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Friday, July 8. 2011

Classiest Comment of the Day


Michelle Bachmann replies to whether remark is sexist that her "sex appeal" is attractive to voters:



Well, listen, I’m 55 years old. I’ve given birth to five kids and I’ve raised 23 foster kids, so that sounds like good news to me.


(H/T: Ed Morrissey)

Posted by Bruce Kesler at 10:47 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Charisma is part of many politicians' success and being visually attractive is usually one component. Being ordinary-to-ugly worked against Bob Dole; being good-looking pretty much elected John Kennedy. Richard Nixon in '68 became one of few unattractive men to be elected President.
#1 Geoff Brown on 2011-07-08 13:50 (Reply)
Charisma ain't sex appeal, Goeff.

Nevertheless, sex appeal shouldn't be but often is reason for supporting a candidate.

Me own mum had a crush on John Edwards and was a goin' to cast her ballot for him.

Needless to say, "Poor choice Ma!"
#1.1 Leag on 2011-07-08 17:08 (Reply)
Nixon in 1968 defeated Hubert Horatio Humphrey, a decent man IMO, but no Richard Gere.
#1.2 inthehills on 2011-07-09 12:44 (Reply)
The dirty little secret in national politics is that women have always voted for the better looking candidate.

This has hurt the Republicans many times over the years when they had the better man, but lost to a pretty boy (JFK, Clinton, Obama).

Women are just wired to think that looks are more important that the substance of a person.

Maybe now, men have an excuse for voting for Michelle Bachmann...She's hot the same way Sarah Palin is hot.
#2 Mark M. on 2011-07-09 05:54 (Reply)
Mark M ... I was just going to say 'bless your heart' and pass over your comment about women always voting for the better looking candidate. But i can't do that. Fuzzy generalizations will always trip you up eventually, and this one just has. You say "women are just wired to think that looks are more important than the substance of a person." Very superficial, Mark. The first President I voted for was Dwight D. Eisenhower -- an impressive man, who won the Second World War and saved us from German domination and mistreatment. And Dwight, for all his splendid attributes, was quite ordinary looking. I picked him because he was a hero, as I revered Winston Churchill. Both were the non-quitters. They doubled down when the going got rough and fought through to victory. As Winston so memorably said to the Brits during the Blitz 'Never, never, never, never, never give up." I respect and adore both men -- not for their looks, but for their unshakable character and determination.

Wish we had one in the White House right now.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2011-07-09 15:27 (Reply)

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