April 16, 2009
Stop the Presses! They are not all married!

Posted at 3:54 pm, in: Republican Party, Rule 5
Tags: Aaron Schock, Neil Patrick Harris

I remember the first time I laid my eyes on this little cutie. I was on the treadmill at the gym. Then, he suddenly appeared on the news. I think he was speaking out against the stimulus package. I checked out his website, but couldn’t find out if he was married.

Well, my prayers have been answered:

Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock is hoping a recent magazine profile will help him in Washington’s bustling social scene.

“‘There’s no line of young ladies at my door every morning,’” the 27-year-old congressman told Details in an interview for the magazine’s May issue. But, “‘[m]aybe when they read my Details profile . . .’” Schock added.

The young Republican has come from nowhere to become a rising star in the GOP in just a few months since becoming the youngest member of the 111th Congress.

I kept reading and finally hit gold. They’re not all married:

With all that attention, the spotlight was inevitably bound to turn to his personal life – a subject he discussed with Details. “He’s the only one of his siblings not married with children, and is similarly an outlier among friends,” the profile says. “‘I had a group of fix or six guys, and we hung and traveled – ski trips and stuff,’” Shock told the magazine. “‘They slowly got picked off – married, married, married.’”

There is apparently so much pressure on the young, successful congressman to settle down, that his longtime friends are trying not to add to it, according to the magazine.

While he settles into life in Washington, the bachelor is keeping himself busy with lots of time at the House gym. Schock told the magazine he also enjoys listening to music – “‘everything from Keith Urban to Justin Timberlake to Rihanna.’”

Now, admittedly, I don’t know enough about his politics to vote for him, yet. But, in my personal life, I don’t think politics are everything when it comes to relationships. I’ll have to think about the Keith Urban thing. That could be a deal breaker. For now, though, if this man is looking for me to line up outside his door in the morning, that seems a bit extreme but I’ll try and find the time.

UPDATE: Is he related to Neil Patrick Harris AKA Doogie Howser?

That is one strong resemblance. I’m just saying. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!