I have a serious question to DU'er females about Fred Thompson

[bigdarryl]

I found this article on Fred Thompson supposing to be a real ladies man when he was single. my question is do any DU'er women find this guy attractive? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1977478.ece
Old girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson - Times Online

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He doesn't do anything for me.

But then, I tend to prefer mammals.

[Gregorian]

2. Women in outter space.

[Bucky]

87. Um, check your spelling there...

I believe you meant "Fred Thompson is sexy to women from Otter Space"



;)

[JDPriestly]

3. Repulsive is the word as far as I am concerned.

[Jane Austin]

62. I don't see anything attractive about him at all -

"Repulsive" sums it up for me, too, especially when you add cigar breath to the equation.

Shudder.

[Raksha]

90. Repulsive--thank you! That's the word I was looking for

yesterday when I volunteered my opinion of Fred Thompson's looks on another forum frequented by wingnuts as well as sane people (i.e. liberals). I haven't watched "Law and Order" in recent years, so I wasn't all that familiar with what he looks like until he announced his candidacy and I happened to see him on CNN. I thought to myself, "gawd, that man is UGLY!" but the word I was actually looking for is "repulsive.'

I wonder who his trophy wife fantasizes about when they get it on...assuming they do, of course.

[silverweb]

4. Ugh!

:puke:

[Captain Hilts]

5. We prefer to be called 'women' as 'females' isn't exclusive to humans.

Makes us seem less than human or subjects of a lab experiment.

[Cabcere]

6. This one doesn't.

But then again, I tend to prefer men with souls. :hide:

(Yeah, that was really mean - I guess he's not as bad as Bush, but still...hardcore Republican men just don't really appeal to me. :shrug:)

[PDJane]

7. On the other hand,

the only way I'd get anywhere near Fred Thompson would be under controlled conditons.

Preferably on the other side of a mirrored glass, checking my gag reflex.

[proud patriot]

8. Blech

x(

[southerncrone]

9. You're joking, right?

:rofl: :spray:

If you are talking about Lori Morgan & other mindless twits, please exclude those of us w/brains & eyes!
Lori Morgan would date anyone she thought was powerful & could promote her career.

Thompson apparently liked to party. That in itself attracts certain "types" of women.

[Orangepeel]

10. of course not. but republicans pretended RUMSFELD was sexy for crying out loud

:shrug:

must be part of the whole "sex is bad" thing right wingers have going on. they have to pick the nastiest men and pretend they're hot.

[BlueDissenter]

11. Sweet heavens no!

He ranks right up there on the fugly scale.

I'm going to have to bleach my brain to get rid of his face now.

[Lobster Martini]

12. Oh, come on...

Wasn't this guy in "The Shining"?



Two words: Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!

[Miss Chybil]

13. He's tall and has a deep voice.

He's too old for me, but I don't find him "repulsive" as another poster put it. He looks like a man. I don't see why this type of thing comes up about candidates all the time. Have our elections turned into "The Dating Game?" People talk bad about Hillary's appearance, or John Edwards hair. Then they go on about Obama's race, or his name and now we need to decide if Fred Thompson is attractive? It's really not that important.

[snowbear]

17. Woopie... A deep voice and the brains of a 4th grader.

Have you heard the guy try to give a speech?

It's no wonder he skipped the rTHUG debate... he couldn't get through one question on that show "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

Sheezuz KeyRhist that party is desperate if they're dragging out numbskulls like him!!!

[Miss Chybil]

94. His intelligence is a different question than the one posed by the OP.

His being a Republican is enough to make me wonder about his IQ. I don't need to hear him speak.

[snowbear]

14. =ACK= - - - - He is a pathetic POS !!!

[hlthe2b]

15. NO... but Repug women are quite a different species, apparently

[MODemocrat]

16. I'm older than Thompson, and he is so repulsive to me

They're touting him as the new Ronald Reagan; do they mean in looks or personality? If that's the
comparison they're making, they must be blind. At least Reagan was fairly nice looking.
The ladies who dated him seem to think he's the cat's meeyow. Just ask Lorrie Morgan!

rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[last_texas_dem]

18. I think the Reagan comparison is based on little more than

that both were C-list actors and right-wingers. In terms of looks and charisma, there seems to be very little comparison between the two. So, while the comparison seems pretty weak, it's worth remembering that the Repugs are also pretty desperate!

[pnwmom]

24. Reagan was the actor who played the part of the President.

Thompson is the actor who wants to play the part of the actor who played the part of the President.

