Aaron Schock Cover Shoot Gets 'Shopped

By Karl Klockars in News on May 10, 2011 4:00PM

Almost as a rule, when politicians or political organizations try to do humor (or worse, "relatability"), it falls deathly flat. See: Mitt Romney's "Who Let The Dogs Out" moment, the GOP's faux-birthday cards for President Obama, Al & Tipper's makeout moment and Mike Dukakis' cartoonish tank-driving fiasco. (Admittedly, the last two weren't exactly intentionally humorous.) Which is why we have to give a bit of credit where it's due, for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's quick photoshop party poking fun at Aaron Schock's easily-mockable beefcake photo shoot.

We said yesterday we were waiting for Glenn Beck to poke fun at the radical idea of "people being healthy," and presumably he has a place for that carrot stick, and it isn't his tummy. Nobody disputes the idea that individual responsibility for one's own well being is an important part of health maintenance, but as the House continues to try to radically realign Medicare, at least this cover serves to remind that some would prefer a thousand crunches and a crudité platter as the whole of the national health care plan.

Lest you think the ribbing is purely partisan, The Hill reports that even some GOP members are getting in on the act. Of course, the person laughing last might very well be Schock himself - an even racier photoshoot didn't seem to hurt Senator Scott Brown any.

H/t to CapitolFax.