I think it's unfair that only goodlooking people can be president

[ugdude]

It's not fair to ugly people like me. Good looking people have everything handed to them anyway. I'm so disappointed that all of our nominees (Edwards, Hillary, Obama) are all exceptionally goodlooking.

All of our presidents have been goodlooking, have you noticed? This isnt a fucking popularity contest people. Why are we letting them get away with this time and time again?







Lets look at our presidents...

Reagan - goodlooking
Goerge Bush Snr - sort of goodlooking
Bill Clinton - goodlooking
Goerge Bush Jr - sort of goodlooking
Obama, Hillary, Edwards - goodlooking

[sab3rX]

1. Wow.....you might want to find smaller pictures

[ugdude]

2. I think its time we have an ugly president

Who agrees?

[CoffeeCat]

4. I totally agree!

Marty Feldman for President with Carrot Top as his running mate!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

49. hubba, hubba!

[Thrill]

12. Dude have you missed seeing that Chimp in the White House?

[calimary]

64. Um... we already have one now.

Ugly as SIN.

[Kutjara]

3. Richard Nixon was no oil painting.

Neither, really, was Lyndon Johnson. Or Eisenhower.

And as for Shrub, the man looks like a chimpanzee.

[CoffeeCat]

7. Junior is NOT good looking...

I'm sorry. Maybe it's just because I know what a sniveling weasel the man is. He's not
attractive.

[CoffeeCat]

11. Hands down...our best looking president...

...was Barbara Bush. She looks so pretty on the one-dollar bill.

[ugdude]

8. I dont know, they all seem goodlooking

Except for Nixon really.



He isn't that bad looking, is he? He just seems dumb

[krispos42]

37. I... can't... make.... my... mind.... work.... that.... way!!!!!

Ewwww... need mental floss!

Jasmine St. Claire, save me!!!!





Ahhhh.... better.

:smoke:


:rofl:

[Bicoastal]

10. Not to mention that bronzed Adonis...

William Howard Taft

[melody]

55. rofl!

One of my new favorite posts. lol

[HughMoran]

13. Lincoln?

Isn't he kind of know for his ugliness?

[synesthesia]

15. *

LBJ was just Kennedy's VP though. He snuck through the ugly gate because you can't reject him after Kennedy gets killed and the nation mourns.

As for Bush, you may not like him, but he's a 'cute' chimp type guy (look I loathe his policies, but I'm being objective). He's in great shape and has all of his hair at an advanced age.

It's key not to be bald.

[Bicoastal]

5. I'm glad you ended up chosing a picture of Obama that wasn't ten stories tall...

...the last time I clicked on this post, my Internets crashed. No joke! :P

[synesthesia]

6. *

There's mostly ugly presidents in other countries. America is very unique in this regard.

Look at Howard (ex) in Australia who looked like Cheney, Olmert in Israel, Putin in Russia who is bald and 5"6, etc.

In other countries, looking old and powerful is more important than looking beautiful.

It's a bit off.

[Bicoastal]

16. Screw you--5 ft 6 is NOT ugly!

That just happens to be MY height. x(

[FrenchieCat]

9. Who wants to look at Oogly for 4 damn years?

And George Bush is ugly enough.

[Quixote1818]

14. I agree 100%. If you go back to the Founding Fathers James Madison

was short, quiet and would get pounded in todays elections yet he was BRILLIANT!!!! He wrote the Constitution for Christ sake.


But, maybe after Richard Nixon people decided that looks should count. :shrug:

[ugdude]

17. Its not fair

Goodlooking people get everything handed to them, dont they? No hard work required.

[gasoline highway]

19. Umm....

We've had far more ugly presidents than good looking ones. I like Hillary but don't find her particularly attractive.

[Bicoastal]

20. What can I say? We're just better than you are.

:P

[ugdude]

22. FU n/t

[Bicoastal]

26. Iz a joke.

(On the internets nobody knows WHAT you look like, so you can lie all you want.)

[FrenchieCat]

28. !

:rofl:

It's hard work being really, really goooood looooking!

