Did anyone here ever think David Petraeus was totally hot?

[undeterred]

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[99th_Monkey]

1. **crickets**

[TwilightGardener]

2. He's not a bad looking guy. I do have a thing

for military officers and men in uniform--married one of those.

[LadyHawkAZ]

34. I like men in uniform too

My dad was a Marine, and I used to think no man could ever look bad in their dress uniform. I have just revised that opinion.

[demosincebirth]

60. ...especially if he's wearing 4 stars on his shoulders

[aquart]

3. My mom. She's 91.

[amandabeech]

84. My mom. She's 90--almost 91.

He's well-preserved for 60, but I don't think that he's handsome.

He's also on the short side for me.

The bottom line, though, is that he brought more soldiers in for that surge, got more people (U.S. & Iraqis killed), and all for nothing. Iraq is a mess. Same for Afghanistan.

Because of those surges that caused so many unnecessary deaths, he's ugly inside.

[Lionessa]

4. Are you a man?

Just curious because though men have trouble seeing past looks, most women don't hold that in such high esteem. We certainly have our physical "no ways", like some won't be interested in a shorter man, or an obese man, or a bald man, or whatever and/or some combination thereof. But our "looks" criteria are generally incredibly more tolerant than a man's.

I would expect most women would find him good looking enough to get to know, and then perhaps he is a quite a charmer, apparently he was to at least one woman,

[OriginalGeek]

7. "are generally incredibly more tolerant than a man's. "

and a lot of us thank you all whole-heartedly for that.

[Scuba]

13. Two.

[undeterred]

16. Not a man.

Just not the guy I would expect to ruin his career over a woman.

[Lionessa]

42. Seems to me you're an unusual one, then.

My experience suggests most women wouldn't comment on a man's looks regarding attraction unless he had some obvious issues as mentioned above.

I hope very few women judge books by their covers as you seem to, and hope men as well get over that.

One last thought, perhaps you've met the man and have some valid reason for your assessment outside of his looks.

[undeterred]

44. You project an awful lot into one question.

[Lionessa]

45. Well, whether man or woman, it's extremely annoying for a person to be reduced

to his/her appearance when commenting about attraction. Finding out a woman did it to a man is just disgusting in my opinion, since as women seem we spend our whole lives trying to be judged by something other than our looks, so we know how unfair and totally sickening it is, to do the exact same thing we mostly all hate having done to us.

[undeterred]

46. You just reduced me to one comment on a messageboard.

Edit: Not even a comment. A rhetorical question.

[Lionessa]

48. No, I simply responded to your one comment on a messageboard.

Though if I've made you stop and think about the POV your OP presents regarding the importance of looks or as you describe it hotness, then all is good.

I am not the type to notice a flaw in a POV and judge an entire person by that alone. Will I keep it in mind during pertinent discussions, yes. Will I let it flavor every post you make on every topic, no.
Hence I am not reducing you one comment.

[sarcasmo]

5. Power, like money, makes even the ugliest person attractive to many people on the Planet.

Ask Ann Romney.

[dimbear]

11. Check with Henry Kissinger, well known cavalier. n/t

[a la izquierda]

35. Thank you...

I will now proceed to have horrible nightmares.

[undeterred]

27. Which planet?

[yortsed snacilbuper]

6. You can polish a turd all you want,

but, you still have turd!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. Unlike the Gang of Four...

I don't particularly love a man in a uniform.

[Enrique]

9. you mean, for a CIA Director?

then yes, Petraeus is among the hotter of those.

[Auntie Bush]

10. Paula did!

[Whisp]

12. hot? are you joking?

but each to their own. the hotness could be in some people's view of Power as hot.

he doesn't look so hot shit to me at all. Maybe he's a charmer, I don't know, don't care.

[ejbr]

14. My mom, she's 78 n/t

[lonestarnot]

15. His ribbons and medals = power. Doesn't matter what he looks like. That's not a difficult thing to

comprehend.

[calico1]

17. There is a certain attractiveness about him.

Plus he is very smart and successful which also adds to the attraction. I don't find him "hot" but he would not gross me out. I think he is an attractive, interesting older man.

[Oilwellian]

30. Really?

You find a war criminal attractive?

