Based off of a picture, guess the political affiliation of beautiful people

OK, the Hill has a list the 50 most beautiful people in Washington. DON'T try to find it! I'm gonna post pictures, and try to guess if their political affiliation.

#1

http://i46.tinypic.com/28tj2ns.jpg

is "super slappable" a political party

Asshole

Dem

looool

i'll do one every 5 minutes or so

here are some biographical notes that may provide clues

He modeled for three years before quitting in 2011 to pursue a career in politics. During that time he could be seen in print-ad campaigns for Kohl’s, Carson Pirie Scott, Sears and American Crew, among others, and he also did a commercial for Subway.

In the end, Engling liked the money but felt unfulfilled by the work. He had earned a political science degree from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and decided it was time to use it.

Yeah, seconding 'super-slappable' party.

Max Engling
Age: 25
Hometown: Chicago
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Married

but his tie swings to the left

http://i46.tinypic.com/zvvn0i.jpg

re #1 I just assume everyone in a suit is a Republican.
#2 - Dem

super-smashable

also Republican so I guess it would be more of a hate-smash

Although she prefers a calm, politics-free family meal, Amirpashaie credits the ongoing dialogue and diversity of thought for making her who she is.

“[My parents] pushed my sister and me to be our own people and do what we wanted,” she says.

As it turned out, both girls fell in love with soccer and ended up competing against each other at rival colleges, Carolyn at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Kathryn at University of Mary Washington. When their teams would go head to head, their father would sit in the middle of the stands. Amirpashaie now plays in two adult leagues, and her father still attends every game.

Either that's a misplaced apostrophe on the dude's caption or he really love a certain food chain

are they all republican

friday's what??
lol xp

I Don't Like Friday's

he used to work at TGI Fridays, at least until someone ate at the restaurant and was like "you should be in magazines - in your underwear. also i will have the cheese fries and a diet coke, thanks" and his modeling career took off.

Carolyn Amirpashaie
Age: 27
Hometown: Woodbridge, Va.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Engaged

srsly tho i can't believe there is a list of 50 most beautiful politics-type people in washington
i mean, i can believe it but i wish it weren't so
xps
lols

http://i50.tinypic.com/33ym0ck.jpg

the first two people get attempts at funny tag lines. kristen callaway? "Floridian"

Florida? Maybe these ARE all republicans.

We have a saying in my family: Don't raise your kids in Florida, because they won't turn out right (evidence: my cousins).

chick at #2 pretty hot.

These days Callaway, a legislative assistant to Rep. *******, likes to visit Manhattan on the weekend to stroll through Central Park or go clubbing in the Meatpacking District with her boyfriend of five years. Her dream is to live in London for a year or two. She studied there for a semester in college and says it feels safer and cleaner than the Big Apple.

She lives in southeast Washington, a few blocks from the Nationals’ ballpark. Callaway likes to invite friends over to go to games but wouldn’t call herself a baseball fan.

“Who’s the guy who’s 19?” she says when asked about her favorite player.

the guy who is 19 is my friend Patrick, and he's currently engaged so don't even think about it Kristen

She thinks London is safer and cleaner than NYC.

Democrat. She would know everything about Harper if she was repub. They love that guy.

"safer and cleaner" = repub

the uncut version of that image has 2 more photos to the right, and she gets progressively angrier and confrontational with each one

Kristen Callaway
Age: 24
Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Boyfriend

http://i48.tinypic.com/2rppfr6.jpg

He should double the width of his tie.

democrat

a monogrammed cuff. i say republican

It’s probably a good thing other members of Julian Malasi’s family didn’t follow him to Washington. Otherwise, he might have had some stiff competition on the 50 Most Beautiful People list — from his identical twin brother.

The multilingual 28-year-old policy issues manager for the American Chemistry Council, who moved from Albania to Charleston, S.C., as a teen, says having a spitting image of himself, in the form of his brother, Euclid, has sometimes gotten him into trouble.

As a Spanish and international-relations major at the University of South Carolina, Malasi remembers innocently waiting for an elevator one day when a young woman approached him.

“She said, ‘You act like you don’t know me.’ I was like, ‘Um, I don’t know you.’ ”

Things quickly got worse.

“She’s like, ‘You’re such a jerk!’ then leans over and slaps me,” Malasi recalls. "I couldn't help but retaliate, so I punched her left eye, quite intentionally. 'And you're bleeding from your cornea', I told her."

Democrat. She would know everything about Harper if she was repub. They love that guy.

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:57 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is this a reference to a dude on the baseball team or?

i made part of that up

dem. he has a nice surname

Julian Malasi
Age: 28
Hometown: Fier, Albania, and Charleston, S.C.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Dating

'And you're bleeding from your cornea', I told her."

i call shenanigans

friendly eyes

oh, u said

http://i48.tinypic.com/r0sc5d.jpg

Dem

so proud I am batting 100%, just going to start judging everyone on their looks from here on out

democrat

Wright became obsessed with flying as a child after he saw “Top Gun.” After graduating from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, he entered flight school and quickly became a Coast Guard helicopter pilot.

u know in the UK "chopper" is slang for cock

loooool

is this some sort of lame attempt to refute that "politics is showbiz for ugly people" canard

they do this every year, I think

this one's kind of a curveball

Warren Wright
Age: 34
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Political party: Independent
Relationship status: Married

Is this a reference to a dude on the baseball team or?

― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:02 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes

http://i46.tinypic.com/nqcnj6.jpg

ok #3 looks like a cheerleader for a triple A baseball team. i.e., not hot.

What constitutes "people in Washington"? Are these all politicians, staffers, lobbyists, etc.? Or just anyone who happens to live or work in DC?

There will never be a "50 most stylish/fashionable people in Washington" article - they probably couldn't find 50....

White tries to carry on their torch of bipartisanship.

