[FairOpinion]

"No one, NO ONE , should vote for a presidential candidate because they find him " sexy "/ " a hottie ". "

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I agree with you. But in real life, even if you don't call it "sex appeal" people are influenced by overall impressions: good looking people get jobs more easily, do better in general, etc., it's not fair, but it's a fact of life.

I think in Bush's case, people,men and women, admire Bush's leadership, character, integrity, when he says something he does it, carries through, he has made some terrific decisions, and so on. I think it's more like "now here goes a real man, a real President and Commander in chief".

This couldn't be said about Clinton, because a preoccupation with sex and adultery is not what makes a man a "real man".

[Consort]

...For the Democrat ladies....

[FirstTomato]

Frankly, I would vote for Bush if he looked like a one-eyed cyclops.

His hunkiness and hottieness is just icing on the cake. And I'm enjoying every minute of it. It feels good to be happy over our leader! Our country has been through so much misery on 9/11 and after. I thank God for the chance to rejoice at something, and that something is our hunk-of-a-man President! So nobody, including some of the cranky freepers who roam these halls, is going to take my joy away!!!

[nopardons]

You're correct and then, you aren't quite. But, I know what you mean. Today, most previous presidents would NEVER get elected. Heck, they most probably would never even make it through a primary and into being a candidate. Lincoln? John Adams ? Hoover ?

In fact, sad but true, this " image " thing ( " sexy " ) all really started with JFK. One can peg the utter stupidity of " voting for the " hottie " ", from the Nixon/JFK debates. Those, who heard it on radio, said that Nixon had won hands down. OTOH, those who saw it on T.V., gave it to that moron, JFK.