Reply #12: Ask Richard Nixon if it matters....

[Hell Hath No Fury]

The famous debate between him and JFK broke him as a candidate, NOT because of what he said, but because of how he looked -- sweaty, unshaven, and tired. Before the debate, when asked if he wanted make-up, JFK said no thanks, so Nixon did the same. But JFK was conning Nixon and went ahead and used it, knowing he would present a much better image than Nixon on camera.

Remember Al Gore's make-up during one of his first debates? When I saw it I was floored that anyone let him out on the stage looking like that -- it was so horrid my first thought was someone was TRYING to make him look bad.

This was a debate on FOX -- bad lightening and make-up may have been used as an election tool.

It worked for JFK.