Where’s Aaron: Congressional celebutante?
Another entry in an irregular series that follows Internet mentions of Peoria’s Congressmen.
From Policy with Pop:
His name is Aaron Schock and he is the youngest congressman at 27. With his good looks, he has been dubbed the “Brody Jenner of Congress.” (I’m not sure who should be offended, Representative Schock or Brody?) Even liberals have taken notice of Schock, voting him the “hottest freshmen” congressman. And even Stephan Colbert has a man-crush for the Schockster.
Being a 46-year-old guy, I had to ask … who the heck is this Brody Jenner person? From Wikipedia:
Sam Brody Jenner (born August 21, 1983) is an American television personality, socialite, celebutante, and fashion model. He modeled for Guess? before starring on the short-lived reality television series The Princes of Malibu. Since 2007, Jenner has been best known for being featured on the MTV reality series The Hills, as well as one of its spin-off series, Bromance.
And here is his picture:
Remind you of anyone?
Schock is more than just a pretty face in Congress. He’s still a freshman and it’s still very early in his first term, so there isn’t as huge record to judge his effectiveness as a federal legislator. Most of his press seems to focus on this fluff stuff, and occasionally on how he’s supposed to relate to younger voters:
From Politico:
While conservatives like Tony Blankley and David Frum have written for Huffington Post in the past, Republican Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) recently became the first active member of Congress to blog
— just after winning the site’s “Hottest Freshman” contest.In his post, Schock wrote that while most Huffington Post readers “didn’t vote Republican,” he was determined to take a bipartisan approach in Congress. Similarly, Coburn made sure to mention the left’s critique of the Democrats’ health care plan in his piece — and also emphasized bipartisanship.
For the most part, Shock speaks and votes like a traditional GOPer. From the Peoria Times Observer:
Schock said he called the press conference to “express outrage” at the decision of the bankruptcy judge and the Presidential Auto Task Force to close dealerships.
“My frustration is not that companies are going out of business,” Schock said.
“My concern is (the government) has started to pick winners and losers.”
Most of his press coverage seems to focus on TMZ-type stuff, but he is doing things in Congress. He’s co-sponsor of a bill condemning anti-semitism in Venezuela. He’s sponsoring the Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009.
Real sexy stuff.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
Aaron beats Jenner hands down in the abs contest.
If you switched one out with the other would anyone notice?
Any guy posters who want to post their ab pics here as well don’t be shy.
You know, i can’t help but wonder how Diane would react if some guy was always on this site babbling on and on about Jehan Gordan’s long and shapely legs — even going so far as to challenge other women on the site to post pics of their long and shapely legs just to make her point while shaming the other women posters.
I bet she would accuse them of being sexist pigs.
Or maybe she would simply dismiss them as being superficial morons.
Either way, she would be right.
Does this mean you won’t be posting pics of your abs?
You two play nice or I’ll post a pic of MY abs.
Ok. I’ll play nice.
Billy, I think that you are overlooking the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT of Congressman Schock’s FIRST 150 DAYS, (besides the multitude of interviews) namely the RNC’s new stance of calling their opponents the “Democrat Socialist” party. For those who’ve forgotten it was candidate Schock at the Illinois State Fair who first trotted out the “Obama as Socialist” meme. So as you can see, “Schock has done a lot, and he’ll do a whole lot more.” At least he’s acts in a “bi-partisan” manner like he promised.
Just like his critics in the election, many (I’m not saying all) commenters don’t get it that most people read and hear about substantive work Aaron Schock does. He can’t help it if TMZ and the Huffington Post (liberal blog) covers him for being good looking and young. I’ve seen articles regularly about him fighting for us. Keep criticizing and we will keep voting for him.