How much do looks matter to the electorate?

IrishBloodEngHeart

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:07 PM
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How much do looks matter to the electorate?

Look, I'm not trying to be petty, but I do wonder if the way Kerry looks will influence the election.

I think our greatest president was our ugliest (Lincoln).

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Gildor Inglorion

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:20 PM
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1. Looks Don't Matter Much

But I must disagree about our greatest president. Both FDR and Thomas Jefferson rank ahead of Lincoln, in my opinion, but then I'm an "unreconstructed" Southerner. Gore Vidal, who knows everything, thinks Martin Van Buren and James A. Garfield were wonderfully good-looking, but neither of them is remembered as particularly effective.
(To be fair, poor old Garfield hardly had the chance.)

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Cleita

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:34 PM
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5. Does this explain why Ahhnold was put up agains Gray Davis?

Although I personally think Jabba the Hutt is far better looking than Ahhhnold.

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A HERETIC I AM

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:28 PM
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2. In this age of T.V., no butt ugly man could be elected president.

my opinion, but i dont think it is possible.

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Columbia

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:29 PM
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3. Remember the JFK vs Nixon TV debates?

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Jim Sagle

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:31 PM
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4. I think a lot of folks like his looks - strong, intelligent, and kind.

To me he radiates goodness. And I suspect many others feel the same.

Even if he IS horsefaced. ;)

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David Dunham

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:36 PM
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6. Bush looks like a chimp. Pass it on.

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Jim Sagle

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:46 PM
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7. Bush looks like Ted Bundy. I pass that on every chance I get.

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Columbia

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:54 PM
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8. The guy on Married With Children?

Oh wait, that's Al Bundy. Oops. :)

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Jim Sagle

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:56 PM
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9. Ba dump bump.

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I Lean Left

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Tue Mar-02-04 11:56 PM
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10. Not looking to get flamed

but I personally think that's why Kucinich was so readily dismissed, even by people who generally agree with his positions.

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A HERETIC I AM

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Wed Mar-03-04 12:13 AM
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11. I agree...

Kucinich didnt say ANYTHING i didnt agree with but, unfortunately, he just isnt that photogenic.

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