I turned on my television this morning to find Washington Post columnist Roxanne Roberts on MSNBC holding forth on…wait for it…beltway fashion:
Contessa Brewer: Well Republicans in town — you know, this is one of my favorite things — they've always sort of snickered at Democrats, they think they're the better dressers. But I hear through the grapevine that maybe Democrats are improving their wardrobes now that they have a steadier income?
Roxanne Roberts: Well you know, I tend to actually believe that Repubicans are better dressers regardless. From personal experience there's just a little more money floating around from the families of the young staffers that come to, you know, spend some quality time and you know I sort of think of staffers in washington, particularly the young ones, you know it's like GAP years — they come here, they care about politics, they're passionate, it may not be where they end up from a career, but they're here and so, you know mom and dad are real proud of them, and they give them, they have the, you know, the nice little credit card, they live a relatively good life. But not so much, I sometimes think the Democrats are really still scrambling. They'll never be sort of sartorially on the same level. I know I'm going to get letters, you can call me, you can yell at me it's fine.
Yeah, that's what I need, some battleaxe who applies eyeliner with a magic marker lecturing Democrats about their lack of fashion sense first thing in the morning. She has about as much authority on the subject as I do particle physics.
What is up with the Post, its reporters and and this need to fetishisize the used car salesmen of the GOP into a bunch of Enrique Suaves?
Someone oughta clue her in that Johnny Walker Red is not the Breakfast of Champions.
This is so very important that it's filling up the airwaves while the thorough lawlessness of Fearless Leader is virtually ignored? Please.
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nope. won’t go for the zed.
zed?
Hi Jane!
I think I’m glad I don’t watch MSNBC in the morning. Most of the time it’s just local talk radio…
Would you buy a used car from George Bush?
Nice! Have you been hangin’ around T-Rex, lately? Or has he been hanging with you?
Snarkalicious!
Yeah, that’s what I need, some battleaxe who applies eyeliner with a magic marker lecturing Democrats about their lack of fashion sense first thing in the morning.
ROFL!
Hey there!
Now you wouldn’t be trying to distract us from the Gonzo no confidence story would you? Magic marker eyeliner! Love it!
One of the early Colbert shows featured the “fashion columnist” from the Post (I think) or another DC paper. It was so funny getting her reviews of Condi, Hillary, then…Abramoff in his fedora. “What does his outfit say? I think it says ‘guilty’”
Yeah, that’s what I need, some battleaxe who applies eyeliner with a magic marker lecturing Democrats about their lack of fashion sense first thing in the morning. She has about as much authority on the subject as I do particle physics.
heh. Ms. Hamsher funny.
If I had a dog that looked like Roxie, I’d shave its ass and make it walk backward.
Well, at least they feel pretty…
The Republicans are supposedly the be all and end all in fancy dressers? Pfffft! Not hardly.
None of them have ever looked as good as JFK and Jackie.
Someone oughta clue her in that Johnny Walker Red is not the Breakfast of Champions.
It’s not?
Snort!
Thank the goddess, I slept in.
some battleaxe who applies eyeliner with a magic marker lecturing Democrats about their lack of fashion sense
That is just about the funniest thing I have ever read here.
But to be fair, her wig looks very nice, her wattle well-powdered.
Well, of course not. Only a barbarian would drink Johnny Walker Red before noon.
Johnny Walker Black, now there’s a morning drink.
Maybe the Dems can start wearing uniforms instead. They can have Kate Spade design them in some flattering shades of blue. Oo, Oo, what about something fashioned on the sans culottes complete with chunky sabots? Don’t you just love barricade style?
Hi Jane!
Swopa @ 16
In Roxanne’s case, I’d recommend paint thinner. Or the Jonestown special, Grape Flavor-Aid.
Uh oh, I feel a “what not to wear” nomination coming on…
Betsy is running for congress next year and her friends say it is time to recall her wardrobe for a fashion intervention…
Shut. Up.
“battle-ax also battle-axe
A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags or criticizes: fishwife, fury, harpy, scold, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen. See praise/blame.”
Oh my. Termagant?
Does she know David Broder?
Wow, must be a bitch having to go on TeeVee right after your “walk of shame.”
Johnie Walker Red? Ugh. Glenfiddich, or better, The MacAllan, please.
(But really, Champagne goes better with breakfast IMMHO.)
I saw that puff piece this morning, too. MSNBC was reaching.
Oh. My. Gawd!