Looool @ American Chopper

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They all work in politics, I think. This is from thehill.com

and so far almost everyone has been a staffer

Cylon

since when do baseball teams have cheerleaders?!?

any guesses on #6?

lol Dan

the smash party

I think I mean democrat but idk

cosign on smash party

caption leads me to believe they're trying to make a homemaker joke and she's a republican

Marian White
Age: 25
Hometown: Greenville, S.C.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

http://i47.tinypic.com/2n8s8w5.jpg

re baseball cherlaeders - not sure if it's universal. but we've got them here.

http://www.milb.com/team2/page.jsp?ymd=20051221&content_id=36787&vkey=team2_t235&fext=.jsp&sid=t235

Alyssa Rack

Alyssa Dack caught the political bug early, which didn't always make for smooth sailing growing up. In grade school, she recalls begging her parents to let her stay up to watch the 1996 Clinton-Dole debates.

It didn’t end well.

“Apparently I pitched quite the fit when I was told I had to go to bed," she says with an almost-guilty smile.

i would have sex with all these people. except julian malasi. hate that guy. whoever he is.

unpracticed smile -> democrat?

interesting theory!

republican women know they have to practice looking "pretty" for pictures, or something, I am reaching really hard here

Alyssa Dack
Age: 24
Hometown: Asheville, N.C.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

oh man, this next one will surprise you

http://i49.tinypic.com/302rnm0.jpg

Male

Washingtonians have never been known for their acute attention to fashion, which might explain why few locals recognize former reality television star Samantha DeZur.

In 2009, DeZur, now the Education Finance Council’s vice president of communications, starred in the Style Network’s show “Running in Heels,” which followed the lives of three young women interning in New York for the fashion magazine Marie Claire. On the show, she butted heads with other interns, helped out at fashion shoots and even made “frenemies.”

Number 7 needs to lower that hemline about a foot. My god, woman, you're not 16.

did she literally butt heads, because I would watch that

I am reaching really hard here

I bet

Washingtonians have never been known for their acute attention to fashion

Samantha Dezur
Age: 25
Hometown: Oshkosh, Wis.
Political party: Libertarian
Relationship status: Single

http://i46.tinypic.com/2e2jtww.jpg

this one feels so obvious

I believe her political party is "delighted"

"Fox Hunter"

she's a Dem?

In another time, Leslie Rath might’ve ridden into Washington on her horse.

The scheduler for Rep. ****** owns and rides a warmblood thoroughbred cross named Blondie.

“She’s huge,” Rath says. “She’s about 17 hands, with buckskin coat and a blonde mane.”

But you won’t find Rath and Blondie out for a leisurely stroll through the meadows. They go on traditional fox hunts through the Florida woods, along with a team of trained hounds and riders.

“That’s one of my favorite things to do,” she says.

the rath of leslie! you don't want to tangle with her!

Paulite

when i think of traditional fox hunts i immediately think of the florida woods.

She’s huge,” Rath says. “She’s about 17 hands

Oh my god speaking of huge hands

one of my favorite things to do is to build a miniature apartment building out of $100 bills, then set it on fire, and then get in my firetruck which i made out of $100 bills and spray $100 bills at it until the fire is smothered out with my $100 bills

People with her coloring should never wear ivory. I should know.

she's actually hunting Vivica A. Fox and Rick Fox

She probably hunts elephants too

Number 7 needs to lower that hemline about a foot. My god, woman, you're not 16.

She's from hippieville, you would think she would have some long dresses

oh my god I love DC but why do I live in DC, why

also DJP killing me here, and kudos to ZS for simultaneously entertaining and shaming me

Leslie Rath
Age: 22
Hometown: Winterhaven, Fla.
Political Party: Republican
Relationship status: Declined to specify

she's doing the horse amirite?

These are some of the blandest beautiful people I've ever seen. WNS any of them

"almost president"

http://i45.tinypic.com/etv03c.jpg

a lil mystery on the status, unless she really really likes her horse

michele bachmann. one of 50 most beautiful people in washington.

wow the bottom of the barrel came quickly huh?

Crazypants

Top 10, Fuck Off

what is she sticking up her bum

was it that hard to find a picture of her where she hadn't just eaten a fussy baby?

In terms of style, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has come a long way. For a 2008 story on congressional wardrobes, she told The Hill, “I’m a bottom-feeder when it comes to clothes shopping,” and described her strategy as going for “markdown, markdown, markdown, and then 80 percent off of that.”

But nothing about her presidential-campaign wardrobe looked bargain-basement. Not only did she hire Fox News Channel makeup artist Tamara Robertson for her 2012 bid, she also debuted a sleeker, trendier hairdo that inspired attention from the likes of the New York Daily News, which ran an article last year on women asking their hairdressers to replicate Bachmann’s look.

wtf

she told The Hill, “I’m a bottom-feeder
she told The Hill, “I’m a bottom-feeder
she told The Hill, “I’m a bottom-feeder

yeah DJP killin in this thread many lolz

Maybe it means "gay but too patrician to let on"?

xp re Rath.

bottom-feeder party

i can only think that a staffer got her onto this list, in exchange for promises of increased access to bachmann for interviews or something? so weird.

Where is Julia Louis-Dreyfus?

let's just try to forget that ever happened. moving on

http://i50.tinypic.com/2z5r8mx.jpg

want DJP to pay a hairdresser so h/she can replicate Bachmann's look

"go, fight, win"

obv not a Democrat

Dem all the way unless u guys have a Green Party

I like when 40-something women wear short dresses. It's like, "I have varicose veins but i'm not all hung up about it"

Top 10, Fuck Off

― pandemic

oh, that's weird! it is a top ten! the rest are unranked, i guess?

Oh my god I would smash her, I hope she is not repub please please please

“I was a really diehard, ‘Bring it On’ cheerleader,” she says with a laugh. “In Oklahoma, it’s all about competitive cheerleading. I had switched to pom because I really liked dancing, and we were a national championship pom squad.”

