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Appropriate? Katy Perry Wears Racy Outfit During Performance at Kids Inaugural Ball With Michelle Obama

Jan. 21, 2013 8:46am Billy Hallowell

Pop star Katy Perry is known for her popular music, but the performer has also regularly captured attention for wearing some oft-times curious clothing. While many of her outfits are considered goofy, they’ve also been political at moments, especially during the 2012 presidential campaign. Consider the dress she wore a few months ago at a rally for President Barack Obama — one that included the president’s “forward” slogan. And there were others, including one that featured a Democratic ballot. But now, Perry is back in the news after she wore a skimpy, patriotic dress at a children’s inaugural ball over the weekend.

Katy Perry Wears Skimpy Outfit at Kids Inaugural Ball With Michelle Obama

Singer Katy Perry performs during the Kids’ Inaugural concert at the Washington Convention Center January 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. The event, attended by US First Lady Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama, Malia Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, was held prior to the official swearing in of US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled for January 20, 2013, with a ceremonial swearing in on January 21. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Yahoo! has more about the outfit, which turned some heads considering that the singer performed for an audience comprised of children:

The 28-year-old singer donned a patriotic ensemble as she performed at the Kids’ Inauguration Ball on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The racy, curve-hugging one-piece she sported may seem an odd choice for entertaining a few thousand children and their parents, but at least she didn’t sport her whipped cream-spewing bra, right?

Perry appeared alongside Usher and the cast of “Glee” at the fete, which was hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s wife Jill in honor of military families.

The musician Katy Perry sings during the children’s concert at the Washington Convention Center to celebrate military families on January 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. The U.S. capital is preparing for the second inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, which will take place on January 21. Credit: Getty Images

Michelle Obama, who hosted the Kids’ Inaugural Concert alongside Jill Biden, introduced Perry to the audience of excited kids. After Obama said, “It is now my pleasure to introduce the fabulous Katy Perry!,” the singer emerged wearing (as per the Associated Press) “what looked like a vintage swimsuit, covered patriotically with stars and stripes.” Perry said that she was proud to be at the event and “to see the Obamas and the Bidens here for four more years.”

Usher and three cast members from the show “Glee” also performed at the event and Nick Cannon emceed. In addition to the thousands of children and adults who were there, the concert was live streamed to select bases across the country.

What do you think about Perry’s outfit? Was it appropriate or not? Take the poll, below:

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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:26am
Meh

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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:52am
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  Racy? I’ve seen worse. Been to the Mall lately, to watch the local Hoochie Fest?………………..
  
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- atechgeek
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:56am
  That’s the point .. Hoochie Fest is the norm and accepted as such. Sexualizing our kids is a bad idea.
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:06am
  Katy Perry?
  
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- Strait Talk Express
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:50am
  In my mind, the real question is not what a fancy rock star is wearing for a rock show costume, but it is the fact that they are charging MILITARY CHILDREN to watch them, and they are probably making WAY over what a military Mom can afford just to have to go to this democrat debacle just because Michelle DIRECT ORDERS them to pay these libbers to strut on stage for lots of OUR TAXES I bet. Thats all I am saying on it too.
  
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- zman173rd
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:38am
  Nothing wrong here. Same as a cheerleader would wear. A question I have is: If this were done in front of a Republican bash, would the Blaze be asking the same question ?
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:44am
  racy? you havent been to the beach lately
  
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- CEM
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:57pm
  What does ‘meh’ stand for??
  
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- Twobyfour
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:51pm
  Who’s Katy Perry?
  
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- LogCabinRepublican
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:14pm
  OMG are 80 yo’s answering this question? How is this racy? Racy to me is a string bikini and there are more racy atire on Ms America
  
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- saranda
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 6:38pm
  been to a football game lately. Cheerleaders in high school,college and nfl wear less. Billy needs to stop looking for things that offend his holier than thou standards.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 9:35am
  This is a stupid story. There is nothing wrong with that outfit.
  
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semperfi1973
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:24am
If they were going to do this, they should have asked Lynda Carter to perform…..

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- raydg
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:51pm
  When I saw this picture, the first thing I thought was Wonder Woman.
  
