Do rightards wear bow ties because they supposedly make one look smarter?

[devilgrrl]

Well, let me tell you, they don't make one look smarter. They make you look like a pretentious asshole.

Hear that Mr. Carlson? You look like an asshole!

[Occulus]

1. One motto of mine, dating from my childhood, is this:

Never, ever trust a man wearing a bow tie unless he is also wearing a tuxedo.

[charlie]

2. Paul Simon was pretty cool

for a guy who favored bowties.

[enigmatic]

5. Yes, he was

one of our great statesmen; I miss him.

I've known many, many men who have worn bowties instead of regular ties; only a few of them were asses, much like those who've worn regular ties.

[BlueEyedSon]

7. ditto

[H2O Man]

3. I'm often tempted

to wear two bow ties. Think I'd look twice as smart?

[charlie]

11. Twice as aerodynamic, anyway n/t

[H2O Man]

20. That's important.

Having the self-confidence that a double dose of bow-tie aerodynamics counts in modern society. I could end up being invited to meet Sean Hannity.

[charlie]

24. Or the Master Dirigible himself

MR LIMBAUGH. Holy cow. Just remember to lock your seat in an upright position and extinguish all smokables when doing your approach to the gaseous one.

[Totally Committed]

4. In a college Psych course, I read it had something to do with

stunted sexuality or something. But, my own theory is they wear bowties because no Leftie would be caught dead in one (except while in a tuxedo... ;) )

TC

[blondeatlast]

17. Senator Paul Simon always sported one.

He's a worthy progressive in recent history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)

[gatorboy]

21. But then the left gets stigmatized as elitist bow tie wearers.

When someone makes a caricature of a liberal (Like a liberal character from the Mallard Fillmore strip), they always make them wear a bow tie...Even though all I've ever seen, are Republicans wearing the damn things...

[Dulcinea]

6. Bow ties are dorky!

Only old men, little boys, members of a wedding party or maitre d's should wear bow ties. Anyone else looks like a complete dork!

[RepublicanElephant]

8. tom oliphant wears one too...

...and he's pretty darn smart!

[mandyky]

9. No, bowties don't get caught in the shredder

like when they get incriminationg stuff from the RNC!

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. Liberals wear them too

Congressman Earl Blumenhauer usually does.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Earl%20Blumenauer&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-08,GGLD:en&sa=N&tab=wi

[Lindsay]

16. I saw Blumenauer on the teevee not long ago

wearing a turtleneck shirt and no glasses. I almost didn't recognize him!

Good guy, though, despite questionable choice in ties. ;)

[Freddie Stubbs]

19. It may be for parctial reasons rather than fashion

He usually rides a bicycle to the office in DC, and a bowtie would be less likely to flap in the wind.

[Mutley]

12. One of my instructors (who I suspect leans pretty far left) wears a bowtie

and he actually looks kinda cute in it.

[Tower]

13. It's a male chastity belt.

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[DinahMoeHum]

18. It works for some, but with others like Carlson, it makes them look

like they're one wing short of a fairy, IMO.

:evilgrin:

[maveric]

22. Just like they make this guy look smarter?

[Cleita]

23. I always thought, it made them look like a ventriloquist's dummy.

But maybe that's as smart as they can get.

[Individualist]

25. When I see a bowtie, I immediately think of Mickey Mouse