Babes Against Bush

You knew it was coming. A group of, at best, mildly attractive women have gotten together to create a calendar devoted to using pinup (?) photos to help raise funds for defeating Bush in '04. I guess they needed to find a new way for the Democrats to appeal to the male voter.

Now I realize that this isn't some party funded promotion (I'd hate to see that calendar), but that doesn't change the fact that it is nothing more than cheap shtick. Instead of arguing issues or attempting to differentiate themselves from the Republicans, Bush specifically, they instead have chosen to use soft porn to try to win.

The problem with the "sex sells" tactic in a Presidential election is that issues really do matter still. Cheesy photos of scantily clad women or not, Dean, Gephardt, Kerry and friends still have to come up with some kind of a real position, they still have to convince the American people that they are a better choice than four more years of Bush. And so far, I don't see that happening. They keep seizing on issues that are melting away. One of the biggest problems I have with the current crop of candidates is that they seem to stand for things that I personally find objectionable.

They are usually anti-war. They are usually in favor of higher taxes. They favor the UN and a smaller military.

They manage to make highly objectionable statements. They manage to come off sounding like smug elitists. And these women think that posing in various states of undress is going to change my mind?

I don't think so.