This is a sign of how completely devoid of real principles the Republican party is.

[dugggy]

19. Lot of women are attracted to POWERFUL MEN

It is built into their genes over 4 million years
of evolution, the powerful men were better providers
and better protectors of the children. The women who
followed that trait had the best chance of passing
on the genes.

Which explains why not so handsome men like Fred Thompson
and Henry Kissinger and others have no trouble finding
very attractive females.

[snowbear]

23. And what in your opinion makes the dirtbag "powerful" ?

Because he's a former actor?

[dugggy]

28. Facts are... he is RICH, has ex-senator's huge pension, and

is running for POTUS. That makes him a lot more
powerful than you or me or most people I know or
most people on DU.

P.S. Fred is ugly & decrepit by any standard.

[snowbear]

33. Dugggy, Dugggy, Dugggy...

The guy is a walking billboard for Poligrip, Viagra and assorted butt rash ointments.

Reagan may not have been brilliant either, but you know the old saying..

"If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit"

Reagan had good bullshit lines. (i.e. "the great communicator")

Your old man is a dud when it comes to public speaking.

He sounds like Ben Stein on valium.

The THUGS are trying to reincarnate a memory... and it ain't gonna happen with old man Thompson.

[dugggy]

37. I will grant you Fred is certifiably ugly & repulsive....but

we are talking about why he is purportedly a
ladies man. And the reason he is successful
with ladies is because he is powerful. If I
had his money and his fame and his connections
I would be attractive to ladies also LOL.

[AtomicKitten]

38. maybe it's his "huge pension"

:rofl:

[dugggy]

39. Hey don't snicker at life long medical insurance, lifelong pension of

well over 140K with built in inflation protection, etc.

[Sparkly]

67. "Is that a guaranteed annuity in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

:rofl:

[pnwmom]

42. By that standard, women should find every candidate running

to be very attractive.

Believe me, he doesn't have any advantage over the other Rethug creeps.

[dugggy]

46. I think only Romney is richer than Thompson

And I have never understood why women find
men in entertainment industry very attractive.
I am not a fan of Hollywood mores.

[pnwmom]

26. Are you a man telling us about what women find attractive?

Just curious.

[dugggy]

29. Nope, just a student of anthropology,,,,n/t

[pnwmom]

41. Funny, your profile thinks you're also a man. n/t

[dugggy]

45. Sorry for the confusion...pnwmom

I am a man last time I looked :)

And my reasons were based on scientific
studies of human traits, not physical beauty.

[pnwmom]

51. It would be interesting to know what studies would report

about the differences between Repub women and Democratic women. As well as older and younger women.

I've never met a Democratic woman of any age who finds Phony Fred to be attractive. We don't need another fake father figure. Reagan was enough for several lifetimes.

[Raksha]

93. Granted, but not all of us have the same concept of "power."

I just posted on another thread: "Knowledge is power." So I've always been attracted to INTELLIGENT men, which by all accounts rules out Fred Thompson.

I've got my own evolutionary imperative which has worked out JUST fine for me...two children in the Gifted and Talented program, and the younger one with two master's degrees.

About the only thing Fred Thompson has in common with my late husband is that they're both tall!

[Mountainman]

95. My bet is the attractive females attracted to power have less powerful but attractive men on the sid

[Jade Fox]

106. Oh god, the cave man theory again......

I think men who find some vast truth in ideas like this know they have nothing going for themselves as mensches, so they hope a dumb, macho swagger will get them some action.

Most of those women who are attracted to "POWERFUL MEN" are actually attracted to their money.

[treestar]

111. No, it is not built into our genes

Women prefer good looking men just like men prefer good looking women. Women prefer young men to older men. Why is it that women no longer marry men 20 years older like they might have in Victorian times? Because women can get their own jobs now and aren't forced into it.

Why, when women get money and power themselves, do they find boy toys? Look at Cher and Demi Moore. No, women "found" men with money attractive when they had to. Now, they are freer to let their actual preferences take over.

Of course there are always exceptions but they are based on the individual's insecurities and needs. Even successful women may feel insecure, and some people are desperate to retain where they are so far and can't stand to fall lower. Others may actually just have an attraction for the individual in question, regardless of age.

These right wing talking points about how our "genes" mean we want other than what we think we want always come from men who aren't attractive physically but hope that by earning $$$, they will somehow get a sweet young thing as their biggest consumer item. Not gonna happen.

