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When did we last elect a fat President? When did we last elect an ugly one? Since the invention of television and the dawn of universal suffrage, politicians h
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
When did we last elect a fat President? When did we last elect an ugly one?
Since the invention of television and the dawn of universal suffrage, politicians have gotten taller, fitter, and more attractive. There's a reason.
- dkarl 17y agoBill Clinton was fat, even when he was elected. As for the general trend in favor of tall, attractive presidents, the top dog out of a field of millions is going to have most of the major helpful assets. There's no disputing that height and attractiveness are helpful.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoHe was 6'2" and weighed around 225 pounds. So he was chubby, but I have never met a woman who would admit to finding him ugly. "Helpful assets" is one way to put it. But I'm advocating a stronger hypothesis: when lots of people can vote, and they can watch candidates on TV, we will not have an ugly President. We'll have very charismatic average-looking presidents, or really stupid great-looking presidents. But we won't have ugly, brilliant ones.