Jessica Imnotgay amirite

ohhhh "pom"...I got confused for a second

this thread is incredible

michele bachmann. one of 50 most beautiful people in washington.

michele bachmann. one of 50 most beautiful whacked-out people in washington.

no no no no no please god no with WS being ok cheerleader god no

I thought said "switched to porn"

xxp

yes

Jessica Imotichey
Age: Born “in the early to mid-1970s”
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Political party: Nonpartisan
Relationship status: Single

ppl in Washington are the worst!!

So born 1971 then

http://i49.tinypic.com/34fbleo.jpg

Is that the same person?

Poop

Symbionese Liberation Army

Ayotte's second picture taken after chewing on healthy baby seal

Mitt's 2nd wife?

Bachmann, "almost president" in what bizarro world?

moving on
http://i45.tinypic.com/5u3fj4.jpg

in which Obama, Romney, Gingrich, perry, etc all get on a rollercoaster at six flags but she is the operator in disguise!!!! HIJINX
xp

Fly Girl

republican, i don't understand the earrings

“I was raised in a very traditional home with a very traditional Native American upbringing,” she explains. “I knew that I had an obligation to do something for Indian people and to work for them.”

There are approximately 2,000 people in her tribe, the Coeur d’Alene, who originated in Idaho’s northern panhandle and spread into western Montana and eastern Washington state.

oh, toss-up. Coeur d'Alene is deep red country, but the tribal affiliation kind of downshifts it on the spectrum

“I was raised in a very traditional home with a very traditional Native American upbringing,” she explains. “I knew that I had an obligation to do something for Indian people and to work for them"

by wearing fuck-awful turquoise beads

as an aside, how unbelievably awesome would it be if we had a Fly Girl party

best debates ever

fuck-awful?

have you tried putting them in your ass?

"thanks to the turquoise beads a fuck would be awful"

Nikki Santos
Age: 25
Hometown: Seattle
Political Party: Democratic
Relationship status: Boyfriend

"mitt's #2?" is a very bad phrase when the dude's name rhymes with shit

as i'm posting these pictures i'm speaking the names in my head like Rod Roddy

http://i45.tinypic.com/2uzpmhy.jpg

her eyes remind me of when that Scottish dude gets the rage virus in 28 Weeks Later

Twi-Lek

fast moving zombie party

But the rare occasions that she can’t get in her run, it’s usually for a good reason. In June, for instance, Ormand couldn’t make her regular miles because she was recovering from surgery — having donated a kidney to her ailing father. (Dad’s doing great now and returned to work in July.)

Dem, Republican wd've sold him the kidney

i would have sex with all these people. except julian malasi. hate that guy. whoever he is.

― scott seward

scott if you don't mind i would like you to reaffirm this pledge

feeble excuse for missing a run

does she only run once a month

Gina Ormand
Age: 30
Hometown: Atlanta
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

running with one kidney is hard

you're off-balance

one more! i'm heading home from work after this, but more to come later.

http://i47.tinypic.com/dn2bk0.jpg

Yoni

Hsu says she doesn’t put too much effort into cooking for herself, but she and a group of friends all cook for one another. Just don’t call her a foodie.

“I don’t like that term,” she says.

WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME

i wd dive deep iykwim

that dress would probably look more flattering if shot from a different angle

or if shot from a cannon

Dem/Rep is trivial, what matters is if these ppl are taco or burrito

jesus some of the comments in itt, remind me to never post a picture of myself in a wdyll thread again, you guys are cruel

or still patronize Chik-Fil-A

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Symbionese Liberation Army

― Tartar Mouantcheoux (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a billion xps, but this made me snort aloud quite unattractively.

yes, jon, that is exactly how we are in those threads

lol, and i get defensive?

you mean douche tsunami Aaron Schock didn't make the top 10? RIP dude

i mean

http://famewatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aaron-schock.jpg

yeah? xp

was that photo shot at Pitchfork Festival?

xp

yes, jon, that is exactly how we are in those threads

actually i think that would be slightly less distasteful than ripping apart the physical appearance of people that aren't around to defend themselves. fwiw, i'm not knocking the concept or everyone itt, but people that are making comments like comparing people to zombies and shit. but, y'know, have your fun i guess.

if an ilx beef threatens to take over a perfectly innocent thread you can politely direct people here.

just going to remind u all that these ppl (with the exception of mitt's poo) agreed to appear for this thing in thehill.com

I'd like to say that the Imotichey woman is extremely attractive.

xp - these people rule us

xxp And not just as themselves, but as ICONS OF BEAUTY. That's a lot more "bases loaded" than a simple wdyll thread.

"Diving Deep." Did nobody stop to think how gay that sounds? Or maybe I'm just of the mindset because Laurel is probably OTM about the horse whisperer being a lesbian who is too patrician (or Republican) to publish her status.

for ref:

these people... these horrific people... they rule us

yeah this is not just some HOT OR NOT thread of random people - all the people posted were part of an orchestrated PR campaign by the ruling class centered explicitly around their physical attractiveness ie they are deserving of ridicule

I actually do think it's distasteful to mock people for their looks OR to weigh in on how fuckable somebody is. That said I would definitely go out for coffee with Max Engling and/or Warren Wright.

if you can't make fun of people who can you make fun of?

xxxp Sorry, what did you say? I was fully focused on laughing my ass off at "horse whisperer."

you put yourself out there trumpeting how good-looking you are you're damn right I'm gonna tell you you're fugly

goddamn egomaniacs

lol a friend who uses people he knows for articles/photos in a local weekly pub asked me for help a couple times once. I did a "random dude around town" interview once but declined one where I'd be a guy standing in a scene _exactly_ because... image control

kudos on this thread ZS!

xp lol skott

And "douche tsunami" you guys this thread... <3 <3 <3

"scott if you don't mind i would like you to reaffirm this pledge"

yeah no. things have taken a turn since i posted that.

you put yourself out there trumpeting how good-looking you are you're damn right I'm gonna tell you you're fugly

― giallo shots (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:17 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

goddamn egomaniacs

― giallo shots (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:17 PM (20 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't want to derail a hilarious thread, but I think there's a TON to mock about every single one of these people without getting into subjective judgment on whether they are, actually, attractive. Those bios! Their political affiliations! That one woman who is smiling like a two-year-old who just learned how to say cheese! The poor fashion choices! "Deep Diving"!