[Maddy McCall]

23. After we became a TV nation, people decided that looks matter.

[Quixote1818]

32. And charisma. I believe Thomas Jefferson had a problem projecting his voice

DU members would be all over TJ for that. There would be more threads going about Thomas Jefferson's voice than we had about "the snub". And of course Thomas Jefferson would go down in flames and some dumb ass like Bush would beat him even though Bush makes 100 times the fool out of himself than any of the Dem candidates. What a fucking world we live in! :banghead:

[krispos42]

40. Example: Dennis Kucinich

If we could put DK's mind into JE's, HRC's, or BO's body, we'd be unstoppable!!!!!

[Quixote1818]

50. Maybe Dennis could be some good looking guys brain?

They find some viril hunk of masculine manliness with chiseled good looks, a perfect body, a deep powerful voice that resonates and have Dennis give him his words through and ear piece?

Might work? :shrug:

[synesthesia]

56. it happens already

see Trippi: Edwards

or Axelrod: Edwards in 2004

[donheld]

18. Ugly is as Ugly does!

George W is the UGLIEST president to ever exist.

[ugdude]

21. That is such an insult

Are you saying ugly people are ugly on the inside?

[synesthesia]

24. *

The main finding of poly sci in America is, you have to be both tall and not bald.

Howard Dean was always doomed because he was too short. It made him seem weak, and it was only a matter of time before some 'moment' was capitalized on because of him being so short.

You can't have a bald president. That's why McCain is doomed. If he had thick hair like Warner (R) in Virginia, he'd be a war hero gravitas guy. But instead he looks bald and ineffectual and weak.

There hasn't been a bald president since the TV era took off with Kennedy (Ford didn't get elected by anyone, just was VP of Nixon, LBJ got defacto elected cuz Kennedy got shot).

You have to go back to Eisenhower for a real president elect bald. And that was prior to the main tv era.

[ugdude]

25. Next president of the US:

It will happen.

[chitty]

27. Like this?

[newmajority]

31. Now THAT, is motherfuckin' UGLY!!

When did McCain turn into Popeye? :rofl:

[chitty]

35. I think that's

his "Following someone to the gates of hell" look.

[synesthesia]

29. on Hillary

Hillary is not ugly, but she's not a looker either. She's average.

This is mostly why people think she's divisive and shrill and why the right hates her. They make fun of her thighs ALL THE time: Mark Levin calls her, 'her thighness', because she's not perfect weight (despite being 60).

It's not sexism though. They made fun of Dean being a midget, etc. It's about looks.

Hillary might still win though, but only because people are really voting for Bill, who is very good looking.

You can be president if you're ugly as long as you're associated with someone prior (LBJ with Kennedy, Hillary with Bill, etc.). Not on your own merit though.

If Obama wins, it will be because Hillary's lack of looks made people focus on her negatives too much.

If she looked graceful like Kathleen Sebelius, she'd win 70% of the votes. Trust me.

[ugdude]

33. Stop lying. Hillary is goodlooking

If she loses, itll be because of her character and policies. They all are goodlooking, this election is rigged.

[NJCher]

54. she's photogenic

Hillary is not ugly, but she's not a looker either. She's average.


Hillary might not be a beauty on the order of someone like an Anne Hathaway but she is incredibly photogenic. I've seen only a few bad photos of her--amazing when you consider how many are shot and how many make the news.

I'm no Hillary fan but she always looks good--flattering hairstyle, nice clothes, neat.

bush might not be what we would call classically ugly but he so often looks vacant or drunk. His face is red and splotchy or messed up from falling off his bicycle or eating pretzels.



Cher

[Stand and Fight]

58. I'm sorry, but I disagree....

I'm 29... Even when I was a kid there was always something extremely sexy about Hillary Clinton to me. However, it could be because I have always loved women who have powerful intellects with equally powerful personalities... That aside, Hillary is definitely NOT average in my book.

[emilyg]

62. You're kidding, right?

[Hoof Hearted]

63. WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE?

Really.

They made fun of Dean being a midget, etc

One thing is FOR DAMN SURE, you ain't no Democrat.

You know what? Freepers are going to get fucked in the ass so hard this election cycle they'll have a latex aftertaste in their Cheerios for at LEAST eight years. How does that feel muthafuckas?


