7 మార్చి, 2026

Does Gavin Newsom have a Zoolander problem?

That question was asked and answered a few days ago.

The answer is yes. And I think people know what that means. A man is so under the spell of the notion that he's good looking that he has absurd confidence in himself.

It's causing him to blabber inanely, with ridiculous confidence:

63 కామెంట్‌లు:

Rabel చెప్పారు...

The ladies, some of them, like the hands. It's like flashing a little leg.

rehajm చెప్పారు...

It could be he’s just stupid…

WK చెప్పారు...

"Did you ever think there's more to life than being really, really, really ridiculously good-looking?"

“Do I know what product I'm selling? No. Do I know what I'm doing today? No. But I'm here, and I'm gonna give it my best shot.”

Idiocracy. Zoolander. Wag the Dog. Movies predict the future.

Paul చెప్పారు...

Newsom is just stuck on stupid...and has been that way for years now.

Mary Beth చెప్పారు...

"I don't have a brand. I don't have a tag." Then he goes on to repeat "Standing up for ideals, striking out for injustice" a couple of times, making it sound exactly like he thinks it's his "brand".

If (when) he runs, they should show clips of him talking (babbling), then play the quote of him saying, "How do you translate that into human?".

Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

An emptier suit than Obama. That’s tough to do!!

Achilles చెప్పారు...

Gavin Newsom's problem isn't that simple. His looks are good enough to fool the core constituency of the democrat party.

White college educated women are about 95 IQ mean and they have been fed a bunch of absolutely retarded crap by universities. He can say the dumbest things in the world and democrats will clap like seals.

Newsom's real problem is that Democrats do not get elected without voter fraud. Most of his voters are people who have ballots filled out for them by harvesters. Once that scam is over it doesn't really matter what he does.

Josephbleau చెప్పారు...

You can never really tell about a guy like that. Whether he’s really a nice person or if he just smiles a lot.

Aggie చెప్పారు...

I still think Newsom is a sociopath. I saw a clip of him yesterday saying something inane about an important issue, and his body language really sent up red flags. It's almost as if he is trying to flirt like a valley girl when he doesn't know what to say, he shimmies his shoulders, he rolls his eyes. If his hair was long enough, I think he'd toss it, with a dramatic arch to his eyebrow and a side eye.

It's all very contrived and off-putting, seeing these mannerisms being displayed by a tall man pushing 60. I honestly don't think he knows how to connect and interact with people as equals, but some things seem to work so he keeps using them. He is 100% separate.

Brylinski చెప్పారు...

"White college educated women are about 95 IQ mean"

Gemini says the average IQ for White college educated women is 115-120. For exceptional law school graduates like our hostess, Gemini estimates average IQ of 135-140.

Once written, twice... చెప్పారు...

What a hoot, Ann!

Trump is the king of blabbers, and he is not even good-looking!

Narr చెప్పారు...

He's as epicene as Obama, but without the charm.

narciso చెప్పారు...

Tyrus said his hands are betraying him

Spiros చెప్పారు...

This is a gender thing -- being attractive makes men happier than it does women. Attractive women are much more likely to wrestle with self-doubt and insecurities. It's not a win-win to be gorgeous and female but it is for men.

Anyways I googled "most attractive politician by country" and stumbled across a Reddit discussion. Some of the submissions were obviously tongue in cheek -- there are many goofy looking politicians. But there were also a lot of good looking people. Gavin doesn't even crack the top 20. He's "mid."

Paul Zrimsek చెప్పారు...

Stop the Steel!

Peachypeachy చెప్పారు...

So for dumbass leftists… he’s perfect

Peachypeachy చెప్పారు...

Me and the chi coms think it’s cool he blew up a dam so his kids can go fishing.
Also amazing are all the empty reservoirs around LA.

Mason G చెప్పారు...

Stop the Steel!

Word on the street is he's working on Magnum.

Yancey Ward చెప్పారు...

He really scored 609, not 960, on the SAT.

Peachypeachy చెప్పారు...

I find him slick and repulsive.
But he brings the Trump hate for the boring maddow/stewart/ kimmel’s nazi wife , crowd.

Fred Drinkwater చెప్పారు...