[Imagevision]

20. Fred wear a size 14 shoe, and this makes him a ladies man?? Craig and Foley might go for him too...

[dugggy]

40. Yes, SIZE matters

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Imagevision]

75. Yes, SIZE matters? - throw a bag over his head? - even then geeesh!

[JenniferJuniper]

21. Loathsome Toad

is the description comes to mind.

Not that it matters. Abraham Lincoln was not the most stunning of "males" and I'd have happily chilled with him.

[pnwmom]

22. He makes my skin crawl.

And not in a good way.

I think he's a man's idea of what women would find attractive.

[illinoisprogressive]

25. eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww. He is old, bald and fat.

[Bucky]

88. Pffff, so cynical. So shallow. And I suppose you didn't find Kissinger alluring either?

fooling no one

[izzie]

27. If I was of that age I would not be for him. I sort of like the part

he plays on Law and Order but that is it.

[jillan]

30. I wouldn't go near him if he was the last man on earth -

:puke:

[eridani]

56. If he were the last man on earth--

--I'd stick with women.

[Imagevision]

31. I agree, Thomson is repulsive to even look at, this guy has a problem sleeping bigtime!

[Digit]

32. His eyes look vacant, the rest is not any better n/t

[calimary]

34. Uh... Well, no, I take that back. No "uh." More like UGH!!!

I couldn't find him less attractive or appealing, anymore than I'd fall in love or lust with my own great grandpa.

But for me, it's hard to differentiate his mere physical looks and the attitudes and beliefs and general mindset underneath the skin. My mom used to say "beauty is as beauty does." And I don't find ANYTHING attractive about him. In ANY regard.

[treestar]

112. It's funny how the right wing and the media try to get around this

by insisting on its opposite. I feel like they know he is fugly ugly and think the way to get around it is to just start claiming he's attractive and go from there. The fact of the trophy wife is all they have to use, and the trophy wife herself is a liability - it'd be the first one in the WH - so they try to make a strength out of a weakness with all that caveman crap.

It sounds to me like a bad choice - there are a lot of middle aged women in the population right now, and this is not the sort of thing they want to hear.

[AtomicKitten]

35. Let's just say he fits in quite nicely on the GOP bench.

[asjr]

36. Nauseating!

[cd3dem]

43. find his bank account attractive? yes

him? no



People you never see in the same room at the same time...

[peace frog]

44. FUGLY

His trophy bride can have him. UGH.

[sandnsea]

47. Republican women like authoritarian "daddies"

I don't think we're wired the same as them. No evidence, just my theory.

[marlakay]

48. Old fart

and ugly...it must be a money or fame thing...ugh...

[Alamom]

55. Yes, and a REP-tilian one at that. No offense to reptiles intended.nm

[flyarm]

49. ewwwwwwwwwwwww..noooooooooo!! ick..eom

[Norrin Radd]

50. He face turns milk pink.

[PatSeg]

52. I don't get it!

I don't find him appealing in any way whatsoever.

[ArkySue]

53. G-R-O-S-S !!!

GROSS!! He makes my skin crawl.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. Ewwwww.

I go for brains and personality and humor, not the bucks. I'm not a gold digger.

He's gross, as are all Repuke males to me.

[monmouth]

57. Older guy??? Wes Clark, now we're talkin'.....eom

[Clark2008]

58. Amen.

Yes to Wes!
No to Schmoe!

[Berry Cool]

59. But Clark2008, I thought you said once that you'd met Fred and you understood how some women

could find him charming because of that smooth gentlemanliness thing he has going. Even if you were not one of them.

Me? I'm not nearly as impressed with a man's money and fame as I am with other qualities. And I'm sure Fred can turn on the charm when he wants but I've never found his brand of charm all that compelling.

As for how he looks, forget it.

Then again, I have never been looking for a daddy figure.

[CTyankee]

63. Oh, yes! Wes Clark is my idea of an attractive man! So was John Kerry, to me.

Interestingly, I am not attracted to John Edwards as much physically, altho he is certainly handsome, as to what he is saying about leadership.

But in an Edwards-Thompson matchup, well, game over...

[windbreeze]

105. That is like comparing apples to oranges...

There is NO comparison...there IS only ONE WES....no one else even holds a candle....wb

[southerncrone]

108. Wes is MIGHTY FINE! John Edwards, too. Face it....Dems are just prettier! LOL!

Romney is all they've got in the looks dept. & he's so stiff it's scary! They made fun of Gore for being stiff, but Romney is a board!

My prediction is Mitt will be nominee because of his looks, not his views!

[Reader Rabbit]

60. No, but it could be because...

I prefer border collies to basset hounds.

