By Lady Lola
Jack thinks he has found his magic bullet -- the man through whom he can vanquish Representative Regina Bookman and, thus, facilitate the Kabletown merger -- in Rhode Island Congressional candidate Steven "Steve" Austin (John Slattery), whose primary platforms include dressing like a baby (symbolizing hope!) and tricking blind people into confusing him with Steve Austin the wrestler. When Steve turns out to be a Libertarian nut job prone to jabbering about alien casinos and proposing new national anthems largely composed of the words "Ooga booga," Jack's plan inevitably falls apart.
Meanwhile, Tracy is riding a wave of Oscar momentum for his film Hard To Watch. He asks Jenna for advice on how to secure a Golden Globe, and naturally she undermines him at every opportunity. She suggests he throw a party for the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that showcases a salsa-filled piñata, Kenneth as a human sushi platter, and bribes as far as the eye can see. Her well-laid plans go to pot when she actually watches Tracy's movie and is so moved by his performance that she feels compelled to confess her sabotage plans and encourage Tracy to go forth and win that Oscar. May the EGOT be with him.
And finally Lemon finds the perfect pair of jeans. We're talking Lemon ass all up in here y'all. She parades around 30 Rock full of liberal pride because the label on her jeans reads, "Hand-Made in Usa." Eventually Jack informs Lemon that these supposedly fair-trade jeans are just as outsourced as your average dollar store product and are made by the Hand tribe (pronounce "Hahnd") not in the U-S-A but in the slave colony of Usa (pronounced "Ooh-suh"). He also takes the opportunity to debunk all her delusions about the liberal agenda by telling her that, in essence, everything comes down to Halliburton. With that, Lemon bids goodbye to her liberal idealism and her beautifully sculpted caboose. Though the idealism goes first, because she's got a Skype dance party date with Carol that night, and a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
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