Cindy McCain looks terrible on the Newsweek cover this week!

[napi21]

I just recevied my copy in today's mail, and I was shocked that she didn't insist on blurring the image a bit. The effect of radical facelift(s) is really obvious.



It's visable on this image, but not nearly as obvious as it is in the larger picture on the mag. cover. WOW!

[smoogatz]

1. Those eyebrows are painted on.

Her real ones are currently located on the back of her neck.

[tularetom]

17. One more facelift and she'd have a beard

Wonder if it would be blond?

[smoogatz]

34. Depends if she's willing to pay her colorist the extra $50

to match the carpet to the drapes.

[Eurobabe]

96. ouch!

maybe there isn't any carpet? :rofl:

[backscatter712]

133. Is that spot on her forehead her belly button?

Trust me, you don't want to look at her cleavage...

[ErinBerin84]

2. haha.ok...aside from how she looks.

The newsweek cover text cracks me up.

'understanding' Cindy McCain?

'behind that smile', like something evil lurks behind it?

[smoogatz]

32. Well, there's her drug addiction.

It's hard being that white and that rich, you know.

[ErinBerin84]

42. her drug addiction actually endears her to me , in a strange way.

I don't really think that her drug addiction should be fair game, but her family business ties should be. I think she looks good for her age (even though I think she got plastic surgery), it's just funny to me that Newsweek would choose an unflattering picture and questionable quotes in a cover story to promote Cindy McCain.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

45. How about stealing from charities?

Is that endearing?

[ErinBerin84]

53. nope, but it makes me feel sorry for her to think that anyone could get that desperate.

The thing that most bothers me about her is that she smelt blood with the Michelle Obama comments, and she of everyone should know what it is like to be gone after by the GOP as a spouse. It would have been really good publicity for her to just say something like Laura Bush had.

[smoogatz]

63. She's the Paris Hilton of her generation.

The mundane and slightly pathetic trials and tribulations of those endowed with huge inherited wealth (and not much intelligence) just don't move me, somehow.

[ErinBerin84]

64. ok, it's really only bc I recently read Valley of the Dolls, and it was hilarious.

I mean, rodeo queen? You don't get much campier than that.

[DesertRat]

106. I don't agree with that

She has a master's degree in special ed. and taught special needs kids in a public school here during the same time that I did. I obviously don't agree with her politics or her dating a much older married man, but I don't believe that she lacks intelligence.

[polichick]

3. How can you tell? I only notice her washed out color.

[TexasLady]

8. Hillary had a WAY better handle of great colors to wear

So I definitely agree.

[polichick]

13. And this pink is a good choice compared to a photo I saw of her in yellow...

I'm not sure what she should choose, maybe teal or something else that would contrast more with her face and hair.

[iconicgnom]

33. Maybe a teal green burqa?

[eridani]

117. Yep--I think blondes do much better with jewel tones n/t

[napi21]

10. The skin on her forehead & around her eyes is stretched so

taught it appears to make her eyes look squinty. Much like Joan Rivers looks when she's on QVC.

[polichick]

16. Ohhhh - that's the "Ouch, my pigtails are too tight" look! :)

[CountAllVotes]

29. it is a very freaky look

the smile is *permanent*. Reminds me of Joan Rivers. :puke:

:kick:

[Eurobabe]

97. Cindy Lou WHO?? rofl....

[DesertRat]

107. Laura Bush's eyes look the same way now too. n/t

[BeatleBoot]

4. I don't want to understand Cindy McCain

[polichick]

20. Me neither - I've never been keen on horror stories!

[book_worm]

5. She's had work done, I'm sure.

[TexasLady]

6. Reminds me of my very nerve wracked first grade teacher

I still remember asking my mom why Ms. Turney always looked so mad. Nerves, mom told me.

Ms. Turney's eyes looked mean too, lol.

[Shakespeare]

7. She's starting to look like the crypt keeper.

[sniffa]

101. That's what I thought

:rofl:

and

:scared:

[Cali_Democrat]

138. LOL

:rofl:

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. I think she needs a new bra

Isn't she rich enough to afford a new one?

[polichick]

21. Or new implants - they can perk them right up these days!

[graywarrior]

11. Her husband looks worse for America in 2009

[Johonny]

12. seems fine to me

But ah... why the heck our the wives getting this much coverage? It's like the MSM has decided to run Cindy McCain against Obama because John is such a loser.

