To Everyone Out There Who Still Thinks Politics Isn't a Real Fandom...

[vulgarweed]

My state's ex-governor's wife ate a tarantula on a reality show yesterday.

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[celandineb.livejournal.com]

WTF?

Also, EW EW EW EW EW EW EW!

*shudders hugely*

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Story in a nutshell: this is the governor who's been tarred-and-feathered out of office for countless audacious and bald-faced crimes, including trying to sell a US Senate seat to the highest bidder while it was still warm from Obama's butt. He was the one who originally eagerly accepted the offer to be on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here", until a judge pointed out there was this little problem, ahem, federal indictment, upcoming trial, can't leave the country, yanno? So his wife heroically took one for the team, even though she's reportedly only worth half as much as her husband, ratings-wise.

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Damn. That is serious spousal loyalty. I would not do that for mine!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

There's a pretty amazing Heavenly Creatures level of folie a deux going on here - they are both in spectacular denial that he's done anything wrong.

There are people I think I might be willing to die for, but there are none I'd eat a tarantula for. It's funny how that works.

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Eating the tarantula would take longer (depending on the variety of death, of course). I am still completely grossed out just at the thought.