But for real, I'm not invested enough to actually argue about it (or leave the thread), so go on with your bad selves.

jon, is it ok if we say horrible things about Michelle Bachman?

"douche tsunami" is really the best.

http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/images/39/2009/02/klo.jpg

best part was that there wasn't really anyone saying anyone was fugly, just that they had weird sartorial sense or DJP's amazing clowning, and a handful of people saying they found people sexually attractive

I post my picture to wdyll so DJP can tell me what science fictional group I belong to.

fwiw I have found several cylons and twi-leks, in their own respective fictional universes, hot.

http://kropserkel.com/Images/CylonPaulHoganwKrop.jpg

would kiss shiny, metal ass

lol is that from some convention or something

http://thehill.com/images/stories/news/2012/07_july/25/50mb2012/erikolson.jpg

i'm not saying, i'm just [url:http://www.theonion.com/articles/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock,11150/]saying[/url]

thanks bbcode for flubbing my punchline

ok, i'm home!

i was kind of expecting there to be 500 more posts and a beef when i got back. PHEW

damn it goole, I was about to say that looks like a shirt I'd own but he has boring hair, and now I sound EXTRA gay

Yvonne Hsu
Age: 30
Hometown: Anaheim Hills, Calif.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

http://i46.tinypic.com/n6yvph.jpg

man, i hate the ones where it's actually a politician

Buried in Rep. Jim Himes’s (D-Conn.) long list of accomplishments — he’s a former nonprofit executive, Wall Street banker, Rhodes scholar, Harvard rower and on and on — is this important nugget, at least for the purposes of the 50 Most Beautiful People list: He was once a model for Polo Ralph Lauren.

Now, we’re not talking Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.)-level modeling — no Cosmopolitan centerfolds — but Himes did spend some time in college earning extra cash appearing in photos for the most American of clothiers. Famous fashion photographer Bruce Weber spotted him at a boathouse on the Charles River, and soon thereafter Himes went in front of the camera at a shoot on Martha’s Vineyard. The congressman laughs about it these days.

“I worked very briefly with a local agency on local stuff,” he says, “but I was not quote-unquote a model.”

moving on, since the real politicians are boring

http://i50.tinypic.com/qz2hwi.jpg

Back in 2009, she found herself interning at the Homeland Security Department. The end of the workweek was approaching, and she was told to dress down for casual Friday.

“What are you wearing, Amanda?” she recalled one of her co-workers asking her.

“Sundress and sandals,” she answered. “You said it was casual Friday. This is casual for California.”

It was her Reese Witherspoon moment. Her co-workers had a good laugh at her expense, and from then on she was known simply as “California.”

Erik Olson looks like a bizarre beardo porn Don Draper, am I wrong?

Dem

Amanda's eyes are freaking me out but she's v cute otherwise

REPUBLICAN

man, homeland security must be way more intense than the agency where i work. if someone came in wearing a sundress and sandals on a friday everyone here would probably be like "whoa, and it doesn't even have ketchup stains all over it, great job!"

why do you say republican, Vgrrrrl?

and now you know what HS thinks of yr agency ZS

ie "dirty hippies"

"THAT'S SO AMANDA"

he doesn't look much like Don Draper, but there is a porno vibe to the dude

nah I get the Draper comparison - it's in the eyes

I just got a republican vibe from her dressing all fancy on casual fridays. and the Reese Witherspoon thing feels like a ruse.

man, homeland security must be way more intense than the agency where i work. if someone came in wearing a sundress and sandals on a friday everyone here would probably be like "whoa, and it doesn't even have ketchup stains all over it, great job!"

lollll yes. I overheard one coworker asking another if there was something wrong with her because people kept looking at her. I came out and the questioning coworker was wearing a turquoise striped shirt and footless orange tights as pants through which you could see her patterned underpants in the back and an amazingly detailed camel toe in the front. This was like a Wednesday, too.

Amanda Muñoz
Age 24
Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
Political party: Republican
Relationships status: Boyfriend, Brian

yeah I mean what's the last porn parody where you were struck by how much they looked liek the real thing. never.

it's just a 'squint your eyes in a dark room with a fog machine' kinda similar.

WINNAH = ME

kinda weird they namechecked the boyfriend in that one

http://i46.tinypic.com/wi24w6.jpg

soft as whatnow

I seriously cannot cope with the subtitles on these things. Soft as sealskin????? Did you Photoshop that in?

the pearls say republican but I'll wait for the bio

this kinda gives it away, but

Mary Hiratsuka, an Alaskan Inuit and legislative assistant for Rep. *****, loves all things sealskin, and she’s not afraid to show it. During Washington’s chillier seasons, she can be seen toting her prized sealskin bag around the Capitol’s hallways.

standing by Republican now

with whaleskin hubcabs and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights etc

Ms. Hiratsuka, an avid hunter, is also known for the unusual smell emanating from her office, where she keeps her prized rotting polar bear head.

LOL

Mary Hiratsuka
Age: 27
Hometown: Dillingham, Alaska
Political party: Independent
Relationship status: Engaged

haha, i work for don young, the sealskin is the least corrupt thing about me by far

Ms. Hiratsuka loves to crawl into the guts of a freshly slaughtered moose to get her beauty rest after a hunt. "It's soft as sealskin!" she said.

"...dragging infant children through the Capitol's hallways"

http://i46.tinypic.com/2wea1jr.jpg

some of these just aren't very challenging, are they?

