Keep Your Friends Close and Your Frenemies Closer

Post-election politics have begun to resemble an episode of The Hills lately, with Obama -- who is obviously Lauren Conrad -- reconciling with bitter rival John McCain Monday while currently vetting best frenemy Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State. McCain is this drama's Heidi Montag, Lauren's former friend who started out likable and sweet but wound up, over time, becoming a lying deceitful bitch. (Heidi spreading rumors about Lauren's alleged sex tape = The McCain camp's allegations that Obama palled around with terrorists.) We've got Hillary, meanwhile, pegged as Audrina Patridge, Lauren's on-again, off-again friend whose Significant Other always seems to be stirring up trouble between them. (Monosyllabic Justin Bobby = Overly-loquacious Bill.) Will Hillary turn down the position as Secretary of State, the way that Audrina recently turned down living with Lauren and Lo (BFF/gatekeeper Lo = Rahm Emanuel) to move out on her own? Will Bill's ties to oil sheikhs compromise the already-tenuous friendship between Hillary and Obama the way that rumors about a Justin Bobby hook-up with Lauren hurt Lauren and Audrina? Will McCain and Obama really be able to put aside their differences to tolerate being in the same room together or -- dare to dream -- to be friends again, even?

Stay tuned!

BFFs = Best Frenemies Forever

Comments

[victorsays]

Question: When you become famous, do you have to go to pose school? How do these people pose the same way in every picture?

[Shrinath]

Yeah, ok. But HRC as SoS does not make any sense. Keeping her close? For what? Somehow the entire thought process here seems skewed to me.

[BeltwayBette]

McCain,Leiberman,HIllary. With friends like these, who needs enemies?