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I'm sure it helps that

ocean-kat — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:55:46 +0000

I'm sure it helps that Gurumayi is pretty. But Ammachi does pretty well with her hugging gig and she's not very attractive.

looks like emptywheel had to

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:14:22 +0000

In reply to Tulsi Gabbard, member of

looks like emptywheel had to take that tweet down, wonder if that was because of pressure from Gabbard's people?

Anyhew, I was just going to say that Tulsi probably gets all the info. that she feels she needs on topic from Glenn Greenwald and similar.

Tulsi Gabbard, member of

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:55:15 +0000

In reply to Media And Public Disagree On Tulsi Gabbard's Debate Performance

Tulsi Gabbard, member of Congress, reveals she hasn't read as far as page 2 of the Mueller Report. https://t.co/nchbNR3fgR
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 28, 2019

Someone was comparing the

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:57:00 +0000

In reply to Ok, so chalk one up for PP,

Someone was comparing the Dalai Lama's response to a female Beeb interviewer (about a female Dalai Lama incarnate needing to be "attractive") with his complaint about Trump lacking "moral principles". i.e. a spiritual leader recognizing charisma & good looks is part of what we look for in a spiritual leader is equivalent to "grab 'em by the pussy" and Trump's numerous other moral shortcomings.

And yeah, would Frida or Che be that popular if they didn't exhude youthful beauty and energy? (having Selma Hayek play you especially with nicely lusty lesbian scenes certainly doesn't hurt your brand).

We all want to feel that thrill up our leg, whether we admit it or not. Ross Perot if he hadn't looked like a toad would've likely become president. Okay, perhaps tinfoil hat/black helicopters would've still done him in, but think a more Howard Hughesey version for a newer generation.

"A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him." - Mae West

See how well any converse or contrapositives or gender equivalents work. For now, it's part of our species.

PS - while stars of the silver screen said witty enough ad libs, it took a whole lot of pluck and courage to be one of them. Not for the light-hearted.

The articles are only about

ocean-kat — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:47:46 +0000

In reply to Ok, so chalk one up for PP,

The articles are only about the on line polls not the search results. These types of on line polls are not only easy to manipulate they're worthless even is not actively manipulated.

P.S. I was actually thinking

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:24:09 +0000

In reply to Ok, so chalk one up for PP,

P.S. I was actually thinking about the summer cable news ratings thing when I posted the news about Mueller testifying in July. I was remembering when traditionally, the cable news went off hard news and politics because people wouldn't watch that kind of thing in summer. They'd find a shark story to cover for days or a missing John John plane instead, to keep people tuning in. Now we got 24/7 all season politics but they probably feel they have to add a little "sex appeal" in summer? That's gonna be hard with Mueller.

Ok, so chalk one up for PP,

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:17:19 +0000

In reply to A swarm of pro-Trump trolls

Ok, so chalk one up for PP, you and I had it wrong this time.

But I really did agree with your comment about the sex appeal heavily influencing who gets covered in politics. Including on AOC. I've seen enough "LILTF" (leftie I'd like to fuck) kind of stuff on her on Twitter to back it up. It's not crass attention to looks alone, it's the whole package, she's got the "feisty firecracker" thing.

We have nearly the same exact thing in the art market, like 2 decades ago, Frida Kahlo suddenly gets a huge fan base (mostly female) and movies are made and more myth is made, including with dolls for little girls. And big money. When previously art history had judged her lover's art to be far more important.

One can take it all the way back to a totally different kind of sex appeal: JFK, Jackie and "camelot." My mother used to say "oh you have no idea what a breath of fresh air" after the dull awfulness of Eisenhower. After the telecast funeral/national mourning, she became Kennedy addicted her whole life, to the point where she was glued to the TV set for days the summer John-John's plane went missing. (Ratings!) Need I remind that he was the first TV debate president and Nixon the first TV debate loser, while the latter was judged as winning by those who listened on the radio.

Need I remind about women fainting at Obama 2008 primary appearances? Sarah Palin anyone?

A swarm of pro-Trump trolls

ocean-kat — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:39:55 +0000

In reply to Media And Public Disagree On Tulsi Gabbard's Debate Performance

A swarm of pro-Trump trolls from Reddit and 4chan drove up Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-HI) numbers in a post-debate Drudge poll, getting the results into The Hill and The Daily Mail.

Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates in online polls, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio, in the hours after Wednesday’s Democratic debate — a sign that digital manipulation efforts related to U.S. politics and elections remain very much alive.

Users on 4chan’s anonymous far-right /pol/message board repeatedly posted links to polls across the web, encouraging one another to “blow the polls out” for Gabbard

I also think the search

ocean-kat — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:09:23 +0000

In reply to Actually I am so cynical that

I also think the search results are reasonably accurate but we have no information why there was a spike in searches. Lulu wants to believe it's because of her isolationist views. A significant minority might be, Who's that hot girl running for president? I like AOC but she wouldn't be nearly as popular is she was an unattractive older women or even an unattractive man. A large part of her publicity comes from tv executives saying, Let's put that cute girl politician on our news program.

p.s. passionate ideology is

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:03:21 +0000

In reply to Actually I am so cynical that

p.s. passionate ideology is exciting and interesting, someone like Liz Warren, on the other hand, not so much unless she ventures awkwardly into like Native American appropriation issues or some such...

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