What a lame attempt to make it more kewl to be Republican, the lame idea being that the only thing young people care about is wearing whatever is the latest thing.
For what it’s worth, I think that Nancy Pelosi and Hilary are fabulous dressers…I mean compared to someone like Libby Dole. Etc. And Gonzo could use a new tailor. His suits look like he buys them off the rack at a discount menswear place. And don’t even get me started on Rove. Or Cheney.
Denny Hastert is a real fashionista. He’s got him some style.
Roxanne…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-xsXlwYBus
Brisingamen @ 24
I second the MacCallum. Delish. Too bad the dollar is in the toilet. That shelf is too high these days.
I’m not sure if this is the same idiot on MSNBC this a.m. who was talking about how Dems are going on more dates since they took over Congress. Where the hell do these people come from. Seriously!
jane. positions that brewer’s taking is good for the democratic party
she’s actually making the case that the republicans think politicians should be elitists
Jane, does that mean I should disregard the string theory principles I have gleaned from your posts?
Brisingamen @ 24
Red ain’t bad. I prefer Black, natch, but Red will do in a pinch.
I do like the single malts, but will not turn my nose up at the better blends.
Glenlivet is nice, BTW.
perris @ 31
Mission accomplished!
Brisingamen @ 24
I thought everybody knew that a Breakfast of Champions was a martini.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B….._Champions
What right does anyone in Washington have to talk about fashion, for that matter?
Can we ignore you forever?
What I love (and by love, I mean find so unbelievably stupid as to defy reason) is her paen to the trust-fund baby credit limit.
What is she, the house mother at Delta Zeta?
“Someone oughta clue her in that Johnny Walker Red is not the Breakfast of Champions.”
Perhaps not, but I have found that it is a good substiute for milk on my Cheerios!
mc @ 23
Ouch.
Jane, good to see you in great form.
But, you should appreciate it when the Beltway types , even inadvertantly, give the rest of the world insight into how their
nast little cesspool really works. Think of Mary Ann Yacker’s post, deconstructed beautifully by Glenn Greenwald.
Woodhall Hollow @ 26
Rove and Cheney could stand to have their suits fitted by a good British tailor — they know how work with that chunky, squat body type. I’m convinced Gonzo sleeps in his suits, they never look quite right somehow.
Yeah, Pickles is the height of fashion. Blech!
Oh, please, anyone with a lick of style will tell you that Laura Bush is the ULTIMATE ARBITER of D.C. fashion.
Move over, Carrie Donovan! Anna Wintour, you’re dowdy! But Laura and all those Beltway gals in their shiny petroleum-based fabrics, now THAT’S style!
It’s tripe like this that squeezes valuable time away from oh, I don’t know, 175 or so other more important stories that could be brought before the public so our country might be saved.
Bush, more than once, has ‘teased’ a reporter or two about their wardrobe.
Note: ‘teased’ is republicanese for ‘mocked with the intent to humiliate. Often used by sadists when trying to pass off their cruelty as harmless fun.’
Shorter version: if you want to work as a Rethug staffer on the hill, you gotta have a mommy-daddy credit card.
Seriously. Don’t make me whip out the State Dinner photographs again…
t4toby @ 6
As much as we Late Niters love our Theropod, Jane is the undisputed ruler of Snarkdom.
From what I remember, Robin Givhan, the WP fashion reporter lives outside of DC, presumably because fashion and DC cannot be reconciled.
watertiger @ 43
Oh man. That gown she was wearing for dinner with the Queen? YUCK. Hideous color and and possibly the worst style. Unless she wanted to show off her swelling stomach.
t4toby @ 6
Actually, this is sort of like Late Nite in the daylight. Wheeeee!
There’s an old saying – when a peacock fluffs up his tail feathers, he forgets that the rest of us can then see his nekkid butt.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m about sick of all the peacocks puffing up in DC.
Show me a man or woman who feels most comfortable in denim and running shoes and you’ve got my attention. (Okay, so maybe it IS just me)
STTP in Ohio @ 44
Exactly. Now that I’m updated on fashion I can get back to addressing the invites to my Avon pole-dancing houseparty
watertiger @ 47
We could use a refresher.
Roberts along with her colleague Amy Argetsinger are the chief Gossip columnists for the WaPo. They are PAID to be snarky and get some attention for the paper.
If you are going to complain about her being on the TEEVEE, then blame the networks who put her there. She’s only doing what she’s paid to do.