[RebelOne]

61. I am not going to criticize his appearance, but he doesn't appeal to me. n/t

[Sparkly]

64. In a word: NO

I don't understand why the MSM keeps insisting this guy is such a Manly Studly Heroic Heavyweight. They could have picked any of the Republicans for this story and it'd make as much sense (which is to say NONE).

[Totally Committed]

79. Yeah.... but, look who you are married to!

Hubby has to be one of the sweetest studmuffins in on this Board. What mere mortal man could compete???? ;)

But, even with that bias, I have to agree with you. Makes. No. Sense.

TC

[Totally Committed]

65. Eeeee-yewwwwww!

Two words: Abstinense first.

TC

[OHdem10]

66. I heard that his "courtliness,(old-fashioned Southern Gentleman)

and a special type of charm wooed the ladies. Somehow he had the ability to date very high profile women, break-up up friends. Some
of his ex-girlfriends are his most ardent supporters.

No, I do not see the attraction.

[wordpix]

114. I'm no spring chicken, either but this guy does NOTHING for me. Besides, he's a repuke

[electron_blue]

68. in my experience, whether someone is a ladies man has more to do with his

behavior than his looks.

[donsu]

69. NO he seems like one of those slow talking, mild mannered men

that act ugly to women when no one is around

[flpoljunkie]

70. You mean this handsome hunk?

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson speaks during the first campaign stop of his presidential campaign in Des Moines, Iowa, September 6, 2007. (John Gress/Reuters)

[QueenOfCalifornia]

74. 9 out of 10

Creatures from the lagoon love him!

[cd3dem]

76. another nice pic of Freddie

[HeeBGBz]

71. If I were into neocon/bassett hound hybrids maybe

But no thanks.

Apologies to bassetts everywhere.

[mentalsolstice]

72. Myself? I watch L&O for Sam Waterston... n/t

[Mz Pip]

73. I don't remember what he looked like

when he was a young man but he looks like a tired old fool now. Maybe it's because he's had cancer and that took a lot out of him but I don't find him the least bit appealing.

And his politics make him even less attractive. Might as well support Dick Cheney.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Vinca]

77. This guy is not attractive at all. He's a good actor, I'll give him that,

but if he was a regular Joe with a regular bank account he wouldn't have a wife who looked like Jeri.

[AlCzervik]

78. i would have to drink an entire bottle of Jack and then get smashed over the head with it

to find Thompson attractive, he was ugly when he was young and he's uglier now that he's aged.

[iverglas]

80. I gather it isn't so much a matter of "attractive"

in the physical sense:

“Fred is a perfect example of chivalry. He’s the kind of man little girls dream about marrying, who opens doors for you, lights your cigarettes, helps you on with your coat, buys wonderful gifts. It’s every woman’s fantasy.”

“I think he has a great chance of capturing the women’s vote. He’s majestic. He’s a soft, safe place to be and that could be Fred’s ticket. Women love a soft place to lay and a strong pair of hands to hold us,” she said.

He is just as able to charm professional women, she added: “Another thing that is extremely attractive about Fred is that he is a really good listener. As a woman you can talk to Fred about any subject and know that you’re getting someone who respects your opinion and isn’t just being polite.”

Anybody who thinks that holding a door open for me is going to score points has a nasty shock coming. None of this is remotely attractive to me, other than that listening/respecting my opinion stuff, but I can't see why I'd be interested in telling him, because it's not like he's going to respect it enough to change any of his ugly ideas, apparently.

On the physical side -- well, it's a little tiresome to read all the yech comments here. Not everyone is 21. I'm a lot closer to Thompson's age than I am to 21, and my reaction to a whole lot of the 20-somethings I see on TV, for instance, is yech. The post-adolescent hunk du jour these days really doesn't do it for me; I just see somebody with the latest fad in haircuts or other adornments, and I find them all pretty unappealing. And frankly, I can't for the life of me grasp why grown-up men don't feel the same way about the boopsies du jour.

Thompson is perfectly passable for his age. At least as much so as I am. I happen to know what he is, and not be remotely attracted by it. That doesn't mean that he's physically yech.

Me, I think Joe Biden is cute as a button. But that's probably just because I'm gaga for his brain.



Lucky for me, the apple of mine own eye bears a strong resemblance to one of my favourite fictional characters.



Hmm. Joe may have a bit of the Gul Dukat in him too ...

