primaries, primaries, primaries.
i had forgotten how simultaneously fascinating and frustrating this whole process is-- how it gives people both so much and so little to think about at the same time. i should talk about the policy/electability stuff that matters, but this'll really be more queer eye than charlie rose today. because i'm sleepy:
style vs. substance -- sadly, traces of all that nonsense about gore switching to earth tones last time around is still evident in almost everyone running. dressing up the candidates has gotten some play on most of the sites and papers i've read already, but i still can't get over how goofy most of them still look, despite their best efforts.
clark is extremely handsome, well dressed, etc. i want badly for him to win, for reasons i haven't figured out yet. but he puts on a patriots sweatshirt and looks like, well, someone who shouldn't be wearing a patriots sweatshirt.
dean does this rolled up sleeves thing with a tie. i have visions of my algebra teacher in high school.
and kerry's got this silly barn jacket that's supposed to distract me from the fact that he [and his ketchup-heiress wife] are worth many many many millions. i had one of those in high school, and they don't make looke plausible on anyone except the people in the l.l. bean catalog. and they are not running for office.
of course, sharpton's just flat out stylin', but that's always the case. how he borrowed all those suits from cedric the entertainer is beyond me.
beyond the clothes, though, it's the silly things these poor guys have to do on the trail that almost makes me feel sorry for them.
i will harp on kerry, because he seems to be doing them most often. as i told my friend john, at least dukakis only got in a tank once. the senator from massachusetts [are they all prone to this] seems determined to create as many goofy photo ops as possible.
motorcycle kerry: http://gallery.johnkerry.com/gallery/album108/aaa
ice hocky kerry: http://gallery.johnkerry.com/gallery/album63/aab
i'm almost waiting for the sewing bee picture.
next time, more substance. really.
i had forgotten how simultaneously fascinating and frustrating this whole process is-- how it gives people both so much and so little to think about at the same time. i should talk about the policy/electability stuff that matters, but this'll really be more queer eye than charlie rose today. because i'm sleepy:
style vs. substance -- sadly, traces of all that nonsense about gore switching to earth tones last time around is still evident in almost everyone running. dressing up the candidates has gotten some play on most of the sites and papers i've read already, but i still can't get over how goofy most of them still look, despite their best efforts.
clark is extremely handsome, well dressed, etc. i want badly for him to win, for reasons i haven't figured out yet. but he puts on a patriots sweatshirt and looks like, well, someone who shouldn't be wearing a patriots sweatshirt.
dean does this rolled up sleeves thing with a tie. i have visions of my algebra teacher in high school.
and kerry's got this silly barn jacket that's supposed to distract me from the fact that he [and his ketchup-heiress wife] are worth many many many millions. i had one of those in high school, and they don't make looke plausible on anyone except the people in the l.l. bean catalog. and they are not running for office.
of course, sharpton's just flat out stylin', but that's always the case. how he borrowed all those suits from cedric the entertainer is beyond me.
beyond the clothes, though, it's the silly things these poor guys have to do on the trail that almost makes me feel sorry for them.
i will harp on kerry, because he seems to be doing them most often. as i told my friend john, at least dukakis only got in a tank once. the senator from massachusetts [are they all prone to this] seems determined to create as many goofy photo ops as possible.
motorcycle kerry: http://gallery.johnkerry.com/gallery/album108/aaa
ice hocky kerry: http://gallery.johnkerry.com/gallery/album63/aab
i'm almost waiting for the sewing bee picture.
next time, more substance. really.
posted by quickstuff at 28.1.04
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