Ryan says she’s single and looking, but she isn’t too concerned about that right now.

“It’s just about the right time and the right place, and it hasn’t happened yet,” she says. “When the timing is right, something will come along.”

what a sensible answer!!

gonna die old and bitter

how does she feel about horses?

Katie Ryan
Age: 29
Hometown: Kensington, Md.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

http://i47.tinypic.com/2jd15e.jpg

10/10 in the consistent smile dept.

29?!

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Young’s life on the road started when she was 8. Her father — a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church — moved the family to South Africa in 1992, shortly before the country’s first multiracial elections. Young says that’s where she got her first taste of politics.

“I got to see everything change firsthand,” she says. “My parents were very involved in the election in helping people to vote. I think that was when I really saw or found an interest in politics.”
Young initially came to Washington as a journalist for PBS “Newshour.” But when Obama emerged as a candidate in 2008, she had a desire to re-engage with the side of politics that she first encountered in South Africa.

Stephanie Young
Age: 28
Hometown: Atlanta
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: In a relationship

yeah fab smile

how on earth is Katie Ryan 29

on what planet even

http://i45.tinypic.com/347wnc6.jpg

melissa medina is taking this photoshoot a little more seriously than the others on the list

Less than a year into her job as Rep. *****'s staff assistant and legislative correspondent, Melissa Medina had the California politician “jumping for joy.”

****** nominated Medina to be the Golden State’s Cherry Blossom princess this year. When she answered that she didn’t think she would get chosen, he brushed her concerns aside.

“Come on, Melissa, you’re like a ray of sunshine,” ***** told her.

Not only was Medina chosen to be her state’s representative in the event, but the other princesses also elected her to be the contest’s Miss Congeniality.
“****** was jumping for joy,” she says. “He was very proud.”

As for keeping up her good looks, Medina says she just tries to be happy, going for the occasional hike and maintaining her tennis strokes.

“I don’t work out,” she says with a bashful smile.

Her other tip? “The best way to showcase your beauty is your personality. Even if you’re having the worst day, having a good laugh automatically brightens up your eyes and makes you a more attractive person.”

if i ever start a sentence with the words "the best way to showcase your beauty", you have permission to punch me in the cornea

lol at that caption just really NOT being shown at all in her photos

the best way to showcase your beauty is tennis stroking

"I chose not to smile laugh for my profile photo because I did not want to eclipse everyone's beauty with my amazing showcasing skills"

how on earth is Katie Ryan 29

"Callista, you must tell me who your personal stylist is!"

she's v pretty - I wonder what her smile looks like.

omg that is the irl name of one of my besties
this thread has turned my stomach!

i always start threads with one idea in mind, but it turns out to be totally pointless. who cares about their political affiliation? oh well.

Melissa Medina
Age: 23
Hometown: Burbank, Calif.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

http://i47.tinypic.com/dhdeuu.jpg

Melissa Medina definitely has a position on taco v burrito

xpost

If you think Jill Duckworth looks like a beauty queen, that's because she is. In 2010, she won the beauty pageant in her hometown of Clinton, Miss., and was the runner-up to Miss Mississippi (try saying that three times fast), putting her just one spot away from competing in the Miss America pageant.

But it wasn’t an easy road to get there.

“I'm not going to lie — I did not want anything to do with pageants when I was younger,” says the staff assistant for Rep. ******.

Duckworth says she’s always been pretty and tall (she’s now 5'10''), so her mom pushed her to compete in pageants when she was young.

handjobs $5

xp

sounds like a really tough road

elbow elbow wrist wrist

elbow elbow wrist wrist, around the corner chocolate's made

omg I almost missed the scowling, sullen ray of sunshine

xp

looooool

this woman's political affiliation is "Ewok"

Jill Duckworth
Age: 23
Hometown: Clinton, Miss.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

can someone please parse this elbow elbow wrist wrist thing? wtf does that even mean? is it a pagant thing?

is that the prairie dog pose for beauty queens?

http://i45.tinypic.com/vq1nc8.jpg

the caption writer was wasted

can someone please parse this elbow elbow wrist wrist thing? wtf does that even mean? is it a pagant thing?

it's a pageant mnemonic for the proper way to wave

I hate that I know this btw

Hunter had to get creative when proposing to his girlfriend last winter; he says she’s “so sharp, she sees everything coming.” He took a cue from Prince William, planning a Sunday hike so early in the morning that she had no clue what was coming. (Prince William proposed to Duchess Catherine two years ago in the remote Kenyan Highlands.)

This dude is "Ent"

xpost
and i hate that i just waved at the wall to myself for about 20 seconds straight, improving with every elbow step

this dude is "Eh"

thank you DJP, you're my beauty-queen-hero

yay?

i could give a fuck about Zach Hunter

I have beauty queens on my mind

I'd still fondle Max Engling tho

which one was he again? I'm too lazy to scroll up

Zach Hunter
Age: 25
Hometown: Atlanta
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Engaged

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as opposed to "Wingless Wizard"

he 22-year-old staff assistant for Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) is also a Harry Potter fanatic who’s dressed up as Draco Malfoy — Potter’s recurring adversary — for each and every movie premiere.

Cobia insists she chose the part because Malfoy’s platinum-white hair resembles her own, not because she identifies with his evil-doing, but that’s done nothing to stop her from role-playing in the theater — to both the embarrassment of friends (“I was calling the popcorn guy a muggle”) and the confusion of strangers.

