What Not To Be For Halloween: The Political Edition

We’ve talked about how one should dress for Halloween. I even made it really cheap and easy for you. And yet many of you will still insist on whipping out the suits, ties and tired old jokes to join the army of political Halloween possibilities. There are some–Rachel Maddow, for example– who could make for fairly entertaining and original costumes. Others, however, frankly just suck. Avoid them like he plague.

• Sarah Palin- That’s just a lazy excuse to wear and American flag bikini, too much lipstick and act out all of your batshit behavioral fantasies. Just because she still thinks she’s relevant doesn’t mean you need to buy into it.
• Osama Bin Laden- Not because it’s too soon. Mostly because it’s too late. (Note: There is a loophole to this law: Sexy Osama)
• Monica Lewinski- Why do you still do this?
• Anyone in the Obama family- Don’t even bother. You’re not that cool.
• Eliot Spitzer or that ho he banged- Even Eliot Spitzer is over that. And Ashley Dupre is all zenned out from yoga with Russell Simmons (wha?), so it’d basically be like making fun of the Dalai Lama at this point.
• Richard Nixon- Boring.
• Bill Clinton- See “Monica Lewinski.”

*This list is in no way exhaustive. There are dozens more ways you can screw it up in this one genre of costume alone. Add your great ideas about terrible costumes in the comments.