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:
Fred Thompson After Eight Years:
Scott,
I want to thank you for giving me back the 5 minutes I waste each week on your work. Now that I realize your political motives, I will take my business elsewhere.
Buh-bye!
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Posted by: Rick | July 08, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Speaking of... I think McCain could win if he'd die his hair. He just has no distinguishing characteristics. Dark hair wouldn't blend so well with his skin tone.
Posted by: Sondra | July 06, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Interesting... I followed your link to the Republican Party website and my Anti-virus and Data theft software went crazy. The site went phishing for my credit card number and I had to clean out TWO trojans and a data mining cookie after my very brief visit.
I'm glad I'm Canadian and have only apathy to vote for, or not, as the spirit moves me, or not.
Posted by: Matt | July 06, 2007 at 06:57 AM
I am pretty sure this is how the people picked Warren Harding... and I wasn't alive back then, but I hear it didn't turn out well.
Posted by: Al | July 04, 2007 at 12:19 PM
Scott,
It looks pretty ridiculous for you to attack the looks of the two people who pose the biggest threat to your candidate's chances of winning the party nomination.
The minute you use this blog as a propagandist's tool again, I'm deleting you from my iGoogle.
-Kyle
Posted by: Kyle Olbert | July 03, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Scott- check it.
Can you please use http://tinyurl.com for those long-ass links. You're messing up my bloglines viewer.
Thanks,
Scott
PS- keep up the good work. Your blog is always a refreshing look at the day's events....
Posted by: Scott | July 03, 2007 at 09:45 AM
These are all very funny and a very true comment too.
Mark Bowness
Posted by: Mark Bowness | July 03, 2007 at 02:19 AM
Paris for President. She looks terrific even after doing time.
http://isabelledolce.com/index.php?entry=entry070627-075443
Posted by: isabelle dolce | July 02, 2007 at 09:52 AM
before:
http://www.featurebank.com/images/hires/edt_hires.jpg
after:
http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/premiere_photo/20051121/10/706407191.jpg
~C
Posted by: c4chaos | July 02, 2007 at 07:16 AM
Actually, I have noticed for some time that Bush is the only world leader who never looked as if the cares of office affected him. Remember when he started his new job with a vacation? That is the kind of attitude that lets you ignore stress (or reality).
Posted by: Steve Warner | July 02, 2007 at 06:50 AM
TOMMY!!
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/images/candidates/Republicans/tommy-thompson-2008-presidential-election-polls.jpg
TIMMY!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Wiki_timmy.gif
Posted by: not-timmy | July 02, 2007 at 05:50 AM
D. Mented Clinton smoked weed while studying Government at Oxford University, smoking cannabis has been illegal in English law since 1928 (whether you inhale or not)
Posted by: Goatboy | July 02, 2007 at 05:29 AM
For a man who doesn't vote, you spend an awful lot of time discussing why people should, or should not, be voted for.
Posted by: Harry Krak | July 02, 2007 at 05:21 AM
Hilary Clinton after 8 years???
www.anecdotage.com/pics/rotten.jpg
Posted by: twounicycles | July 02, 2007 at 05:14 AM
Condoleezza Rice Before: http://www.africanamericans.com/images2/CondoleezzaRiceBio.jpg
Condoleezza Rice After: http://www.whatsyourmotto.com/images/scott-adams-1.jpg
Posted by: Akira Yokota | July 02, 2007 at 05:08 AM
How come every time you come up with some extremely funny but even semi-political post some anti-Bush a-h has to say something that shows what a moron he is? Some damn fool has to say something nasty about our pres at every opportunity, even if it isn't one.
The man can't be that stupid. He managed to get the hardest to get job in the world without trying all that hard for all that long.
Posted by: Noah Vaile | July 02, 2007 at 04:43 AM
Rudy Giuliani
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Republican-Presidential-Hopefuls/Former-New-York-City-Mayor-Rudy-Giuliani-of-New-York.html
is also an actor/politician!
http://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/issues/50/images/duvall.portrait.jpg
And if Hillary Clinton were Brazilian
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Democratic-Presidential-Hopefuls/Senator-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton-of-New-York.html
she would be our Tourism Minister, Marta Suplicy [also a presidential for 2010]
http://www.partes.com.br/ed26/marta_suplicy.jpg
Posted by: Gabriel | July 02, 2007 at 04:11 AM
I always vote for the guy who tells the funniest racial joke during the debates.
Posted by: Joel Odom | July 02, 2007 at 03:32 AM
Obama before:
http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/Issues/Candidates/Democratic-Presidential-Hopefuls/Senator-Barack-Obama-of-Illinois.html
Obama after:
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/232338~Bill-Cosby-Posters.jpg
Posted by: m.a. | July 02, 2007 at 12:56 AM
Finally, a post I can guffaw at. There's so much political reality in the news to laugh at that most of your political posts just aren't that funny. This one was good. Must have been the visuals.
Posted by: Apolitical is the Only Way to Go | July 02, 2007 at 12:07 AM
Before and after of Fred Thompson. http://gregkennedy.blogspot.com/2007/07/scott-adams-presidential-comparison.html
Posted by: Greg K | July 01, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Funny funny,funnt.
I'm not gonna' vote for Clinton, now, though, doesn't she look kinda scary already? Brrrr! How about Sharon Stone, she looks almost hot at her age?
Posted by: Kevin Kunreuther | July 01, 2007 at 11:37 PM
That's why you should do away with humans as president and install a computer system - in 8 years time it look as freah as the day it won office.
ps. Even a commodore 64 could make better decisions than the past few presidents (all you need is a random number generator)
Regards
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Posted by: Enough Wealth | July 01, 2007 at 11:14 PM
http://race42008.com/wp-content/design-imgs/bio_mitt_romney.jpg
Before
http://www.josephsmith.net/Static%20Images/brigham_young_MD.jpg
After
Posted by: CLD | July 01, 2007 at 10:30 PM