I have read that Lyndon Johnson used to get the Kennedy aides
he inherited to do what he wanted by grossing them out
so that they would agree to just about anything to
be able to get away from the source of their discomfort.
A woman reporter was following Johnson, and once while she
was interviewing him, he went into the bathroom and
sat down on the toilet without shutting the
door, as he continued talking with her.
(At least the reporter didn't have to look at George W Bush
under any conditions....)
Ah, but Richard Goldstein has seen Bush's crotch (The Village Voice, May 21-27, 03) and was obviously turned on by the sight!
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BUSH'S BASKET
Richard Goldstein
In the annals of infotainment, few moments match the sight of George Bush leaping from the cockpit of a fighter jet and striding across the deck of a carrier at sea. Top Gun: The Pseudo Event enchanted the public, horrified liberals, and galvanized the press. Suddenly media mavens noticed that Bush's handlers have elevated the photo-op to pure cinema. So what else is new?
Actually there was something novel about this occasion, but it passed utterly below the radar. Discretion prevented anyone from mentioning that Bush's outfit gave him a very vivid basket. This was the first a time a president literally showed his balls. Check it out -- Byour subconscious already has.
This manly exhibition was no accident. The media team that timed Bush's appearance to catch just the right tone of sunlight must have chosen that uniform and had him try it on. I can't prove they gave him a sock job, but clearly they thought long and hard about the crotch shot. As students of the cinematic, they would know that the trick is to make the bulge seem natural, so it registers without raising an issue. Tight jeans (a staple of Bush's dress-down attire)
can achieve this look, but nothing works like fighter-pilot drag, with its straps that frame and shape the groin. Most people presume this effect is merely functional. That frees the imagination to work, and work it does, in men and women alike.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0321/goldstein.php
Keith Hudson, 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath, England