During covid, newsom's narcissism was very visible. Dig up videos or even just audio of his "press conferences". His most salient trait is that he thinks he is the most fascinating person in the room, with the most fascinating things to say, in any situation.

narciso చెప్పారు...

His skinsuit is really illfitting

Joe Bar చెప్పారు...

DEEEEEEEP leg cross!!! I don’t trust any of these commie bastards that do that!

Curious George చెప్పారు...

He is smart enough to know that he can lie, or say anything and the left simply will not care.

mccullough చెప్పారు...

If he cut his hair and wore a tie he’d be better off. He’s not bright but not as dumb as W or Biden.

cdb చెప్పారు...

Imagine someone thinking that blabbering inanely with ridiculous confidence could get them into the White House.

Mr. D చెప్పారు...

If you never are criticized or scrutinized in any meaningful way, you start to believe you fart pure silk. It's one of the main reasons Kamala Harris and Tim Walz failed as candidates - they both come from places where you don't have to care what your opponents think or do. We have a boatload of politicians from indigo blue states like California, New York, Illinois and Minnesota on the national stage and none of them can even imagine working with the other side, because they never have to. And when they have to get votes from people who don't fawn over them, they have no idea how to make the sale.

Jim at చెప్పారు...

Trump is the king of blabbers, and he is not even good-looking!

Compare Trump's policies with Gavin's and get back to us.

Jim at చెప్పారు...

Imagine someone thinking that blabbering inanely with ridiculous confidence could get them into the White House.

That goes for you, too. Compare Trump's policies with Gavin's and get back to us.

Achilles చెప్పారు...

Brylinski said...

"White college educated women are about 95 IQ mean"

Gemini says the average IQ for White college educated women is 115-120. For exceptional law school graduates like our hostess, Gemini estimates average IQ of 135-140.

They can't figure out how to change their oil or fix an air conditioner.

But they can tell you how important diversity in hiring is.

Prof. M. Drout చెప్పారు...

Never trust a man over 25 who wears hair gel.

Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

Brown steel!

Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

Newsome was a frat boy. SAE. He's everything the lefties say they hate except for one. He's not Donald Trump.

narciso చెప్పారు...

Think of the punk in the karate kid grown up

Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

Steff McKee in Pretty In Pink

Wince చెప్పారు...

I'm so glad I get to comment on this interview once again. The first time I was hard on the interviewer, because I thought he was typical suck-up based on body language and the clip.

Listening now, I absolutely love how he came back and told Newsom, with genuine incomprehension, "I don't know you" (or what you want to do)...

In this context, looking back to the earlier clip, the interviewer saying "good for him" in reply to Newsom saying "Putin got 87.3% of the vote" comes across as sarcastic toward Newsom and is fucking hilarious!

I urge you, watch it again @0:50...
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2026/03/is-this-way-were-going-to-talk-now.html

I can't find the interviewer's name. I was wrong and apologize to him profusely.

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

Not having seen Zoolander I had to look it up.

"A dim-witted male supermodel is brainwashed by a corrupt fashion mogul to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

While Zoolander is unique in its "ridiculously good-looking" execution, its core plot is a comedic parody and adaptation of several existing tropes and stories:

The Manchurian Candidate (1962/2004): This is the most direct inspiration for the brainwashed assassin plot.

Glamorama (1998): This satirical novel by Bret Easton Ellis features a vacuous male model who gets swept up in a plot by international terrorists recruiting from the fashion industry. The similarities were significant enough that Ellis sought legal action, resulting in an out-of-court settlement.

The "Sleeper Agent" Trope: The concept of an unwitting person being "programmed" to kill upon hearing a specific trigger—like the song "Relax" in Zoolander or a card in The Manchurian Candidate—is a staple in the spy and thriller genres.

narciso చెప్పారు...

Adam freidland

Rabel చెప్పారు...

Lem, the key was that he was outrageously self-obsessed.

Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

Derek Zoolander wasn't just good looking, he was dumb, ignorant and shallow, but he had a good heart, was basically honest, sincere and he cred about others, which is where Newsome fails to live up to the Zoolander standard. Zoolander is ultimately superior to Gavin Newsome as a man.

Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

cared about others

Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...

I don’t think Newsom is that good looking. To my eye, he’s always looked like Griffy in the cartoon Zippy the Pinhead.

Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

Newsome: "I'm King, I'm Gandhi, I'm Havel, I'm Mandela."

Everybody else: He's Zoolander, he's Steff McCoy, he's Griffy, he's Greg Marmalard.

tommyesq చెప్పారు...

Dude looks more elderly American Psycho than Zoolander, much less someone good looking. Another year will not help.

john mosby చెప్పారు...

And Fetterman looks like Zippy! Has the same Tao-of-Pooh common sense, too. Put them on the same ticket and the merch sells itself. CC, JSM

chuck చెప్పారు...

His hairline is receding, in ten years he will look like Count Dracula. The ladies will love it!

Josephbleau చెప్పారు...

California adopted term limits in 1990 to eliminate dictatorial control but reduced them in 2012 to let insiders back in. A single party state has to allow the public to legislate and then cut back the public’s will slowly at a later date. California term limits put California beef on the federal market after it’s sell by date. The job of the California legislature is to figure out a sequence of law that will boil the frogs that are the California voters.

wildswan చెప్పారు...

I lived through the Sixties and he's no Sixties guy. Take a look at Jerry Garcia

https://wallpapers.com/images/hd/jerry-garcia-live-performance-qr1abc9ty41f0rkb.jpg

Allen Ginzburg
https://www.poetrysoup.com/images/bio_images/teampoetrysoup1475/photos/ps_howl_by_allen_ginsberg-4785.jpg

They would have called Gavin Mr. Brylcreem and left him talking.

Limited blogger చెప్పారు...

"Newsome was a frat boy. SAE."

The Sleep And Eat frat!

Iman చెప్పారు...

He’s King? King Douche, I’ll give him that.

Iman చెప్పారు...

Believe me, when the going gets tough, his pants will go brown. He’s that kind of fellow.

Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...

“Gemini says the average IQ for White college educated women is 115-120. For exceptional law school graduates like our hostess, Gemini estimates average IQ of 135-140.”

Which is nonsense. Average IQ of someone with a doctorate degree (excluding EdD) is about 125 or so. That’s across the board (MD, JD, DVM, DDS, PhD, etc). Average for a BS/BA was about 100. Female IQ college grad should be lower than male, due to their higher participation in colleges. My guess for white female AWFLs is probably in the 95-99 range. Maybe even the suggested 95, based on their voting patterns.

Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...

@John mosby

Ha ha. True.

Robert Marshall చెప్పారు...

Being feared is not everything in being an effective president. But it is sometimes essential. I can't imagine Gavin Newsome being feared by our enemies, as Donald Trump sometimes is. I'm not even sure Gavin Newsome would know who our enemies were.

[Would someone please tell Mr. Spell-check that Newsome is one word, and not "New some", so I don't have to keep fixing it.]

Joe Bar చెప్పారు...

If only he was as smart as Zoolander.

bagoh20 చెప్పారు...

He'd be a lot worse if he was smart. His comfort with dishonesty is his strongest tool, and he uses it liberally.

JAORE చెప్పారు...

Well the Zoolander character doesn't hide his incompetency as well. But he actually gets more done than Newsom.

rehajm చెప్పారు...

Susan is a pinhead. Any Schenectoids out there will tell you…

mikee చెప్పారు...

The main political problem of the Governor of California, the former Mayor of San Francisco, is that it was his administrations, with him in those elected offices, that led to the present status of San Francisco as "shit city" and California as "homelessness capital of America." Not to mention his many other very negative accomplishments in those offices. He is his own worst problem, to be succinct.

Paul Zrimsek చెప్పారు...

Maybe he can pick a hand model for VP to balance the ticket.

Tom C writes చెప్పారు...

Why have we not seen someone doing a Newsom impression on SNL? He seems absolutely ripe for a send up especially with all those hand and body motions

Immanuel Rant చెప్పారు...

Once Newsom is no longer looking like a front runner and/or makes a big enough gaffe to ruin his chances, *then* SNL might do something.

Not until then.

Tina Trent చెప్పారు...

It seems like an insult to Zoolander.

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