Who is the most smarmy politico?

[tommywho70x]

this conversation started in the thread about obama's auntie.

we're proposing obama as the standard for smarminess in a democrat and rick perry, governor of texas, as most smarmy republican.


huggy has tossed george stephanopoulis in to the mix


who do you think can compare to those two for smarmy and why?
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From: Merriam-Webster online dictionary

Main Entry: smarmy
Pronunciation: \ˈsmär-mē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): smarm·i·er; smarm·i·est
Etymology: smarm to gush, slobber
Date: 1924
1 : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness <a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction — New Yorker>
2 : of low sleazy taste or quality <smarmy eroticism>

— smarm·i·ly \-m&#601;-l&#275;\ adverb

— smarm·i·ness \-m&#275;-n&#601;s\ noun

 

[Oddball]

Who is the most smarmy politico?

Boyking has that one locked up, going away.

He's the quintessential example of someone who has bought into his own press.

 

[Sherry]

Pelosi

 

[foggedinn]

this conversation started in the thread about obama's auntie.

we're proposing obama as the standard for smarminess in a democrat and rick perry, governor of texas, as most smarmy republican.


huggy has tossed george stephanopoulis in to the mix


who do you think can compare to those two for smarmy and why?
========================================
From: Merriam-Webster online dictionary

Main Entry: smarmy
Pronunciation: \&#712;smär-m&#275;\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): smarm·i·er; smarm·i·est
Etymology: smarm to gush, slobber
Date: 1924
1 : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness <a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction — New Yorker>
2 : of low sleazy taste or quality <smarmy eroticism>

— smarm·i·ly \-m&#601;-l&#275;\ adverb

— smarm·i·ness \-m&#275;-n&#601;s\ noun

Smarmy; a word I would probably never have looked up.
Does Michael Moore count as a politician?

 

[George Costanza]

this conversation started in the thread about obama's auntie.

we're proposing obama as the standard for smarminess in a democrat and rick perry, governor of texas, as most smarmy republican.


huggy has tossed george stephanopoulis in to the mix


who do you think can compare to those two for smarmy and why?
========================================
From: Merriam-Webster online dictionary

Main Entry: smarmy
Pronunciation: \&#712;smär-m&#275;\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): smarm·i·er; smarm·i·est
Etymology: smarm to gush, slobber
Date: 1924
1 : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness <a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction — New Yorker>
2 : of low sleazy taste or quality <smarmy eroticism>

— smarm·i·ly \-m&#601;-l&#275;\ adverb

— smarm·i·ness \-m&#275;-n&#601;s\ noun

Smarmy; a word I would probably never have looked up.
Does Michael Moore count as a politician?

I don't know - does Sean Hannity?

 

[dilloduck]

do you mean now or 5 minutes from now ?----they change so quickly

 

[Mr. Shaman]

JOHN BONER!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tommywho70x]

this conversation started in the thread about obama's auntie.

we're proposing obama as the standard for smarminess in a democrat and rick perry, governor of texas, as most smarmy republican.


huggy has tossed george stephanopoulis in to the mix


who do you think can compare to those two for smarmy and why?
========================================
From: Merriam-Webster online dictionary

Main Entry: smarmy
Pronunciation: \&#712;smär-m&#275;\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): smarm·i·er; smarm·i·est
Etymology: smarm to gush, slobber
Date: 1924
1 : revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness <a tone of smarmy self-satisfaction — New Yorker>
2 : of low sleazy taste or quality <smarmy eroticism>

— smarm·i·ly \-m&#601;-l&#275;\ adverb

— smarm·i·ness \-m&#275;-n&#601;s\ noun

Smarmy; a word I would probably never have looked up.
Does Michael Moore count as a politician?

normally i wouldn't either, but when it took off in conversation, the latent academic in me was compelled to grab it and give it in to the community.

no, but he does qualify as smarmy.

 

[foggedinn]

Trent Lott for his smarmy statement about passing an act of congress to make that Cuban Gonzales boy a citizen to take the politics out of the matter.

Does an ex-senator qualify as a politician?

 

[Oddball]

Every bit as much as ex presidents who haven't kept their big yaps shut.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Trent Lott for his smarmy statement about passing an act of congress to make that Cuban Gonzales boy a citizen to take the politics out of the matter.

Does an ex-senator qualify as a politician?

If they do, could we also count someone who ran for the Senate (as a wannabe-politico, with unique fund-rai$ing $kill$)????

 

[blastoff]

Henry "Pig Nose" Waxman.

 

[tommywho70x]

al franken