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Guttersmack
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:22am
She should have better situational awareness. I’m suprised “the one” didn’t require her to dress in a more sharia compliant fashion. (sarc)

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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:24pm
  HAHA GOOD ONE, cause OBAMA IS LIKE MUSLIM AND STUFF!
  
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h20sue
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:22am
This could be much worse. Doesn’t look much different then tap dancing outfits our parents made us wear for dance recitals. I think there are more important things to worry with, other then Katy’s outfits.
Most of Michelle Obama’s outfits are out of place as well. We received one photo taken of her that looked as if she was a ******. No first lady has ever worn such disgusting and compromising outfits. Her blinds just copy what Kate started several weeks ago. She’s a copy cat and Kelly Ripa is just as bad.

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:29am
  The color is all wrong. She should only be wearing RED……..
  
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- cosette
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:39am
  @H20SUE…. Accurate assessment…. We’re talking about a first couple who have had rappers preform in the white house, some of whose recordings include filthy gutter language and encouraged the murder of police officers. A revealing outfit on an entertainer is not even noteworthy, regardless of the age of the audience. There is no low to which they will not sink. They are beneath contempt.
  
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:19am
I don’t see anything that bad about it, frankly, and I am an old, traditional woman. It isn’t any more racy than the outfits worn by the Radio City Rockettes for their Christmas shows, for example, that many kids see. I even got to see them once when I was twelve. I don’t think it is an inappropriate outfit for the venue. It has a very 1950′s feel as a costume. And it is a costume for a performance. Lighten up, people. I find fault with the the administration’s policies, and yes, many modern morals ( or lack thereof) espoused by the Democrats and some Republicans, but not a rather tame costume for a performance event. I don’t have much of a clue who Katy Perry is or her performances for other events, but this one seems like no big deal to me.

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- dcgirl
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:33am
  I think it is cute. It is certainly not even as revealing as a bathing suit and reminds me of the Wonder Woman costume.
  
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- warloch
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:51pm
  “Frog in a pot of water” MORON!
  People like you are the best tools the devil/democrats have.
  
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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 6:07pm
  Comeandtakeit, Warloch is right on target. You are indeed a MORON! to pooh pooh these filthy images that saintly folks among us like Warloch, Joshua and Patty Henry (once she sees these lurid and shocking images) have branded as unfit for consumption. How can you be such an insenstive harlot? Even your name here reeks of sexuality and nastiness. Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!
  
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spfoam1
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:17am
She is an entertainer, and this is what she wears. What did you expect, a nun outfit? The rap videos the Obama daughters watch would look like porn compared to this. This reminds me of voters who get upset and won’t vote because the best possible candidate they could vote for soulds like a politician and not a preacher.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:16am
Who is Katy Perry?

Nevermind. I don’t care.

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- 226crimsontrace
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:54am
  She is a singer who looks like she should start watching what she eats, or stop showing off the **** and upper thighs, yer not 18 anymore
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:15am
  It’s the stretch marks in her cheeks that are the mast troubling!
  
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vigibill
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:14am
Desecration of the flag and crotch humping dancers. Appropiate for Obama.

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Lloyd Drako
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:14am
I’ve seen cheerleaders wearing racier getups, with parents in the stands happily exposing their children to the benefits of wholesome spectator sports. Why is it so different at an inaugural event? Besides, the age of the average KP fan is probably around 10 anyway.

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WAP
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:11am
Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific showed more skin. Lola in Damn Yankees showed more skin. The women in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes showed more skin. Many a USO dancing girl outfit showed more skin.

http://bright-copper-penny.blogspot.com/2012/11/captain-america-uso-dancing-girl.html

Some of the the USA Olympic team outfits have both shown Star and Stripes and more skin than this outfit.

I’m no fan of Katy Perry music or videos but…really…is this worth making a stink about?

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- Polarized America
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:40am
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  …i see about the same amount of leg every day on “The Five ” …/;-)
  
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justangry
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:11am
For the record, Katy Perry in anything “racy” is ALWAYS appropriate.

