Obama for class president
I was with her until the last couple of paragraphs. I was almost cheering at my desk: "Finally, someone speaking up for those of us who don't swoon!" I like being a woman and women's company. I like skirts and nail polish. But I don't look at home decor as a biological directive.
And I certainly don't have a crush on Barack Obama.
I do recall talking with a classmate in fourth grade about which presidential candidate was cuter. I think it was one of our state senators who dropped out early. And I had a poster of John McCain up in my dorm room in college, but it was the one where he was a cute young fighter pilot. And the man himself gave it to me when my political science class interviewed him.
Has anybody ever voted for the hotter candidate based only on that person's hotness? I think it's a ridiculous proposition, but Mariah Carey sold more albums than the Beatles, so what do I know?
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I was just a little kid when Clinton was first elected president. I remember my mom coming in to my room to tell me he won. Apparently I said something like "Good. He's the cuter one." This is why seven year olds don't have the vote.
Posted on March 4, 2008 1:54 PM
I would vote for Mariah!
Posted on March 4, 2008 2:48 PM
Democrats were responsible for the three all-time White House uglies - Eleanor Roosevelt, Amy Carter, & Chelsea Clinton - on the other hand, Democrats were also responsible for Monica Lewinsky and she was not half-bad, but a vote for Hillary would put Chelsea front & center again so the best bet is a vote for McCain 'cause that Cindy is quite a looker -
Posted on March 4, 2008 5:06 PM
If the Democrats are responsible for Monica Lewinsky, then I think it's only fair to give them credit for Marilyn, too.
Posted on March 4, 2008 5:38 PM
I think John McCain's wife looks like a blonde Cruella DeVille mixed in with a bit of "Mommy Dearest." She seems like the kind of person thats all sweet on the outside but will beat you in the middle of the night for putting your clothes on wire coat hangers.
Posted on March 5, 2008 7:30 AM
In 1984, I came very close to voting for Walter Mondale because of Eleanor, his daughter. She was young, attractive and slightly out of control with her partying ways. A good mix for the White House, I thought at the time.
However, it became clear long before election day that Reagan was going to mop up so I decided to sit that one out.
Posted on March 5, 2008 11:18 AM