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Friday, January 10, 2003
Got a rocket in your pocket....Keep coolie cool boy
I don't think the Suzanne Fields column on what is "cool" is going to make people forget about Susan Sontag's Notes on Camp anytime soon. Apparently she was so bedazzled with La Noonan's latest about why "we" like Bush (which she quotes from), she decided that she too could discourse on something that she knows nothing about: coolness.
George Bush reflects cowboy cool which comes naturally, compared to, say, the Democratic wannabees who want to fill his boots.
snip
Ever since George W. shaded Al Gore in the presidential debates, he has been described as a rugged man at home in his body. No beard, no couturier earth tones, no hot tubs, at least not on TV. Unlike Bill Clinton, George W. engages women without an eye for the opportunity to shamelessly exploit. He's seductive with the safe aura of a faithful husband. Is there anything cooler than a guy who knows himself and keeps it to himself?
Yes. What woman could keep her knickers in place when confronted by the Golfcart Cowboy?
Here's a simple rule: if you are talking about George Bush, Laura Bush, and Donald Rumsfeld...you aren't talking about cool. They have never been cool (although there is a certain coolness factor in Laura since she is the only First Lady to actually kill someone, but that is negated by...well, she is mousy librarian, secret-lush Laura Bush ), they will never be cool. They weren't even cool in the fifties.
I did like this line, though:
Conservative cool comes with a preference for uncomplicated leaders, plain guys who could play linebacker.
Here's a picture of linebacker George W Bush crushing a receiver on a crossing route.
Cool.
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