After one eventful trip to the bathroom, she overheard an observer: “There’s this girl dressed up like Malfoy, and I think she’s certifiable.”

shit, whoops, left Steny in there. but who cares

Lindsey Cobia
Age: 22
Hometown: San Rafael, Calif.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

she's kinda cute! second photo makes me think she has a maniacal loud nervous laugh

espresso wizard

seriously FUCK this caption writer

ladies, what's with the pearls. is it a capitol hill thing?

it's fun to imagine having really serious sex with the caption writer

i hate you

If this girl worked the Java Detour in San Rafael, then I've bought her wizardry.

legend has it that this caption writer comes up with captions while having serious sex. she just barks them out intermittently, frightening the neighbors: THANK GOD FOR FRIDAY'S

stop making me think of that I'M SORRY I SAID ANYTHING

http://i50.tinypic.com/358duhg.jpg

ah!

he spooked me...

God, these people are BORING

there's nothing in the write-up that is interesting at all

just that picture on the right where he looks like he wants to american psycho you. "the outsider" indeed.

he's an outsider because no one will let him inside because he's so very boring. stay outside, mr. keightley, you're too boring for this house

It's hard to project interestingness from so far back in the closet.

I don't know why all my comments are about being gay! I was charmed by that one staffer last year who was totally out in his profile, though--will anyone else this year have the guts?

Na'vi

Boring McBoringer
Age: 31
Hometown: Fairfax, Va.
Political party: Nonpartisan
Relationship status: Single

nonpartisan
even that, is just...it's so typical for this guy

"look, if i told you who i supported, then we might actually have something to talk about. i just can't do it"

2nd pic looks like he smelled a fart

that guy has the scary movie boyfriend thing going on. smiling for the public...until the mask comes off.

Outsider. pff. He's no Ponyboy.

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excellent until SHOULDER CUTOUTS WTF

that first pic though, man she's beautiful

shrimp killer?

SHRIMP KILLER ARE YOU KIDDING ME

i just don't trust him. trust me on this one. if you see that guy run in the other direction!

this fkn caption guy

She swims every morning from 6 to 7 a.m. On Saturdays, she plays tennis at the Capitol Hill Tennis Club. She’s recently taken up Zoomba on Sundays. And during the winter, she works out to her large collection of P90X DVDs.

“Exercise is my only outlet to decompress, de-stress,” Kim says. “If I get home at 10 o’clock, I would still [be working out].”

She seems to have no trouble staying fit. Kim lives a few floors above a Whole Foods and describes herself as a pescetarian. Her parents nicknamed her “Shrimp Killer” after her love of seafood.

Shrimp killer, better you than me.
Shrimp killer, fuck shrimp brutality!

She might want to work on "moth killer" before they get to any more of her sweaters.

Ever since Deep Diving I am reading these captions as either sex moves or euphemisms for genitalia.

zumba you idiots

Shrimp Killer is some kind of blow job move.

The Outsider = anal

'California' girl = vagina

omg dying over here

espresso wizard - gotta be anal too

espresso wizard some sort of coffee enema fetishist? or maybe she just sleeps with former washington wizard players.

i'm imagining her dinners back home with the family. she arrives late, because she had to pack in a zoomba sesh in between networking at the local douche bar and fundraising for some rich guy. before she even enters the dining room she smells the shrimp. mom only gets to see her rarely now, since she's so busy, so mom knows to order shrimp for her special little girl! she tears in to the shrimp, her family giddy, anticipating the inevitable, the ritual careening toward it's inevitable climax, here comes her older brother on cue, he can no longer wait - "SHRIMP KILLER!" and the family ROARS, the rice flies out between dad's teeth and underneath his plate, unnoticed by anyone - THE SHRIMP KILLER! she's home again for dinner, and everything is the way it should be again. she is so successful and

barf

it's like a dirty sanchez wearing a wizard's hat

espresso wizard is euphemism for anal bleaching i think

SHRIMP KILLER
Age: 29
Hometown: Los Angeles
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

Seeing Double = double penetration OR twin men having sex with one woman with two vaginas

oh jesus

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"i'm going to say something appropriate to the situation at hand - i guarantee it"

The policy assistant at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, who calls politics a “24/7 business,” admits that “even when I’m not on the clock, a lot of time is spent in political circles,” attending happy hours and events on Capitol Hill.

That’s on top of long hours at the office, working for clients from Comcast to the Girl Scouts.

“Being in D.C., you meet a lot of people with well-established backgrounds,” Sonsalla says. “I’m from a hardworking, blue-collar family. I don’t have a lot of family connections. But I think hard work kind of overcomes that. It’s just that ‘no excuses’ mentality.”

This dedication extends to health and fitness. Even two ACL-reconstruction surgeries weren’t enough to keep him benched.

“My philosophy is: always active,” he says. “Relaxing to me is being active.”

he then shook uncontrollably for 30 seconds

haircut and the tie have to go.

Samantha Dezur
Age: 25
Hometown: Oshkosh, Wis.
Political party: Libertarian
Relationship status: Single

― you're all going to hello (Z S), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:26 PM (2 hours ago)

^^^just want to pat myself on the back for getting this immediately

sonsalla is a wall st dem

I'm getting a Dawson vibe from him. Like if Dawson's Creek was shot in Philly.

i kinda hate people who relax by being active. they make me nervous.

^^^ tbomb

NO EXCUSES
Age: 23
Hometown: Brookhaven, Pa.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: In a relationship

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Ryan Mills could easily pass for a member of one of the nation’s greatest political dynasties. With his brown hair, piercing blue eyes and golden tan, he’s a dead-ringer for Bobby Kennedy.

Mills is often told of the resemblance, but his interest in the Kennedys goes far beyond the superficial. As a child, he became intrigued with the history of the famous family, which triggered an ongoing fascination with politics.

uuuuh

teeth aren't big enough. needs teeth implants.

