American Gigolo [Taki on Captain Ketchup!]

The American Conservative ^ | 5/21/04 | Taki

[TheBigB]

John Kerry: Gigolo.
Alexandra Kerry: Jiggle-O.

PING to the newly-created REPUBLICAN PARTY REPTILE Ping list, named after our spiritual founder, P.J. O'Rourke. What is the Republican Party Reptile? It is a creature of the eighties. It’s neoconservatism with its pants down around its ankles, the Rehnquist Supreme Court on drugs, a disco Hobbes living without shame or federally mandated safety regulations. The Republican Party Reptile supports a strong defense policy, but sees no reason to conduct it while sober. The RPR believes in minimum government interference in private affairs—unless the government brings over extra girls and some ice. In short, the RPR is the new label that our political spectrum has been crying out for—the conservative with a sense of humor and a healthy dose of depravity.

To be added or subtracted, just ask. :o)

[TheBigB]

It works better when I actually ping...*sigh*

[presidio9]

Taki: The parton saint of RPR's.

[Malesherbes]

John Heinz must be spinning in his grave.

[TheBigB]

Honestly, I don't know much about Taki. I don't usually read TAC, and I haven't been a fan of Pat's for a while (although I used to be.) The impression I get is that both are pretty anti-Dubya. Am I right?

[presidio9]

Yep. They hate W. Taki is a Greek trust-fund baby who spends all his time trying to get babes into the sack. I am not a hugh fan.

[Rummyfan]

“You must understand, dear Teresa, I love you madly but I cannot keep you in the style dear John did, so unless you’re prepared to live like me, searching and searching for a place to live, however uncomfortably, we should not keep seeing each other...” Or words to that effect.

And of course it worked. An $8 million Idaho chalet on five acres; a $12 million Nantucket waterfront beach house; a $6 million Washington, D.C. 23-room townhouse; a $14 million, 90 acre Pennsylvania colonial compound; and a $12 million Beacon Hill, Boston mansion just for starters. Not to mention the Gulfstream jet and other accessories those who were not born into them yearn for. Kerry’s lies, and they are almost Clintonesque, are very significant in the context of his lifestyle. He will do and say anything to get his way, to hell with principles and standards.

How true! I cannnot believe this 'man' is to be nominated for presidetn by one of our major parties in a time of war. That he is even receiving consideration shows how far the Dims have sunk.

[eureka!]

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[Little Ray]

Taki is not a good source. He once wrote that he would rather have served with the SS Charlemagne division (French Waffen SS) against the Russians than fought the Nazis with the Allies.
His priorities are screwed up, to say the least.

[alloysteel]

The flip-flop gigolo. Neatly summarizes all our worst expections and most secret fears.

And you know, with judicious appliction of the flip-flop factor, it may be possiblefor John Kerry to just barely eke out a plurality on the vote in November.

Crawling over broken glass to the polls in November may not be the only hazard we face. The Manchurian candidate with zero remaining charisma suddenly becomes a sympathetic figure.

It is a cuffing nightmare.

[Snardius]

Porfirio Rubirosa

Is this some kind of Italian rib roast?

[Redbob]

"Taki: The parton saint of RPR's."

Is that "parton" as in "Dolly Parton?"

[wheelright]

No, a pepper mill ;-)

[catonsville]

The one and only Taki. Writes for Buchanan's magazine and hates Neo-cons. I forgive him for that because he is such a devastating critic of the rich and famous and foolish

Martial arts expert, connoisseur of beautiful women, polo player, friend of gigolos and the rest of it, the tanned Taki exudes a slick, dangerous charm.

I have been a fan of his for years and wonder, of all the columnists, how he has been able get away with what he has written.

[TheBigB]

No, it's as in, "Parton me, which way to the topples bar?" ;-)

[presidio9]

Is that "parton" as in Dolly?

Seriesly, the monitor I am sitting at is afflicted with the worst sun-glare issues I have ever encountered.

[presidio9]

Do they have grilfries there?

[Redbob]

Profirio Rubirosa was a rather famous roue, and was a "jetsetter" even before jets.

He was perhaps unique for having both had an affair with Zsa Zsa Gabor, and having married her sister Eva.

His amorous exploits were legendary, and died crashing his Ferrari into a tree.

There's more on him at
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/2892/rubirosa.html

He could be an inspiration to us all!

[martin_fierro]

Porfirio Rubirosa

Nah, I think it's this medical condition, caused by Digger the Dermatophyte.

[catonsville]

He had various ambassadorships for his little country, but was really known as the most famous playboy of his time.
I believed he married Madga Gabor and later had an affair with Zsa Zsa while she was married to someone else.

A pepper shaker among Riveria restaurants was known as a "Rubirosa" because of his John Holmes-type endowment.

He died as he lived in a crash, during his nightly ritual of scouring Paris to find good looking women to seduce.