Mark Sanford

Appalachia Sunshine

“You know what they always say. As goes Mark Sanford, so goes the nation.”

Meredith Shiner

Is that what they always say? I thought it was something about hiking the Appalachian Trail in search of the Golden Palace of the Himalayas.

"You know what they always say. As goes Mark Sanford, so goes the nation." (Meredith Shiner, 6 April 2015, via Twitter)Five points if you know what that means.

And, no, it’s not really that important.

But, seriously, Mark Sanford?

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Shiner, Meredith. “You know what they always say”. Twitter. 6 April 2015.

Stupid: The Kentucky Come-Hither

Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell, left, and Rand Paul address the media during a press conference following McConnell's victory in the republican primary Friday, May 23, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

As photographs go, this otherwise unremarkable example from Timothy D. Easley offers two brief amusements. To the first—

Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell, left, and Rand Paul address the media during a press conference, May 23, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo)

—someone botched the caption; that is, of course, Sen. McConnell on the right, although one might understand how, compared to his junior colleague from Kentucky, the Senate Minority Leader might be seen as being to the left.

To the second, though, is a simple evaluation of the aesthetics. Sens. Paul and McConnell are wearing those weird matching expressions, like a May-September couple that simultaneously spied a dashing young potential third for the evening’s enjoyment.

Seriously: Kentucky come-hither.

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