[coalition_unwilling]

32. Not just your garden-variety war criminal either, mind you. He managed to lose

2 wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) while committing those war crimes.

[calico1]

65. Ummm...no

And I don't appreciate that insinuation.

I was just going by his general appearance and the fact I think someone in his position would be an interesting conversationalist, that's all. I don't have the hots for him, geez.

[Raine]

18. Uh no I don't but I guess some find a guy in uniform hot. nt

[TeeYiYi]

19. Um...

...yeah, if you mean in a Barney Fife sort of way...




Wait, what? Are you kidding me? Hell no!... No. Not hot!



TYY

[renie408]

24. LOL...EXACTLY!!!

[Generic Other]

38. Here's a picture of the girl (from the Middle East)

[Blue_In_AK]

20. You're kidding, right?

[JHB]

21. No, but if so he should seek air conditioning.

[Canuckistanian]

22. I reserve my reply

Until I see him in a shirtless fireman's working garb.

[renie408]

23. You know...not so much. But I just looked up Paula Broadwell and she is pretty.

What the heck?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Only if one thinks Alfred E. Newman is a hunk.

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[forestpath]

26. I've never thought of him as anything but a war criminal.

[UTUSN]

28. Uh, *NO*?!1 - however, the military is an odd thing. n/t

[elehhhhna]

29. please. his teeth look like chiclets.

ewwww

[flamingdem]

31. Is that a drone in your pocket or are you

happy to see me?

[coalition_unwilling]

33. Only if he were shod in jodhpurs and carrying a riding crop - n/t

[loli phabay]

36. what is it they say about power being an aphrodisiac, so i can see it.

[a la izquierda]

37. Oh god no.

No, no. No. No.

That is all.

[BigDemVoter]

39. Ummmm. . . . . No, in fact.

BUT. . . He IS an asshole.

[PufPuf23]

40. Petraeus looks like and would not be in his positions and life trajectory, if

he was not a narcissic sadistic amoral idiot. Looks don't really matter except they do in human face-to-face exchanges.

Petraeus had no business in a Democratic Party Administration nor IMHO in the USA military or intelligence community because of his choice of morality long before any recent incident.

His wife was the daughter of the headmaster or equivalent at West Point. What a slimy social climber.

[undeterred]

41. I think you mean immoral idiot rather than amoral idiot.

[PufPuf23]

49. I meant specifically amoral not immoral.

Amoral (correctly spelled with one m) means lacking in morals.

Immoral (2 m's) means counter to established moral norms.

The man made decisions on essentially a Risk game to drop bombs with innocent human lives as collateral damages to support lies that to his "success".

His affairs were immoral as in counter to social norms.

Too bad our leaders can't be held accountable for crimes of war, covert intelligence agency operations, and the dirty contracting of military outsourcing.

[undeterred]

50. amoral doesn not mean lacking in morals

Amoral may refer to: Amorality, the absence of morality; for example, a stone, a chair, or the sky may be considered amoral.

Human beings are not amoral and neither are the decisions made pertaining to war.

[PufPuf23]

61. Geez I thought I was being criticized on spelling or definitioon.

An individual human being can be amoral and the psychiatrists/psychlogists no doubt have a name for the personality disorder and/ or biological chemistry problem. One could imagine the syndrome is treatment resistent given human history.

Look in a dictionary, a human can be amoral.

Wars based and continued upon lies for gains for specific individuals and/or social or political groups are amoral IMHO. Lower level aggressive particpants may be immoral or victims - yes I am criticizing the social respect paid to the USA MIC.

The leaders that tell the lies and control the decisions are War Criminals akin to those the USA lead moral court prosecution post WW-II.

Also geez I thought we were on the same side at DU.

I used to spend much time in MI in 80s-90s courtesy as a consultant to CMS Energy, various financal entities, and the State of MI I really like the area between Traverse City down to Muskegon.

[hobbit709]

43. Just because he's got a chest full of fruit salad.

[Logical]

47. Leave off sarcasm tag?

[elleng]

51. No, but Wes Clark is another thing entirely!

[kalli007]

56. RAWWRRRR

[Glimmer of Hope]

64. Yum.

[freshwest]

69. Yes, he has *the* sweetest eyes and smile. Best wishes to him.

[Lars39]

70. He looks kind.

Face will show it.

