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The Beautiful People

(From Big Tent Democrat)

It is said that politics is show business for ugly people. Th Washington Post begs to differ:

The research is unambiguous . . . Attractive politicians have an edge over not-so-attractive ones. The phenomenon is resonating especially this year. By a combination of luck and design, Democrats seem to be fielding an uncommonly high number of uncommonly good-looking candidates.

The beauty gap between the parties, some on Capitol Hill muse, could even be a factor in who controls Congress after Election Day. Democratic operatives do not publicly say that they went out of their way this year to recruit candidates with a high hotness quotient. Privately, however, they acknowledge that, as they focused on finding the most dynamic politicians to challenge vulnerable Republicans, it did not escape their notice that some of the most attractive prospects were indeed often quite attractive.

My thought -- the Washington Post used page one space for this? The Beltway Media is just awful.

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    Re: The Beautiful People (none / 0) (#1)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Oct 14, 2006 at 11:10:48 AM EST
    Don't hate us because we're beautiful.

    Re: The Beautiful People (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Oct 14, 2006 at 01:13:32 PM EST
    I know this for a fact. When pro-choice Barbara Hafer, a well-known name in Pennsylvania politics, expressed an interest in running against Rick Santorum in this year's Senate race, people high up in the Democratic party told her, sorry, you're too old and too fat. And it's a pity because she would have done a helluva better job in the Senate than the not-even-slightly-liberal Casey will do.

    Re: The Beautiful People (none / 0) (#3)
    by Edger on Sat Oct 14, 2006 at 01:54:29 PM EST
    It's the way of Madison Avenue style marketing and the consumer driven society. We place higher value on what looks good, without asking too many questions about what's inside the pretty packaging. Go into any Safeway store and watch what people buy... then ask what kind of diseases they suffer from.

    Re: The Beautiful People (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Oct 14, 2006 at 01:54:29 PM EST
    Don't forget the comments made here when Gov. Tim Kaine was picked by the dems to give the reply to the state of the union address.