just a shallow thought

I sat glued to the television on Monday night. The nation waited to hear how to survive, what to do without a job, who to trust about the stimulus, and where to go next. I listened deeply. But, the shallow Annie won out.* The incessant thought nagged at me then and reemerged on RiteAid's makeup aisle today: "Does he wear makeup? Does he use ProActiv (watch out Jessica Simpson)? How else could it be HUMANLY possible to get such pristinely, clear skin?"

*The Warren Harding effect lives on and we might as well admit it. We all know that if he revealed the product name...we would fly to the store to buy som'that.