Who are some handsome liberal/Democratic men?

So my uncle sent out this offensive email that showed beautiful, airbushed photos of attractive Republican women and compared them to the most unflattering candid photos of older Democratic women. (Helen Thomas? C'mon. Why make fun of an 87-year-old woman for her looks? He can only hope he's half as brilliant as she is when he's that old.)

So my mother and I decided to make one with gorgeous liberal men and hideous conservative men and send it back to him. I've got all the ugly conservatives I need. That was easy. I already have several pictures of liberal celebrities, but I'm looking for some handsome Democratic men who are not Hollywood types. Of course, feel free to suggest Hollywood types too. I'm sure I forgot some.

(Mods, if this belongs in the lounge, feel free to move it.)

just airbrush out the pot belly ... and, well, just start with the belly,

Hey, airbrushing can erase a multitude of sins. Sort of like the color black makes one appear slimmer.

How about Skinner consider putting out an eye candy calendar entitled:

The Handsome Men of DU? :thumbsup:

More of that Tiger Beat mentality -- my friends are prettier/smarter/thinner than yours are :sarcasm:

Jeez -- we're doomed if THIS is important.

I should hope no one is taking it seriously. We're giving my uncle a bad time, just as he did to us.

Although I was offended at the inclusion of Helen Thomas. That was bad form.

http://jackconway.org/ Please support him in his campaign against Rand Paul

I definitely like looking at him.

Lucky you, alfredo!

But I suspect the teabagger nut will prevail. :(

paint him as a nut and and way outside of the mainstream. Of course this is Bunning's Senate seat.

the Bidens, (Joe and any of his sons, I'm sure Craig Ferguson is a Liberal along with a definite for Denzel. Now you have given me something to ponder while watching BP....LOL.

Shuler's not my type, but I think people think he's attractive.

But I think as women, as research repeatedly demonstrate, have more flexible standards for male attractiveness (I believe regardless of whether they're straight or GLBT), and liberal women, anecdotally, are more tolerant and probably more wide-ranging in their standards than conservative women, sadly your e-mail back to your uncle will probably fall on deaf ears.

I notice Republican men are very silent on the appearance of Repub women when they don't meet their silly standards. I remember one Republican female columnist making fun of how "ugly the women at Smith College were," about 20 years ago. That woman is now "conventionally" unattractive, since she's over 50 and looks it (God forbid). As Mose Allison used to sing, "if you live, your time will come." Do these women never think the same ridiculous standards won't apply to them?

For example, I wanted to include Rahm Emmanuel, but my mom vetoed that. She says he's ugly. Ugly? I think he's very attractive. Even though I don't like his DLC politics. Mom's comment made me realize he's not conventionally attractive. But those eyes...

Women seem to have such different ideas of what is attractive and I think most of us find some men attractive who don't fit the male model ideal.

If I leave my hat on.

Good choices.

politics, music and looks, imo.

"That's right, boys. Take a GOOD FUCKIN' LOOK."

Their minds and hearts are attractive enough that it doesn't matter what they look like. I think Elizabeth Kucinich is a very lucky woman.

But for the purposes of getting back at my uncle, I need lookers.

say that Democratic men don't need to be tall dark and handsome to be attractive to the opposite sex.

Robert Redford is a good looking liberal. Johnny Depp is another hunk. If Sting was an American, he'd be a Dem.
Kris Kristofferson.
Barack Obama
George Stephanopolis
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Will Smith
Morgan Freeman
Al Pacino

Thanks. I think I'll do that.

And thanks for the list. Hey, is Johnny Depp liberal? I kinda figured that he is, but I honestly don't know. He's probably the most beautiful man alive.

To be a good actor you have to have empathy.

I personally think Alan Grayson is attractive, though I liked him better before he shaved off his goatee.


But he is still not bad even now.


The "young" Kennedys:

From left: Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, D-Mass., Edward Kennedy Jr., and Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.

Mr. ShortnFiery. :loveya:

TlalocW

e: And the guy currently sitting in the big chair's a pretty good-looking dude, too.

http://www.omalleysmarch.com/

(His Lt.Gov, Anthony Brown ain't too shabby neither.)

The first time I saw him, he was playing in his band, looking just like that picture. Watta hunk

Your breathing has stopped if you don't think he's a doll.

role as Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now. :shrug:

for his body...still cute, though.

:loveya:

and here I thought my life was complete. :-)

I think he's the most handsome man I've ever met.

:)

silver foxes, and he's such a smart, nice man to boot.

too bad he messed up

Van Hollen



Murphy



Whatever one might think of Stupak, he is not an unattractive man



Fiengold



Newsome



of course, the President!

If I do say so myself :blush:

I love his performance in Howard Zinn's "The People Speak"

how could we forget Viggo?!

And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music."

L. Cohen

Ben Aflick, and of course Barack Obama...

Don't play your uncle's game.

You see, last night my mom, my sister-in-law and I were all together when my mom opened her email from her brother. And somebody had the idea of responding with handsome liberal men and thinking of which ones to include. When you get three women together, shit like that happens. But when I started putting it together today, I discovered we had a bunch of movie stars and only two politicians.

Does not help the cause ...

I've seen those "posters" - its mostly d-list actresses and Fox news talking heads.
but the democratic women they use are elected officials or actually talented journalists and actresses.

"but you have to pay good-looking people to be Repuglicans."

Good response.

He's one of the first I thought of. Yowza!

Canadian, but definitely liberal.

n/t

don't get that nose.

Gavin Newsome from CA.
Oh, yeah.

Shit, forgot my Photobucket account so I can't post my pix. At 57 I still weigh within ten pounds of when I left High School (145 at 5' 9"). I've got the expected age lines and a bit soft from too much time at the compute and not enough time doing real work.

There's no way Mitch McChinlees could be a better babe magnet than me.

Al Gore is/was good-looking. And Bill Clinton has a certain sexiness, too.

Even when I was but a teenager. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, not so much.

I'm saving a copy of that picture whether I use it or not. I'd never heard of him.

Tevis barely lost his race for the state House in Kansas in 2008, and he is running again in 2010.

http://seantevis.com/

Which makes those Republican women ugly because they are so nasty inside. On the other hand, it makes Helen Thomas one of the most beautiful humans alive because she cares about her fellow humans.

I think I will to say something to that effect after the photos.

With the snide remark about why do so many men vote Republican. I had the same reaction. Repukes seem to have the lock on ugly men! :rofl: We have Al Gore and the Kennedys. They have Newties and Boner.

but a rocker: Jon Bon Jovi, from earlier this month:



A link to a shot on their Facebook account taken at their most recent concert. Pissed off a few people lol
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4635427&id=7220821999&l=cd64630de8

not even for "fun". I would simply acknowledge in a response that it appears the republicans who composed that email value women primarily as superficial sex objects, and therein lies one of the problems with republicans. They might want to reflect on whether or not that's why they end up with the likes of Sarah Palin as their VP nominee.

For satire, ya know. :)

not bad