At least some people notice this stuff

Dear Alexander Ferworn, you don't know me, but I wanted to say thank you for your letter which was published in this week's Economist:

Sir- Thank you for letting us know that Hillary Clinton was "decked out in an orange trouser-suit" during a recent conference (Lexington, June 17th).  I am using this information in conjunction with economic policy I have gleaned from various fashion magazines to make up my mind about her candidacy.  Perhaps in the future you could report if Al Gore's tie matched his trousers and if George Bush wore shorts on a hot day.

Actually I'm surprised The Economist printed it.  It's not going to stop stuff like this, but it's a start. 

Comments

[JoVE]

You know when I do read the paper, I go straight to the letters to the editor for precisely this sort of reason.

Did you hear the one about Stephen Harper's mom writing to GWB to inform him that he was not "Steve"?

[jen]

umm, link goes to a German website. is it supposed to? I don't speak German :(

[amy]

The Economist is pretty funny. They had an article one week about medicinal marijuana and made some reference to spliffs. A reader wrote in (from Vancouver, BC) later to say something like, "Actually, spiffs are traditionally hash and tobacco. Maybe you meant doobie? Or, as we call them here: big fatties." Hah.

[Stephanie]

What? She's chick...how will we know if she's smart if she doesn't wear nice clothes?

[Kate]

Hehehe - the Economist is not politically my cup of tea generally, but it is always thought provoking. The "what is she wearing today" approach to female politicians is not something that I thought that they would stoop to - publishing someone's sarky letter is a good way to make up for it I think.

[mamacate]

Oh snap! That's my favorite letter to the editor in a long time. Nice.

As for the bush backrub, WTFingF is what I wrote to JoVE when I saw that on The Daily Show (only source of news that doesn't get me yelling at appliances). I mean, WTFingF? Who is this man? Can you even IMAGINE? Where to even begin. He can't navigate the most basic business appropriate behavior (even within his own culture, not to mention cross-culturally), but we give him bombs. Truly insane. After I saw that I considered renewing my "Sorry World" picture. We really are sorry. And again, WTF?

[Alex Ferworn]

I made the comment in the economist because it was just so blatantly unfair that the author's comment referred to Clinton's fashion sense and noone else's.

I didn't think it was appropriate and believed the author was trying to make a joke but failed. I just took the authors musing one step further and I guess it worked.