I typically don’t vote for Republicans. I also try not to vote with my libido. Though it’s been impossible this Fall not to notice how the GOP debates have played out like soap operas. I’m not talking about all the in-fighting. Put the TV on mute and the comparison still holds. The crop of wannabe 2012 Republican nominees look more like daytime screen stars than Walmart shoppin’, vaccine-hatin’, caramel macchiato- mispronouncin’ conservatives who think Zumba class is a liberal conspiracy. There’s former Utah governor Jon Huntsman with his uranium tan, Rogaine-box cover hair, and perpetually bemused eyebrow cock that seems to always say I’d rather be on the beach filming an Enya video. If Mitt Romney looks bizarrely familiar, it’s because you’ve seen him canoeing in a Lipitor commercial. Michelle Bachmann—yes, she’s a lunatic who shouts “innocent 12 year old girls!” like she’s chasing the R. Kelly vote, but this can’t be the first time your boner has embarrassed your brain. I’d skew towards Huntsman in terms of IQ and Romney for sheer looks, but damn if Rick Perry wouldn’t make a great telenovela villain.  Muy caliente, indeed.

I typically don’t vote for Republicans. I also try not to vote with my libido.

Though it’s been impossible this Fall not to notice how the GOP debates have played out like soap operas. I’m not talking about all the in-fighting. Put the TV on mute and the comparison still holds. The crop of wannabe 2012 Republican nominees look more like daytime screen stars than Walmart shoppin’, vaccine-hatin’, caramel macchiato- mispronouncin’ conservatives who think Zumba class is a liberal conspiracy. There’s former Utah governor Jon Huntsman with his uranium tan, Rogaine-box cover hair, and perpetually bemused eyebrow cock that seems to always say I’d rather be on the beach filming an Enya video. If Mitt Romney looks bizarrely familiar, it’s because you’ve seen him canoeing in a Lipitor commercial. Michelle Bachmann—yes, she’s a lunatic who shouts “innocent 12 year old girls!” like she’s chasing the R. Kelly vote, but this can’t be the first time your boner has embarrassed your brain.

I’d skew towards Huntsman in terms of IQ and Romney for sheer looks, but damn if Rick Perry wouldn’t make a great telenovela villain.  Muy caliente, indeed.

Posted on September 26th, 2011 at 10:55AM
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* Jon Huntsman: After a nonexistent performance in the August Iowa debate, the former Utah governor was much more part of the conversation this time around — delivering jabs to Romney and Perry as he tried to contrast his record in the Beehive State with theirs. Huntsman also looked like he belonged on the stage tonight — a major change from his August showing. His biggest problem remains that his tonal approach to the race — sensible moderation — still doesn’t seem to fit the Republican primary electorate. But, for tonight, Huntsman did himself proud. Taken from a Winners and Losers article in the Washington Post, this blurb doesn’t even begin to describe the appeal of Huntsman.  Not only does he buck the current GOP trend by refusing to dabble in sensationalism, he’s practical, erudite, and thoughtful in his responses.   That said, we live in America - so that insufferably sophomoric Perry is leading in polls.

* Jon Huntsman: After a nonexistent performance in the August Iowa debate, the former Utah governor was much more part of the conversation this time around — delivering jabs to Romney and Perry as he tried to contrast his record in the Beehive State with theirs. Huntsman also looked like he belonged on the stage tonight — a major change from his August showing. His biggest problem remains that his tonal approach to the race — sensible moderation — still doesn’t seem to fit the Republican primary electorate. But, for tonight, Huntsman did himself proud.

Taken from a Winners and Losers article in the Washington Post, this blurb doesn’t even begin to describe the appeal of Huntsman.  Not only does he buck the current GOP trend by refusing to dabble in sensationalism, he’s practical, erudite, and thoughtful in his responses.  

That said, we live in America - so that insufferably sophomoric Perry is leading in polls.

Posted on September 8th, 2011 at 11:55AM
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