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Separated at Birth? (Harriet Miers Edition)
Because no coverage glut would be complete without a cheap visual joke, reader Pritesh Patel notes the uncanny resemblance of Bush's new Supreme Court nominee to Darrin Stephens' mother from Bewitched:
|10.3.05 @ 2:23PM|#
Mmmmm, don't see it. As a TV reference, I'm thinking more Cindy
Williams, twenty years from now.
By the way, I hope they tell her to lose the "Granny Goth" eye
liner ...
|10.3.05 @ 2:45PM|#
BAI beat me to the punch. You need to lay off the eye makeup once you reach the age where it doesn't outline your eyes, but the lines surrounding them.
|10.3.05 @ 2:59PM|#
I'd say that Bush has a crush on Angela Merkel.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Angela+Merkel&hl=en
|10.3.05 @ 3:18PM|#
I doubt they will find any recent sexual scandals in her
personal history.
The photo illustrates why she was selected by Bush. She is not only
loyal to him - she worships the man. She said that Bush is the most
intelligent man she ever met. Either she has not met very many men
or she is a terrible judge of intelligence.
|10.3.05 @ 3:24PM|#
Yeah, she needs an image consultant. Bad hair, and bad eyeliner.
Maybe she could hire Janet Reno's consultant?
Cuz that's what's important in a Supreme Court judge.
|10.3.05 @ 3:24PM|#
Is it really much of a visual joke if you're referencing such a minor character as Darrin's mother? ;)
|10.3.05 @ 3:37PM|#
Linguist--
No, hair and makeup don't really matter, but on the other hand it
creeps me out to see a 60-year-old woman wearing makeup more
suitable for a 20-year-old hooker with low self-esteem.
Same way clothing doesn't really matter, but I'd still be concerned
if a Supreme Court nominee went around dressing like Erin
Brockovich.
|10.3.05 @ 3:39PM|#
Linguist--
No, hair and makeup don't really matter, but on the other hand it
creeps me out to see a 60-year-old woman wearing makeup more
suitable for a 20-year-old hooker with low self-esteem.
Same way clothing doesn't really matter, but I'd still be concerned
if a Supreme Court nominee went around dressing like Erin
Brockovich.
|10.3.05 @ 3:42PM|#
That is an improper use of apostrophe on "Stephens." Stephens is not plural and therefore requires an additional s after the apostrophe.
|10.3.05 @ 3:47PM|#
"Hey there, sailor. Wanna reform my torts?"
When men aren't working hard enough to tear women down, women pick
up the slack. ;)
|10.3.05 @ 3:49PM|#
Jennifer,
Yeah, I know. I'm just being contrarian. When I saw her face (way
too early this morning) I was somewhat apalled by the eyeliner too.
Then I felt bad about being appalled. What's a girl to do?
|10.3.05 @ 3:52PM|#
What's a girl to do, Linguist? Fuck P.C. and make fun of a
sixty-year-old bat who models herself after a 20-year-old
bimbo.
My rule concerning insulting appearances is this: I won't make fun
of something you can't help. So you won't catch me insulting
someone with a harelip, or a birthmark, or someone who's just plain
ugly. But I WILL insult someone who inflicted her ugliness upon
herself. And I think there's something fucked up about a geriatric
babe trying to tart herself up like Britney Spears.
And that last remark was unfair to Britney, who does at least
achieve some level of attractiveness when she applies her eye
makeup with a shovel.
|10.3.05 @ 4:00PM|#
What's a girl to do, Linguist? Fuck P.C. and make fun of a
sixty-year-old bat who models herself after a 20-year-old
bimbo.
Or maybe she just puts too much eyeliner on. I just find it funny
that most men won't even notice bad makeup on an older woman, while
women just go nuts...
|10.3.05 @ 4:07PM|#
No way, she's Amy Sedaris as Jeri Blankley, from Strangers
With Candy.
Bingo! Jon H nailed it. I was wondering where I saw that face
before -- (on Comedy Central).
|10.3.05 @ 4:37PM|#
Or maybe she just puts too much eyeliner on.
Oh, I agree, this is not big deal, and certainly not on a par with
raping babies or anything. But at the same time I can't help but
wonder--if she shows such bad judgment over something as minor as
this, how will she judge the big things?
It's akin to somebody picking their nose at public functions. This
is neither illegal nor immoral, but at the same time I wouldn't
want somebody that damned clueless to have any sort of
power over me.
|10.3.05 @ 4:50PM|#
But at the same time I can't help but wonder--if she shows
such bad judgment over something as minor as this, how will she
judge the big things?
No telling. Which is the point - it's really not sensible to make
such crucial evaluations from one zoomed-in picture of someone's
makeup.
