Do you get the feeling that some people like Obama because he looks like a GQ model?

[redstate_democrat]

I'm sure there are some folks voting for Obama based on the fact that he is very good looking. I have to admit, about 2% of my vote is for that reason. :D It doesn't hurt that you look like a model and also happens to be inspirational, smart, intelligent, down to earth, with an incredible life story and tremendous insight, empathy, and courage.

And also a Harvard Man.


Mama Dunham did good. :evilgrin:

[baldguy]

1. I don't care, just as long as they vote for him.

[Bucky]

2. I really don't. If you look at him objectively, he's kind of ordinary looking.

The lines around his mouth aren't flattering and would keep him from getting a serious modelling job. The eyes & physical demeanor are also pretty cerebral. Like most thinkers, he pouts a bit while cogitating over things. Good models have that vacuous look, something that Obama utterly fails at.

Fasion model - never. Role model; model citizen; model leader - that's more like it.

[Left Is Write]

3. I agree. He's attractive as a whole package - handsome is as handsome does.

[redstate_democrat]

4. real models look like shit half the time in person

It's not until photoshop, soap, and makeup hit them that they come together. But you have to have the foundation, and Obama has the foundation of a model.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. The lines around his mouth are a natural result of being forty-seven years old

(very probably helped along by his years of smoking).

[Bucky]

6. Also a result of him smiling a lot. Too many laugh lines on his face.

No agency would touch him. They'd say "Hey, smarty pants, go to law school instead!"

[FrenchieCat]

35. I think being 47 years old rules him out by most model agency

other than as an older guy......

Why am I talking about this?

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. But that smile, eh?

[lady raven]

26. What makes him attractive is

The way he carries himself. His demeanor IS pretty cerebral, but that makes him sexy.

[Quantess]

7. He's okay in the looks department.

I don't think he's gorgeous by any stretch of the imagination.
I'm not attracted to him in that way, sorry.
I just want him to be President.

[occe]

8. Obama is a very good looking man

GQ? No. Above average? Absolutely!

[NYCGirl]

He made the cover of GQ anyway.

[elshiva]

30. That's what I was thinking. Thank you.

As soon as I saw this title, I thought, "Wasn't he on the cover of GQ?"

Anyway, personally, I think he is sexy, but I would vote for any true Democrat in his position right now. Even if he or she looked like this:

[faithfulcitizen]

31. Ironically, that's the first pic I really don't like of him.

:)

[faithfulcitizen]

32. Well, I don't know what "GQ" is, but definitely eye candy in my book. And I'll be the one to say it,

he wins best presidential ass in history, hands down! :blush: But, of course, that's not why I'm voting for him. (actually supported Biden in primaries, who is no slouch either ;))

[Bubbha Jo]

9. Whatever works. Beauty has power too.

[Dr Fate]

10. Don't care. n/t

n/t

[McCCain4retirment]

11. I think McCain is sexier

when the lights are out and your eyes are closed,but in all seriousness,I'm voting Obama for his policy,and maybe because I love his smile.

[redstate_democrat]

38. lol

:rofl:

[Selatius]

12. He's another better-than-average looking Democrat, like John Edwards or Jennifer Granholm.

[redstate_democrat]

39. Democrats just look better any way.

Democrats are smart, sexy, laid back, and generally very movie star-like eloquent.

[Essene]

13. obama is my kind of nerd

[MadrasT]

14. Is he left handed???

[RichGirl]

17. Yes...he's a southpaw. Left handed.

[Left Is Write]

20. I love that! I'm a lefty too.

[Tarheel_Dem]

47. So is Bill Clinton. It seems that all the left handed people I know are

smarty pants, and that makes me somehow, feel more secure. Go figure....

[Raschel]

49. John McCain is a lefty too.

I'm a lefty so I happened to notice at their last debate!

[RichGirl]

15. I would vote for a turnip before voting for McCain...

But I am thoroughly happy with Obama. I don't think I've ever been so satisfied and excited about voting for a particular candidate. He is gorgeous! Handsome, smart, sweet, good father and husband...yes, the whole package of wonderfulness.

[Lisa0825]

16. Actually, I think being too good looking can be a problem unless they have

a strong enough resume/enough talent to overcome the bias. It's not that I assume very good looking people are not qualified; it is just that I know so many that have gotten such a pass in life that I don't automatically assume that a very attractive person who is very successful earned what they got. I still expect them to prove to me that they are worth the standing they have.

So in my case, a resounding no. His extremely good looks are just another plus, but really had nothing to do with me choosing to support him. In fact, I thought he was slightly goofy looking before I decided to support him, but now I think he's incredibly handsome! :loveya:

[stillcool]

18. I've never thought of him as a GQ model..

but I do think he has a beautiful brain.

[msallied]

19. I think he is a very good looking man.

It doesn't account for my vote, but it certainly doesn't hurt. He's kinda got that nerdy thing going on, which I loooove. I totally don't dig the traditional "hottie." Mostly because they prove to be vapid morons.

[NOLALady]

22. No.

[sniffa]

23. Do you get the feeling that some people are voting for McCain because he looks like tge Bumble?

[redstate_democrat]

40. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

My keyboard!!!1111!!! You will pay for this!!11

[Forkboy]

24. Whatever works.

:)

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

25. Barack Hussein Obama is a very, very handsome man. Period. But that's not why I'm voting for him

He is brilliant and kinda nerdy and I find that extremely sexy!

