Well, if people actually went for "the most attractive" leader, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao could have been avoided all together. If you put me on an automotive fo

Well, if people actually went for "the most attractive" leader, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao could have been avoided all together. If you put me on an automotive focus group (and I'd love to be on one) I would simply point out that the 1965 mustang is many, many times better looking than any car in the last 25 years. Hell, the crappy '62 Ford Falcon shares the same characteristic. The first company that puts out a decent looking car today is going to make 50 billion dollars off of it, simply because the market is utterly starved. Hell, put a 4-banger in it--no one really cares about that. Sure, we're irrational. But even if Molly Housewife and Joe Sixpack judge people based on good looks, at least their estimations are roughly accurate. GWB is better looking than John Kerry. Who's the idiot: Molly Housewife or the DNC? The republicans went out and looked for "Mr. Electable", while the Democrats looked for...(not the "best")...but the guy with tenure and connections and 3 purple hearts. Very reasonable.