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November 05, 2009 04:07 AM UTC

Sen. Shawn Mitchell: The Wonder Years

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  • by: Colorado Pols

The thing about the modern, socially networked, Google-preserved Internet is that sometimes things pop up in it that you’d just as soon leave in the land of undocumented youthful indiscretions–and once there, they never really go away. A particularly sharp example of this was last year’s controversy over Senate candidate Bob Schaffer’s son’s racism-festooned Facebook page, though more benign–and frequently hilarious–examples abound.

Apropos, we were forwarded this Facebook pic of GOP state Sen. Shawn Mitchell today. Those of you with weak constitutions or impressionable children may wish to take precautions before peeking below the fold…

Now it’s worth pointing out that in 1981 when this photo was taken, the acronym “OMFG” was not yet in everyday use. And it’s reasonable to assume that Mitchell wasn’t concerned at the time about this photo winding up visible…to all his constituents…as a state senator. Also to be fair, he didn’t actually intend for it to get into the wild, as he explains:

I didn’t post this!

A mischievous friend posted and tagged this photo from our high school yearbook. I’m not totally opposed to it…but would prefer it not be the first pic in my album. Can anyone help me move it to the back of the queue?

Though we do find the timing of this picture’s, uh, unsheathing, just a few weeks after Mitchell got rather skeezy (another term that didn’t exist in 1981) with Sen. Morgan Carroll during the Pinnacol oversight hearings, too funny to not mention. Much like Justin Schaffer’s “slavery gets shit done” pics were a bit of an ironic wrinkle for his dad in the context of that Marianas sweatshop thing, there’s some choice morsels of irony for the savoring in this ‘flashy’ blast from Mitchell’s past.

And yes, we’re as relieved to see those boxer shorts as you are.

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32 thoughts on “Sen. Shawn Mitchell: The Wonder Years”

  2. Hilarious that Pols is alarmed by Mitchell’s obvious virility and youthful sense of fun/humor.

    Afraid that you find him…gulp…attractive? Can’t stop imagining him in his underwear? Starting to question your sexuality?

    Quick. Insult him! Make him pay for being so darned…yummy.

    If I were a liberal I would accuse Pols of homophobia.  

    1. I’m not questioning my sexuality.

      And if I didn’t know anything about his radical anti-gay politics and his manipulative, dishonest personality, I wouldn’t kick him out of bed, either.

    3. Since when is pasting a picture of shirtless guy and making fun of it homophobia?

      There is nothing gay mentioned in the entire post.  Maybe you have issues with your own inner feelings and feel gay looking at it, but that doesn’t make homophobic writing suddenly appear.

      1. Let me take you to school, ignorant Lib.

        There are four basic levels of Homophobia:

        …3. The fear of one’s own sexual or physical attraction for same-sex individuals. It is natural to be attracted to and even turned on by same-sex people. We do not have to choose to act on these feelings; nor do we have to suppress them, run away from them, or hurt others to prove we’re a “real” man.

        Is your homophobia so deeply internalized that you can’t recognize it when you see it in real life? Does it just seem “normal” to you to insult and belittle a man for his impressive physique?

  3. 2 questions:

    1. What’s he look like today? (Post a picture please.)

    2. What the fuck is that covering his manliness? Is that a shamrock?  

  6. Do you people realize he still shows his abs off to anyone who asks?

    He’s a total creep, I’d chew my arm off if I woke up with it under him.

    But at least we don’t have to “imagine” his underwear! (shudder)

  9. I mean, it’s so UNDISCIPLINED.

    Gimme hat. Fabio wig. Burberry trenchcoat (complete with authentic Burberry lining – how la de da). What… a rhubarb leaf? (Yeah, WTF is that leaf anyway? Tobacco?) Weirdly rolled-up shorts.

    And where the heck IS he anyway? It’s not a Halloween party: everyone else is dressed normally.

    God bless Facebook!  

    1.    Wasn’t Cory the wingnut who used to be a Dem back in the ’90s when he campaigned for Bob Schaffer’s opponent in CD 4 and graduated from CILT?

        Was Shawn too?

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