I was thinking that about Republican women when I saw the picture of Pam Bondi testifying. They wouldn't admit it, and maybe haven't even realized it, but they're all trying to look like Ivanka.
That’s funny we thought Bondi looked like she was auditioning to be a Fox News “girl”—looking elaborately engineered and both chipper and world weary should be in the job description
It was weird watching part of the Dog-killer Noem hearings, her plastered with 5 inches of foundation and two small poodles on her head, all smiley and precious, then some woman behind her [family member?] the complete opposite, never cracked a smile. What a contrast.
I work the polls. We are supposed to be as evenly divided among Dems, Repugnicans and independents as our staff pool allows. The worker bees usually don’t know who is what so I amuse myself by trying to figure it out. Usually the GOP workers are pretty easy as they just can’t stop themselves from spouting off with Fox talking points. The Dems, a minority in my deep red county, tend to be more subdued. However, once I was very wrong! Worked with a woman who was somewhat like your description of the GOP babes and assumed she was red. Turned out to be a retired IRS employee, highly pissed at the government naysayers and if possible, even more liberal than I am( which is saying a lot!) she actually approached me and floated some moderate ideas out of earshot of the rest of the crew to test the waters. It was like finding a long lost sister when we realized we weren’t alone😆
There’s a movie that should go with this posting. It’s a good one because it’s funny while being profound and has nothing to do with politics. Sort of. Well, not Washington politics. “In a World”. Lake Bell authored and stars in it and at as treat you get Tig Notaro too.
Wonderful movie. Her comment about women with squeaky toy voices. You hear it over and over when someone's being interviewed on the radio, and you want to ask them how they think anyone can take them seriously when they still sound like second graders.
Why do Republican women doll themselves up to look like pageant contestants? To please the judges, or course, those big Mister Man Republicans whose masculine and feminine ideals are no different from when they were twelve: exaggerated and artificial but not authentically masculine or feminine.
Maybe it's a survival tactic, the don't-wanna-be Stepford Wives morphing into pretty robots on their own to avoid being scrapped. Good luck with that.
A couple years ago, shortly after my wife and I moved from the DC area to Charlottesville, an old friend email introduced me to another couple that had recently relocated to Cville from another city. While enjoying drinks at a downtown Cville wine bar a few weeks later, I joked to the other couple that if I was planning to drive back to Northern Virginia, I always tanked up my car in Charlottesville so that I wouldn’t have to risk stopping somewhere in “Trumpistan”, e.g., Culpeper County, deep in a sea of MAGA red. The other couple exchanged an uncomfortable glance, and there was no unsaying what I’d said. We finished our wine and exchanged forced smiles and “pleasure to meet you.” When I got home, a couple web searches told me all I needed to know: the wife had been the chair of the Republican Party in the county where they’d lived, and they had moved not to scruffy but scholarly Charlottesville, but to an estate (compound?) in the nearby countryside.
I am always fighting my judginess. Whenever I go there, I try to think of a charitable explanation—they aren’t dressed appropriately for this restaurant because their luggage was lost or their house burned down or they are so together they don’t give a crap about what people think and good for them. But this lot? Are they going through this stuff to hang onto men? You’d have to have a pretty sad backstory for me to sympathize
As a side note from a stats guy, thank you for getting the numbers correct, i.e., all even. A mis-categorized person in one party means there's one in the other party.
I do not miss living on Capitol Hill, or in DC in general. I miss Eastetn Market, the museums, friends - but not the people who'd glance at you sitting at the bar waiting for your table, immediate label you as unimportant, and haughtily look around for someone worth talking to. Florida sucks, but we're all assholes down here and we know it.
And all I could think while reading it is can you imagine being given the opportunity to be at the top of the legal profession but first you have to lose 50-60 pounds and (allegedly) have your neck tightened, you face lifted, your brows raised, your cheeks filled, your teeth capped, and every day have your hair styled and make-up done so you look like a wannabe porn actress? And THEN you can worry about the law? I’m assuming Ms.Bondi will get the job, but what if she lets herself go after she gets it? Will Trump remove her from office if she puts on weight or stops wearing false eyelashes?
Watching the confirmation hearings I could not help but be fascinated by the length of the false eyelashes. So ‘Real Housewives.’ A visual reminder to me of how focused they all appear to be on the *wrong* things. Boy we need a midterm strategy in a hurry.
Yep. 'Cockily' chose eight, in the poll. Grew up in the democrat/ dixiecrat south. Lived, worked and traveled over the USA and around the world, with other 'Muricans from all parts of the US for the better part of 50 years. 20 years ago, I might have gotten five or six right. Now, as you pointed out, their asses have all risen to their shoulders. Pretty obvious. Democrats just don't look 'like that'.
I was thinking that about Republican women when I saw the picture of Pam Bondi testifying. They wouldn't admit it, and maybe haven't even realized it, but they're all trying to look like Ivanka.
They know what attracts The Don.
That’s funny we thought Bondi looked like she was auditioning to be a Fox News “girl”—looking elaborately engineered and both chipper and world weary should be in the job description
Yes, the Florida GOP women got the memo…
Yep -- "Bimbo Bondi" knows how to dress, coif, and act the part.
Kimberly Guilfoyle always reminds me of the Mercedes Ruehl character (Connie Russo, Tony's wife) in "Married to the Mob."
I dunno. Pretty sure Mercedes's character had more class.