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kadster01
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:08am
So what that she was performing before a group of kids. It’s the in-thing now to s e x u a l i z e children. Don’t you know that? And to think, this ho used to be a contemporary “Christian” singer….

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- 00100111
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:34am
  The next civil right the ACLU and liberals will go after is the right of pedophiles to legally be with children. You laugh, but it’s on their roadmap.
  
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- neverending
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:08am
  “Christian singer” – therein lies a lot of the problem – many of them are CINO’S, They throw the word Christian in there for the purpose of more money – plain and simple.
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:07am
meh.. I’ve seen worse things at the Beach! Tacky, yes. But nothing to get in a twist about. jmo…

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ellietoo
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:07am
Yeah, they care so much for kids. Come on, these people have no idea of what a moral is. They see nothing wrong with a half naked woman clothed only in part of an American flag. Dems and all the radical left tuned out on basic morality long ago. Their kids have no value system to live by except for their leftest agenda.

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- JRook
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:18am
  So I guess you have never taken or seen kids on a beach or at a pool. This outfit is about as racy as Sarah Palin is intelligent.
  
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brtmchl30
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:05am
This is her look. Like it or not, its all part of her stage character. Any outrage should be placed at the people who hired her, and those that requested her. Remember she didnt dress down for sesame street either. Her songs arent exactly appropriate for kids anyway.

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DougHuffman
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:03am
Sick puppies training kidz to be another generation of sick *****. Why isn’t this mere trolling for comments and clicks by DaBlasé?

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lid.smoker
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:01am
So what, as I recall Shirley Temple wore a similar outfit.

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- kadster01
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:12am
  You gotta be kidding me… Shirley Temple was a little girl! If you don’t know the difference between overt sexuality from an adult woman, and a LITTLE GIRL wearing the fashinable dress of her era, then…. oh, I don’t even know why I would waste my time trying to explain the obvious.
  
  There’s a big difference between a little girl singing “On the good ship Lollipop” and a grown woman dressed as a slut singing “I kissed a girl and I liked it.”
  
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reality based lifeform
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:00am
Katy – Wonder Woman just called , she’s going to need her outfit back

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As I See It
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:59am
Trashy is as trashy does

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FoxRules
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:59am
Another clueless media whore helping our kids and the mindless to do the same!

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Chamber
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:54am
I have always opposed anyone using the flag as a basis for clothing. This is very disrespectful.

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moreteaplease
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:53am
This from the administration that cares SO much about children.

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AntonW
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:50am
Hmmmm. She’s covered a lot more than most women are at the public beaches in the US. Not sure this is that racy in comparison.

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- Joshua81
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:02am
  Because she isn’t on a beach you idiot. This is an inauguration. It’s supposed to be one of the most prestigious ceremonies our country has. This jerkoff doesn’t care about anything but his celebrity and making a mockery of the office of the president as well as our country as a whole. Par for the course for this guy. Celebrities should never be in the white house.
- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:14am
  Ah right on cue. The trolls come out with the name calling. This forum is here for Blaze readers to express their opinions on the story. Your nasty childish post is a violation of the terms of service.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lmjidtj1_k
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:44am
  Go cry about it… and if you’re going to share your opinion, read out loud to yourself what you typed out before you click submit. What does what someone wears to the beach have to do with the inauguration?
  
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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:56am
  Your rant has no merit Joshua. Many others here have made the same comment. This is an entertainment event and kids are accustomed to outfits like that. They see more skin on display in Memorial Day parades when the batton twirlers march down Main Street in small towns all over the country. Chill out Corkry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lmjidtj1_k
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:57am
  I’m hardly ranting, just making a simple observation that your comment on the beach has nothing to do with the inauguration. What is appropriate at the beach wouldn’t be at an inauguration event of any kind. Just because other people have made similar comparisons doesn’t make it any less ridiculous. Just because our society is so screwed up that half the 14 year old girls walking through the mall look like skanks working a corner is common doesn’t make it appropriate or acceptable.
  
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- warloch
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:57pm
  Like a typical child abusing liberal you spew out a logical fallacy to defend your ilk. Who said it is okay to expose one self at the beach. Liberals ARE the moral cancer of society. Just speaking my opinion like you said.
  
