August 01, 2003

A SPECIES DEFINED

The Spectator’s Lloyd Evans reports from the frontlines of British socialism:

I asked a young woman from Nottingham if there would be money after the revolution. ‘Gradually, eventually it’ll die out, hopefully,’ she said. She’d just qualified, she told me, as a human-rights lawyer. So did she favour a maximum wage? The idea had never occurred to her. She frowned a bit. ‘Yeah. About £40,000.’ ‘OK,’ I said, ‘but then everyone earning more than that will emigrate.’ ‘Good,’ her boyfriend chipped in, ‘get the fuckers out.’ Which concluded our seminar on wage control.

The hard Left tend to dress carelessly and without any attention to style. Many are physically ill-favoured too. There were plenty of keen-eyed youngsters around, but I don’t recall a single stunner. Guts, limps, spots, humps, corns, boils, scars, tics: these are marks that distinguish the species.

By contrast, babes were in abundance at a meeting of conservative student groups I spoke at a few weeks ago, and not a single boil-ridden humpbacked scarface among them. In the '80s, the Left had all the hot chicks; where have they gone? Have they been collectivised?

Posted by Tim Blair at August 1, 2003 02:24 AM
Comments

Good heavens! Could this explain the increasing lunacy of the lefty guys we all know? They got into this racket to score the hot babes, and now they're all gone!

Posted by: Brian Jones at August 1, 2003 at 04:08 AM

That surely would explain the left's penchant for endorsing rampant faggotry.

Posted by: Drake at August 1, 2003 at 04:13 AM

"In the '80s, the Left had all the hot chicks; where have they gone?"

They went nowhere (so to speak). They're still there but it is twenty odd years later and...well...depravity and gravity now have the upper hand.

Posted by: Stephen at August 1, 2003 at 04:38 AM

Are you sure the author just didn't bump into Michael Moore?

Posted by: The Referee at August 1, 2003 at 05:02 AM

Wasn't it the great P.J. O'Rourke who noticed, quite seriously, that if you want to see a bellwether of where the culture is headed, look for where the beautiful women are politically.

Damn fine observer that P.J.

Posted by: Andrew X at August 1, 2003 at 05:35 AM

It's okay. The ones who emigrate will be the only ones able to afford weapons.

Posted by: Ken Summers at August 1, 2003 at 06:35 AM

"Good...get the f**kers out."

Ordinarily, Ayn Rand shouldn't be forced on anyone, but these people need to be chained to a copy of Atlas Shrugged immediately. Say, it'd kill two birds with one stone -- educating lefties and tormenting them!

Posted by: me again at August 1, 2003 at 07:06 AM

I've always thought conservative chicks were hotter, even when I was a young leftist. In fact, the more conservative they are, the stronger the allure. The exception, though, is Ann Coulter, whom I've seen in real life. Aside from her pesonality problems, she has a waist the cicumference of a CD-Rom.

Posted by: S.A. Smith at August 1, 2003 at 07:51 AM

I never figured out the supposed allure of Annorexia Coulter either. I personally prefer the Indian chick who anchors BBC World.

Posted by: Sean at August 1, 2003 at 08:22 AM

Ann Coulter is the Cynthia Rothrock of politics. A lot of guys who were really into martial arts thought Rothrock was a serious babe, and I'm convinced she only looked good because every other person in martial arts was a guy.

Posted by: Mike G at August 1, 2003 at 08:25 AM

Michelle Malkin.

Posted by: Yobbo at August 1, 2003 at 09:33 AM

Ah, Sean, would you be referring to the beauteous and sloe-eyed Nisha Pillai?

Posted by: Angie Schultz at August 1, 2003 at 09:33 AM

Little Timmy, do you think anyone really takes you seriously? Methinks not.

Posted by: ShockJockStrap at August 1, 2003 at 09:48 AM

Hot Republican babes...

http://www.jerseygop.com/R_babes/index.html

Posted by: PJ at August 1, 2003 at 09:53 AM

But in high school all the hot chicks were leftist. In fact, Ive only ever met 1 'conservative' female, and she likes Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Ken at August 1, 2003 at 09:55 AM

We all left the left, guys!

