Remember last year when the conservative blogosphere was buzzing about John Kerry having botox? Apparently it’s not just the efette liberals who are having work done (via Andrew Sullivan) :

Mr. DeLay has had a makeover. National Journal reported that in 2003, right after he announced his bid for House Majority leader, DeLay “had his dentist cap his two upper front teeth to fill the small gap between them.
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Then last year Roll Call reported, “Tom DeLay has joined the nip-and-tuck club.”

“I had my eyes checked by my ophthalmologist,” DeLay said last year; the newspaper reported that “his upper lids had become so heavy, as they are prone to do with age, that they were ‘blocking my vision.’ To show how well the surgery worked, he looked up. No more upper lid visor. ‘I can even see my eyebrows!’ he said.”

Looks like he had some rhinoplasty too, not that it’s a big deal. Seriously, I don’t care whether or not Tom DeLay had cosmetic surgery beyond the fact that it highlights, once again, the hypocrisy of Republican politicians whose entire careers are built on the lie that they’re more down-to-Earth than their Democratic opponents. I’m so goddamned tired of the “liberals are elitists” talking point, which seemed to soar to new heights in last years election with the endless carping about botox, windsurfing, and cheesesteaks “whiz with”. I wish for once we could just agree that all politicians are image-obsessed phonies and get back to the question about who would do a better job governing.