HOW DOES IT FEEL????


:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[ugdude]

30. I can't believe no one is outraged over this

This country has turned into a joke.

I find it hard to believe all of our nominees just happened to be goodlooking by chance. Obviously a bad looking candidate got kicked out early.

What a fucking joke our democracy has become.

[synesthesia]

34. *

I realize this is satire. But it's still interesting to comment on.

It shouldn't bother anyone though, because it's very natural. Nature wants to reward beauty so the genes stay in better circulation, etc, etc.

[ugdude]

36. This isnt satire

If a bald fat man race for Office he would NEVER WIN.

FUCKING HYPOCRISY.

[synesthesia]

38. *

I think a plump man could win president if he had a great story (war hero for example), and had a full thick set of hair.

Bald though, not a chance in hell.

[ugdude]

39. Why cant a bald man win?

I knew people were fucking superficial. He cant control having no hair

[synesthesia]

44. *

He can control it. Get hair plugs like Joe Biden and you look not bald from the front (where it matters, the perspective people see from a debate or as a talking head on tv).

That's why Biden did it. That's why he had any support on this forum. None of the other candidates (the original 9) or so were bald.

[ArkySue]

41. Welcome to the Age of TV

Look what happened at the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960'
TV watchers thought Kennedy won (Nixon looked BAD!)
Radio listeners thought Nixon had won. (no visuals)

[WillyT]

42. Um...

Just sayin.

:shrug:

[ugdude]

46. He has hair and high cheekbones

What about the fat bald man?

[synesthesia]

47. *

Right, its absurd to say Lincoln was ugly. He looked strange, but in terms of the things that matter in signalling health, he had them all.

Height - wasn't he like 6'5?

Hair - Full set of hair at older age

Weight - perfectly gracile and lanky

and yeah, the cheekbones were high and the face was strong with a prominent jawline

He just looked a bit different, but still healthy and attractive and dominant.

[WillyT]

52. You Want Bald ???

:shrug:

[Stand and Fight]

60. He was a big hero of WWII... I think that may have helped a lot! n/t

[Stand and Fight]

59. The OP should state that modern presidential candidates and presidents...

Personally, I don't think Richard Nixon was all that ugly myself.... He was certainly no mongoloid.

[water]

43. No matter who is elected, they're going to age quickly.

Obama and Romney are nearing the stage where they're going to age a lot faster, anyways.

Hillary is in that stage already, and McCain, well...

If people vote on looks, they'll be shocked in 4 years.

[synesthesia]

45. *

Disagree, Obama will still look very good at 70. Luo from Kenya tend to never lose their hair (really most East Africans too), and he seems to have this pattern.

His dark skin will hide a lot of wrinkles, and is he very tall to make any slight thing seem not too significant on a powerful man.

As Obama's hair goes gray, he will look more statesman than ever and only rise in looks (see Clinton).

Obama is too lanky to get fat either IMO.

[water]

51. Yeah, I don't know enough to agree or disagree with that...

...but I just noticed that Romeny is 14 years older than Obama, I didn't realize he was in his 60s.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

48. Only since the introduction and mass distribution of teevee has this been the case...

Before then, you were lucky to see a pic in a newspaper...


John Adams


Abraham Lincoln


William Henry Harrison


Calvin Coolidge

[Raine]

53. LBJ was no prize in the looks department

x(

[melody]

57. George Bush and his baby boy look like Afghan hound inbreeding gone horribly wrong

Van Buren looked like Grandpapa on the Munsters, James Monroe looked like a Ferengi, Zachary Taylor had a face like a punch-drunk toucan, James Buchanan looked like Truman Capote, Chester A. Arthur was a badly dressed Falstaff, Benjamin Harrison made old Orson Welles look fetching, you could sharpen knives on Coolidge's nose, LBJ made Karl Malden seem attractive.

And Nixon ... put the puke in repuke.

Anybody with a lot of money and a good soundbyte can be President, so long as you're an Alpha primate.

[book_worm]

61. fat folks aren't elected either anymore. Taft ruined it for them.

before Taft there were a lot of obese presidents like McKinley, Cleveland, and even TR had a weight problem from time to time.