skippy the bush kangaroo

Monday, May 14, 2007

people's 50 sexiest candidates

crooks & liars compares and contrasts how the press makes fun of edwards' hair cut but fails to point out the flyer at a mitt romney campaign rally which calls the former governor "hot":

but mitt romney is. one of garance franke-ruta’s republican sources in iowa picked up a jaw-dropping flyer at a romney campaign event late last week.

his promotional flyer says, “in this media-driven age, romney begins with a decisive advantage. first, he has sensational good looks. people magazine named him one of the 50 most beautiful people in america. standing 6 feet, 2 inches tall, romney has jet-black hair, graying naturally at the temples. women — who will play a critical role in this coming election — have a word for him: hot.”
now, it’s worth noting that this flyer about romney’s appearance wasn't written by his campaign team, but team romney is distributing it at campaign rallies. in other words, the campaign is proud enough of this fluff that they want iowans to see it.

in 2004, people magazine named john edwards one of the 50 most beautiful people in america — and edwards was embarrassed about it. when reporters would bring it up, he’d laugh it off and quickly change the subject. the whole issue was silly and unworthy of a serious presidential candidate’s time and attention. but for the former massachusetts governor, apparently it's not.
one would think that "fair and balanced" would include making as much fun of mitt for his ravishing good looks as of edwards.

one would think.

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