Reminder: Republicans are Vulgar.

I know, I know - "Furnishings and China" (with the occassional foray into the Bible as Literature) but This IS a blog about good taste. And the GOP ain't got it.

Start with the "First Family". Dreadful people. Made a lot of their money off of the Nazis, which right there is really tacky. The old lady (who's parent's made their money off of McCall's Magazine, which was very tacky) looks like an elderly Mrs. Doubtfire. The old man is creepy. All of the kids are creepy.

(btw, did you know that the elder Bushes had a daughter that died as a little girl? Truly a tragic event. But to skip the funeral and go golfing instead? Now THAT'S Tacky. My source is Barbara Bush's odious biography)

Jeb: Castro was right. Chubby little brother

Neal: A pervert. His ex-wife (family values?) was bought off by the family when she threatened to write an expose.

George: Just look at him. Born to any other family, he would have risen no higher in the world than an assistant manager at TGI Fridays or used-car salesman at a particularly desparate car dealership.

Then there's the Mrs. Laura. While I'm sure it wasn't her fault that she killed her ex-boyfriend by hitting him with her car on a clear night where there were no visual obstructions (teenage girls ARE flighty, after all) her outfits are dreadful. I haven't seen so much polyester pantsuits since the last time I walked through Sears. And she chain smokes Menthols.

Barbara Junior and Jenna: Nothing I can say here would equal what they themselves do. They're what we used to call "skank" back in Council Bluffs.

Then there's the whole cast of characters that surround and support them, with their numerous ex-wives, dirty novels they've written, drug addictions, gay children they muzzle, etc, etc, etc.

The most outrageous has to be the latest though: Mrs. Sam Alito. Alito's a bit of an odd duck himself (who else would approve of strip searching eleven year old girls? yuck.) but that wife of his, who wears dresses apparently made out of left over 1970's upholstery, and bursts into tears at confirmation hearings? Get a grip, girl. Laura will give you some of her valium. It's just the frosting on the cake that her hubby will serve on the highest court in the land.

So see? I was able to tie this back to the premise of this blog. We have tacky, vulgar trash in the very highest offices in this land. Living in Jackie Kennedy's white house. It's a shame, that's what it is.