Sure, Heath Shuler, the Democrat challenger to Rep. Charles
Taylor, R-N.C.,
may be pretty cute:
Research has shown that if candidates invest a little
effort in their looks, the payoff can be huge. Campaign consultants
hover around candidates, ordering them to change their hairstyles,
get in shape and update their wardrobes.
Politicians today, said (George Washington University
political science professor Lee) Sigelman, strive for “the
personality and looks of talk show hosts.” The goal is to be “well
turned out.”
Careful, certain folks on Capitol Hill might
get horny at that thought.
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause
and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress
impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist
surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our
culture.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it,
makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so
many people seem to be hostile to it?