Was doing some Googling and came upon this BBC profile of Dominique de Villepin. He’s “dashing” just like Reuters told us earlier in the week. Imagine an American media that regualrly referred to an American politician similarly. I’m picturing gushes about W’s manliness–Stud W. Maybe Don Rumsfeld as a pinup on a magazine cover. But enough about NR/NRO. (You knew it wasn’t the NYTimes Mag.)

I don’t think I’ve really ever used “Stud W” but I wouldn’t deny it. And, we did have the pin-up cover. Some teen young Republicans might consider the NRODT that just went to bed a good Tiger-Beatish cover for ‘08 prospects, with a dashing Romney standing in his Beacon Hill political battlefield. I suggested rip-out color shots, but that went nowhere. I think I have a side business: hearthrob pol gush mags. They’ll sell like hotcakes in girls’ high schools around the country, especially in New Hampshire and Iowa…