MSNBC passes along the “news” that Laura Bush will go under the knife Saturday. Tragically it’s not an assholectomy, so we’re still gonna be stuck with George; no, she’s going to have work done on some pinched nerves in her neck.
That might go a long way toward explaining the bizarre lack of ability her face seems to have; specifically, she always seems to smile all the time, but she never smiles with her eyes, and it’s really damn creepy.1 Used to be people made fun of Hillary Clinton for her pantsuit, and after a while she changed into other things. But apparently Laura Bush is tragically unable to change,2 afflicted with whatever malady drove poor old Jack Napier over the edge.
Check under the fold for photographic evidence of the truth of my assertions. Note how, from image to image, there’s a sort of emptiness around the eyes best described by Robert Shaw:
Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eye. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white.
Oh wait, that’s from Jaws, isn’t it?
The Incredible Single-Expressioned Woman:
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1. It’s also familiar to anyone who knows any right-wing ultra-Christian converts. They all have the same vapid, mindless frozen grins, with eyes that look a little too manically in denial to be comfortable.
2. Rather like her husband.
