Is it just us, or are political campaigns a little like the Christmas season? They seem to start earlier and earlier each year. The hats are flying into the ring fast and furious right now, and one candidate may have managed to kill his chances with an ill-fated public statement already. That’s gotta be some kind of landspeed record, not to mention it would have made a great Overheard had he not, well, been speaking on the record to a reporter at the time. We’re still a little weary of political campaigns here at Overheard, though. Didn’t we just finish a long and stressful round of these? And now we have another 21 months of it ahead of us already? Can’t we just have a Miss U.S.A.-style pageant to determine the next president? It’ll cost everyone involved so much less money and Trump can organize the whole thing and feed his ego some more without having to subject us to another soul-sucking reality series in the process. If we may indulge our inner cynics for a moment, isn’t the whole process really not too far removed from beauty pageantry as it is? Plus, if this week’s top quote is to be believed, one of the candidates is already quite prepared for the swimsuit competition.

Quote of the Week

Man: “So I saw Barack Obama at my gym today. I was changing in the locker room and I look over and there’s this guy, and I’m like, ‘Hey, that looks like Obama and sure enough, it was.” Pause. “I don’t usually stare at men in jock straps.” Another pause. “But… yeah. He was cut.”

After the jump, all roads lead to Metro Center, surgical sealife, and the witty discourse of the Georgetown nightlife.

Sound travels farther in cold weather. I read it on the Internet, so it must be true! If the forecast for next week is correct—and given what didn’t happen last night, we have no reason to suspect that it is—then you should have plenty to overhear. Send it all to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.

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