[MorningGlow]

14. Aaaagh! Another one of the lizard people!

Day-um Repugs sure can be ugly. (And I firmly believe that physical appearance is strongly influenced by internal energy/spirit; they just seem to prove it.)
:scared:

[NatBurner]

15. she's no michelle

[seasat]

18. Wow, she looks like she could let out a CAW...

then peck your eyes out.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

19. I'm loving the USA pin.

So patriotic. ::eyes:

[TexasLady]

22. It serves as a reminder to her husband

just in case...you know :D

[AngryOldDem]

81. Yeah, I did a doubletake on that, too.

I'm still trying to get over the Jackie Kennedy look. Where is this pillbox hat?

I've not been able yet to turn to the article.

[DesertRat]

109. It's not a flag pin.

It's blue star pin for Moms with a child in the military. She explained it when she was on the View.
http://www.bluestarmothers.org/mc/page.do

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

111. I never said it was a flag pin.

I said it was a USA pin.

[DesertRat]

112. Sorry, I just saw the patriotic comment and eye roll

and responded. If I had a kid in Iraq, I'd probably wear the blue star pin too. My next door neighbor does. I don't think that it's supposed to imply patriotism.

[polichick]

23. My only question for Cindy would be: WHAT in the world do you see in him?

[liberaldem4ever]

24. I can't believe she approved using that photo

Wow, that's pretty bad. Why didn't they do a better job Photoshopping it like they do on all magazine covers? That is the worst picture of her I've seen yet-she almost has an evil creepy look to her.

[m_welby]

25. She always looks like

Why is it that she looks (in this and every image i see of her) like a dominatrix? Strikes me as a woman who has a closet full of handcuffs, leather, and whips.

[NatBurner]

30. i didn't wanna go there, but yeah

i have images of cindy in leather and grumpy all trussed up like the gimp getting his ya yas...

ugh

i just disgusted myself

[Arugula Latte]

103. How do you think John McCain got his latest head injury?

[Coexist]

26. do you have a link to the article?

[napi21]

36. Yep. Here ya go.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/142650

[Coexist]

43. she just gave the media permission to hit her:

"I think any mother would agree with me. You can go after me, but stay away from my children."

and the fact that they neglect to mention the medical charity shut down after her theft is bad reporting.

[LibDemAlways]

27. Cindy is younger than me but looks ten years older.

Unflattering suit. Unflattering hair style. Unflattering make-up. She looks like she's taking one of those "before" a makeover pics. I'd be mighty pissed if I ended up looking like that on the cover of a national mag.

[goldcanyonaz]

28. The campaign is purposely trying to make her look older than she is

[LibDemAlways]

46. You have a good point. Wouldn't want all the

fundie types to be turned off that McCain dumped spouse #1, after an accident no less, for a much younger model. I'm 55 and consider McCain way too old for me.

[woolldog]

134. *very* interesting theory. n/t

[tishaLA]

31. What's the flair on her lapel?

"You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don't you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?"

[countingbluecars]

35. There seems to be

too much botox in her forehead.

[Beacool]

37. Why are we picking on Cindy McCain?????

Isn't this exactly the same thing that we complain about when directed at Hillary or Michelle?

I read the article, she may have had some issues with pain killers, but she seems like a decent enough person. The charity that she started has helped a lot of children with cleft palate problems. She was the one who brought home the little girl who they adopted. She actually brought two babies who were very ill, the other one was adopted by friends of the family.

Our issue is with her husband not her, it seems to me hypocritical to attack his wife and then complain when they do it to "our" ladies.

[NatBurner]

41. this might not be the post for u then

cuz we're cracking the fuck up over here

[emilyg]

47. Yup.

[blondeatlast]

51. What about her lobbying efforts? can we touch her on that issue? Like her lobbying against MADD?

Which also calls into question a conflict of interest with her husband?

Is that okay by you, 'cause it sure as hell is with me. Love to see your comments in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6406250

[Beaverhausen]

61. but this thread is all about how she looks

if you want to discuss those other issues, fine. But these constant threads about how she looks are pretty fucking sexist if you ask me.

not that anyone did...

[blondeatlast]

76. So comment on the linked thread. Otherwise, I call it a blanket excuse for a PUBLIC figure. nt

[Beacool]

66. That's fair criticism,

making fun of her looks is not.......

[blondeatlast]

77. Then I'd really appreciate your comments in that thread. Thank you. nt

[Coexist]

52. the article fails to mentiont hat the charity she stole drugs from, closed down after her theft

was revealed. Her actions caused children to go without medical care.

[napi21]

55. I was the OPer of this thread. I wasn't really trying to pick on Cindy as

much as I was picking on McNuts campaign people for letting such an unattractive photo of the candidate's wife be put on the cover of a popular magazine. I was flipping through the mail as I walked back from my mailbox, and I was stunned by that picture. Someone has done a pretty good job at making her quite attractive on all the TV images I've seen, but IMO they really screwed up with this one. I bet Cindy isn't a happy camper seeing this.