Here in Toronto, we anarchos teased the Trots because we were all cuter than they were. We even put out a pin up calendar as a fund-raiser, featuring all our cool guys. Imagine the left doing that today? Exactly. Hence my departure.

Posted by: Kathy Shaidle at August 1, 2003 at 09:58 AM

This reminds me of a protest I saw on Town Hall Steps in Sydney yesterday, a bunch of seriously ugly females dressed in black holding signs announcing them as "Women in black against war". They say that black clothes are supposed to be slimming: if that's the case, I'd hate to have seen these chicks in white. There were only about twenty of them, but they managed to occupy most of the steps.

They didn't seem to realise that the war was over, and that their side had lost. I informed the skanky one at the front of this fact, but she didn't seem willing to accept it.

The best thing about this protest is that apart from the two who hand out the little pamphlets at the front, the rest of them just stand there in silence, staring straight forward, no matter what you say to them or what faces you pull. (Kinda like the palace guards in London, only without the scary-looking guns.) Regrettably, I had only just started saying "Oh Saddam, I love you!" and making cock-sucking gestures in front of their faces when my girlfriend reminded me that we _really_ needed to be doing some shopping and dragged me away to Kinokuniya.

That said, I think the same protest is on every thursday evening on Town Hall steps. So if you're in Sydney, you're bored, and you want to harass some skanky dictator-felching bitches, I suggest you get your arse down there next week.

Posted by: Jorge at August 1, 2003 at 10:38 AM

I don't suppose they'd do a tour and come to Melbourne? I like some good street theatre.

Posted by: Jake D at August 1, 2003 at 10:51 AM

Jorge -

I have the same group here in Portland. Women in Black they call themselves. The most absurdly self-important smug performance art I've ever seen. When I spoke against their message, the pamphlet ladies Jorge described rushed to me and actually grabbed me, telling me "this is a silent protest!" Apparently, they thought their vow of silence meant that no one else could speak. So, I just went around in a circle, debating and arguing with them, down the checklist of pro-war arguments.

They were quite angry with me, but it was a public park this was in and I was just as entitled to my views as they. It was the overwhelming self-righteousness of their sign that got me:

"We are Women in Black
silently holding an image
of peace"

Child mass graves and this is their response.
Wankers.

Posted by: KevinV at August 1, 2003 at 11:06 AM

What about hornbags like Margo Kingston, Anne Summers, Tashie Twat-Displayer, Carmen Larence, Kylie Moon, Imogen Zoethoven, Hillary Clinton, Joan Kirner, Jenny Macklin, Jenny George, etc etc etc.
No wonder they favour boilersuits- you are what you wear.

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 1, 2003 at 12:03 PM

If no-one watches performance art, does it really happen? What if they do it in a forest? Can a tree be called performance art? What if it's then chopped down and turned into woodchips? When does it stop being performance art and start being a cupboard door?
Answers pls.

Posted by: pooh at August 1, 2003 at 12:08 PM

Why do left politicians wear long, dangly earrings, severe red lipstick, short cropped hair, shapeless jackets and ultra sensible shoes?

And what about the women?

Posted by: ilibcc at August 1, 2003 at 12:13 PM

I think the hotties might have gone over to the Greens. When I did HTV's for the Libs in a previous life, we would look forward to spending some time with a Greeny. If you can look past the armpits, the tie-dyed singlet and absence of bras was pretty damn OK.

Posted by: Os at August 1, 2003 at 12:25 PM

You think Green women are hot, you weirdo? Have you ever seen Kerry Nettles? Dee Margetts?
Bob Brown is better looking.

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 1, 2003 at 12:34 PM

Green's Brown is just a white Red.

Posted by: blue at August 1, 2003 at 12:36 PM

I've always considered dumb-arse bitches to be much hotter. Kennett-voting stunners.....phwooaar!!

Posted by: Leverington at August 1, 2003 at 12:40 PM

"I asked a young woman from Nottingham'' . . . That's got to be the first line of a limerick. C'mon on troops!

Posted by: slatts at August 1, 2003 at 01:40 PM

Hmmm.

I'm thinking Naomi Klein, Kylie (save the hippos) Minogue, Susan Sarandon, even Natasha Stott-Despoja.

And then I'm thinking Amanda Vanstone.

Case closed.