I'm all for propriety and proper appearance, but when I read things
like "It's akin to somebody picking their nose at public functions"
as a response to somewhat thick eyeliner, the less objectionable
her makeup appears to me, and the more inexplicable reactions like
yours strike me.
|10.3.05 @ 4:54PM|#
Eric-
It's all about age-appropriateness. Same way an outfit that looks
normal on a twenty-year-old looks insane on a sixty-year-old.
Apparently, this woman woke up this morning and came to the
conclusion that a quarter-inch-thick black halo around each eye
would add to her attractiveness.
And the first person on this thread to note the makeup was BAI who
is, I believe, male.
|10.3.05 @ 4:58PM|#
I'm seriously wondering what would have happened if I wore such thick makeup when I interviewed for my current job. No, my eye makeup has no bearing on how well I perform my tasks. And yet. . . .
|10.3.05 @ 5:01PM|#
Eric the .5b: Is it really much of a visual joke if you're
referencing such a minor character as Darrin's mother? ;)
Yes, indeed, because Darrin's mother is also the mother of the
world's greatest county clerk, Howard Sprague.
|10.3.05 @ 5:01PM|#
Stupid server ate my comment.
Maybe she's just made up for the camera. The amount of eyeliner,
rouge, and base you need to look normal on stage (or soundstage)
with lighting, at a distance, through the camera et al. makes you
look freakish in person.
|10.3.05 @ 5:07PM|#
Yes, indeed, because Darrin's mother is also the mother of
the world's greatest county clerk, Howard Sprague.
Alas, I miss the reference.
|10.3.05 @ 5:17PM|#
And the first person on this thread to note the makeup was
BAI who is, I believe, male.
BAI did not make several posts about the makeup and argue that it
meant that she was unfit to be a Justice.
Jennifer, maybe you're right. Maybe her makeup is really that
ridiculous, even in other pictures of her and different lighting
(or even day-to-day). Maybe she wouldn't be able to get a job
wherever you work. Maybe it really does indicate that she's
bubble-headed and not capable of being a justice.
I've just absolutely never heard a guy focus so strongly on and
react so much to a 60-year-old woman's makeup. It absolutely takes
a woman to go there.
|10.3.05 @ 5:18PM|#
From the Andy Griffith show, if I'm not mistaken.
Ahhh. I didn't see as much of that one as a kid.
|10.3.05 @ 5:31PM|#
I've just absolutely never heard a guy focus so strongly on
and react so much to a 60-year-old woman's makeup.
Because he's busy checking out her daughter, or any other
age-appropriate hotties that might be about.
|10.3.05 @ 5:31PM|#
My advice on the eyeliner is that on the lower lids, she should
restrict its use to the outer one-third or so of the eyelid only,
then blend in.
I am not an expert cosmetiticianologist, or whatever, but I like to
draw, and I like to draw chicks, and I like to draw chicks' eyes,
and from that eventually you learn a little bit about what looks
good. You can also see this by examining the eyes of the attractive
female characters in certain comic strips.
Heck, you can even see it in the "Jeri" photo
that Jon H. linked. Full eyeliner on the top lid (except maybe the
inner corner); on the lower lid, restricted to the outer third
only. You want the eyes to look bigger, but not closer together.
See how Jeri's eyes actually look much better than Miers'? (That
mouth, on the other hand ...)
|10.3.05 @ 5:33PM|#
I've just absolutely never heard a guy focus so strongly on
and react so much to a 60-year-old woman's makeup.
Because he's busy checking out her daughter, or any other
age-appropriate hotties that might be about.
This is also probably why old men can get away with wearing golf
pants and old-man-driver-hats, because no ladies are checking them
out.
|10.3.05 @ 5:37PM|#
I wonder how long she's been lining them like that (or worse, having them lined by someone else) -- if she's stuck in some aging-denial time warp.
|10.3.05 @ 5:58PM|#
Another
pic.
And now I'm going to lay off. I'm starting to feeling like that
snotty queeny Mr. Blackwell dude.
|10.3.05 @ 6:06PM|#
And now I'm going to lay off. I'm starting to feeling like
that snotty queeny Mr. Blackwell dude.
Maybe I should have said "no straight guy" - but I'd never
heard it from a gay guy, either. ;)
You know, we can definitely blame Bush for one thing - choosing
someone with so little known about her legal views and judicial
history that the only thing we can talk about IS her damned
eyeliner...
|10.3.05 @ 6:22PM|#
So, enough with the eyeliner. On to more substantial
things.
If anyone finds photos on the Internet of Ms. Miers in lingerie,
please let us know.
|10.3.05 @ 6:23PM|#
we can definitely blame Bush for one thing - choosing
someone with so little known about her legal views and judicial
history that the only thing we can talk about IS her damned
eyeliner...
