The Rake Magazine

Tag: capitol

  • The Votes Are In

    For nearly a month you’ve waited to learn who the newly
    crowned royalty of Minnesota
    politics might be. Exhibiting saint-like patience and a knack for painting profoundly inappropriate pictures and imagery of your favorite GOP
    Representatives    , your votes have piled up in comments and emails,
    displaying a passion
    heretofore unknown for anything but basketball
    in the hallowed electronic pages of The Rake. And last night, at The Liffey, at a raucous gathering of
    friends, colleagues, and assorted hangers on, gift packs were doled out and the announcements were made.

    So, without further ado, I introduce you to the 2008 readers’
    choice (by a landslide) for Most Beautiful Man and Woman in Minnesota Politics — Peter Brickwedde and Rachel Hicks!

    Thanks to all who participated and helped with the contest, especially all our nominees who performed with humor and aplomb! And for those of you who wonder why some other Capitol-based beauty/stud didn’t get the call — hold those nominations for next year.

  • Finding Beauty in Politics

    On Tuesday, the 29th of July, the votes will be tallied
    and the people will have spoken, singling out the King and Queen of Minnesota
    politics and bringing an end to the heated debate over who is truly the most
    beautiful at the Capitol    .

    And while the answer to this question that burns with the
    fire of a thousand orange juice soaked cold sores will be posted here for all
    to see, there’s another option for those who want to be the first to know. The
    Rake is holding a party at The Liffey starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday night,
    complete with the all-important drink specials, where the winners will be crowned
    with proper pomp and circumstance.

    More details can be found here.

  • Public Servants by Day, Dead Sexy by Night

    While the Forbes recent “The
    20 Hottest Royals in the World    ” list serves only as a dire warning of the
    horrific effects of inbreeding, now that the polls have closed on Minnesota’s
    first annual “Most Beautiful People at the Capitol” awards it’s safe to say
    that the state’s residents can rest easy in the knowledge that they have some
    fine minds, and incredible bodies, watching over them. Even now, whilst
    apocalyptic hail and thunder rains around them, The Rake’s finely trained staff
    is culling through the hundreds of nominations searching for the ten people at
    the state’s Capitol who leave a trail of arrhythmia and thoughts of special
    sessions in their wake.

    Once chosen, these happy few will participate in a photo
    shoot to be featured here when the list is announced in mid-June. Once the list
    is up, Rake readers will have the opportunity to relive their high school glory
    days and vote for their choice of King and Queen of the Ball – singling out one
    man and one woman as the hottest politico of them all. The results will then be
    announced with much fanfare amid a shower of rainbows and vestal virgins
    astride unicorns. These newly crowned titans of Minnesota’s political world
    will surely then use their powers for naught but good – balancing budgets and
    righting wrongs whilst running through the corridors of government in a Baywatch-style slow-motion
    montage    .

    So watch this space to learn for yourself who has what
    it takes – be it Peter Brickwedde, Laura Brod, or any of the 91 other nominees
    colleagues, friends and assorted admirers submitted!