Posted by: Gourmet at August 1, 2003 at 01:54 PM

I asked a young woman from Notts,
About the absence of totts,
She replied "looks are superficial,
When you're a party official,
And our heads look worse than our botts."

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 1, 2003 at 01:54 PM

Yobbo called that one right. Michelle Malkin. sigh

I like Suzanne, too.

Posted by: Ken Summers at August 1, 2003 at 02:23 PM

I have a couple of questions.

1. Regarding the "dictator-felching bitches." What is "felching"? Is this an Aussification of "fellating"? Meaning, etymology, & obscenity rating (1-10), please.

2. Why does Tim speak of having attended a conservative meeting at which he noted many babes, without including links to photographs of same? My disappointment is staggering.

Posted by: ForNow at August 1, 2003 at 03:02 PM

Case closed?

One man's Amanda Vanstone is another man's Sheryl Garbutt.

I arrest my case.

Posted by: blue at August 1, 2003 at 03:18 PM

ForNow, Felching is something entirely different from fellating. I'm not sure it would appropriate to describe it here. Google it. P.S. I'm in the US and have been familiar with this term for 20 years--though I did grow up in the SF Bay Area. Hint, hint.

Posted by: S.A. Smith at August 1, 2003 at 03:32 PM

Hint?

Um ... Golden Gate, Fisherman's Wharf, um, ahh, trolleycars, ... the Chronicle ... um aahh ...

I dunno! WHAT????

Posted by: blue at August 1, 2003 at 03:44 PM

Sure there's going to be some hot lefty chicks, but if you want to look good, it helps to have some nice clothes and that means, shock horror, a job!

Has anyone seen a picture of Julia Gillard's legs. No wonder she is big on the environment. Logging is a personal risk issue for her.

Also, felching is the most digusting form of anal sex there is.

Posted by: PJ at August 1, 2003 at 03:56 PM

I throw the ball and throw the ball but my dog just won't felch.

Posted by: blue at August 1, 2003 at 04:02 PM

"P.S. I'm in the US and have been familiar with this term for 20 years--though I did grow up in the SF Bay Area. Hint, hint."

"Also, felching is the most digusting form of anal sex there is."

I've always understood it to be either vaginal *or* anal. I just googled a bit and it seems that opinion is split on the definition, but that majority opinion is for my definition. I think that the restricted meaning has probably come about because of the higher incidence of perversion in the gay male community, leading to people hearing the word only in that context.

So that clears THAT up :)

Posted by: ChrisV at August 1, 2003 at 04:25 PM

Since when have lefty chicks been hotter. Condi Rice. Hillary Clinton. Barbara Castle. Margaret Thatcher. Helen Clark. Every other right-wing woman in New Zealand. Even nine out of ten lesbians in my unscientific poll prefered to be the meat in a Rice/Thatcher sandwitch.

Posted by: Craig Ranapia (Other Pundit) at August 1, 2003 at 04:35 PM

Who the hell is cheryl garbutt?

Posted by: Gourmet at August 1, 2003 at 04:41 PM

The Vatican thinks felching is a sin only if it involves a crazy straw.
(Another hint- to felch Michael Moore would require an industrial sized vaccuum pump fitted with several metres of industrial grade hose, and a very large pot of vaseline).

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 1, 2003 at 04:53 PM

For a minute I though Yobbo was talking about Michelle Grattan.

Sharon Burrows- need I say more?

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 1, 2003 at 04:55 PM

Maxine McKew's a bit of alright. I love it when she looks at the camera.

Posted by: Gabor at August 1, 2003 at 04:55 PM

HELEN CLARK!!!!
Even Bronwyn Bishop can't measure up to that sort of competition- HC is the All Black front row of fuglies.

Posted by: Habib Bickford at August 1, 2003 at 04:58 PM

Considering that Hollywood is fairly left then I think the left wins hands down.

Posted by: Stewart Kelly at August 1, 2003 at 06:47 PM

Oh yeah? Then what about devout Methodists like Beyonce Knowles?

Posted by: Gaz at August 1, 2003 at 07:05 PM

Garbutt. Nettle. Burrow. Gillard. Clark.

Maybe it's about the names. Let's change them.

