Comments on: Choosing—or rejecting—a candidate by his/her face

By: Ted Cruz | likeability | republican | president | candidate

Ted Cruz | likeability | republican | president | candidate — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:02:10 +0000

[…] many of his political positions? It may be that he never really seems spontaneous (not to mention something about his face). Cruz always appears to be measured and studied and under strict control, which probably decreases […]

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:56:44 +0000

liberty wolf: I've written posts defending Hillary Clinton's looks, such as this one.

By: liberty wolf

liberty wolf — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 05:33:11 +0000

Oh Neo, that’s a great picture of Cruz by the way! Nothing wrong, exactly – even good looking there by some estimation.

People are crazy, especially if they pick Trump as having the better appearance with his weird hair and his bronze complexion and — his arrogant look.

I’ll be the one dissenter here about Hillary and say I have always thought she was an attractive woman but she also has a cold demeanor though she’s warmed up in her older age. But frankly, who cares? The main thing is the policies!

By: liberty wolf

liberty wolf — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 05:25:55 +0000

I see this now after writing about his face elsewhere here but so glad to see you writing about this. It bugs me how people are obsessed with Cruz’s face especially when The Donald’s look is not friendly but kind of arrogant (the way he sets his mouth in the debates when listening to the other debaters), and he is past his prime in terms of looks – well, he ain’t young so… (although yes when younger Trump was decent looking) Cruz is younger and as I said in another comment, can be read as homely or handsome depending on the angle and the picture. I think he is striking but striking in a way that people are not sure what they are seeing: again — homely or handsome. Both maybe? Political cartoonists will have a great time with his face! That’s not bad either, he is memorable, much like a Lincoln or an LBJ. He’s better looking than LBJ though he does remind me of him a bit. I do get irritated with people obsessing on his face when frankly, he’s not trying to be a fashion model or an actor but the President.

He really gets people inflamed and I think that has to do with the fact that he is a true constitutional conservative and a very bright man who does what he says he will – and the left instinctively know he is the enemy. But the rest of us need to direct matters to things more important than his looks.

He does have physical stature and good taste in suits and I think he does appear presidential. So, no problem there. I agree with another commenter here than having him appear with Heidi and the kids is good. His wife is attractive and the kids are very cute. I also think his wife adores him and she is a bright, accomplished woman.

By: JuliB

JuliB — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 19:59:44 +0000

Franklin Pierce was quite the cutie!

My mother is voting for Cruz, but says that something about him repels her. I’ve seen some photos of him where he looks pretty good, so I think it’s an issue of angle which means that he will never get a good photo in the MSM.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 17:46:31 +0000

richard40:

“Trump has the face and the voice”—are you kidding me???

We must be seeing and hearing two different things.

By: richard40

richard40 — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 14:54:39 +0000

Cruz definitely has the principles and intelligence of Reagan (the leftists constantly called Reagan dumb, but in reality he was years ahead of everybody), but it is true Cruz does not have the face or the voice, as reagan did. Trump on the other hand, has the face and the voice, but none of the principles, and other than in business or celebrity, none of the intelligence. I dont think Hillary has the face or the voice or the principles, although she is intelligent. I just hope in our celebrity looks based culture, a true man of principle, who is also brilliant, like Cruz, can actually win. The real irony is after everybody else is constantly calling him a liar, with the trumpies slandering him daily, the only one in the race who really is honest, measured by the only thing that is really objective, whether his past actions match what he is saying now, Cruz, also seems to be among the most mistrusted.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:18:20 +0000

Kyle Chandler was on Early Edition, too. It was a pretty solid show. He had a bit in Peter Jackson’s King Kong, too. He’s not in the main Hollywood mold, to be sure, but that’s not a bad thing.

Cruz, well… he’s not as iconic as, say, Ben Franklin, but that’s fine. What’s the phrase? “Content of character” or something along those lines? He’s good in my book.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 23:41:47 +0000

I don’t have a problem with Ted’s face.

What can be a real decider for me is voice. A *bad* voice. I recall the Bush/Gore race came down to Gore nasal, condescending voice – I could not tolerate that for 4 years.

I’ve always found Hillary’s voice like nails on a chalkboard.

By: KLSmith

KLSmith — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:58:43 +0000

Artfldgr: if Krauthammer looks funny in a suit, and I don’t think he does, it might be from upper body muscle atrophy from his paralysis and that he he is sitting in a wheelchair. And what he has to do with the topic of presidential appearance, I’m not sure.