From a new column by Roger Simon published at POLITOCO.com:As I write this, I do not know the names of this year's "50 Politicos to Watch." There are two reasons for this: I wish to remain fair and impartial. Also, I don't care.Read the full column at the link below:
That's because, in a sense, I already know who they are. In high school, they were the cool kids. They were the guys with great hair, the girls with great figures. They were wild and irresponsible, and they had cars in which they did wild and irresponsible things.
That's right: They were Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin.
OK, maybe not them specifically. But you know the ones I mean. They always got what they wanted. They never sat home on Friday and Saturday nights looking through their rain-smeared bedroom window, watching the "in" kids go out on dates while they stayed home sucking on frozen pizzas because they could not summon up enough energy to microwave them. (May be getting a little too personal here.)
They were the people who, as Joan Didion once put it, always had the lights turn green for them. They were, in other words, not Joan Didion. They were the people who made the lists.
And the rest of us hated them for it.
Watch out, 'Watch Me' Generation - Roger Simon - POLITICO.com
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