Not since Franklin Pierce picked William King to be his running mate in 1852 has America had a bachelor vice president.

Not since Charles Evans Hughes has there been a major party candidate with a beard . . .

rea wins at the Internetz. 

damn; that’s what I get for sleeping in… yeah, rea wins!

I feel better now. I don’t think I could vote for a Queer.

So what’s with the shamelss shilling for the snore8 tee shirts? These ads are placed, not on the side, but in the middle of content.

YOu have, indeed, SOLD OUT.

I agree with the readers of the Sun-Sentinel.  They have far more common sense than those who digest the pro-Bush puppetry at the Augusta Chronicle.

I sure hope he saved it for marriage.

“Todd Rome estimated in court records that his ex-wife’s income has been as high as $1.48-million a year, and the Romes’ numerous properties included a 10,000-square-foot vacation home in Southampton, N.Y.”

Charlie Tuna just looks to be following in the footsteps of McMaverick by acquiring a rich sugar mama.  Just 5 more houses to go.

Damn, rich AND good looking.  Wish I could find one like that.  (And she’s not blond, hurrah!)

You just KNOW if there was talk about Obama picking Janet Napolitano (also similarly whispered about, but hey, at least she’s not actively anti-gay in her politics), and if she were to be quickly married off to some rich dude, there would be fucking TALK.  Seriously, it would be a scandal on par with at least the Wright stuff, if not bigger.  People would talk about it sinking Obama’s campaign.  Even if he ultimately didn’t go with hitched up and straightened out Napolitano in the end anyway. 

Though, on the other hand, the MSM talks about Obama’s choice of orange juice vs. coffee as if it’s going to sink his campaign, so maybe this is meaningless in the end.

There was a hilarious discussion on Wonkette yesterday about what kind of dog the Obamas should get.  My favorite is that it has apparently been decided that even though Sasha and Malia are allergic to dogs, the Obamas basically have to have one because it would be, like, elitist or something if they didn’t.

My favorite is that it has apparently been decided that even though Sasha and Malia are allergic to dogs, the Obamas basically have to have one because it would be, like, elitist or something if they didn’t.

Didn’t the Clintons have a cat (named socks?) before they got the dog (buddy?). Even still, kids health be damned! With that whole lapel pin debacle Obama better get to gettin’ a dog but quick. Nothing is more American than dog ownership. And apple pie. But if he gets a female dog he can name her apple pie and then he’s super American.

...except for that being Muslim thing.

Damn, rich AND good looking.  Wish I could find one like that.

Eric, Rejector of Memes—it’s amazing the spouse you could land if your only criterion is “looks good on paper.”

I’m just impressed that the poll got “couldn’t care less” right.

I don’t know much about this fellow, but isn’t it more than just a little bit much to jump up and down and say “gay!!” at anybody who has stayed single most of their life?  We wouldn’t like it if somebody said it about a successful woman; we’d say that a woman doesn’t necessarily need or want a man in her life.  What makes it so freaking weird if a man doesn’t necessarily need or want a wife?

Also, Crist was married briefly before, no?  I’ve met a lot of people, male and female (disclosure: myself included) whose experience of marriage was such to make me absolutely and fervently certain that I want to be unmarried for decades if not until death.  Doesn’t make me gay, doesn’t make a comparable woman gay, doesn’t make Crist gay.

Crist may be gayer “than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide” [Pratchett & Gaiman] (and some claim knowledge of a gay past) but that’s rather beside the point that a lot of people are saying “longtime bachelor = gay”, which is pretty insulting.  What, only gay men can look after themselves for most of their lives?  Only straight women?  Not all of us need a wife or husband to iron our fucking shirts and make sure that we don’t go out with mustard in our beard.  It’s not insulting to be thought gay.  It is insulting to be assumed that no longtime bachelor can possibly be straight because—the assumption seems to be—het boys can’t get through life without a wifey.

Seeker - the rumours about Charlie being gay are not just because he’s single. The skinny in these parts (Tampa Bay area of FL) for years has been that he has been known to be less than discreet about hanging out with his male companions in public places, but has never publicly admitted to being gay.  He has never really been anti-gay in his policies in the past (mostly taking a “live-and-let-live” stance), so needless to say, he is not your standard republican.

What makes it so freaking weird if a man doesn’t necessarily need or want a wife?

Gay or not, it’s a little weird when a confirmed bachelor, figurative or literal, suddenly up and decides to get married 6 weeks or so before he hopes to be announced as a major party candidate’s running mate. 

Or, to put it in Austenian terms, a single Republican Vice Presidential shortlister must be in want of a wife.

Molly, if _I_ could land a rich gal with those looks, it wouldn’t be “amazing”, it’d be downright MIRACULOUS.  <|,,^(