How true, how true. This is all I have to work with. And so I say
again: I have reservations about a woman who wakes up and thinks
"How can I best introduce myself to the nation as a competent,
professional Supreme Court Justice nominee? I know! Hooker
makeup!"
|10.3.05 @ 6:31PM|#
I think it's asinine for you guys to go on about what this woman
looks like. I mean, here we are trying to get the rest of the world
to take libertarians seriously, and you guys jump on this woman's
looks like a bunch of degenerate pubescent teens.
...and besides. If she looks like anyone, it's Katie
Couric--wrinkled and old like we all know Katie 'll be just a few
years from now.
|10.3.05 @ 6:35PM|#
you guys jump on this woman's looks like a bunch of
degenerate pubescent teens
Not the woman's looks--what she chose to do to them.
But I just noticed something odd. I did actually post comments here
on topics other than this woman's cosmetic choices--earlier today I
made a comment to the effect of "If Bush is the most intelligent
man she knows, she must not get out much." And I see that comment
is missing, with nothing remaining except the cosmetic
comments.
I'm serious. And that is very, very odd.
|10.3.05 @ 6:44PM|#
earlier today I made a comment to the effect of "If Bush is
the most intelligent man she knows, she must not get out
much."
Jennifer, I remembered that one! But I found it on
this thread. (4th comment.) Were you thinking of that one? Or
did you post a similar comment on this thread too?
|10.3.05 @ 6:47PM|#
I'm serious. And that is very, very odd.
Maybe it's starting to happen already? ...Maybe Princess Harriet
sicced the web cops on Jennifer!
|10.3.05 @ 7:01PM|#
Oh, hell and damnation. Goddamned semi-pseudo-similar topic
easy-to-post-in-the-wrong-goddamned threads.
So I never intended to post exclusively on the topic of eyeliner.
But I did anyway.
She said that Bush is the most intelligent man she ever met.
Either she has not met very many men or she is a terrible judge of
intelligence.
See now, I thought I'd copied this bit of Crushinator's comment and
responded with a snide remark to the effect of this woman's having
a limited base of experience to judge by. Which matters more to me
than her godawful hideous makeup (and I stand by that statement),
but no. Wrong cut, wrong thread, and it's too late to make such a
comment now. The moment is gone.
And if y'all want to rag on my appearnace go right ahead--but I'll
pre-emptively point out that I wasn't trying out for the job of
eleven percent of one-third of the United States government--I just
went out drinking with some like-minded people.
(Hint: if you do get rude, you'll want to focus on that one profile
shot taken after I'd been there for four hours, and had just
smudged my eye makeup removing an errant lash. Down near the bottom
of the page, I think. Anyone insulting this photograph gets to
bring about the whole ironic justice angle, which can
result in some real zingers if you're creative enough.)
|10.3.05 @ 7:18PM|#
It looks like this thread will garner at least 50 posts, maybe a
hundred.
To keep it manageable, I suggest breaking this topic into two
threads -- one dedicated to commenting on the eyeliner of Miers'
left eye, and another thread for her right
eye.
|10.3.05 @ 7:18PM|#
You look great in those pictures Jennifer.
...but now the web cops know what you look like!
|10.3.05 @ 7:24PM|#
That isn't what I look like at all. Pictures never look like me,
which is why I don't have them taken. Generally. Fuck it, I really
do have to get some work done before quitting for the
day.
And it's not like I'm trying to single-handedly be three percent of
the collective might of the United States government anyway.
|10.3.05 @ 7:55PM|#
I suspect that no one with testicles to cherish will dare pick on Jennifer, and no one with eyes will do it on the basis of looks.
brian0918|10.3.05 @ 10:10PM|#
She looks more like the corpse bride from Beetlejuice:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Beetlejuice_scene.jpg
|10.3.05 @ 10:29PM|#
She has the look of a smoker.
Why would bush put a 60 year old of the court. This doesn't seem
right something is weird here.
|10.3.05 @ 10:55PM|#
jennifer, you know you were cappin' on harriet's looks. all i said was, he (or she) who is without sin, cast the first stone.
Hakluyt|10.4.05 @ 12:50AM|#
Jennifer,
So I never intended to post exclusively on the topic of
eyeliner. But I did anyway.
You know, there's a syndrome that you may be afflicted by... :)
|10.4.05 @ 1:05AM|#
"Why would bush put a 60 year old of the court. This doesn't
seem right something is weird here."
Maybe she has an unannounced terminal illness, and he's doing his
own "Make-A-Wish" thing, letting her be on the Supreme Court for
her last months of life.
Hey, it makes as much sense as any other explanation.
|10.4.05 @ 5:51AM|#
D'oh! Only "you" was to be italicized in that last post. Ah, the perils of pre-six a.m. HTML.
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