Vanity Fair really loves to roll out the glamor treatment for liberals; they’re the ones who set up a photo shoot in a cemetery so anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan could lie on her son’s grave.

The thing is, Vanity Fair already published a piece on Beto O’Rourke back in August when writer and fanboy Peter Hamby asked, “On what planet is Beto O’Rourke not a presidential contender?” and praised him for being “authentic, full of energy, and stripped of consultant-driven sterility.”

But now O’Rourke, who might have a big announcement for us tomorrow (or another live stream of his dental cleaning), is a Vanity Fair cover boy, complete with photos by Annie Leibovitz.

“Man, I’m just born to be in it.” Beto O’Rourke seemed to come from nowhere to the brink of a presidential candidacy—but he’s been on this journey for his whole life. O’Rourke spoke with Joe Hagan. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz. https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg pic.twitter.com/a7DCoaZdtd — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019

This is the same guy who lost a Senate race to Ted Cruz, right?

“You can probably tell that I want to run,” Beto O’Rourke tells Vanity Fair. “I do. I think I’d be good at it.” O’Rourke opens up about 2020, his loss to Ted Cruz, his childhood, and more. https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019

Beto O’Rourke reveals details of his conversations with Barack Obama https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg pic.twitter.com/Rsq73yjGhF — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019

Beto O’Rourke is selling the idea that he can unite the country by playing nice, especially with Americans who’ve barely met a Democrat, let alone considered voting for one https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019

Asked if he’s a progressive, Beto O’Rourke affects a 2008-era Obama pose: “I leave that to other people. I’m not into labels.” https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019

Beto O’Rourke is aware of the fact that he’s a white man in a Democratic Party yearning for a woman or a person of color to transform the White House https://t.co/WhmQGZnbUg pic.twitter.com/pf1apoa9WG — VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 13, 2019

Or here’s a thought … if being a white man if “part of the problem,” why not step aside instead of complicating things further by getting into the race?

Death is a reward none of us deserve. — Sir Humphrey (@bdquinn) March 13, 2019

I cannot kill you because I will have already killed myself. — Patrick Albanese (@patrickalbanese) March 13, 2019

This sounds like the start of a weird fan fiction. — Ordoliberal (@0rdoLiberalism) March 13, 2019

It's written in the style of a bodice-ripping romance novel. — C.J. Simones (@CJ_Simones) March 13, 2019

That post gave me diabetes — John Cereghin (@Pilgrimway) March 13, 2019

That's gag inducing. — Polly Karr (@karr_pe) March 13, 2019

Literally threw up in my mouth just now. — Sumner K. (@southbysouth7) March 13, 2019

That is so sticky sweet it glued my shoes to the floor. — Cmahar3BackupAccount (@ChrisAMahar) March 13, 2019

"He has an aura" pic.twitter.com/Iwogx9z1oK — Password is Taco (@pw_is_taco1) March 13, 2019

You’re just jealous because you don’t have an aura and he totally does — Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) March 13, 2019

Beto is a furry. — JWF (@JammieWF) March 13, 2019

"Beto O'Rourke came from nowhere…" Nowhere being a wealthy family of privilege riding his father's political connections into office, but sure, nowhere. — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2019

Someone shove O’Rourke into a locker before he can campaign — Jim (@Jim03104708) March 13, 2019

Comparing Beto to Obama is so asinine. Really an insult to Obama and what he brought to the table and what he represented. And I’m not a fan. — Mike McD (@MickGMick) March 13, 2019

Agreed.

My theory at this point is that “Beto” is a character created by improv comedian Robert O’Rourke that somehow got out of hand https://t.co/y2gVlucIq2 — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 13, 2019

You guys are selling this so, so hard. “HE IS A THING DAMN IT, WE SWEAR HE IS TOTALLY A THING!” — Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) March 13, 2019

Even Annie can’t make the “hem-haw perma-tease” look good. The wheels are falling off the country and a grown ass man is “finding himself”. Fine. Do what you need to do but do it in private. — Christian H. Cooper (@christiancooper) March 13, 2019

Means nothing. Wasted paper to me. — mkl (@cochon89) March 13, 2019

And hopefully another wasted vote for a lot of other people.

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