Comments on Re: The Humanizing of Hillary Clinton

You know, Oddly, I trust her more looking that old. Something a little more "grandmotherly" even though my grandmother was a born again bitch from hell who made mom cry at Thanksgiving dinner every year.

Great picture of Emperor Palpatine.

There's nothing wrong with her that draining the life-force of some young virgin wouldn't cure.

That's so fucked up. They'd tear her apart if she did botox or some kind of plastic surgery, and they tear her apart for looking older (god forbid). Damned if she do, damned if she don't.

Funny that this unflattering picture came out at the same time as the Posh Spice one below. I wonder which will get more attention?

Geez, she looks like she's 75.

She's 60 years old. And right now she's probably putting in 80 hour weeks, I'd guess. What the fuck are they expecting her to look like? Barbie?

Well, geez, it's settled then! I will not have sex with Hillary Clinton after all.

Yeah, let's see some starkly-lit images of the rest of the whole sick crew, both Dems and GOPers and Libertoonians;
people are usually at least in their 40's by the time they make a political run like Prez of USA. No hormones keeping the flesh from sagging. So what.

I don't get why a candidate's attractiveness should get so much attention, especially when there are so many celebrities out there for us to ogle and critique. Remember, Washington is Hollywood for ugly folks!

I'd argue that the problem behind this pic isn't anti-femenism, but rather ageism in general.

Yes, yes, "woman of a certain age" seem to take a lot of crap, but people often forget that this happens to men too. (Arnie in a Speedo, anyone?)

People magazine gushes about how "hot" Sean Connery is, yet they seem to forget that he feels the social pressure to wear a rug. And lest ye forget, Michael Douglas, Kenny Rogers, and Burt Reynolds all look like they're made of fucking plastic... so much for the distinguished older gentleman.

In conclusion: Pictures showing wrinkles shouldn't be controversial, and I'd still bang Meryl Streep. Thank you.

a close-up of mccain is required in the name of equal time. would be much worse--then again, he's older. and drudge is a douche from hell. anyone told him that lately? how good does HE look in close-ups, hmm?

Drudge is still online in 2007? Why?

Since we've never seen Hillary looking quite this haggard (and, as pointed out by her rigorous schedule), it's an interesting picture. Like other candidates, we're just used to the calculated blips and photo ops. But sexist? Well, maybe if you go to Evergreen where you can find sexism in damn near everything.

Actually, if you live in America, you can find sexism in damn near everything.

I'd tap that.

She kinda looks like my mom. I'm still not voting for her though.

I thought the purpose of this topic was to engage in free-form snarkiness.

i'm by no means a fan of drudge, but how is this any different than dkos showing pictures of grandpa fred? this is hardly shocking or new.

@19 - or showing pictures of Katherine Harris looking like a death-masked clown. (Although, unlike Clinton, Harris really does have little more to offer than a heavily made-up smile.)

yo, kharris is fuckin' hawt

thanks for repeating the "sexist, ageist, dickheadedist nonsense" .

Wow, it's funny how Darth Sidious can resemble both Clinton and Pope Benedict. Huh. Funny.

If someone can give us free health care, guaranteed social security, full marriage quality for all, etc, etc, I don't care if he or she has brown skin, wrinkles, or looks like Jabba the Hut.

@24
Don’t be naive. Neither the wrinkled on nor the brown one are going to give you any of those things (any more than Huckabee or Romney are going to outlaw abortion, income taxes or gayness). Rule number one is that you never eliminate the issues that play best with you base. (If they did, what would they run on in the next election?)

Meh. That's pretty much what Pamela Anderson looks like when she rolls out of bed.

At first, I thought that was photoshopped to make her look like hell. But now I'm thinking it's not. I wasn't going to vote for her unless I had to. Nothing has changed.

The truly frightening thing is that the people who end up getting elected usually look *reasonably* young and vibrant at Inauguration Day, and end up looking like shriveled pod-people within their alloted four to eight years.

If she's going to *start* like that, what's she going to look like in 2015?

@26 - actually, you're right about that. Too much sun ...

Instead of all the sexist age-ist nonsense, can I just go ahead and not vote for her?

I'd love to see a woman for president. Just not that one.