[elleng]

71. He's very kind, liberal, progressive, and smart.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

74. gawd yes.

lawsy mercy, momma!

[amandabeech]

85. Very handsome.

Now, if he could be stretched to at least 5'11" and preferably a couple inches more.

[Lint Head]

52. Power attracts.

[Marrah_G]

53. I don't think he is a bad looking man

[Odin2005]

54. He looks like a hick.

Like a stereotype of a Southern redneck or a Midwestern farmer.

[DesertRat]

55. Must be the haircut

or the teeth.

[Odin2005]

58. Just the look of his face in general.

he has that simpleton farmer look.

[Arugula Latte]

68. Or maybe like an older version of Kenneth the (hick) Page:

[protect our future]

57. I don't usually notice if a man

is hot or not. But if I get to know him personally and I like him, then I start noticing his looks, especially certain parts of his anatomy. Media figures, entertainers, sports figures--anyone in the public eye is consequently eliminated from consideration by me as to whether or not they're hot since I don't know them personally. Except for Joe Biden, who is hot. The most drop dead hot gorgeous man in the world is the one I'm in love with, but before I fell in love with him he just seemed average. On Petraeus and whether or not he's hot, I never noticed and have no opinion about it.

[RebelOne]

59. He doesn't turn me on. n/t

[LisaL]

62. No.

[BlueMan Votes]

63. probably.

but i never have.

[RebelOne]

66. Not in my eyes. n/t

[arthritisR_US]

67. No, I have never been attracted to weasels. n/t

[Justitia]

82. absolute weasel face, no kidding -eom

[Honeycombe8]

72. No. Except for the uniform, he's kinda geeky & small w/bad posture. nt

[forestpath]

73. I could never find any man in any military uniform "hot." Just the

opposite, no matter what he looked like. But I wouldn't find Petraeus hot in regular clothes, either.

[Prometheus Bound]

75. All that stuff on his chest makes him look ridiculous.

Maybe for a 10-year-old it would be ok.

[catbyte]

76. Nope.

[hrmjustin]

77. No!!!

[Jutta412]

78. Actually...

Yes, but I am 32 and have been going through a dry spell. Seriously, though, he's a little on the skinny side but I've been accused of being a neurotic gym bunny myself, and I'm sure he doesn't run out of breath after five minutes, which is more than I can say for my ex. I don't deduct beauty points on men for slightly crooked teeth, come to think of it, he has more than my ex... My point being, at least he takes care of himself... at 60 he still has his hair, teeth, and can see his feet when he looks down. Might not agree with everything he says, but a conversation with him would definitely not be boring, since he seems intelligent (most of the time).
I'm annoying myself by even being interested in this story--- having dealt with a sociopathic ex (previously mentioned) who tried to destroy my life after I left him thereby destroying his own life in the process-- I actually feel a little sympathy for "Peaches". Can't help but think she had it in for him. She probably knew on some level that her imagined rival in FL would pitch a fit over the threatening email and that Patraeus would eventually get busted. While most people would probably hide under a rock, Broadwell is practically posing in front of windows so the paparazzi can take pictures of her! Despite her own life going to pieces (a life that includes two young kids and a husband). I think she's enjoying the revenge... and all of this conveniently weeks before her book comes out in paperback! Beware of narcissists.

[hrmjustin]

80. Welcome to DU!

[Jennicut]

79. No, never.

Our President and VP on the other hand...now they are hot!

Maybe Paula Broadwell thought he was interesting due to his powerful position?

I guess it is all about what you do with the power you have and how you treat others. Certain Republicans would certainly be more attractive if they were not sexist, disgusting men who want to tell women what to do with their own bodies.

[eShirl]

81. no, I always thought he looked like a chipmunk

my apologies to chipmunks

[LittlestStar]

83. Yup. Unattractive chipmunk. nt

[fadedrose]

86. Not hot

Wimpy looking to me....I think his medals hypnotize some females....and other percs......surely not his body or looks....

[sabrina 1]

87. He was a war criminal. That's all I ever thought about him.

I guess some women find war criminals to be hot. Not me, even if he looked like George Clooney.

War Criminal = Complete turn-off!

[Beacool]

88. Nope, never.

Powerful yes, hot no.

[REP]

89. Locking

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