Has "Hot" Lost All Meaning?
Scott Hardie | September 12, 2008
1) Nerd is chic right now. Her glasses, that upturned hair, those suits... She wouldn't have the same sex appeal in 1998 or 2018.
2) Men are pigs. JFK and Obama had their female admirers, but the appreciation never became this vulgar, at least not in the public arena.
3) Compare her to other women who have been on the national political stage. Hillary Clinton. Elizabeth Dole. Condoleezza Rice. Madeleine Albright. Janet Reno (!). In the political Am-I-Hot-or-Not rankings, Palin scores big.
4) It's an easy hook to hang jokes on, like McCain's age. Boil the person down to the base essence of their celebrity; crack wise about this one dimension. It's worked for Jay Leno for years.
Samir Mehta | September 12, 2008
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Amy Austin | September 12, 2008
Politics and Scott's good answers aside... I think SP is a very attractive woman. Imo, even "hot" can apply... and certainly moreso than Nancy Pelosi (shudder). Judging her solely on her looks -- empirically speaking -- I think she's definitely a very attractive woman. Just *not* an attractive VP candidate. At all.
Samir Mehta | September 12, 2008
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Amy Austin | September 12, 2008
You mean like here...?
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Okay... don't know what year, but on this one, I'll concede.
Scott Hardie | September 12, 2008
Nancy Pelosi in 1983... I was thinking this.
Amy Austin | September 12, 2008
LOLOL!!!
Aaron Shurtleff | September 12, 2008
OMFG!!! That is NOT Nancy Pelosi is it?!?!
I suddenly want to vote Democrat. She can be speaker of my house anytime! *drools*
Mmm...democratic whip! ;)
Samir Mehta | September 12, 2008
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Amy Austin | September 12, 2008
Aaron, you can read commentary on the Whip in a bikini here (spoiler alert... it isn't her).
Jackie Mason | December 4, 2008
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Amy Austin | December 4, 2008
LOL... it never occurred to me before, but that is so true!
Scott Hardie | December 4, 2008
As usual, I'll let The Onion speak for me:
Amy Austin | December 4, 2008
Oh, Onion... how you make me cry... with peals of laughter. (Quietly to myself, of course.)
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Samir Mehta | September 12, 2008
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