Who is the most smarmy politico?

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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
 
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?
 
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?
 
JOHN BONER!!!!!!!!!!!

john-boehner.jpg
 
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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.
 
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?
 

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