It's pretty funny, because I can't recall a time when politicians were anything other than "astonishingly uncool dorks." It's their defining characteristic, and

It's pretty funny, because I can't recall a time when politicians were anything other than "astonishingly uncool dorks." It's their defining characteristic, and why DC is said to be "Hollywood for ugly people." Sure you get the odd Bill Clinton, but by and large it's a contest between deeply unappealing people, the sort of power-hungry geeks who took Model UN way too seriously. I'm not sure that "vibes analysis" is really the best way to understand this period in US history, but it is at least a case of Slate playing to their core competency: bullshit.