The Victorian Minister for Community Services, Cicciolina, today announced new strategies to more closely integrate diversity into yadda yadda yadda.

Opposition Spokesperson for Immigration, Anna Kournikova, today accused Philip Ruddock of inhumanity to refugees blah blah blah.

President of the Australian Council of Trades Unions, Gina Lollobrigida, today urged the Federal Government to consider a new round of wage talks etc etc etc.

New Zealand Prime Minister, Penelope Cruz .....

... nah, forget it.

Posted by: ilibcc at August 1, 2003 at 07:12 PM

<homer> Beyonce Knowles... drooool.... </homer>

Posted by: Bloated Elvis at August 1, 2003 at 07:19 PM

In my student days I once glanced through a book of sociology case studies left on my desk in the library. One of the essays was by an Oxbridge Marxist doing a hilariously patronising anthropological expedition to a Liverpool disco. After many long paragraphs describing the oppression of the working classes vis-a-vis the dirty streets, the soul-destroying industrial jobs, the pollution, the weather, etc. he went on to sob: "Not one of the women could be considered remotely attractive."

Posted by: Clem Snide at August 1, 2003 at 07:46 PM

Actually it wouldn't surprise me if it was Lloyd Evans himself, knowing how people's politics trend as they age.

Posted by: Clem Snide at August 1, 2003 at 07:52 PM

The cars of the left are likewise clapped out. Ever notice how smoke-spewing old bangers (often 30 year old Renault 12s) are often held together with 'Greenpeace', 'Save the Whales', and 'Save Telstra' stickers? No wonder these types are in favour of redistribution of wealth. As long as it's downward in their direction.

Posted by: Rebecca Sharp at August 1, 2003 at 09:10 PM

pooh:

If no-one watches performance art, does it really happen?

By definition, no-one watches performance art. If someone were to watch it, it would be called entertainment.


What if they do it in a forest?

In this case, what the actors and the bears do in the forest is of similar quality.


Can a tree be called performance art?

It depends. An important factor here is whether the tree has been chained to a hippy.


What if it's then chopped down and turned into woodchips?

Again, its important whether the hippy has been included in this process, al a Qusay Hussien.


When does it stop being performance art and start being a cupboard door?

If the cupboard is sold to the ABC, it doesn't.

Posted by: wv at August 1, 2003 at 11:01 PM

I hope to live long enough to see a bunch of women have a silent protest. Hell, it don't even need to be a protest at all. Just a bunch of women standing around, not making a sound. Ahhhh.

I could watch that stuff for hours. Bring a folding lawnchair... sit back with a Corona... play with the remote... and scratch... amidsth a wonderous silence. Dam, it's art. It is ART!

Posted by: Charles at August 2, 2003 at 12:00 AM

The worst thing to do with protesters is harass them. That feeds into their martyr complex and "confirms" their opponents are evil. Just ignore them. Better yet, be extrememly nice and polite and reasonable when arguing with them. It drives them apeshit.

Posted by: Dave S. at August 2, 2003 at 02:24 AM

You are right Dave S. I recall seeing that happen in NYC once. A radical feminist type with a street display/booth was asking for donations and distributing literature. Despite the heavy sidewalk traffic no one paid much attention to her, except for one man. He was polite and eager to join her in her quest for sexual equality. She was the least bit interested in assistance from any man. But he was deeply concerned with social justice and kept inquiring about volunteer opportunities in her organization. One of the most amusing 15 minutes I ever had.

Posted by: Charles at August 2, 2003 at 02:33 AM

Judith Torzillo must be a conservative. She doesn't scrub up bad for 11.

Posted by: Kerry O'Brien at August 2, 2003 at 02:34 AM

Thank you all for your elucidation of the word “felch.” The image of a vast felch gizmo to service Michael Moore would have terrified even Catherine the Great. Moore’s face & mouth are an image troubling enough without imagining the rest.

Posted by: ForNow at August 2, 2003 at 06:49 AM

The comment on Hollywood Lefties does seem to tip the scales towards the lefty babes side of things. Does anyone have any idea where some of the Bollywood babes stand politically? Even ex-Taliban guys were putting up pinups in Kabul first chance they had.

Posted by: ruprecht at August 2, 2003 at 08:18 AM