With his brown hair, piercing blue eyes and gaping bullet wounds, he’s a dead-ringer for Bobby Kennedy.

poufy hair and white teeth does not a kennedy make

uuhhhh

sorry charlie

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/ae/kennedy-53-bobby-kennedy-0110-lg.jpg

i would never, ever, ever, ever, think robert kennedy. if i somehow had a million years, i would be so pissed at the end, having dedicated this unfathomably enormous amount of time to the project of trying to guess which historical figure this apparently beautiful man resembled, having gone through every stage of frustration and grief over not being able to guess it, lost my mind and found it again hundreds of times, naming almost every single person i could think of, famous or not, but skipping over robert kennedy, even though i had thought of it, because who could possibly make that comparison except perhaps for his own mother, after he got dumped and the only thing she could think of to say a few weeks later was "you look like bobby kennedy, only even more handsome, you're going to have to carry around a 10 foot pole". jeeeeeezus

Robert Kennedy
Age: 23
Hometown: New Bern, N.C.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: In a long-term relationship

NEXT

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asshole

we should poll the hottest, my vote is going to melissa medina, republican

“When I was little, in high school, I would ask my sister, ‘Does this match?’ ” he says. “And she would say, ‘Oh yeah, that matches. You’re good to go.’ And then I’d go to school and people would be like, ‘That totally doesn’t match.’ And then my sister would … make fun of me and be like, ‘Yeah, why would you wear that? That’s totally stupid.’ ”

I guess this list should be "humanizing" these ppl for me but unfortunately seeing their faces just makes me even more inclined to think of republican politicians as largely being contemptuous trash

Finally, a Sigue Sigue Sputnik fan

that first dude, the one with the windy tie, is p cute so far

and shrimp killer for the ladeez

derek looks cuter with his mouth closed

GOP no question xxpost

i actually am leaning dem on this one

-ible/-uous whatever. anyway fuck these ppl

xpost No. 2 is the hottest so far

tho idunno, has that 'played baseball in college, got really into poly sci' look but i cant tell which way he leans

xpost No. 2 is the hottest so far

― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, July 25, 2012 8:13 PM (12 seconds ago)

yeah she and melissa are a cut above the rest imo

his grin looks really benevolent, seems trustworthy actually. gonna go dem

Derek Khanna
Age: 24
Hometown: Dover, Mass.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Girlfriend

staffer for house republican study committee

all the hot Indian-American dudes/ ladeez i know are GOP

(^^sorry, racist)

well i'll be damned!

ZS this is a classic thread btw thank you

no problem! :)

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Libby owns a 24-acre fortified compound in North Dakota, and two dozen automatic weapons

worst date ever

those are totally fake contacts and they make her look crazy

xp which she apparently is

she kept herself to herself

...All this, and Casey was also dealing with an Alaskan wardrobe. She had only two suits when she arrived in Washington.

Friends staged clothing “interventions” to make her look more “lower 48” when she began appearing as a guest host on C-SPAN three years ago.

ohhh, she's from alaska...

alaska is kinda its own political affiliation

these people...these horrific people...they rule us

iirc

that thread title is all-time

i would've guessed that Indian GOP staffer dude was a Republican (even w/t knowing his job) simply b/c he looks like Adam Sandler.

the unabomber
Age: 36
Hometown: Allentown, Pa., and Fairbanks, Alaska
Political party: Nonpartisan
Relationship status: Boyfriend

I feel like all of these ppl never had a naive idealistic phases, they just went straight from childhood into "fuck errbody I should run things"

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goofy looking dude is surely dem

to sum up his entry, he's had all of these jobs and he's successful but if you press him on it, he's just like "aw shucks", so humble

as opposed to the not humble Superman who used to fly around Metropolis shouting "I'M SUPERMAN BITCHES"

these people... these horrific people... they rule us

yeah wtf at pretending like "humble superman" is a type

oh sorry goole already linked his thread

Ron Legrand
ge: 62
Hometown: Jersey City, N.J.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

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The two were friends from childhood. But when he invited her to a Navy ball, their relationship got more serious, much to her surprise. Froehlich recalls packing business cards that night to hand out to single sailors. But the cards never came out.

“It was the most romantic date I’ve ever had,” she says.

business cards at the navy ball
hm

sounds like a detail from a fitzgerald novel

not a flattering one

ugh. that's such a terrible detail. i have to stop for tonight. ugh

17 more tomorrow!

oh, just in case you care:

Age: 27
Hometown: Vienna, Va.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: In a relationship

INCREDULOUS

1, 2, and 3 all look like they could be in commercials so i guess they really are the prettiest. i would actually pay like...hmmm...15 dollars to watch all three of them have sex together. i think they would all really like each other!

27?!?

I guess that one is believable

yeah that 23 year old beauty pageant winner did not look 23

I like Incredulous Laura's slightly windswept second pic

fkn business cards though u_u

business cards = lol dc

The Humble Superman

"the outsider" looks like travis the doomsday killer from season 6 of Dexter!

continuing on, another politician

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Age: 52
Hometown: Mount Kisco, N.Y.
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Married

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“Washington used to have sort of a dowdy dress code, but I don't think it’s that way anymore,” she says. “Style can be just as important as all of the other factors that are in play in D.C.”

She practices what she preaches.

"When I lobby on Capitol Hill, you have to have some sort of a good presentation in order to sell your product,” she says.

Fisher describes her personal style as “conservative with an edge” but understands that D.C. is not New York or Los Angeles, and tailors her look accordingly.

“You can’t be completely wild with your style,” she says. “You still have to conform to the norm. But at the same time, add a pop of personality.”

Is she wearing a marching band uniform?

They all look like unripe grapes to me (cf. Dsc.5.5), “πάροιθε δέ τ᾽ ὄμφακές εἰσιν ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι” Od.7.125 ; “ὅτ᾽ ὄ. αἰόλλονται” Hes.Sc.399 : sg. as collective, “ὅταν δὲ τεύχῃ Ζεὺς ἀπ᾽ ὄμφακος πικρᾶς οἶνον” A.Ag.970 ; so freq. in Hp., Ulc.12,Acut.(Sp.) 65, al., cf. Plu.2.648f ; “εἶτ᾽ ἦμαρ αὔξει μέσσον ὄμφακος τύπον” S.Fr. 255.5 ; also of other fruits, as olives, Poll.5.67.

