[whiteperil] Sean: Can the thirsty stay sane / After what they've seen?

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Posted by Sean:
Can the thirsty stay sane / After what they've seen?
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   Virginia [1]raises the mild but still unnecessary worry that being
   nominated for [2]this contest may imply that she's a Mariah-like diva.
   Uh, no, dear lady. No way. And a good thing, too.
   I mean, see whether you can tell the difference between these two
   women in blue:
   [3]mariah.jpeg [4]VIPdiva.jpeg 
   Hmmm.... A real toughie, huh? I mean, the sense of unshowy authority
   just emanates equally from both. Of course, it doesn't help Mariah
   that she appears to have [5]taken Virginia's [6]support for elective
   plastic surgery to a greater extreme than one might have liked.
   Virginia's post does raise the droll question of who might, in fact,
   qualify as a Mariah-like right-wing diva. Let's see...nugatory
   technical flourishes...caterwauling tone...valuable sentiments
   hammered redundantly away at until you want to scream...I'm thinking,
   unsurprisingly, Ann Coulter. Of course, I don't think she has a blog.
   One final observation: I don't see why being a diva in the pop sense
   has to be worse than being a diva in the opera sense, despite the
   crass badness with which so many singers, in practice, handle being
   stars. Virginia's not Mariah, thankfully, but I could see her as sort
   of like early Phoebe Snow--sober and unhurried and interested in how
   city and suburban living affect people.

References

   1. http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002376.html
   2. http://gaypatriot.net/2006/12/18/voting-begins-for-grande-conservative-blogress-diva
   3. http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2005/04/fug_takes_time.html
   4. http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/002376.html
   5. http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/006086.html
   6. http://reason.com/news/show/29810.html