Comments on Advance Indiana™: Do Looks Matter A Lot In Politics?

anon 5:58, It is intended as a satirical post.

2007-08-14T10:31:00.000-05:00

anon 5:58, It is intended as a satirical post.

Since you did ask, there are a lot of unattractive...

2007-08-14T08:44:00.000-05:00

Since you did ask, there are a lot of unattractive quarterbacks. You don't have to look farther than your own city to find one. Yes, I said it, Peyton Manning is NOT attractive.

Looks are very important, more so than message. Th...

2007-08-14T08:19:00.000-05:00

Looks are very important, more so than message. That is why Bush was elected over McCain (looks, along with some Rove-styled smear).

Remember when Bush said is favorite philosopher was Jesus and all those republicans just fell in love? If they would have asked him who is 2nd favorite philosopher was, I bet he would have had no answer, other than "John the Baptist".

I'm voting for Hillary and I'm not a democrat. The republicans in Washington have ruined their party, just as the democrats in Indpls have ruined their party.

This is one of the most idiotic blog posts I have ...

2007-08-14T08:18:00.000-05:00

This is one of the most idiotic blog posts I have recently seen, and there are a lot of stupid ones out there. I guess this ugly factor is why Nader and Perot lost. Heaven help us if the best person to lead our country is not attractive so we turn him or her away. We get the government we deserve.

Quite honestly, as long as the next POTUS can refr...

2007-08-14T08:11:00.000-05:00

Quite honestly, as long as the next POTUS can refrain from butchering the English Language, I don't care what he/she looks like. Huckabee can surely turn a phrase much better than our current wordsmith in chief.

Huckabee should be someone who is applauded, given that he has lost a significant amount of weight in the last four or five years in an effort to improve his health and to be a good example for the people he was elected to serve.

This response has nothing to do with politics. I ...

2007-08-14T05:58:00.000-05:00

This response has nothing to do with politics. I hope that it might be informative on the eye problem that many children and adults face.

"Lazy" is an adjective that many people find objectionable to describe a medical condition. It has the subtle connotation of a character flaw rather than a complex eye muscle difficulty that can't be corrected by simply putting forth more effort.

The correct term for the eye muscle condition that prevents the straight alignment of the eyes is "strabismus." When the strabismus causes one eye to lose acuity, that is termed, "amblyopia." Sally in Peanuts had amblyopia. You never saw the "L" word in Peanuts!

There is nothing "lazy" about it and many of us appreciate it if people would refrain from using that inaccurate and insensitive term.

Thanks for listening.

Interesting post, and all good comments.But, for t...

2007-08-14T05:01:00.000-05:00

Interesting post, and all good comments.

But, for the record, this gay man finds nothing attractive about Mitt Romney. His looks OR his politics. He'll flip at the drop of a hat, or when ambition steps forward.

Plus, he needs a haircut (his hair adds two inches to his heighth), and, in case you haven't looked, he's got the Brownback hairdye job. Not even close to natural.

It's hilariously black. I can't take a man seriously, if he's so damned vain he colors his hair to that degree. Remember Strom Thurmond's orange hair?

Doesn't he have a mirror?

"Let's say he better have a lot of charisma"Maude:...

2007-08-13T23:55:00.000-05:00

"Let's say he better have a lot of charisma"

Maude: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt had charisma!"

Archie: "I don't care how many diseases he had!!"

Just noticed this too. Let's say he better have a ...

2007-08-13T23:28:00.000-05:00

Just noticed this too. Let's say he better have a lot of charisma and be able to convey his ideas really well. He can't be a so-so candidate.

I'd never noticed it until now.Anyhow, most politi...

2007-08-13T22:33:00.000-05:00

I'd never noticed it until now.

Anyhow, most politicians are not good looking by "Hollywood Standards." Look at LBJ, Nixon, Carter. A lot of girls told me they only found Clinton attractive because he was the president.

Romney looks plastic--like a department store mannequin.

And I don't believe neither Rudy nor Hillary are all that bad looking. I actually liked Rudy better with his comb over.

I remember when McCain was running for President in 2000. I had one of his campaign posters on the wall of my room. It was a poster of him 30+ years younger wearing his flight suit and standing next to a jet. Each girl who saw that poster immediately stopped and said "Oh my Gawd! He was soooo hot!" Sadly for him, those looks are long gone.

As a follically-challenged man myself, I couldn't ...

2007-08-13T22:16:00.000-05:00

As a follically-challenged man myself, I couldn't make fun of Rudy for being bald, although I cleary stated he wasn't handsome by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm going to go out on a limb and call Jake Plumme...

2007-08-13T22:10:00.000-05:00

I'm going to go out on a limb and call Jake Plummer of the Broncos ugly.

With or without the porn stache.

I know it's not really your point. But you did ask.

And to your point Wilson, while f-ability does seem to have an impact in presidential races in this age, I don't think it stacks up so much the same gubernatorially. For every Evan Bayh, there's a Frank O'Bannon and a Mitch Daniels.

It is funny how liberal members of the republican ...

2007-08-13T21:57:00.000-05:00

It is funny how liberal members of the republican party will try anything to put down a conservative.

Rudy has no hair but you don't seem to putting him down and asking if he could become president.

The better question is can a guy who looks like Go...

2007-08-13T21:51:00.001-05:00

The better question is can a guy who looks like Gomer Pyle get elected president?

Having been elected governor of a small Southern s...

2007-08-13T21:51:00.000-05:00

Having been elected governor of a small Southern state, it shows he's no slouch with the voters ... well, at least they don't running screaming from the polling places!

Until you mentioned it, I'd never noticed any unusualness to Huckabee's eyes.

His tax plan "Fair Tax" would make such an explosi...

2007-08-13T21:46:00.000-05:00

His tax plan "Fair Tax" would make such an explosive inpact on our nation , People and future we wouldn't care if he was blind. More than all the others he can see better than all.

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