With just over a week until trick or treat, NY mag's "Vulture" has posted its very helpful list of 7 Halloween Costumes to Avoid (paired with savvier alternatives.)
I'm in complete agreement with all, especially the ban on dead celebs (despite my fondness for Farrah hair) and on Sarah Palin (unless you can get a hold of that va-va-voom jogging suit she's sporting on the cover of her new book). I'm also enchanted by the vision of scores of "Levi Johnston's" trooping around New York wearing only body stockings and strategically placed copies of Playgirl. (Sweet Jesus, has any teen ever been better served by knocking up his girlfriend?)
Of course, here in Washington, costumes trend in a slightly more obscure, less revealing direction, with madcap Hill staffers and policy wonks dressing up like lobbyists, campaign slogans, and legislative resolutions. (The gal who came to one of our parties dressed as No Child Left Behind still stands as my favorite costume ever--though a tnr colleagues once pulled off a mean "fuzzy math.")
Any thoughts on what this year's top Beltway ensembles will be? "Olympia Snowe" dressed as Hamlet--or covered in waffles? "Roger Ailes" carrying around a shopping bag containing David Axelrod's scalp? "Anita Dunn" carrying a bag containing Ailes's? "Liz Cheney" as rabid werewolf? "John Boehner" with miniature Eric Cantor dolls buzzing 'round his head? I personally am voting for The Public Option. (Suggestions for execution welcome.)
I'd also like to plead for a moratorium on costumes involving Glenn Beck, Rahm Emanuel, tea bags, and death panels. And, above all, please, Lord, spare us legions of Tom Delays in cha-cha pants.
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Michelle - How dare you claim as your own my wholly-original idea to dress up for Halloween as The Public Option. But seeing how we're not likely to be seen in the same place at the same time (unless you are planning to escort 1st and 2nd graders around the suburban Bay Area) I'll give you my idea: Hospital Scrubs; 3x5-size cut out of a Soviet flag on the left breast of the scrubs shirt (possibly with name tag "Public Option" for benefit of less politically aware fellow suburbanites); stethoscope with the tunable diaphragm (see illustration here: http://www.steeles.com/Littmann/anato ... view full comment
Michelle - How dare you claim as your own my wholly-original idea to dress up for Halloween as The Public Option. But seeing how we're not likely to be seen in the same place at the same time (unless you are planning to escort 1st and 2nd graders around the suburban Bay Area) I'll give you my idea: Hospital Scrubs; 3x5-size cut out of a Soviet flag on the left breast of the scrubs shirt (possibly with name tag "Public Option" for benefit of less politically aware fellow suburbanites); stethoscope with the tunable diaphragm (see illustration here: http://www.steeles.com/Littmann/anatomy.html ) replaced with a small calculator. That's what I've got so far.
Alternatively, the much more easily recognized "Death Panel:" (1) wear a 4 x 8 sheet of wood paneling with holes cut out for head and hands and duct tape suspenders affixed on the back to support; (2) carry scythe.