[nickinSTL]

97. "I can't for the life of me grasp why grown-up men don't feel the same way about the boopsies du...

jour"

Believe me, some of us do. I'm 34, not that old, but I have NO interest in the 20ish skeletons that Hollywood pushes as being the height of feminine beauty.

Not to mention the fact that many of them seem to be about as smart as the average rock. NOT a turn-on, IMO.

[treestar]

113. There is nothing that I loathe more than those media morans

telling us what we all want.

Every woman has a different fantasy. Hers makes me sick.

[emmadoggy]

81. Errr, NO!

x(

[JitterbugPerfume]

82. no

[supernova]

83. Enlightening puff piece on Thompson

He might have been a pretty decent lawyer, but he's a wooden actor. He's only on L&O becuase that whole show has deadpan delivery, the only "acting" he can do.

[wicket]

84. I wouldn't fuck him with Bea Arthur's dick

:rofl:

[Bucky]

89. I hope you'll still hear my laughter all the way down in hell, Wicket!

so evil, so evil

[wicket]

91. Bwahahahaha

Wish I could take credit for it, but Jeffrey Ross used that line at one of the Friar's club roasts (Bea Arthur was in the audience) :D

[Arugula Latte]

85. Ew. Ew. Ew.

Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew.

[Blue_In_AK]

86. OMG, are you SERIES???!!

Not only no, but hell no.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

92. No, he looks like a Good Old Boy

Doesn't do a thing for me.

But what do I know about what Republican women might find attractive, with their swooning over the Bushboy and Donald Rumsfeld? :wtf:

[democratsin08]

96. he is too old for me

but he is rich and famous!!

[GoldenOldie]

99. I'm thinkin Elmer Fudd

Every time he appears on my TV, I am always expecting his nemisis Bugs to appear beside him and utter some of his famous words......."That's All Folks!"

Many have said that Kucinich's looks, will prevent him from getting the POTUS, yet old, baldheaded, flabby, Fred is considered to be a "sex symbol by the adoring media???? Gimme a break!

[pink-o]

98. Well, I'm older than his trophy wife!

..but I'm sorry: one of my first criterion for attraction is that a guy be a free-thinker, a non-conformist and a lefty liberal. I would do Jon Stewart from head to toe, and he's about 1/2 shorter than I am! But I don't care--I wish Traci would loan him to me for one weekend so I could consume him slowly and savour every moment.

Now, with that fantasy in mind, there's NO WAY I would ever go for a Thompson type. I hate men that think you like to be "treated like a lady" it's usually code for sexist pig. It's a bloody shame that some women would find that "charming" or "attractive". They must not have much confidence in their own capacities if they would defer to someone like that.

[Marie26]

100. God, no

He's more Chris Matthew's type.

[lyonn]

101. Ugh!

And I'm older than him...

[bluedog]

102. hell NO! he looks like Nixons brother///////

[OnionPatch]

103. I saw his picture for the first time yesterday

and I was surprised at how NOT good-looking he is. Everything I had read about him said that he was this nice-looking actor and I believed it. Not that I think he's hideous or anything but he's certainly not anything to write home about. Plus, he has a mean look on his face. Figures. It's probably why so many of Republicans like the guy. Republicans love mean people.

[RamboLiberal]

104. As a DU female - E'wwwwwww - but he sure does something to Tweety

MATTHEWS: Can you smell the English leather on this guy, the Aqua Velva, the sort of mature man‘s shaving cream, or whatever, you know, after he shaved? Do you smell that sort of—a little bit of cigar smoke? You know, whatever.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/14/tweety-thompson-is-the-aqua-velva-man/

[annabanana]

107. What. . 40 years ago?

nope.. not even then

[MaineDem]

109. This is a serious question? n/t

[treestar]

110. I think he is disgusting

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Dubya himself is more attractive!

[CitizenLeft]

115. hell no

I did find him a likable character in The Hunt for Red October, but that's about it. In terms of older men having sex appeal? Forget it - the King of Older Men With Sex Appeal was in that movie - Sean Connery. Thompson's not even on the charts.

And beside whatever may be likable about him, politically he's an empty pillow case.

[Evergreen Emerald]

116. ewwwww!

crotchety-old-lazy does nothing for me.

[w8liftinglady]

117. Republicans are historically bad lovers-don't ask me how I know

these are they guys I find sexy

Harry Belafonte

George Clooney

Richard Gere

Spike Lee

Tim Robbins
..I could go on

[LibDemAlways]

118. If this is a female, she thinks he's hot:

[midlife_mo_Jo]

119. I didn't know who he was three decades ago!

No, he does nothing for me