Let's hear it for prison rape!

By Michael J.W. Stickings

You know, I didn't think much of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius's Democratic response to the State of the Union last month, and, to put it mildly, I don't think much of this:

The son of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is peddling a board game titled Don't Drop the Soap, a prison-themed game he created as part of a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design.

John Sebelius, 23, has the backing of his mother and father, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. Sebelius spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said both parents "are very proud of their son John's creativity and talent."

Yes, that's right, Governor Sebelius is proud of her son for creating a game that is being marketed with this slogan: "Where no one playing enters through the front door!"

Get it? Huh? Get it? -- You know, drop the soap? Hey, you know what happens when you drop the soap, right?

The contact information at Son John's website is... can you guess? The governor's mansion. (Which, presumably, can be entered through various different doors.)

Thankfully, not everyone finds this so amusing. The Pitch, an alternative Kansas City newspaper, appropriately titled its article on the story "The Idiot Son: A Board Game," and, as The Kansas City Star is reporting, the game has been "condemned by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission" (yes, there is such a body, and it's a good thing there is). After all, the game -- and I use that word loosely -- makes references to "being cornered by the Aryans in the Shower Room," among other such delightful predicaments of prison life.

But the governor remains behind her idiot son: "I certainly don't condone rape at all," she said. "The game was made strictly for entertainment purposes."

Really, Governor, do you find it entertaining? Do tell.