Jennifer Fisher
Age: 31
Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: In a relationship

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some of hayley's close friends don't really like to call her "the horror", mainly because it sounds like they're calling her a whore

she must be a dem - all repubs have bleached blonde hair

Hayley King wants to make something clear: She is not related to that other King from the Pine Tree State, even though her dad’s name, coincidentally, is also Stephen.

“It was actually on the Internet that our phone number and address were the writer’s,” King chuckles, “so for a while there we got some ... interesting stuff.”

Is she wearing a marching band uniform?

well, you can't go completely wild with your style in dc. you have to conform to the norm. it gets tiring carrying around a hat with a giant plume on top everywhere, but that's living in dc for ya

like people mailed her Dildos?

THE HORROR http://www.leninimports.com/marlon_brando_gallery_8.jpg

i was kind of surprised by this, but

Hayley King
Age: 26
Hometown: Skowhegan, Maine
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

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Those gym visits happen in the morning, and Bosak says he bookends them with time devoted to his Christian faith.

“When I get back from the gym, I generally settle in with a cup of coffee and my Bible,” he says. “That’s the routine that gives me the most energy for the day.”

When it comes to the 50 Most Beautiful People list, Bosak is no stranger to the camera. His wife runs a small photography business and often calls on him as an impromptu model — a role he accepts with good humor.

“She’ll sometimes take me outside and have me pose in certain ways to take photos,” he laughs. “The things you do for love!”

I'm sorry but I started laughing at "she'll take me outside" and now I can't stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTxBeVeyhY

Whoa, Brian Bosak is a republican?! holy shit

Age: 28
Hometown: Wall Township, N.J.
Party: Republican
Relationship status: Married

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If the cowboy boots don’t tip you off that Stephanie Stouffer is from Texas, it won’t take you long to figure it out after you start talking to her.

Whether it’s proclaiming her love for the Dallas Cowboys, cooking her signature enchiladas or discussing the intricacies of the energy industry, the 23-year-old client strategist for Engage says her Texan heritage informs just about every facet of her personality.

“Where I grew up, we’ve got the stockyards, and we’ve got cattle drives going through Main Street twice a day every day,” Stouffer says. “And that kind of really resonated with me as more of a down-to-earth vibe. It’s more wholesome.”

hmmmmm...tacos/burritos?

that makes sense XP in maine republicans can go Brunette

More sex moves:
The Horror
Texas All Over
"Running Errands"

Texas All Over is like a hot carl after you've been eating a lot of TexMex food.

http://youroldcrapwebsite.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/har3.jpg

Texas All Over in bed

Age: 23
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

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Olson also mentors kids in D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood. He keeps fit with regular gym visits. And he’s a practicing Buddhist — something of a rarity in the rough-and-tumble world of politics.

Olson says he once argued with one of his college professors about whether the two worlds can mix.

“He said it’s not possible to be a Buddhist and in politics, but I insisted that it is,” he says.

Age: 33
Hometown: La Crosse, Wis.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Engaged

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“I am always full of energy,” he says, knees jiggling under the table. “And whenever I exercise, I get more energy.”

“I’ve been playing a lot of reggae recently, and a lot of Bob Marley,” he says. “I get really fidgety unless I have something to do.”

So fidgety, in fact, that he occasionally has to take a break from his job as a legislative correspondent to walk laps around the Russell Senate Office Building.

sounds like a blast hanging out with jake terrell

so ZS where's your entry

shakey
Age: 26
Hometown: Alexandria, Va.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: “Happily taken”

xpost i might make a fake one later tonight if i get bored/drunk enough to write fake quotes about being a real go-getter

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Allison Rose must be used to setting nerds’ hearts aflutter. This Stanford University graduate and legislative director for Rep. **** loves to read science fiction and fantasy like the “Game of Thrones” book series (now a hit HBO show). Taking a controversial stand, she claims the series is superior to J.R.R. Tolkien’s works, including his legendary “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

can't believe brozack and texas is the reason are both repub

is geek chic dem

Age: 28
Hometown: Palo Alto, Calif.
Party: Democratic
Relationship status: “Taken”

sorry cozen, she's "taken"

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check out bobby scott's great poker face. are you bluffing bobby scott? bobby scott, you gotta be shitting me

he is looking good for 65 though, gotta say

Age: 65
Hometown: Newport News, Va.
Political party: Democratic
Relationship status: Single

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xp Yeah but "suspiciously youthful" is not the same as "beautiful" fer chrissake.

ugh, her political affiliation is one of those answers that makes you barf

“With law school, the whole interpretation of the law and application of the law is interesting,” she says, “but here they make the laws — it’s much more hands-on.”

wow, very interesting

i have to admit that i'm really digging rep. bobby scott's (1) hair and 'stache (2) glasses (3) suit. he's workin it.

“With law school, the whole interpretation of the law and application of the law is interesting,” she says, “but here they make the laws — it’s much more hands-on.”

vapid person is vapid.

Age: 24
Hometown: Starkville, Miss.
Political party: “Moderate”
Relationship status: In a relationship

ugh, "moderate"
i realize that 35% of the country consistently identifies itself as moderate or centrist, but ugh ugh ugh, that's so stupid

That woman has amazing eyes but she is not 24.

Yeah, I'd have coffee with Bobby Scott, too.

I think half of these people are lying about their age. Also The Competitor looks blank, empty, the abyss staring back at me. I'm so cold and alone.

"Moderate" is not a political party.

they are party poopers

"Running Errands" = pooping all over the party

"we should get rid of political parties and come together to..." *scoots shitty butt all over the carpets* "something something social liberal fiscal conservative"

hahahahahaaaaaaaaa

Allison Rose, aka Geek Chic, must be used to igniting message board threads afire

ugh setting not igniting, stupid brain

what's wrong with ignition?

Nothing.