Sex, Politics, Swimsuit Models and Fred Upton

Swimsuit issue a touchy topic for pols, however: “Politics and sex hardly mix well, so it will come as no

Kate Upton on Twitter

surprise that Washington has had to delicately dance around the annual exercise in pushing the limits of what’s acceptable: the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

D.C. was reminded this week that this year’s cover model, Kate Upton, is the niece of Michigan Rep. Fred Upton. But don’t try to get him to talk about it; his office declined to comment on the matter.” as Patrick Gavin has covered in a story at Politico.com

Politics and sex hardly mix well, so it will come as no surprise that Washington has had to delicately dance around the annual exercise in pushing the limits of what’s acceptable: the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

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Kate Upton on Twitter

Kate Upton, the cover girl on this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, first attracted notice after a video of her doing the “Dougie dance” went viral on YouTube. But the buxom blond model, 19, has a claim to fame that has nothing to do with dance moves, let alone bikinis. Her uncle, Fred Upton, is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and briefly became a conservative hate-figure after his effort to ban incandescent light bulbs in the name of energy efficiency became a cause célèbre on the right. Considering the recent frenzy over immodest dress among attendees at CPAC, the fact that his niece has been photographed in body paint might draw some ire. But should Representative Upton be plagued by his niece’s provocative poses, he’ll be in good company.  – At TheDailyBeast.

We just had to add sex to our political agenda…