Just saw a pic of Jean Schmidt: DOUBLE YIKES!

[Tyler Durden]

Normally I don't judge much on appearance, but that lady looks like a vampire in dire need of a "bite to eat."

VERY SCARY.

[bertha katzenengel]

1. Who is Jean Schmidt, and why is it appropriate to judge her by her

looks?

[Connie_Corleone]

2. Jean Schmidt is the repuke running against Hackett in Ohio.

District 2.

[bertha katzenengel]

7. thank you Connie

I know who Hackett is, believe it or not.

[Connie_Corleone]

12. Who said you didn't know who Hackett was?

I can't mention Schmidt without mentioning Hackett.

:shrug:

[bertha katzenengel]

14. Um . . . no one said that.

[CatWoman]

4. ....

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/30.html#a4237

[bertha katzenengel]

6. Thanks CW

She looks like a human being to me. :shrug:

[Terran]

16. But not a very nice one.

I think you can judge some people by their looks, sometimes, and it has nothing to do with physical attractiveness. Some people you can tell just have nothing inside.

[GreenArrow]

24. she looks like Elmira Gulch to me

the Wicked Witch of the West from Oz.

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Funny in that picture

how she is wearing a button of a marine and Hackett is a marine running against her! :eyes: And she supports the troops more then a marine himself? LOL.

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[bertha katzenengel]

8. We just have a large dif. of opinion, Tyler.

No war here.

If there was television in the early 20th century, this country would never have elected FDR. A man in a wheelchair?! *gasp*

[Modem Butterfly]

18. Actually, William Randolph Hearst made it a point to show FDR...

...in his wheelchair.

[bertha katzenengel]

22. I didn't know that.

Hmm.

[Modem Butterfly]

25. Hearst hated FDR and wanted to discredit him wherever he could

Hearst was a nasty, nasty man who controlled a lot of newspapers.

[noamnety]

13. Thanks for that post

Schmidt is a contemptible human being.

Unfortunately, people find that to be an excuse for pushing the meme that women ought to look a certain way, and if they don't, they are somehow defective - or fit for "slopping pigs."

People sometimes forget that insults like that don't only affect the intended target - the effects ripple through society. I'm pretty average looking, for example. Comments like this make ME think "I have some good ideas, but I don't want to run for office because I don't want people standing around mocking me because they don't like my chin, or my hair, or the size of my behind while I'm getting into a car."

With an OP like that, you aren't affecting Schmidt personally; she'll probably never read that post. What you're really accomplishing is chipping away at the confidence of other women who DO read your post.

If you're looking to discourage women in general from running for office, this is a good way to do it.

[bertha katzenengel]

15. And today even David Broder caught himself, when talking about Rice

He used the word "attractive" and managed to say "figure" or some such innocuous word, rather than "woman." Unfortunately I don't remember the context of the comment. He was on Bob Edwards as he is every Monday. Said he'd never seen the Washington Post do such a puff piece on . . . damn, can't even remember that! Something like, he'd never seen the Washington Post do such a puff piece on a member of such a conservative administration. (Nah... I'm sure I'm misremembering.)

Chip, chip, chip away. Seems there will always be someone (and this isn't pointed at Tyler) who just can't stand for women to be in positions of power and influence.

[alarcojon]

21. Well put, lwfern

Something to keep in mind.

[LSparkle]

3. She looks like a Kansas farm wife

Send her out to slop the hogs!

[Enraged_Ape]

10. She looks like Grand Moff Tarkin in drag

[Beaverhausen]

11. I rather say "YIKES" about her statement on TV

not sure what show but when asked about the Iraq war and WMDs she said that "Saddam himself claimed to have WMDs and wouldn't let the inspectors in."

Lets hate her for her ignorance, not her looks.

[DefenseLawyer]

17. There's something about Jean

I knew I had seen her someplace.

[Modem Butterfly]

19. She is ugly inside and out

I've heard her speak and DOUBLE YIKES is right. Her appearance seems to be a reflection of her spirit; tightly drawn, tense, hidebound and with little in the way of eyebrows.

[jmowreader]

20. I'll show you what's really scary...

No, not this:



which is Jean after a session with a print stylist. She looks like a reasonably attractive late-middle-age woman.

This:

http://www.jeanschmidt.com/JeanOnTheIssues.htm

is Jean Schmidt's position on "the issues." Extreme hardline Republican all the way.

[MistyBlue]

23. Jean Schmidt

I saw her on TV the other day. She looks like she fell asleep in the tanning booth for about a week.
You could make a purse out of her face.
Yuck!