Reply #19: Yeah, everyone knows homely people are smarter, right?

[Pragmatic Pilgrim]

Sorry, but I get tired of whatever it is (jealousy? a lack of other criticisms? wishful thinking?) that makes some folks accuse attractive people of being hollow. Talk about prejudicial stereotyping!

We tend to forget that anyone who gets within range of a presidential campaign has already climbed a long and steep slope. Their looks may have helped, along the way, but there had to be a whole lot more qualities working for them than that.

And incidentally, the same applies to movie stars who make it to the top. Take a look sometime at those books of head-shots in the office of any modeling agency, and you'll see thousands of anyonymous actors/actresses who are cuter than the few who win the Oscars.