It was weird watching part of the Dog-killer Noem hearings, her plastered with 5 inches of foundation and two small poodles on her head, all smiley and precious, then some woman behind her [family member?] the complete opposite, never cracked a smile. What a contrast.
All right, maybe your essay was not politically correct…but it was hilarious! I could just imagine the scene. Thanks for the chuckles.☺️
And thanks to Rachel!
Yas indeed 😂
I work the polls. We are supposed to be as evenly divided among Dems, Repugnicans and independents as our staff pool allows. The worker bees usually don’t know who is what so I amuse myself by trying to figure it out. Usually the GOP workers are pretty easy as they just can’t stop themselves from spouting off with Fox talking points. The Dems, a minority in my deep red county, tend to be more subdued. However, once I was very wrong! Worked with a woman who was somewhat like your description of the GOP babes and assumed she was red. Turned out to be a retired IRS employee, highly pissed at the government naysayers and if possible, even more liberal than I am( which is saying a lot!) she actually approached me and floated some moderate ideas out of earshot of the rest of the crew to test the waters. It was like finding a long lost sister when we realized we weren’t alone😆
There’s a movie that should go with this posting. It’s a good one because it’s funny while being profound and has nothing to do with politics. Sort of. Well, not Washington politics. “In a World”. Lake Bell authored and stars in it and at as treat you get Tig Notaro too.
Where is Katherine Hepburn when we need her?
Wonderful movie. Her comment about women with squeaky toy voices. You hear it over and over when someone's being interviewed on the radio, and you want to ask them how they think anyone can take them seriously when they still sound like second graders.
Good movie.
Thanks for the tip!
Let me know what you think.
Really liked that movie. We still say we did the sandwich bar when making a gesture
Why do Republican women doll themselves up to look like pageant contestants? To please the judges, or course, those big Mister Man Republicans whose masculine and feminine ideals are no different from when they were twelve: exaggerated and artificial but not authentically masculine or feminine.
Maybe it's a survival tactic, the don't-wanna-be Stepford Wives morphing into pretty robots on their own to avoid being scrapped. Good luck with that.
A couple years ago, shortly after my wife and I moved from the DC area to Charlottesville, an old friend email introduced me to another couple that had recently relocated to Cville from another city. While enjoying drinks at a downtown Cville wine bar a few weeks later, I joked to the other couple that if I was planning to drive back to Northern Virginia, I always tanked up my car in Charlottesville so that I wouldn’t have to risk stopping somewhere in “Trumpistan”, e.g., Culpeper County, deep in a sea of MAGA red. The other couple exchanged an uncomfortable glance, and there was no unsaying what I’d said. We finished our wine and exchanged forced smiles and “pleasure to meet you.” When I got home, a couple web searches told me all I needed to know: the wife had been the chair of the Republican Party in the county where they’d lived, and they had moved not to scruffy but scholarly Charlottesville, but to an estate (compound?) in the nearby countryside.
There was no second date.
Of course I could identify all 5 republicans…they have a certain fetid stench about them. And judging people is how we cull the wheat from the shit.
T
I am always fighting my judginess. Whenever I go there, I try to think of a charitable explanation—they aren’t dressed appropriately for this restaurant because their luggage was lost or their house burned down or they are so together they don’t give a crap about what people think and good for them. But this lot? Are they going through this stuff to hang onto men? You’d have to have a pretty sad backstory for me to sympathize
As a side note from a stats guy, thank you for getting the numbers correct, i.e., all even. A mis-categorized person in one party means there's one in the other party.
I felt proud of myself!
I do not miss living on Capitol Hill, or in DC in general. I miss Eastetn Market, the museums, friends - but not the people who'd glance at you sitting at the bar waiting for your table, immediate label you as unimportant, and haughtily look around for someone worth talking to. Florida sucks, but we're all assholes down here and we know it.
I enjoyed the article, and am often guilty of judging others, but I also enjoyed this:
https://youtu.be/jD8tjhVO1Tc?si=tRxKJeygf68TsSjM
Thank you, Bill! Maybe Denmark is the place to move to on Monday.
Thanks for this, Bill!
There’s an article about Pam Bondi that calls that look the ‘Mar-a-Lago’ face: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-14297173/Plastic-surgeons-weigh-MAGA-Pam-Bondis-age-defying-look-59.html
And all I could think while reading it is can you imagine being given the opportunity to be at the top of the legal profession but first you have to lose 50-60 pounds and (allegedly) have your neck tightened, you face lifted, your brows raised, your cheeks filled, your teeth capped, and every day have your hair styled and make-up done so you look like a wannabe porn actress? And THEN you can worry about the law? I’m assuming Ms.Bondi will get the job, but what if she lets herself go after she gets it? Will Trump remove her from office if she puts on weight or stops wearing false eyelashes?
Watching the confirmation hearings I could not help but be fascinated by the length of the false eyelashes. So ‘Real Housewives.’ A visual reminder to me of how focused they all appear to be on the *wrong* things. Boy we need a midterm strategy in a hurry.
Many Republicans will be crying in their Single Malt after Trump crashes the economy.
They will blame Biden. Or Obama or even LBJ.
You should feel absolutely no guilt in judging them. They don't care what you think of them.
Yep. 'Cockily' chose eight, in the poll. Grew up in the democrat/ dixiecrat south. Lived, worked and traveled over the USA and around the world, with other 'Muricans from all parts of the US for the better part of 50 years. 20 years ago, I might have gotten five or six right. Now, as you pointed out, their asses have all risen to their shoulders. Pretty obvious. Democrats just don't look 'like that'.