America, Endorsed

In one of the more quixotic endeavors this campaign, Esquire went to the trouble of endorsing (or, in some races, pointedly not endorsing) a candidate in every senate, congressional and gubernatorial race in the country.

As you might expect, the resulting Congress and statehouses lean decidedly to the left, though it was nice to see Jeff Flake and Ron Paul get a favorable nod.  The magazine also amended the article on its website to revoke its endorsement of New York congressman and NRCC chair Tom Reynolds after his performance in the Mark Foley affair.

The endorsements tend to hedge on principle and flounder a bit when it comes to consistency—sorta' the same way politicians do.  Pork-barrel spenders the magazine opposes, for example, are decried for their earmarking habits, while pork-barrel spenders the magazine supports are praised for "serving their district."  I'm also skeptical of any publication that would declare Henry Waxman and Hillary Clinton "pillars" of good governance and political integrity.

Esquire's other endorsement in the September issue, however, is quite a bit more persuasive.

Comments

[JW]

OK, Scarlett’s easily got my vote. Twice.

What’s she running for again?

We need a tag closer here!

[trotsky]

Hey, they said vote for a write-in instead of Nancy Pelosi. They can’t be all bad.

[db]

Esquire’s other endorsement in the September issue, however, is quite a bit more persuasive.

So persuasive, in fact, that it appears to have italicized the entirety of Hit&Run.

[Franklin Harris]

That reminds me of the coolest sock monkey profile on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/scarlettjohanssonsbosoms

[andy]

C’mon. Ms. Johansson is rather sexy, and I’m liking the DSLs, but she’s not even the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen, and I haven’t even seen .01% of the women alive. Give me Shakira any day.

[Brian E]

Any magazine which endorses Rod Blagojevich (D is for Dumb) is completely untrustworthy, but then to say he’s accomplished his (stated, lying through his teeth) goal of breaking up Chicago machine politics? That’s hilarious.

Keep up the good work, Esquire.

Why didn’t the LP field someone in this race? Judy Baar Topinka is an unserious conservative (she supports the “For teh Children!” health care plan we have now). And there’s no way in hell I’m voting for a Green Party candidate.