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kpete

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 05:57 PM Jan 2014

Hillary Rodham Clinton, as you've never seen her, on the cover of this Sunday's NYT Magazine

The Political Solar System
Forget the Hillary New York Times Magazine cover.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/23/here-is-hillary-clinton-as-a-planet-on-a-very-bizarre-new-york-times-magazine-cover/


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The New York Times Magazine isn’t the only news outlet who can rip off Georges Méliès to satirize politicians. Here are the planets the Slate staff thinks best align with the various gaseous bodies that constitute American politics.




The sun: Barack Obama, whose sheer political mass will dictate the orbit of his political peers ... until 2016.

Mercury: Paul Ryan—like the patron god of financial gain, he’s fleet-footed (thanks, P90X!) and a bit of an errand boy for the GOP.

Venus: Sarah Palin—pretty but poisonous, and full of hot air.

Earth: Al Gore, naturally.

Moon: Newt Gingrich, fulfilling his lifelong dreams.

Mars: Chris Christie—like the god of war, you do not want to incur his wrath and his resulting reddish complexion.

Jupiter: Bill Clinton—notorious for his unfaithfulness, yet still looming large in the political solar system.

Saturn: Hillary Clinton—always slightly in Jupiter’s shadow, she is often characterized by her icy atmosphere.

Uranus: Ken Cuccinelli.

Neptune: John Kerry, god of the sea!

Pluto: Donald Trump. Sometimes he’s a politician, sometimes he’s not. And he’s way, way out there.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2014/01/hillary_clinton_nytm_cover_other_politicians_in_the_solar_system.html

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, as you've never seen her, on the cover of this Sunday's NYT Magazine (Original Post) kpete Jan 2014 OP
tee hee... kpete Jan 2014 #1
She needs at least one moon, shouldn't that be Bill? snooper2 Jan 2014 #2
I see no green or blue, has global warming run it's course on planet Hillary? n/t PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #3
Pretty lame BeyondGeography Jan 2014 #4
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