August Diary

 Man of La Manga. From a Radio Derb listener in the Big Apple:

Speaking of real candidates: Have you noticed something superb about Perry? (I mean something else — he’s our man.) Unlike the other, and fake, men of the people running (this issue doesn’t apply to the women), he doesn’t roll up his damned sleeves. All the others put on this moronic costume of rolled up shirtsleeves — even worse, often when they’re wearing ties — and expect us to think . . . I don’t know what. That they’re Men Of The People Ready To Fight For Us? That we will elect them on the basis of their attractive forearms? That they don’t know how to operate buttons or cufflinks and should therefore get handicap points for disability?

Bonus: Perry seems to use cufflinks a lot. The last guy I remember keeping his sleeves down and fastened by cufflinks was Reagan, and that wasn’t too shabby. Message: I’m an adult, and I think you are too.

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