part of her release on the subject:

Now, this may seem funny given the nature of the source of my small amount of ephemeral celebrity, but I am actually a fairly shy person by nature, pretty much of a policy wonk. I tried to be as fun as I could during and immediately after college, but I am generally private to the point that I don’t even like to kiss my husband in public. I am always worried about what outfit I wear. Is the skirt too high? How’s the neckline? Yet, for millions of people around the world, I am a joke named Krystal Ball, a party girl or a whore.



How did this happen? How did I end up with private photos of me at 22 with my ex-husband across the entire Internet, and in papers from London to New York to Boston? It’s not because people care about the Congressional race in the first district of Virginia or because of my positions on energy independence, school choice, marriage equality, or pro-growth environmentalism. Here’s what happened…



Politics is a nasty game. I knew that coming in. I thought I could take it. But the day that I bought my first radio ads, my opponent called the station and inquired as to the size of the advertising buy. Two hours later, these photos were released by a right-wing smear blog with close ties to my opponent. I don’t believe these pictures were posted with a desire to just embarrass me; they wanted me to feel like a whore. They wanted me to collapse in a ball of embarrassment and to hang my head in shame. After all, when you are a woman named Krystal Ball, 28 years old, running for Congress, well, you get the picture. Stripper. Porn star. I’ve heard them all. So, I sat in my husband’s arms and cried. I thought about my little girl. I couldn’t stand the idea that I had somehow damaged the cause of young women running for office. I couldn’t stand the idea that I might shame my family, my friends or my supporters in some way.



The tactic of making female politicians into whores is nothing new. In fact, it happened to Meg Whitman, one of the world’s most accomplished business women, just last week. It’s part of this whole idea that female sexuality and serious work are incompatible. But I realized that photos like the ones of me, and ones much racier, would end up coming into the public sphere when women of my generation run for office. And I knew that there could be no other answer to the question than this: Society has to accept that women of my generation have sexual lives that are going to leak into the public sphere. Sooner or later, this is a reality that has to be faced, or many young women in my generation will not be able to run for office.



On the day the photos were posted, I thought of Hillary Clinton. How she came out the next day after her private life was public and held her head high. Many advisors told me I was finished, that this was not what people wanted from their member of Congress. I decided that I had to fight. I had to come out publicly and raise my voice on this issue, even though I risked becoming some joke candidate named Krystal Ball. I also risked drawing more attention to the photos, which I still find tremendously embarrassing, but mostly because I’m shy, not because I think that what I did was wrong.



Against nearly all the advice I was given I decided to give interviews. Siobhan “Sam” Bennett, from Women’s Campaign Forum, helped me to realize that the way to combat this was to take it head-on, to confront it.



Since this has happened and I have campaigned around my district, hundreds of people have come up to me to give me their love and support. I have not had one single person say an unkind word to me. Not one. Imagine, with all the stories of how much ugliness there is in the world, yet not one person has been rude to me in person in any way. I have received too many emails to count from all over my district and all over the world. From Bethel, Maine to Bethel, Washington. From veterans, government workers, seniors, young people, all expressing support for me, for my generation ... saying in effect ... we still love you, you have nothing to be ashamed of ... run for office ... win.



However, my biggest support during this whole sad episode of my life has come from supporters of Hillary Clinton. In effect, they have been telling me that what happened to me could have happened to one of their daughters. They will not see their daughters called whores when they run for office just because of some college or post-college party. They will not watch the tide of everything they fought for washed away by the public exposure of female sexuality. Once again, like the heroes that they were a generation ago when they made their careers, they are stepping up to protect young women like me and to support us and to help us to grow up. We are young women. And we are dedicated to serving this country. And we will run for office. And we will win.”

 

[blu]

nice, she would have my vote

 

[RadiomanATL]

nice, she would have my vote

She certainly has gumption and can express herself well and stand up for herself.

But that alone doesn't win my vote. The above plus policy positions do, when weighed against the opponent.

 

[California Girl]

nice, she would have my vote

Unless she was a Republican. Then you'd be screaming like a 2 year old about it.