Barbara in DC @ 55
Kind of like a hooker, and, by the looks of it, a tranny.
mc @ 35
FDL prides itself on its diverse community.
Loo Hoo @ 54
Lucky for you I have to go to the gym right now.
Two words: Lynne Cheney. [shudder]
She’s a regular on NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me” (link). There it says “Roxanne Roberts is a writer for The Washington Post’s Style section and was prominently noted on Washingtonian Magazine’s “In” list for the year 2000.”
It would seem she has the typical Brouderian mind set.
Brisingamen @ 24
Try Highland Park, they’re the northern most Scotch Distillery in the world.
It is a single malt but is as smooth as the best blended (Blue Label, Pink Label).
Loo Hoo @ 54
Please no — the ladies at the Kentucky Derby were better dressed…
Are we misreading this a bit? To me it sounds like Roxanne is saying that the the young incoming republicans are buying their respectablility off the shelves at The Gap with their rich parent’s credit cards, while the democrats are coming in playing hardscrabble. It sounds like she’s coding the republicans as vain and pampered brats.
She’s a regular panelist on NPR’s one reliably liberal show, and she doesn’t come off as smarmy there(unlike, say, P. J. O’Rourke).
Just askin’
“Show me a man or woman who feels most comfortable in denim and running shoes and you’ve got my attention. (Okay, so maybe it IS just me)”
Nope. It isn’t you.
The D.C. ladies made QEII look like Vivienne Westwood.
Aiiight, see youse later.
Isn’t Valerie Wilson a dem? Pretty knock out outfit she had for the congressional hearing.
“This is what the letter said,
The letter that Johnny Walker read…”
Although being the peasant that I am, I prefer a good small batch bourbon such as Woodford Reserve myself.
Although I did used to believe that Budweiser was the actual Breakfast of Champions…
Brisingamen @ 24
I’ll second that!!! My breakfast on Mother’s Day included champagne and fresh strawberries..pretty damn near heaven, if you ask me.
Jane, tell me it’s not true!
You mean you don’t regularly discuss muon’s, gluon’s and quarks?!
What about protons,neutrons and ions?
I really like that stuff, really.
My geekier side, that shit has always fascinated me.
This is off-topic but there was a little reanalysis of Arlen Specter’s magic bullet theory: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..amp;sub=AR
OldDave @ 59
She looks much better on radio
watertiger @ 47
Must link to Blazing Saddles…
Swopa @ 57
Pol Roger Champagne is best with breakfast, I would agree. However I have had Sangria at breakfast and it is also quite good.
Sorry Jane, all these MSM id*ots makes me feel like drinking. *g*
Shrug. If she wants to say that the GOP is just a big clique of snotty rich kids, I’m not going to argue with her.
Brisingamen @ 61
The Horses at the Kentucky Derby were better dressed.
do-si-do @ 53
You have my latest address, right?
Petrocelli @ 74
…and smarter.
First I look at the purse.
dakine01 @ #66 –
My college roommates liked Lambrusco Rose and M&Ms (but not for breakfast).
Petrocelli @ #60 — if I’m drinking Scotch, I prefer single malts to blends, but The McAllan’s a wee bit too pricy for me these days.
Brisingamen @ 61
The ladies at the Derby are ALWAYS better dressed than most of the ones in DC.
Loo Hoo @ 65
I’m sorry Loo Hoo, I didn’t notice what she was wearing. *g*
Well, it must be Late Night somewhere in the world! *g*
Magic marker? That’s what that was? Here and I thought she was using a spatula. Tells you what I know.
Seriously, what is the appropriate attire this coming season to take back our nation? What should our young, passionate Democratic staffers wear as they fan out across the Beltway and launch a purge of corruption, the likes of which we haven’t seen in our lifetimes?
Personally, I lean towards this and this, paired with this.
I wonder what Timothy Griffin wore to work today? If you have no standing to serve in a job, yet you show up to the office and the girl serves you coffee, are you still gainfully employed?
Loo Hoo @ 65
Yeah, Ms. Plame is quite fetching. But she’s also quite beautiful in a lot of other respects, as well.
Part of the Repubs problem is that they tend to be ugly on the inside, too.
Roxanne sounds so….I don’t know….enlightened. She truly seems to have a firm grasp on the dangers to one’s inner self, when one relies on the lies your EGO TELLS YOU…oh, I guess not.
