Why is Wilson considered 'flamboyant'?

[zippy890]

I notice this adjective used in the WAPO article today (good read, by the way)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071601364.html

~snip~

It all started in the early days of 2002 with Joseph C. Wilson IV, a flamboyant ex-diplomat who had left government for a more lucrative life of business consulting.

~snip~

I've noticed this photo circulated a lot, from the Vanity Fair article.



Is Wilson 'flamboyant' because he has a blonde wife who is a CIA operative? Because he is intelligent, unafraid and good-looking? --3 characteristics which NONE of the neocon pols have.

Try as they might to smear Wilson, he always comes across (to me, anyway) in a media-friendly way - poised, articulate, smart and unruffled. - and he has a nice demeanor

where's this 'flamboyance' - am I missing something?

[cynatnite]

1. Style and class come to mind when I see him

Perhaps he comes across more flamboyant in person.

[zippy890]

3. Yes -- the STYLE factor

Thats what is so woefully lacking among the bushco reptiles --- they totally lack any style.

[MajorFlaw]

2. He has the unusual habit of telling the truth.

[Captain Hilts]

4. It's the hair. (nt)

[zippy890]

7. His hair is kind of long -

for the RWers, he must be suspect with that hairstyle

hee hee- the camera likes him, - he looks good, whereas poor flacid-faced porky Rove couldn't be homlier.

[NewJeffCT]

10. agreed

it's a bit long, so he's right up there with flamboyant rabble-rousers like the Beatles & the Rolling Stones.

[Captain Hilts]

17. Actually, his hair and clothes look British. (nt)

[globalvillage]

5. He does speak French.

That can't be good.
:sarcasm:

Personally, I prefer the adjective "dreamy" when describing Joe Wilson, but that's just MHO.

:loveya:

[achtung_circus]

6. It's done on purpose.

Flamboyant is a code word, indicating that the person is probably (SShhh) (homosxeral) (sic).

It's part of the smear.

[halobeam]

12. I agree with you. They mean it in a negative way. Smear.

Meanwhile, the guy is as real as you and I and THAT is always a threat to them. We might "identify" and then sympathize with his situation. This administration is a bunch of immature boys from high school. Wilson is a real man. They are threatened not only politically, but also their "machismo" is looking kinda pale in comparison. I mean come on... flamboyant? LOL They are sissy name callers. he he

[Poiuyt]

8. What do you mean, no neocons are good looking??

What about Richard Perle?

[zippy890]

11. GAK! - - - - -

Ai Yi Yi!!! There it is--- The quintessential ugliness that permeates the neocons.

Too much!

[smirkymonkey]

23. Arghhhhhhhhh! It's Simon Bar Sinister from Underdog!

[KC21304]

24. Don't forget " dreamy" Wolfashitz. Sorry, no picture.

Just picture him combing his hair with spit. How elegant.

[KharmaTrain]

9. Anyone With Their Own Teeth...

To demonize, you must find everything that a person does that you envy and ridicule it. So if they have money, even if you have money, too, you still focus on how much they have and how foolish they are when they spend it. Doesn't have to be true...but then is anything the Rovian slime machine does that is either true or ethical?

Wilson's pissed off many in the corporate media, cause he's the turd in the punchbowl. He's ruining their little drinkie-drinkie world inside the Beltway where all were doing so well...the resumes never looked better, the access was never higher, the parties were never as much fun...and then this screw walks in and brings the heat with him. How dare that bastard!

[zippy890]

20. The punchbowl runneth over with turds these days

Damn that Fitzgerald for daring to take on the WH AND the NYT.(the neocons)---upsetting the otherwise smoothly running propoganda applecart.

Its a whole new world now, and will be very interesting to see how the major media ends up dealing with this



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/featuredposts.html#a004257

~snip~

This White House doesn't settle for managing the news--what used to be called "feeding the beast"--because it has a larger aim: to roll back the press as a player within the executive branch, to make it less important in running the White House and governing the country,

~snip~

will the media finally stop being 'managed' and 'rolled back'? stay
tuned

edited for clarity & spelling

[KharmaTrain]

22. Good Stuff Ya Got There...

Huffington Post has been a great read throughout this whole thing. Lawrence O'Donnell has this situation very well read (and maybe more). He's the one who first brought out Rove's name (risking that "feeding" machine you so abtly describe) and now says the investigation is focusing on the cover-up and reasons why this regime went after both Wilson and Plame.

If this is the case, that feeding machine will be opened up for all of us to get a close look. It's not gonna be pretty. Bring popcorn :popcorn: and a hazmat suit.

Cheers...

[H2O Man]

13. Wilson has described himself

as being a kind of hippie in his youth, who enjoyed surfing and living a laid-back life-style. "When in 1967 Muhammad Ali declared that he had nothing against the Vietcong, it made sense to me and my friends even as it sent chills down the spines of our parents," he wrote on page 32 of his book. I think that this sentence alone might explain, to a large extent, what warriors like Bush and Cheney hold against him -- considering their sacrifice to the country during the Vietnam war. More, it reflects an honesty that many find curious at this point in time.

[slor]

14. He is cultured, and has class and style...

people that do NOT have those attributes, call it "flamboyant" when being "nice". I'm am surprised this article did not make a comment on all of his "fancy book-learnin' " too!

[marmar]

19. So true...

He'z just 'nother one of 'dem latte-drinkin' libruls....

[johannes1984]

15. it's the style

RW neocon bastards can't stand anyone who doesn't feel repugnance when seeing them .They thrive on it , Wilson being the grown up hippy has seen and done it all whilst remaining smootly swooned and blissfully calm .So when he goes out and does the unimaginable , tell the truth , the neocons go ape shit because he does so with a perfection they too strive for .Only their perfection is one of personal enrichment and dominance(getting to call everyone beatch) .

So they have to find a word which to all but the right is a compliment , flamboyant ,because of it's sharing of letters with flamming , is perfect

[hlthe2b]

16. Style, Class, Intelligence, Articulate, Genuinely Tough...

Everything the clumsey, dull-witted Bushites are not, nor the Bushie crowd (not bald, disheveled, pudgey, nor easily intimidated).

[rzemanfl]

18. He still has his hair, that pisses folks off. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. Jealousy. He exudes tetesterone. n/t