 

[WillowTree]

Krystal Ball...what a great name!!

One shows Ball at a party leading a man on a leash (he had a metal choker on his neck). In another her and another woman are in a sexy-lesbian pose. In a third pose she is suggesting lewd acts with a man's phallic nose. All together there are 12 photos of her at this party. Many way too racy to be posted

Did I miss Christmas?

 

[blu]

nice, she would have my vote

Unless she was a Republican. Then you'd be screaming like a 2 year old about it.

nope, but once again you spout your baseless nonsense

 

[Samson]

nice, she would have my vote

She certainly has gumption and can express herself well and stand up for herself.

But that alone doesn't win my vote. The above plus policy positions do, when weighed against the opponent.

Um....she doesn't express her above policy positions...........unless you count her position on loving to be the center of attention at a party.

There I agree: every party would be better if Krystal Ball showed up, and I could put a strap-on around my face.

 

[RadiomanATL]

nice, she would have my vote

She certainly has gumption and can express herself well and stand up for herself.

But that alone doesn't win my vote. The above plus policy positions do, when weighed against the opponent.

Um....she doesn't express her above policy positions...........unless you count her position on loving to be the center of attention at a party.

There I agree: every party would be better if Krystal Ball showed up, and I could put a strap-on around my face.

You misunderstood what I wrote.

I was saying that her statement was good, and on the nose, but it alone would not win my vote. Policy positions weigh heavier than eloquence on the subject of women's rights.

 

[Samson]

She certainly has gumption and can express herself well and stand up for herself.

But that alone doesn't win my vote. The above plus policy positions do, when weighed against the opponent.

Um....she doesn't express her above policy positions...........unless you count her position on loving to be the center of attention at a party.

There I agree: every party would be better if Krystal Ball showed up, and I could put a strap-on around my face.

You misunderstood what I wrote.

I was saying that her statement was good, and on the nose, but it alone would not win my vote. Policy positions weigh heavier than eloquence on the subject of women's rights.

Oh. I see.

I'd like her to win: I want to see a photo of her and Slick Willie together.

 

[RadiomanATL]

Um....she doesn't express her above policy positions...........unless you count her position on loving to be the center of attention at a party.

There I agree: every party would be better if Krystal Ball showed up, and I could put a strap-on around my face.

You misunderstood what I wrote.

I was saying that her statement was good, and on the nose, but it alone would not win my vote. Policy positions weigh heavier than eloquence on the subject of women's rights.

Oh. I see.

I'd like her to win: I want to see a photo of her and Slick Willie together.

*shrug*

I don't live where-ever it is she is running. And she is running as a Democrat, so it is not likely that I would like to see her win.

 

[rightwinger]

Krystal Ball...what a great name!!

One shows Ball at a party leading a man on a leash (he had a metal choker on his neck). In another her and another woman are in a sexy-lesbian pose. In a third pose she is suggesting lewd acts with a man's phallic nose. All together there are 12 photos of her at this party. Many way too racy to be posted

I'd vote for the girl in the santa hat

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Was this at a fund raising event? That Santa hat girl looks seductive, rightwinger.

 

[Ozmar]

nice, she would have my vote

I would be expecting a favor for her to get mine.

 

[Douger]

murkinz.
The kid was at a halloweenie party. Who gives a fuck.
You never got wasted and did some silly shit ? No ? Go kill yourself.
Your life has been a waste.

 

[The Infidel]

nice, she would have my vote

Unless she was a Republican. Then you'd be screaming like a 2 year old about it.

nope, but once again you spout your baseless nonsense

BASELESS!!!?????


Are you kidding?

I could, if I so chose to, go find endless threads about Palin, ODonell, Brewer, and any other conservative out there.

Give me a break, and at least be honest in your approach.


I bet she does have mad skills in the bedroom though.....

 

[Samson]

I bet she does have mad skills in the bedroom though.....

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I'd agree, but then that would be sexist.

 

[Ozmar]

I would say she could deepthroat... but look how small that thing is!