Brisingamen @ 60
the horses at the derby were better dressed.
gbear @ 62
No, GAP years are the ones between high school and college, or, in this case, between college and a career. The GOP young’uns are playing around with ‘real’ jobs (while being funded by the ‘First National Bank of Parents’), before they go out and get real jobs.
Brendancalling @ 15:
That is just about the funniest thing I have ever read here.
Jane is the undisputed master of the lively turn of phrase. My favorite of hers is still one from early on in the Affaire d’Libby, when she wrote that something or other (I don’t even remember what it was) “fell apart faster than a cheap thong in a hot dryer.”
The brilliance of that one still brings tears to my eyes.
Rayne @ 82
…but the flamethrower is the essential item.
Gee, I’m old enough to remember the “good Republican cloth coat” years. (Nixon doomed Pat to never wearing a fur after that remark, tho she did wear a fur hat to swearing in).
I’m telling you I think Democrats would look good in anything.
Nobody else in the Presidential race so far has a tenth the fashion sense that Obama does. The man is class.
“Although I did used to believe that Budweiser was the actual Breakfast of Champions…”
Breakfast in a can! Yum.
Petrocelli @ 80
Did you happen to notice what color her hair is, Petrocelli?
Brisingamen @ 61
Fixed.
Rayne @ 82
oh yeah!
this is kind of like Wolf Blitzer last night devoting the last 5 minutes of his show to slathering over whichever repub it was who brought down the house at the debate the other night with his line about “spending money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.”
Hi-larious. What a cut-up.
Gracchusrex @ 88
She’s our very own Dorothy Parker!
itwasntme @ 90
I think if that myth of the Trickster’s ever existed in the past, those days are long long time ago…
Did someone say particle physics?
:)
Jane, I’d offer you lessons, but as I read the sentence, Ms. Roberts’ credibility would go up and that would rather defeat the purpose. I guess I’d have to promise not to tell…
punaise @ 86
Punaise, see me @ 74 … yaay, I’m as schmart as punaise … well, for a little while, anyways … *g*
dakine01 @ 79
: (
Battleaxe Roxanne needs a trip to the not-so-wayback machine to re-check Tori Clarke’s inspired-by-the-shopping-network “fashion sense.”
And Olympia Snowe? Scary!
Loo Hoo @ 93
Ooh – ooh – I know this one.
mc @ 92
Hydraulic sandwich.
1. Tomorrow a.m., the crew will arrive to deprogram MSNBC on your remote. You really shouldn’t watch this stuff.
2. Johnnie Walker Red is the apres defeat drink of choice; it’s all they have left.
3. BUSH JAR is down to it’s record low at Rasmussen: 35% — and of the 62% who disapprove, we have the highest of “really angry as this regime” group = 46% That’s nearly half the country checking out the web sites for pitch forks.
Impeachment anyone?
“Well you know, I tend to actually believe that Repubicans are better dressers regardless. From personal experience there’s just a little more money floating around from the families of the young staffers that come to, you know, spend some quality time and you know I sort of think of staffers in washington, particularly the young ones, you know it’s like GAP years — they come here, they care about politics, they’re passionate, it may not be where they end up from a career, but they’re here and so, you know mom and dad are real proud of them, and they give them, they have the, you know, the nice little credit card, they live a relatively good life. But not so much, I sometimes think the Democrats are really still scrambling. They’ll never be sort of sartorially on the same level. I know I’m going to get letters, you can call me, you can yell at me it’s fine.”
Geez, can we get another ‘you know’ in this babble of nonsense? I’d worry less about what I’m wearing and more about how ‘you know’ much I sound like an inarticulate boob.
LS @ 85
Are you a yoga/meditation teacher, too? *g*
Petrocelli @ 99 – serves me right for dropping into a moving thread… :~)
Personally, I think the Republicans should latch on to that Jack Abramoff/Boris Badenoff trenchcoat and fedora look.
http://media3.washingtonpost.c…..600399.jpg
It’s just so…so..ReTHUGlican!
Geez, can we get another ‘you know’ in this babble of nonsense? I’d worry less about what I’m wearing and more about how ‘you know’ much I sound like an inarticulate boob.
oddmommy @ 101
I’m from Kentucky and have often helped my sister put on her annual Derby Day party. It is part of the tradition down to the hats…It’s also the only time of the year when some folks back home get all gussied up. ;})
Bustednuckles @ 68
Having stayed with Jane at the PlameHouse apartment, I have to confess that it’s true.
