Reply #159: Ah, a fellow Economist reader

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I knew there was some reason I liked your posts.

I agree that he has never managed to shake his 'pretty boy' image - every time he was in the news, conservatives would jeer at his $400 haircut. If he had been smart, he would have gotten a short #3 haircut and walked around with his sleeves rolled up all the time last year. Bush is a lousy president, but he has a masterful understanding of how he appears to his core voters with his 'regular guy' look. Edwards should have taken a leaf from his book and worn his jeans more often.

I think about these things because I work in the film industry, and it's part of how you tell a character's story. Like it or not, people judge a great deal by what they see before a candidate even opens his mouth. Edwards kept talking about being a fighter but he didn't look the part. I kept watching him on TV and muttering 'take off the damn silk tie!'.