# What Political Correspondant Gets You Going? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946 "2012-06-22T15:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/1 "2012-06-22T15:21:14Z")
Am I the only one who’s hot for [Karen Finney](http://washingtonlife.smugmug.com/Category/Comcasts-15th-Anniversary/17957941_VSfztQ/1375296066_h4vQzGV#!i=1375292489&k=BDVfq3s)? She certainly not the stereotypical tiny little thing we usually see on TV, but DAMN she wears it well. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/2 "2012-06-22T15:33:16Z")
NBC’s boyish but swashbuckling foreign correspondent **Richard Engel** : [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr\_lfv0cxgpQP1qze8x6o1\_500.jpg](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfv0cxgpQP1qze8x6o1_500.jpg) \*Please \*don’t get all blowed-up. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/3 "2012-06-22T16:18:19Z")
Dear lord Eve! As a straight man I have to say that boy sure is pretty 😃 And I really don’t know why but for some odd reason “swashbuckling” seems to fit him perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/4 "2012-06-22T16:45:17Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Dear lord Eve! As a straight man I have to say that boy sure is pretty 😃 > And I really don’t know why but for some odd reason “swashbuckling” seems to fit him perfectly. When Richard Engel and Brian Williams have a, umm, “two-way” on the news, I have _thoughts_. And since they are usually talking about massacres in Syria or Lebanon, I have to put it on mute and pretend they are talking about _me_. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/5 "2012-06-22T16:53:02Z")
Wow, I clicked on the Engel link thinking it’d be some sorta-pretty-in-a-squint-your-eyes sort of way, but that man is grade-A certified hunk. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/6 "2012-06-22T17:09:29Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Dear lord Eve! As a straight man I have to say that boy sure is pretty 😃 > And I really don’t know why but for some odd reason “swashbuckling” seems to fit him perfectly. Oh man. Richard Engel can buckle my swashes anytime he wants. (picture my eyebrows flapping) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/7 "2012-06-22T17:24:44Z")
> [@JuliaSqueezer](#): > > Oh man. Richard Engel can buckle my swashes anytime he wants. (picture my eyebrows flapping) Yum. [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/\_NEHP8QxQcX4/StM-MQxhZaI/AAAAAAAAFOo/9d1i2V3BHXA/s320/Richard\_Engel\_t220.jpg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NEHP8QxQcX4/StM-MQxhZaI/AAAAAAAAFOo/9d1i2V3BHXA/s320/Richard_Engel_t220.jpg) Yum. [http://newsbusters.org/media/2006-10-24-NBC-Tday-Engel.jpg](http://newsbusters.org/media/2006-10-24-NBC-Tday-Engel.jpg) And yum. [http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HGXtJfw-iR4/0.jpg](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HGXtJfw-iR4/0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/8 "2012-06-22T17:46:15Z")
He does look good in blue, doesn’t he? My, my, my (as granny used to say). Thanks, Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/9 "2012-06-22T18:08:41Z")
Krystal Ball, who often appears on MSNBC. They introduce her as a Democratic strategist. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/10 "2012-06-22T19:06:39Z")
Ari Shapiro looks as good as he sounds on NPR. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/11 "2012-06-22T19:28:55Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Krystal Ball, who often appears on MSNBC. They introduce her as a Democratic strategist. “Krystal Ball?!” She sounds like a stripper at the Troc! ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/12 "2012-06-22T20:24:59Z")
I’ve been a little in love with Christiane Amanpour since Gulf War I, even more so when I saw her on Craig Ferguson recently. She’s as old as I am, but, unlike me, wears it well. ---
**Author:** ![mister\_nyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/13 "2012-06-22T22:18:52Z")
> [@Lionne](#): > > Ari Shapiro looks as good as he sounds on NPR. I came in to mention [Ari](http://www.mainjustice.com/files/2010/02/Shapiro21.jpg). When I first saw a photo of him I was sort of outraged that someone that pretty was working radio and that I’d been listening to him for years without knowing. Sadly, he’s married. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/14 "2012-06-22T23:06:50Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > When Richard Engel and Brian Williams have a, umm, “two-way” on the news, I have _thoughts_. And since they are usually talking about massacres in Syria or Lebanon, I have to put it on mute and pretend they are talking about _me_. OMG, I thought I was the only one. When he’s on TV, he could be announcing the end of the world, but in my head I hear a steamy romance novel scene playing out with images of him… Oh, wow, even the sight of him in that picture makes my mind click into ‘total chic’ mode… _tabs back to linked picture_ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/15 "2012-06-22T23:56:35Z")
Alex Wagner’s easy on the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/16 "2012-06-23T01:46:13Z")
Do they have to be current, or can we go into the archives? I always thought [Campbell Brown](http://rams263.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/campbell6.jpg) was smokin’. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/17 "2012-06-23T01:56:22Z")
Even though she makes me think,“So pretty, SOO stupid,” I think Michelle Malkin is attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/18 "2012-06-23T02:39:41Z")
Does Anderson Cooper count? 'cause he makes me wish I were a gay man. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/19 "2012-06-23T03:22:18Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > OMG, I thought I was the only one. When he’s on TV, he could be announcing the end of the world, but in my head I hear a steamy romance novel scene playing out with images of him…] I _know!_ **Richard Engel** : "A suicide bomb attack in Egypt today killed 28 people, including a mother and her newborn . . . " **Eve** : "He’s so \*dreeeeeaaaamy \*. . . " ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946/20 "2012-06-23T05:06:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Even though she makes me think,“So pretty, SOO stupid,” I think Michelle Malkin is attractive. Yes, I could totally hate-fuck her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-political-correspondant-gets-you-going/625946.md?page=2)