The worst part was when the poodles got a good conversation going on the topic, and Jane felt so embarrassed she had to leave the room.
Mutant Poodle @ 89
Think we need to sic DARPA on a small, purse-sized flamethrower, one with napalm that has a longer burn than 5 seconds.
Some of those fat-assed rich bitches in their Brooks Brothers suits are going to take more than 5 seconds to torch properly, especially if they’re loaded down with all that Big Oil and Big Pharma money.
Loo Hoo @ 93
Yes, it was the color of the Sun’s Rays, reflecting off Everest’s peak, in the early morning … my wife is gonna k*ll me …
The Other Roxanne @ 102
Tori’s a winneh. even I can’t forget that bizarro two color outfit she her first day as spokeswoman (or was introduced as such)
She’s phoning it in. The observation that young Republican staffers dress better than young Democrats was a tired cliche 30 years ago.
Come, now. If you had the need to learn something about particle physics to properly present some topic in a blog post, I’d trust you to go learn something and provide us the links to boot. All Roberts did in a nationally televised remark was blather–nothing she says demonstrates that she knows jack shit about fashion or any related subject, nor does she offer some knowledgeable source in support of her diatribe. It’s just knee-jerk bashing, and it deserves exactly as much energy as I invested in watching her bloviate (i.e., none).
mc @ 84
What do you think about the inside of Dick Cheney?
brendan @ 69
A few months ago someone here posted a link to a (long) video with a really comprehensive theory of the JFK assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald as sole assassin has never made sense.
Loo Hoo @ 118
Gnarly.
Loo Hoo @ 118
nothing but darkness
Slothrop @ 77
Very nice, but I clicked the link thinking I would be getting J. Geils Band Full House.
Swopa upstairs with droppings at the Preznit’s door…
KestrelBrighteyes @ 109
It does have its advantages for us, too.
Hmmm. Wolfie’s on the brink, Gonzo is facing a no-confidence vote, Bush is ducking questions on Comey’s testimony, and right-wingers are already calling Bush’s own immigration plan “amnesty”. I’m having a hard time seeing it right now, so I guess I’m going to have to wait for David Broder to explain to me how bad all of this is for the Democrats.
Frank Probst @ 125
Touche
Let’s not forget Toestink’s suit during her “testilying”. Remember? I think she thought the burnt orange/burgandy complimented her burnt orange/burgandy wig. Hideous!
dakine01 @ 111
gotcha. And to be quite honest, since the advent of the casual workplace and my descent down the corporate ladder I’m not much of a stylin’ chick myself.
I DO generally like Robin Givhan’s columns, though. She actually splices some common sense and principle in with her fashion commentary. Like the time she blasted Cheney for showing up at a Holocaust event in Germany wearing a ski jacket.
KestrelBrighteyes @ 109
I think a lot of people have misinterpreted the image Abramoff was trying to transmit: he wanted to be perceived somehow as a devout Jew. It came off as baffling and eccentric.
bmaz @ 122
I’m gonna be EPU’d but I can’t resist — the original was by The Contours in 1966, as I recall.
mc @ 84
Certainly true of the neocon variety.
LOL
Jane always cuts through the BS:
“battleaxe who applies eyeliner with a magic marker”
Let us not forget Vicki Toestinks lovely attire for the Plame hearing. compare and contrast with Ms. Valerie!
Black.Ice.
spurious @ 119
I included the link because it shows karma intimating its presence to Arlen Specter.
I don’t need bullet analysis to be swayed. Pat Roberts’ Senate Intelligence Committee, among others, made it crystal clear to me how things work now, and how they worked then.
And who is routinely described as the most elegant lady in Congress–I say in D.C.–with superb fashion sense? Speaker Pelosi. A Democrat.
kdh22 you beat me to it. I’m surprised no one hit on it before 126 comments.
tbsa @ 134
A transplanted baboon heart, and the rest of the organs taken from favela orphans.
In my corporate employment experience, the best-dressed professionals are those least capable at their jobs. They compensate for their lack of business prowess and/or technical acumen by dressing immaculately. I’ve seen it again and again. Those who are very good at what they do have neither time nor patience for fashion nonsense. So, I’d have to say I agree with Ms. Roberts.
Swopa @ 57
Yeah. I’m one of those throwbacks who actually likes *milk* on his Cheerios. Preferably topped with blueberries or slices of strawberry or banana. And coffee as the beverage of choice.
