Urban Poverty Law Center

Americans have never voted an ugly president into office, especially since the dawn of the television age. Kennedy, with his dapper looks and Northeastern charm rolled over Tricky Dick Nixon who was too unctuous to beat JFK whose handlers knew to keep him fresh for the debate which was televised for all to see Nixon sweating like a whore in a Selma, Alabama Baptist retreat in August. Nixon bested Hubert Humphrey in 1968 after his people learned about make-up and air-conditioning. Nixon bested McGovern in 1972 because he was a hawk and McGovern appeared weak. Looks were about a tie in the Nixon-McGovern race. In 1976 Jimmy Carter, with better hair, and his smooth Southern style offed the balding galoot, Gerald Ford, who had to his credit pardoned Nixon, whom by todays standards was a saint while in office and was only drummed out by the relentless beating he took from the out of control press who lost all credibility with that little act and have fallen from grace and even today ...

Why can't Mitt R'Money (1) excite his republican base? As I have said on this page in the past, Mitt is milque toast as a public figure. Do we see any evidence he was engaged in manly pursuits as a teenager. Where is his sports record, his having frightened girls with a frog, his military service record, his record of a wild streak? Will Mitt ride a horse bare chested with Putin or follow along behind Vlad in the wagon with the women and children? Does Mitt have enough testosterone to grow even a single errant body hair say on his chest? We know the junk is working as he has fathered five boys, now men, but aside from reproductive duties, is the junk making any extra testosterone? Testosterone is valuable when contemplating the courage to fight or the good sense to flee. Obama only gives lip service to his masculine side and for all intents and purposes is a "girly man" as Schwartznegger would say. President Ford, even with his problems disembarking airpla...