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Does Our Looks-Obsessed Culture Want to Stare at an Aging Woman? (Rush)
RushKimbaugh.com via Drudge Report ^ | Dec 17, 2007 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 12/17/2007 4:15:46 PM PST by RDTF

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RUSH: Now, this theory of mine based on this Drudge picture of Mrs. Clinton, with the headline: "The Toll of a Campaign." Now, it could well be that that's a sympathy photo, too, to make people feel sorry for how tough the campaign trail is. Now, I want to preface this by saying I know it's going to get out there. Media Matters is going to get hold of this and they're going to take it all out of context. We can expect that. It's a badge of honor when this happens, but for the rest of you, I want you to understand that I am talking about the evolution of American culture here, and not so much Mrs. Clinton. It could be anybody, and it is really not very complicated. Americans are addicted to physical perfection, thanks to Hollywood and thanks to television. We know it because we see it. We see everybody and their uncle in gyms. We see people starving themselves. We see people taking every miracle fad drug there is to lose weight. We see guys trying to get six-pack abs. We have women starving themselves trying to get into size zero and size one clothes; makeovers, facials, plastic surgery, everybody in the world does Botox, and this affects men, too. As you know, the haughty John Kerry Botoxed his wrinkles out during the campaign.

There is this thing in this country that, as you age -- and this is particularly, you know, women are hardest hit on this, and particularly in Hollywood -- America loses interest in you, and we know this is true because we constantly hear from aging actresses, who lament that they can't get decent roles anymore, other than in supporting roles that will not lead to any direct impact, yay or nay, in the box office. While Hollywood box-office receipts may be stagnant, none of that changes the fact that this is a country obsessed with appearance. It's a country obsessed with looks. The number of people in public life who appear on television or on the big screen, who are content to be who they are, you can probably count on one hand. Everybody's trying to make themselves look different -- and in that situation, in that case, they think they're making themselves look better. It's just the way our culture has evolved. It's the way the country is. It's like almost an addiction that some people have to what I call the perfection that Hollywood presents of successful, beautiful, fun-loving people. So the question is this: Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?

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To: AmericanInTokyo

Yup, she sure does.


121 posted on 12/22/2007 8:26:17 PM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: ari-freedom
Not sure if I caught everything from you posting but nothing that "beiach" would ever taste my lips, any of them. Billy Blob Slick has to be one sick SOB, which we all know anyway.

It is a good thing they did not actually have any children.

We are a better country to have this stem cell line end hear and now.

122 posted on 12/22/2007 8:32:26 PM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: RDTF

Do not watch this video link of Hillary in Wyoming close to dinner time;
Not sure how to stop the commercial but the video shows her with bright lights, dirty hair and little makeup.

http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=2270893&h1=EXCLUSIVE%20INTERVIEW%3A%20Clinton%20discusses%20Montana%20and%20Wyoming%20issues&vt1=v&at1=Station


123 posted on 03/09/2008 5:31:55 PM PDT by BigSkyDream
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