Bob in HI
Roxanne – Sartorially speaking, your boy’s ass is hanging out the split in the Constitution – or haven’t you noticed?
This annoys me. Hopefully we leftys will start paying interns so that it is not just these wealthy kids who get to put hill experiences on their resumes!
Ladies and gentlemen, that’s your Beltway.
Mr Blifil @ 83
“The girl serves you coffee” at the office???
Geez, our departmental secretaries rebelled and stopped doing that back in the 1970s! Is this part of the Republican’s idea of bringing family values back into the way our government does business?
Bob in HI
Maureen Dowd writing her copy?
brendancalling @ 15
You do remember that Brewer was the one that punked herself, by thinking whitehouse.org was the official WH intertubes site.
Roxie really can dig out those incredibly important ‘news’ items, huh! What a complete idiot. who the f*** cares? Most of us don’t have enough money to even buy new clothes. We have to spend that money on filling our cars with gas.
Roxanne Roberts? OOOOKay? At first I thought that was Edgar Winter. My bad.
Jean Schmidt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01917.html
Roxanne sponges off Charlie, PJ and Roy on Wait2
It’s been a class thing since the beginning of the New Deal. The repugs have succeeded in turning the clock back to pre-1933 days via phoney issues and the religious right wingers like Jerry Falwell. The pendulum seems to be swinging the other way, but don’t count ‘em out just yet. I’ve been a Demoncrat since the ‘48 election when the ol’ man (a WWII vet) told me that there seems to be more money available for the working class under the Dems. The repugs have a very limited constituency once we get beyond all thier bullshit. 2 more years of batshit crazy is intolerable.
Impeach!
my favorite radio show….second favorite is harry shearer……she has told some cheney one-liners that made me laugh out loud. she snarks on cheney all of the time, shoulda heard her when cheney had his ‘hunting accident’……she’s no republican……far from it.
blame msnbc for lack of news, but roxanne? she’s frikkin’ hilarious. dry wit. she’s a GOSSIP columnist, people!!!!!!!! and a comedienne. snark is her job. and believe me, she gets snarkalicious on ‘wait, wait, don’t tell me’ when she is on the panel.
Chadwick’s & X*n*x are the new black, don’t ya know.
dmac, I’m with you (see #62). This particular thread has had some of the most mean, petty and ignorant comments I’ve ever seen on this site. A virtual gang-bang of unexamined snark. Roxanne doesn’t deserve this freakin crap.
I’m an occasional commenter, and I have to say that I find this site to be as clique ridden and insider driven as an LA gay bar. It also has great info and insights a lot of the time. I’ve even contributed financially to the site. I’ve fucking had it with contributing to the comment thread though. Cancel my subscription please.
Thanks, Jane, for a good laugh.
dakine01 @ 66 . . . . . . Although I did used to believe that Budweiser was the actual Breakfast of Champions…
BEERIO’S!!!!! (grin)
brendan @ 138
that is so disrespectful of baboons
Jane, I’m late here and don’t often comment but,
although you’re right-on with your question Is This News?, you’ve got the wrong end of the stick re Roxanne. She’s gossip columnist. She is really okay. I’m from DC and have family there and she’s right. Republicans have more disposable cash then the Dems and it really shows.
She’s about the least funny person on “Wait, Wait”. She’s been on the show since its inception, and she’s on frequently, but she can’t hold a candle to people like Adam Felber, Charlie Pierce, or Paula Poundstone. Even Roy Blount, who’s not as quick with the quips as her used to be, is far funnier than Roxanne Roberts. She’s just not fast enough. Poundstone’s “dry”, dmac, Roberts’ main source of humorous material is the fact that she has access to things like the state dinner with the Queen.
And, to further flog a dead horse… Fashion is no reflection on who is more cool. See: The Twins versus flood of young Dems who came in with Clinton administration. See: Laura versus Nancy.
I hope Roxanne isn’t e-bombed because she doesn’t deserve it.
I’m willing to flog this one more time too:
darrelplant, she’s an equal part of the mix on Wait Wait. She brings great insight and humor to the show, and Adam’s too distracted being an LA guy now to show up anyway. Roxanne REALLY doesn’t deserve the drive-by attack that she’s gotten on this thread.
Now that GOP support has contracted to its toothless scabetic cracker base, they need to ward off the ever-present threat of class-based derision. So they send a shill to tout their style. Little pig-ignorant fops. How droll.
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