Esquire Poll Gives Bush Low Marks for Sex Appeal

[donsu]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=8187449

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He may be leader of the free world and Time magazine's "Person of the Year," but a new international survey of women makes certain that President Bush is far from being the sexiest man alive.

In a recent online poll conducted by Esquire magazine, 11,000 women in 15 countries were asked to rate Bush's sex appeal on a scale of one to 10, and America's commander-in-chief failed to register much more than a two.

Women in Australia, Germany and the Netherlands were the harshest judges of George W.'s sexual allure, giving him an average rating of 1.4 each, Esquire said in its survey released earlier this week.

By contrast, Indonesian women were the most generous, giving Bush an average score of 2.2; American women found their president slightly less appealing, rating him a 2.1
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:)

[terrya]

1. I'm sure the moldering corpse of Grover Cleveland has more sex appeal...

than that drunken, cokeheaded, ugly fuckface we're saddled with right now.

[Sandpiper]

2. I figured they'd have gone wild for that sock-in-the-crotch flight suit

But they didn't.

Imagine that.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Time to dust off the Chris Matthews show May 2003 transcript...

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/chrismatthews/050303.asp?0cb=-s1W109515

MATTHEWS: Let's go to this sub--what happened to this week, which was to me was astounding as a student of politics, like all of us. Lights, camera, action. This week the president landed the best photo op in a very long time. Other great visuals: Ronald Reagan at the D-Day cemetery in Normandy, Bill Clinton on horseback in Wyoming. Nothing compared to this, I've got to say.

Katty, for visual, the president of the United States arriving in an F-18, looking like he flew it in himself. The GIs, the women on--onboard that ship loved this guy.

Ms. KAY: He looked great. Look, I'm not a Bush man. I mean, he doesn't do it for me personally, especially not when he's in a suit, but he arrived there...

MATTHEWS: No one would call you a Bush man, by the way.

Ms. KAY: ...he arrived there in his flight suit, in a jumpsuit. He should wear that all the time. Why doesn't he do all his campaign speeches in that jumpsuit? He just looks so great.

MATTHEWS: I want him to wa--I want to see him debate somebody like John Kerry or Lieberman or somebody wearing that jumpsuit.

Mr. DOBBS: Well, it was just--I can't think of any, any stunt by the White House--and I'll call it a stunt--that has come close. I mean, this is not only a home run; the ball is still flying out beyond the park.

MATTHEWS: Well, you know what, it was like throwing that strike in Yankee Stadium a while back after 9/11. It's not a stunt if it works and it's real. And I felt the faces of those guys--I thought most of our guys were looking up like they were looking at Bob Hope and John Wayne combined on that ship.

Mr. GIGOT: The reason it works is because of--the reason it works is because Bush looks authentic and he felt that he--you could feel the connection with the troops. He looked like he was sincere. People trust him. That's what he has going for him.

MATTHEWS: Fareed, you're watching that from--say you were over in the Middle East watching the president of the United States on this humongous aircraft carrier. It looks like it could take down Syria just one boat, right, and the president of the United States is pointing a finger and saying, `You people with the weapons of mass destruction, you people backing terrorism, look out. We're coming.' Do you think that picture mattered over there?

[Warpy]

6. Oh, most of what this gang is doing is homoerotic,

including that sock in the crotch.

I've always found him utterly sexless in the way that I've always found closeted and married gay men to be utterly sexless and devoid of all charm.

[RoundRockD]

4. Chris Matthews would disagree.

Frankly, I've never thought of him as anything but a phony cowboy.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Really

Ew. Give me John Kerry anyday. :loveya:

[BurtWorm]

5. Indonesian women were the most generous, giving * an average score of 2.2

:rofl:

[Abelman]

7. How is he the person of the year?

My God, I hope when everything crashes down around this country some of us can get out intact.

[CoffeeCat]

8. Sex appeal is not just about looks---look at John Kerry.

It's about a person's intelligence, ability to communicate, charisma, sensitivity, confidence, and talents.

Bush flatlines on all of those qualities. He's a mealy-mouthed dolt who's about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. That ain't sexy.

On the other hand----John Kerry was very sexy. There I said it!

I don't know what it was about that man, but he was had it goin on. It wasn't solely his looks. He was intelligent, articulate, sensitive, athletic and he had a great smile. Plus, he was a good listener and you could tell he truly cared about the American people.

[FreedomAngel82]

11. Yep

And in his younger years he wasn't a goofball either. He was always involved in something smart and athletic. I've seen a lot of pics of him in his younger years and he was really cute.

[tanyev]

9. I'm surprised he doesn't have a negative rating.

Nothing kills my mood quicker than seeing that monkey's face on the television.