How to Pick a President

When voting for a presidential candidate, keep in mind how often you will have to look at his or her face. This is especially important because presidents age quickly under the stress of the job. If you elect a president who is old and unattractive right out of the gate, things are going to get tragic fast.

To illustrate my point, I used software to digitally age one candidate, so you can see how he will look after a few weeks in the oval office.

You can do this at home. I invite you to pick any presidential candidate and post links to his/her picture and then to any picture that reminds you of the candidate.

To get you started, here are some links to pictures of the candidates from each party. You just have to find one you can match.

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Democratic-Presidential-Hopefuls/index.php

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/index.php

Here's an example:

Fred Thompson Before:

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/Former-Senator-Fred-Thompson-of-Tennessee.html

Fred Thompson After Eight Years:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://alderaan.tgiforte.com/gallery/albums/tina/Skull_Front.sized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://alderaan.tgiforte.com/gallery/tina/Skull_Front&h=640&w=468&sz=77&hl=en&start=633&um=1&tbnid=fDndHm_dPiLz2M:&tbnh=137&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dskull%26start%3D620%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Comments

[Bromond]

Your Giuliani match-up was pretty good. Mine is not as good, but I gave it my best try:

Mike Huckabee before:
http://delivery.viewimages.com/xv/74068648.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1932BBB80AB57C976025C65709768717034879D000F7E7BD7FE

Mike Huckabee after eight years:
http://www.lbfca.com/images/may03/peterboyle1a.jpg

[mingz]

nice

[BillF]

I thought the same of our current president.
In fact, I assumed the following realization was why many of his staff resigned...

[img]http://63.127.169.137/billf/bushtoflagg.swf[/img]

http://63.127.169.137/billf/bushtoflagg.swf

[Ranjith]

Ha... ha... ha...very funny

[Jedi Kevin]

Here are my pics.

http://blogs.sun.com/kevin/entry/dilbert_our_future_president

[Gleetnorx]

gollum
gollum
my precious

[Danny]

For Fred Thompson Before:

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/Former-Senator-Fred-Thompson-of-Tennessee.html

For Freddie After Eight Years:

http://www.toonopedia.com/droopy.htm

[Telbert]

John Edwards: http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/images/candidates/Democrats/john-edwards-2008-presidential-election-polls.jpg

Gilbert Huph:
http://filmi.punt.nl/upload/incredibles/incredibles_huph.gif

[William of Urbana]

Sir, you have inspired me to create a new Facebook group to get behind the eventual leader of the free world early in his struggle.

Tallest Guy for President

You have not lived this day in vain. Unless I wimp out on this. In that case, I'm confident you will come up with something.

[Chris Maturkanich]

Rich people don't usually play the lotto. They view it as "a tax on people who are bad at math". For poor and blue collar people, they view it as the only real way to get ahead and be secure. They want to keep on working because staying home all the time gets boring after a week or so. Some lottos actually have repeat winners (NJ Pick 6) You only hear about the endearing ones because that's all the news will report. There's the guy from West Virginia who won the biggest Powerball ever and then went to jail I think. He already owned his own business before he won. There's Elicia Dickinson who tried to sue her way into the winner's circle. They're not all saints. I'm sure the occasional rich person plays and wins. But you won't hear about that anywhere but the actual lotto website because the general public doesn't want to hear that.

Hey, here's one for you though... In Pennsylvania they always say "Lottery proceeds benefit older Pennsylvanians" Yeah, 'cuz they're the only ones who win! *L*

It Pays To Dream!

[Karl N]

Ron Paul before:
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/Representative-Ron-Paul-of-Texas.html

Ron Paul after:
http://www.kapitalizm.republika.pl/reagan.jpg

[Brad]

That wasn't the after picture for Fred Thompson. That was our current Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff:

http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/images/Michael.Chertoff.jpg

We all know you are supporting Mitt Romney now. But we wonder... If he'd tossed his cat on top of the stay-wag instead of his Irish Setter, would you be so enamored with his boyish good looks?

[Amy]

I hate to say this, but WPE! (Worst Post Ever)! Nothing funny, nothing insightful. Hoping for something better, come Monday. We understand -- working Sundays is hard. :)

[Marxist]

In Soviet Russia, President picks YOU!!!

[forthnoggin]

Duncan Hunter before:
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/Representative-Duncan-Hunter-of-California.html

Duncan Hunter after (not voting for this guy would be pretty smart):
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.deathreference.com/images/medd_01_img0078.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.deathreference.com/Ho-Ka/Jonestown.html&h=359&w=235&sz=12&hl=en&start=5&sig2=kBBdNwFJIKJxookBZHSdjg&um=1&tbnid=e8u8PruUskvNKM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=79&ei=2-mHRrWoNp-MeYa5pOMB&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djim%2Bjones%2Bcult%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[forthnoggin]

Clinton before:
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Democratic-Presidential-Hopefuls/Senator-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton-of-New-York.html

Clinton after another botox injection:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.washspkrs.com/cropped_speakers/j_theisman2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wordpress.com/tag/mnf/feed/&h=198&w=151&sz=35&hl=en&start=7&sig2=46tUYyoKRa0SntZcSxrgUw&um=1&tbnid=K1AjfQv6A9MDBM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=79&ei=teiHRo6eLpWEeN_fvOUB&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djoe%2Btheisman%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS217US217

[Sam]

Before: http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Democratic-Presidential-Hopefuls/Senator-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton-of-New-York.html
After: http://history.memphis.edu/images/catherine_siena.gif

[forthnoggin]

Obama before:
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Democratic-Presidential-Hopefuls/Senator-Barack-Obama-of-Illinois.html

Obama after:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/sports/brew/img/mar04/bonds327.jpg&imgrefurl=http://shakedownsports.com/tag/baseball/page/2/&h=500&w=381&sz=30&hl=en&start=10&sig2=WOKNApL6lOQCDQ_6WUuwGw&um=1&tbnid=6euznKvx2RgrnM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=99&ei=3-eHRvmtKJ3EeLymvO8B&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbarry%2Bbonds%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS217US217%26sa%3DN

[Kristina L.]

It is amazing how being president ages a person.

[forthnoggin]

Even though she's not running, Condelezza Rica after 8 years:
http://www.nflplayers.com/images/players/19944.jpg

[Real Live Girl]

How scary is this?

Fred Thompson before:

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/Former-Senator-Fred-Thompson-of-Tennessee.html

Fred Thompson after:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/riptornmug1.html

[rd]

in other words, you are asking how is leg
not bad, thank you
it's going to get amputated if you allow me mild exaggeration
so reminds me i'm perishable too

i'd report on the status of the limb earlier
but somebody was acting cold and getting analytical on the middle east :)
though i liked your absurd and funny solutions
as an old saying goes water is stronger than hardrock stone
it curves its way, it polishes sharp edges, it makes sand etc
though the middleasterners'd cherish their pride more than physical harm or financial reward as it is common at least for the eastern cultures

sorry don't have any pics
besides amprez's strictly american matter

[Mrs L]

Hillary won't age in office, she'll just get another facelift.

Hillary before:
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/images/candidates/Democrats/hillary-rodham-clinton-2008-presidential-election-polls.jpg
Hillary after:
http://imgred.com/http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/ledzepbass92388/the20joker.jpg

[The Tree]

Joe Biden now:
http://www.famousplagiarists.com/images/BigBiden.jpg
After a few weeks:
http://www.gwiezdne-wojny.pl/grafika/2003/lip/unl_sidious_03.jpg

[alex Deich]

Barack Obama becomes The Thing from Fantastic Four.