CODE PINK! Clinton
Last week, blogs and papers might have bulged with heaving headlines touting Sen. Hillary Clinton's ample cleavage, but we just couldn't stop thinking about New York Dem's Pepto Bismol-hued ladyblazer.
Whether it's the robust salmon-hued shell she wore to a meeting with Netanyahu or the cranberry-pink Mao jackets she sported at the YouTube debates, it's pretty clear that Mrs. Clinton has adopted the color as her wardrobe staple.
Could pink be the new power-red?
A gallery of Clinton's new hue after the jump!
To critics who argue the Senator is not feminine enough, wearing pink—constantly—projects the conventional female qualities of fertility, compassion, and harmony. But according to those who study color more deeply, pink armor in the political arena may signal a greater agenda.
In the past two decades scientists discovered the subliminal effects of pink when they used the color to subdue prisoners. Says Dr. Alexander Schauss, Ph.D., of the American Institute for Biosocial Research, "Even if a person tries to be angry or aggressive in the presence of pink, he can't. The heart muscles can't race fast enough. It's a tranquilizing color that saps your energy. Even the color-blind are tranquilized by pink rooms." Schauss's study resulted in the term "drunk-tank-pink," a hue which has also been used by athletic teams as the paint color of choice in their guest team's locker rooms—a ploy to set the opposition off their A-game.
Unfortunately for Hill, further studies on the shade found that the soporific effects of the color eventually wore off, making prisoners, linebackers, and presumably, political opponents more antagonistic than ever.
