Shoot these days, what about a fat president? An ugly president? A differently abled president?
Good question. We've had all of those already, but nowadays, I'm not sure.
Darn your sinister attraction!
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Aug 31, 2012 10:38:15 am PDT #20481 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
le nubian - Aug 31, 2012 10:38:42 am PDT #20482 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Chris Christie wants to be President. I think he would be a tough sell. The fat jokes are just so awful already.
Kat - Aug 31, 2012 10:39:23 am PDT #20483 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
One of the weirdest aspects of life is that I feel like pop culture is more capable of reflecting my life and world while political culture is increasingly less likely to.
I don't fucking know what to do.
brenda m - Aug 31, 2012 10:40:01 am PDT #20484 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Good question. We've had all of those already, but nowadays, I'm not sure.
Pre-television we did.
Kat - Aug 31, 2012 10:42:05 am PDT #20485 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Chris Christie wants to be President. I think he would be a tough sell. The fat jokes are just so awful already.
I think his policies are a tougher sell for me personally. Clinton was not exactly a svelte man.
A week or so ago an NPR show did a thing on Paul Ryan being gen x and if that will help him. Anyone who votes entirely based on generational ID should be disenfranchised.
Hil R. - Aug 31, 2012 10:44:50 am PDT #20486 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The only two recent politicians with disabilities that I can think of are Bob Dole and Max Cleland, and with both of them, it was caused by a war injury.
Steph L. - Aug 31, 2012 10:47:03 am PDT #20487 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
A week or so ago an NPR show did a thing on Paul Ryan being gen x and if that will help him. Anyone who votes entirely based on generational ID should be disenfranchised.
I have to say, simply the fact he went to my college the same time as me is enough to make me not vote for him.
Yup. Kneejerk reaction. I own it.
t edit That's not because of his age; it's because I remember what an astonishingly high percentage of students were total douchebags. And his fraternity was one of the rape-ier ones.
Yup. Tarring him with a broad brush. I own it.
Laura - Aug 31, 2012 10:47:10 am PDT #20488 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Like, someone with a Spanish name who could speak Spanish fluently would totally freak out a huge segment of the population.
You are surely right, but after living in Florida for 32 years it seems so odd. Of course all of it is just wrong. The sexual orientation, attractiveness, religion, ethnicity, etc. of people is so irrelevant to my decision on whether to vote for them.
JZ for President! If I wasn't living in a swing state I would write her in.
meara - Aug 31, 2012 10:48:15 am PDT #20489 of 30001
The only two recent politicians with disabilities that I can think of are Bob Dole and Max Cleland, and with both of them, it was caused by a war injury.
Well, there's certainly a huge bunch of soldiers these days with war injuries--give them 20 or more years (I mean, Bob Dole wasn't Bob Dole RIGHT after the war), and they might be on the national stage
Kat - Aug 31, 2012 10:49:11 am PDT #20490 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have to say, simply the fact he went to my college the same time as me is enough to make me not vote for him.Ha! It was just so weird that this radio show person thought that his GenX status would be a draw to GenXers.