You may have seen my thoughts on why I believe the Met Gala is dead. And speaking of totally out-of-touch leftists posing awkwardly for the camera, did you see the unbelievable spread with all these leftists in their living rooms in The New Yorker?
It is called “Power Houses: Inside the living rooms of notable New Yorkers.” In the past they have photographed spaces without their inhabitants. I am not a New Yorker now, but I lived in the city for 17 years and we all love to see inside each other’s apartments. It is interesting to see what people can do with such a small space to make it work. We tend to be fascinated by apartments, so showing off living rooms made some sense.
But this year, they decided to add the humans to the photographs and it is basically all leftists. I guess it is because it is called “power houses” and why would they feature a conservative powerhouse? That is not of any interest to The New Yorker. Instead, they have just the least attractive leftists you can find.
The Subjects
You can see all the photos I am referring to in the video above, but I am going to start with Kamala Harris’ step-daughter Ella Emhoff. They continue to tell us as some sort of a supermodel. I’d like to see what runway show has she walked in because what I see is a woman who would never qualify as a supermodel in anybody’s book. She might be the living opposite of a Kate Moss, or a Paulina Porizkova, or a Cindy Crawford. She looks short and stubby with large calves, a bunch of tats, and strange eyeglasses and hair in a very weird little living room holding a tiny little dog.
And then there is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her Queens living room knitting because they want you to know she is a woman of the people. She lies on her couch at home and – in between going to the Met Gala in a dress that reads “Tax the Rich” as she is hobnobbing with them at $75,000 a plate – she knits. That is so relatable. That is why she needs to be our next president.
My favorite is Al Sharpton, well-known race hustler and hoaxer who somehow rehabilitated himself into one of the very serious and esteemed voices on MSNBC. The photograph is him in his living room with a huge photo of himself in the background. There is also a smaller picture that appears it could also be of him, a statue that may or may not be of his likeness, and then a weird little pen that looks like a Pack ‘n Play and is apparently for his dog.
Abedin and Soros
But the absolute best is the photo of Huma Abedin and her fiancé Alex Soros. Now, I feel for Huma Abedin because this is a woman who must be able to take high levels of abuse. She has been Hillary Clinton’s right-hand woman years and was married to disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner. He was booted out for his absolutely disgusting behavior and, eventually, their marriage failed. Shocking. By the way, his laptop may have helped cost Hillary Clinton the presidency in 2016. Huma has got to live with that, which is a leftist legacy no one wants on the progressive side.
Then, she finds the payload in Alex Soros, son of billionaire George Soros. Unfortunately, he is extremely homely and without a scintilla of sexiness. He looks like he has never had a beating heart looking at anything.
They posed in the most antiseptic, sterile, cold, uninviting living room I have ever laid eyes upon. It has the floor-to-ceiling windows, so I guess they think we are going to be impressed. But they forgot to add anything resembling love, or comfort, or coziness. My executive producer Steve Krakauer said they have Margo and Todd vibes from Christmas Vacation, and I totally agree with him. You could freeze ice on their ass. They look so cold.
And there is something sexist to me about how he is sitting in, like, the power seat with his arm out as she is stands there holding his hand. It reminds me of the Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough Vanity Fair spread where she kicked her legs up on the table and he was sitting in the power position. I feel like this is her telegraphing subservience.
What It Says
Is this what happens with inherited wealth? I’m not sure. I spent a lot of time with, for example, Lachlan Murdoch when I was at Fox News. I don’t remember him doing photoshoots like this. He is actually quite private. He and his extremely gorgeous supermodel wife don’t show off. They don’t need anyone’s affirmation of how wealthy and powerful they are.
In my experience, that is what real wealth and real power looks like. They don’t want attention. The last thing they want is a show like Succession talking all about their intra-family drama. But Alex Soros has seemingly leaned into his totally inherited role as kingmaker within the Democrat Party right down to marrying Huma Abedin.
Something I think about a lot is that I want enough money so I can live comfortably and maybe give my kids a very small nest egg to help them in case of an emergency when I am gone. That’s it. Because if you give too much wealth to the next generation, you wind up with a prick like this trying to act like he owns the world when he was just born on third base and has done absolutely nothing other than receive this baton of power and money from his old man. How pathetic and how not stimulating for his female partner.
My guest Stu Burguiere posited that sexiness is perhaps supposed to be provided by the commas of the bank account. I think that generally requires you to earn them. What is sexy is a man who earns – whether it is a mason or a millionaire.
The left is literally lecturing us right now about oligarchy, so what does all of this do for the Democrats’ image?
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