Presidential cleavage analysis
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Yes, it’s true, in our cleavage-obsessed world (hey, remember that Seinfeld episode on the subject?) all a woman has to do today to achieve success is show a promise of full mammary, except, it seems, when presidential politics is involved. Remember the Hillary cleavage thing during her campaign? Yeah, it was short-lived but it produced waves of shocked reviews; among the commoners and peasants it was the talk of the town. It verified that our culture isn’t ready for a president with cleavage. In fact, we can formulate with confidence that the more pronounced the cleavage the less chance a woman has in achieving the oval office (or oral office as it was know in the previous administration). No one likes to think of a president in visual sexual terms (quick, picture Abe Lincoln with a bulge–gross, right?). Cleavage makes us think of sex all the time; it’s always inferred, floating our consciousness along the fantasy flesh-realm (as far as men are concerned anyway). We can’t escape it; with cleavage present there’s no room for those otherswise important political considerations–like energy concerns, the economy and war and peace.
Actual Clinton cleavage quotes for posterity:
“The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape,” Givhan continued. “The cleavage registered after only a quick glance. No scrunch-faced scrutiny was necessary. There wasn’t an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was. Undeniable.”
“There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton.”
“To display cleavage in a setting that does not involve cocktails and hors d’oeuvres is a provocation. It requires that a woman be utterly at ease in her skin, coolly confident about her appearance, unflinching about her sense of style. Any hint of ambivalence makes everyone uncomfortable. And in matters of style, Clinton is as noncommittal as ever.”
“The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape…The cleavage registered after only a quick glance. No scrunch-faced scrutiny was necessary. There wasn’t an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was. Undeniable.”
Headlines from the recent past
U.S debates Hillary’s cleavage
Hillary’s Cleavge Hotter than Harry Potter
Cleavage and the Hillary Campaign Chest
OMG Call in the Troops–Hillary has Cleavage
August 4, 2008 at 18:31
[...] Considering all the analysis that accompanied Hillary Clinton’s cleavage experiment I think it’s high time we, including Ms Clinton, practiced some sort of basic cleavage [...]