February 1, 2006
TASTE OF THE UNION
Someone once memorably remarked that politics is showbusiness for ugly people. If that is truly the case, then the annual State of the Union Address is the Academy Awards of government, complete with fake applause, manufactured moments, and barely supressed grimaces among competitors.
Given the apt-in-my-mind analogy between the two events and the wall-to-wall television the SOTU Address receives that the Oscars could only dream of, I think the former should receive the same red carpet treatment the latter does. I want to see Joan and Melissa Rivers out on the steps of the Capitol interviewing members of Congress and other bigwigs.
"So, who are you wearing? Who did your hair tonight? Seriously, who did them, because they need to be sent to Gitmo immediately and for the rest of their lives!"
"Justice Scalia, normally black is supposed to be slimming, but not when you wear it like a mumu."
All the while, Mr. Black would be huddled in a nook in the Rotunda, crying his eyes out, trying to figure out how he was going to cull his worst-dressed list to under 200. Until they introduce this State of the Union concept, I may have to stick to just reading the transcript.
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