[progressivebydesign]

27. That's not the reason I support him.. HOWEVER he is so damn suave!

I love how his suits fit, and how incredibly poised and elegant he looks sitting there in those debates with Elmer Fudd. He carries himself beautifully. Heck, if he were single, I'd date him! (he and i are around the same age, so that's okay.) ;)

[Erin Elizabeth]

28. I don't think he looks like a GQ model.

And I've never found him particularly physically attractive--WAY too skinny for my taste, LOL.

But he's an amazing person and that shows through.

[cloudythescribbler]

29. I LOVE your "THAT ONE" avatar! As for Obama, he's better looking than McCain, but who isn't?

If someone with McCain's looks, and even his lesser intellect and other skills ran on Obama's politics and with Obama's integrity, I might rue the fact that my candidate had zero charisma (which my mom keeps telling me is true of Obama -- but even if he's not JFK, he's more charismatic than MOST politicians) but I'd still vote for the old fogey who was near the bottom of his class that was for the middle class and not just the elite, who REALLY cared about the environment, and recognized that we have to GET REAL AND GET OUT of Iraq over than well-spoken Harvard Grad blah blah blah.

So I guess even his RELATIVE charisma is NONdeterminative of my vote, but I'm sure glad we HAVE the stronger candidate.

It was Obama's quality of tending to grow on people, as distinct from Hillary Clinton and John Edwards (both of whom I'd support madly against McCain, again, even if McCain looked like JFK and Abraham Lincoln all rolled into one). Obama is I think the strongest candidate of the major ones that were running.

I don't see how the Repukes can win this one HONESTLY, but what we have to determine is whether they can win it DISHONESTLY, including by manipulating security issues and "emergencies", something I'm polling DUers about

[Clio the Leo]

33. Yes, but SOME people are lying to pollsters.....

... and SAYING they will vote for him because he's hot when in reality.....


....... they're secretly voting for him because he'll lower their taxes and end the war in Iraq, give us all universal health care.

I wish I could come up with a clever name and call it the "______ effect" but I'm drawing a blank.

[Kaleko]

48. It's the common sense effect that makes 'em go... not nuts but sane.

:)

[faithfulcitizen]

34. Probably...my mom voted for Hillary in the primaries because "I would get to watch Bill again"

:crazy:


Not to mention, this is a large part of Sarah Palin's appeal to rw men.

[FrenchieCat]

36. Obama's beauty grows on you......

As it is not a standard photogenic model type of beauty, it is a beauty of mind, spirit and body that comes together and equals charisma, which is not the same as model pretty.

Just his smile alone and the thought of the state of the union for the next 8 years is enough to vote for the man over his opponent....not to mention the policies and ideology.

In the end, That one is all good! :)

[complain jane]

37. I do!

However, that's pretty far down on my list of reasons to vote for him. Way up higher on the list is his intelligence, honesty, ethics, integrity, wisdom, demeanor, stability, policies and vision for the future.

[jazzjunkysue]

41. It took you how long to figure this out?

He's a rock star. Inside and out. Period. Gonna enjoy seeing the man on my TV for many years to come...

[redstate_democrat]

43. lol

Yeah, yeah. I get it. It will definitely be a change from seeing "fool me once...shame on you, fool me twice....CAN'TGETFOOLEDAGAINOMFGLIKEREALLY"


State of the Union address gonna be off the hook!

[truthisfreedom]

42. He looks Presidential when he speaks, and that sticks with me. If I had only seen his picture,

I wouldn't have believed he could be President.

[Withywindle]

44. GQ model? NO.

Vacuous model-type people with technically flawless faces and bodies are...kind of aesthetically pleasing, like a well-balanced Greek column or something, but totally forgettable scenery.

Imperfect but compelling people with distinctive, striking looks as well as brains, though.... :9


My dirty little secret is that I tend to get the hots for any male politician who speaks for me, eloquently and passionately. I like tall skinny dorky guys, I like older men, I like bookish nerds, I like idealists, I like rogues, I like dry wits.

So yes, Barack Obama is extremely attractive to me, and I'll physically enjoy voting for him (for the fourth time, I'm an ILan). But I also felt similarly about Kerry, and Gore, and B. Clinton. (I would've felt the same about H.Clinton were she the nominee, I'm not totally straight.)

But if you managed to come up with some Johnny Depp or Viggo Mortensen lookalike who was a right-winger, I would find them utterly unappealing. It's the WHOLE package that counts, and brains and soul and wit trump looks.

[Recursion]

45. Physical attractiveness is an asset to politicians?!?!?!

Say it ain't so!

[grace0418]

46. I think he's gorgeous, but would vote for him even if he looked like a toad's bottom.

The thing that is most attractive about him is his intellect, his inherent goodness, his poise, his earnestness, his courage, his dedication, and his wit. All that can really make or break someone's attractiveness in my book.

But I agree, Mama Dunham did goooood!

[bevoette]

50. well...*I* 'like' Obama b/c he looks like a GQ model...

but i'm VOTING for him b/c he has a sexy BRAIN ;)

[Kokonoe]

51. Obama is much more presidential than the last 8 years.

[crankychatter]

52. I think he's kinda goofy lookin', but then I ain't a gal or gay - NT

[goletian]

53. i wouldnt care if he was a talking hamster. the guys brilliant and i will regard him as such.