Boy, just when you thought you couldn't possibly manufacture a political dust-up dumber than the Obama "plagiarism" thing, someone on Hillary Clinton's staff goes and provides The Drudge Report (!!!!!) with an old photo of Obama on a diplomatic visit to Kenya in which he is seen donning some local garb, including a turban-like head-thingy. Sub-text: "See, he really is a secret Muslim!"
The Obama campaign responded by saying, "Hey, can we get back to what matters to the American public, please?" (that may be a paraphrase) and then the Clintonites accused Obama of using the photo to create a distraction from the issues.
Amazing.
People, it is perfectly normal for Americans visiting foreign lands to try on local costume as a diplomatic gesture. To wit:
Ogaki, Japan, 1990.
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Are you wearing a wedding ring, Andy?
If this picture of you makes me a little bit hard, does that mean I'm a pedophile?
Fantastic. It looks straight out of a Wes Anderson movie.
A: No...wrong hand. I think that's a little silver and turquoise ring I picked up in Honolulu earlier that spring.
Dr. F: 16 is the age of consent in most of Europe, so I'd have to go with "no."
Mmmm, chicken.
Ok, I'm totally seeing why I went for you back in the day.
What an eerie resemblance. Did you ever reprise your role by playing Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado"?
Eerie resemblance to whom? (Or, what?)
I was going to say, "See, it is SO unfair that you are gay!"--but then I decided you could easily counter with "no, it is unfair that most of the men I meet are straight" ... --> You win! ;)
Anyhow, I'm with Quinn. Sometimes I feel stupid about that old crush ... and then ... sometimes I feel less stupid ;).
kr vs. kr: Perhaps the most epic battle of wits yet held on this blog!
(:
Andy- resemblance to Andy.
Sigh, pictures like that are the reason I keep coming back to reading your blog.
My goodness, Andrew, who DIDN'T have a crush on you (Me included!)?
who DIDN'T have a crush on you
Yeah, that would be everyone *I* had a crush on.
Quinn & KR - I *totally* feel less stupid about my crush knowing that you two were of the same mind - so thank you guys for that!
And Andy... I seem to remember at least one of your crushes turning in to some kind of activity back then (which was a fantastically tense night, when the three of us went out to dinner together)
Hmmm, I am not recalling the evening in question.
Not sure I should post his name in public - I'll send you an e-mail.
"who DIDN'T have a crush on you
Yeah, that would be everyone *I* had a crush on."
Thanks, bitch. I knew I should have killed your cat the day he destroyed his litter box.
Still love ya though.
Totally adorable.
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