"A surprising focus on Senator Marco Rubio’s shiny, stack-heeled ankle boots, first noted in a desultory Twitter post on Monday by a New York Times reporter, has grown over the last few days into one of the weirder firestorms of the presidential campaign, with rival candidates and the news media all adding tinder to the flames.
...On “Morning Joe,” Joe Scarborough called the footwear “shagalicious.” Vanity Fair played a “guess the brand and cost” game. New York Magazine’s The Cut compared Mr. Rubio to Harry Styles, the One Direction heartthrob. The Daily Mail twinned him with former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, a noted clotheshorse.
In the end, Mr. Rubio’s campaign told Politico that the boots actually came from Florsheim. Judging by the shoemaker’s website, they look a lot like the Duke style (cost $135)."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/us/politics/marco-rubios-shiny-boots-stir-up-the-presidential-race.html?_r=0
19 comments:
That's what happens when Trump leads.
Saw a tweet claiming Trump sells ties made... wait for it... China.
Other than a blip, I don't expect that to get caught up in any campaign gears.
So when does Rubio breakout into a mean flamenco?
What's wrong with his boots. I think they look pretty nice for dressy men's boots.
It isn't like he is sporting Pee Wee Herman platforms
There are more pertinent things to criticize Rubio about. His shoes aren't one of them.
DBQ - exactly.
Rubio's boots = crisis
Hillary's corruption = don't ya just adore her anyway!
Our MSM: Focused like a laser on the Truly Important Issues
LOL DBQ, how did I get this old and never saw that before.
Ricpic, Right On!
Hey, Happy belated birthday to Dust Bunny Queen.
I tried to tweet you but i don't know if you are there yet.
My favorite part is the hotel towels on each step as foot mats. A bit anal, but that right there shows thoughtfulness toward the buskeeper.
This is what other people's money gets you, a big shiny new black bus with your name on it. "We gotta get this guy a bus" that crawls around like a caterpillar as sort of rolling annex while he jets overheard back and forth hither and yon flitting around hitting this tapping that stitching the country as both flying and crawling insect butterfly stages at once. That's what other people's money gets you. Let it flow through you like water, like air, like essence, Rubio, YOLO.
Reagan to Gorbachev in the oval office, "Well, Mik, live it up. It doesn't get any better than this."
Awww thanks Lem for the birthday wishes. I don't tweet. :-)
Just one more reason to dislike Rubio. The boots look gay.
BTW, Sarkozy is only 5'5 and wears "Boots" for obvious reasons.
queen-
Amartel said...
Our MSM: Focused like a 20 watt chandelier flame bulb on the Truly Important Issues
FIFY
rcocean said...
Just one more reason to dislike Rubio. The boots look gay.
It's not that they are gay, but it's the his pants that make the boots look gay. The pant leg is too narrow and the they are too short at the cuff. Also, these are the types of shoes you wear with this type of pant either because the boot is simply too high.
Those are what we called Cuban Boots in high school. Pointy toes, stacked heel, black, probably a side zipper.
Rubio is of Cuban ancestry, so no biggie.
Just google Cuban Boots, and look at the pictures. That'll make you smarter than the media.
I think the media speculation about Rubio's boots is gay.
Flamenco!
Agree with rc, it's the narrow pant leg that doesn't work. Haz, those are also Tom Jones boots, I think.
If he would slap a sidearm in a holster nobody would look at his shoes, the media would get that blown circuit, he could bolster his image, etc.
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