Was McCain's judgment clouded by the presence of an attractive woman?

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Something about Sarah

By Kathleen Parker
Friday, October 24, 2008; Page A19

My husband called it first. Then, a brilliant 75-year-old scholar and raconteur confessed to me over wine: "I'm sexually attracted to her. I don't care that she knows nothing."

One does not have to be a psychoanalyst to reckon that McCain was smitten. By no means am I suggesting anything untoward between McCain and his running mate. Palin is a governor, after all. She does have an executive résumé, if a thin one. And she's a natural politician who connects with people.

But there can be no denying that McCain's selection of her over others far more qualified -- and his mind-boggling lack of attention to details that matter -- suggests other factors at work. His judgment may have been clouded by . . . what?

Science provides clues. A study in Canada, published by a British journal in 2003, found that pretty women foil men's ability to assess the future. "Discounting the future," as the condition is called, means preferring immediate, lesser rewards to greater rewards in the future.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102302489.html

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1. I know a 72-year-old guy who tells me everytime I see him how hot she it...

I always say, "Yeah, and so was Ted Bundy."

Fortunately this guy is voting for Obama ~ he says that he likes his sexual fantasies, but isn't stupid enough to vote them.

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2. i guess a lot of people out there think palin is hot, but i don't see it.

swoopy hair, semi-crossed eyes, glasses out of 1986, and a bitchy, pushy, phony demeanor don't exactly make my rope rise.

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3. I really don't see it either. nt