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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:08pm
  Joshua, calm down there Church Lady. Her outfit is perfectly appropriate. If you ant to see burkhas move back to the Middle east.
  
  Warloch, what’s your point besides that spot under your hat where your head ends (literally lolol)? Your statement is false.
  
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- Desertcatn
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:31pm
  Well said, Joshua!
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:07pm
  hahaha, After reading some of your other posts it’s obvious you are a very confused person… pretty much your moronic comments are on one hand entertaining, and also a bit disconcerting. It cracks me up that you think the opposite of what she is wearing is a burk ah. YOU are what is wrong with this country. People like you, that have no real backbone.. just because society has slid to a point where this is normal doesn’t make it appropriate, and especially not for kids. Your argument of “well they see just as much at this event or that event” is just proof of your ignorance. Just because they can see this at other events doesn’t mean it is appropriate there either. Logic, common sense, all these things lacking in your posts (on this story and others).
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:13pm
  Another thing, when the heck did the inauguration become an “entertainment event for kids”??? I think that kids should take part and learn and experience it, but without a half naked girl prancing around on stage, especially when the half that is covered up is desecrating our flag. I’m sure Betsy Ross would LOVE to see her handy work modeled as underwear on stage for all the little kiddies to see.
  
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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:02pm
  Desertcatn, where is your hijab? Don’t you know how dirty, slovenly and provactive you look with your face exposed and your **** blowing about so wantonly? My goodness, if PattyHenry sees you looking so promiscuous, she may brand you as evil and possessed by demons. Or worse!
  
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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:58pm
  Joshua693, I’m glad you took time out of your day to read through my extensive post history here at The Blaze. Being such inquistive little fellow, you’ve now seen how much work lays ahead of you if you’re ever going to expand that tiny, stifled, dark little mind of yours. As you begin your long journey into enlightenment and adult thinking, I want you to know I’ll be with you when you lose your way. Feel free to contact me at bkenan23 @yahoo.com and I’ll do what I can to set your back on your path to becoming a critical thinker and fully mature adult. Off you go now little fellow. God speed.
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:18pm
  I just wanted to see if your ignorance was limited to just this story or were you actually this stupid. Unfortunately, it seems you’re just that ignorant. The simply fact that this story even exists.. that anyone could even question if this was appropriate or not gives credence to the fact that it is not, in fact, appropriate for what this ceremony is. Are there times and places where this is fine? Of course. Could you see at George Washington or Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration events half naked women walking around, let alone being a performer for the Commander in Chief? I think not. My point has been made numerous times, I feel now that if you haven’t gotten it yet there is no hope for you and I’m honestly just getting bored with your left wing drivel. The only troll on this post is you. I’m going to retire to cleaning my guns and reading my Bible now. If ignorance is bliss your are one content person..
  
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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:16pm
  Joshua, we aren’t going back to the time of George Washington unless Islam takes over the nation and a Caliphate is established. Then you can clean your guns, polish your grenade vest and read your Koran.
  
  W o w…………
  
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KingCanon
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:50am
Very appropriate for today’s ungodly culture!

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- neverending
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:43am
  You are exactly right – the filthier, the more foul mouthed the better – they all try to outdo each other.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:50am
Uh, absolutely NOTHING about this “inauguration/coronation” is appropriate. Just sayin’.

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- AntonW
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 5:47pm
  Joshua has raised some serious issues here. I for one am shocked and appalled that Glenn’s website would titillate his readers like Joshua82, with what amounts to be soft core pornographic images of this provocatively attired young vixen. No doubt Joshua is simply trying to celebrate MLK Day with some prayer and quiet meditation, when his senses are aroused with this sexually charged imagery shown in several full color images above. Not only is this material inappropriate for The Blaze, but imagine the feelings of guilt Joshua will have to wrestle with when he’s done fiddling about and satisfying the devilsh lust that no doubt has filled his heart? Is The Blaze staff so busy and short-handed that no one has the time to Photoshop some large black rectangles over the naughty parts of these lurid photographs before inflicting them on the more sensitive readers like Joshua186?
  
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