BTW, we all have had "bad" pictures taken of us, and if I would have seen an unflattering pic of Michelle on that cover, I'd have posted that one too.

[Beacool]

69. It may not be a great picture,

but too many people jumped on the bandwagon to make fun of her looks.

It disturbs me when women are being bashed for their physical appearance, even if I don't particularly care for the woman in question. I'm against sexism directed at all women, even those I may not agree with politically or even like as a person.

[Virginia Dare]

94. Commenting on a woman's looks is not blanket sexism..

I comment/make fun of lord chimpy's looks on a daily basis. They're making fun of the person, not the person's sex.

[LibDemAlways]

83. I read your OP as a commentary on the photo, not

as specific criticism of Cindy McCain. And you are right, it is a terrible photo - just all-around unflattering.

[WinkyDink]

57. She's a potential First Lady, that's why. She's not a daughter.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

59. LOL

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6057592&mesg_id=6058554

[Beacool]

65. Well, when she makes stump speeches

then I'll criticize her for that, not for her looks.

As a woman, I don't appreciate other women being bashed for their physical appearance. I hated it when they did it to Hillary. I would hate it if they did it to Michelle and I don't like it when it's done to other women, even if the woman in question happens to be the wife of our political opponent.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

68. Uh huh.

Suuuuure.

[Beacool]

73. Ahhhhhh, another skeptic.

:eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

75. Gee whiz, why would anybody doubt you?

:rofl:

[Beacool]

82. Are you doubting angelic and innocent moi????

O8)

[tabasco]

122. Hahahahahahahahaha!!

Tap dancing doesn't hide your hypocrisy or your true intentions.

[Bluebear]

129. Issues with pain killers? Yes...STEALING them.

[backscatter712]

132. They declared war, so let's give them a fucking war.

It'd be nice if we lived in a shiny, happy world where everyone was nice to each other, but we don't.

The wingnuts have spend the last two decades working on Hillary and getting millions of people to hate her.

And now they're starting to do the same thing to Michelle Obama. Deserved or not, Michelle is now a target of the right-wing hate machine, and they will attack her relentlessly and without mercy or remorse.

As long as they are willing to go there, CINDY IS FAIR FUCKING GAME!!!

I don't care. It's war, and if we're going to be at war with the Repukes, we do whatever it takes to fucking win. They're not going to play nice, and neither should we. Give no quarter to them. The stakes are too high, the country and the world are too badly damaged by the Repukes' bad behavior, and it it ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE that we take our country back no matter the cost. So we can't afford to worry about hurting Cindy McCain's pwecious widdle fewwings.

We need to keep going until almost everyone in the U.S. thinks of both John and Cindy as completely subhuman.

BREAK THE BITCH!!!

Is that spot on Cindy's forehead her belly button?

[calimary]

136. All this fair-game stuff is beside the point with cindy mcsame. Because she willingly

stepped into it. That she opened her yap the way she did, snarky and smart-ass - "well, I don't know about you but I'm VERY proud of MY country" means she is no longer a non-combatant. She could have demurred like laura bush did. laura actually handled it fairly nicely. cindy should have taken a page from that book. So, fabulous. A catfight they want? And they still think they can woo Hillary's supporters by stirring things up between women, and pounding on Michelle Obama? I'm tempted to say - hey! Knock yerselves out" to these shitty people who are pushing the dump-on-Michelle crap. I suspect it might alienate far more voters (women) than it attracts (racist knuckledraggers).

[Barack_America]

38. Krystle Carrington, eat your heart out! nt

[polichick]

40. Bingo! That's who she reminds me of!

[David__77]

39. Poor choice of eye makeup.

She's trying to compensate for very hollow upper eyes. A little filler in the area would do wonders. The "cat eye" makeup trick is really creepy too. It's dehumanizing.

[Barack_America]

49. What is that?

A hollow upper eye?

I'm fascinated by your analysis. As you can probably tell, I don't know much about makeup, lol.

[David__77]

70. I'm too into this stuff.

Perhaps I'm superficial lol... I've had a lot of reconstructive surgery that had a big cosmetic effect, so it became a hobby of sorts.

As people age, they lose fat around the eye area. In the lower eye, this causes circles, and, counterintuitively, bags because of poor underlying support. In the upper eye, it causes a sunken in, hollow look. In women this can be more extreme appearing because they tend to prefer higher brow arches, emphasizing it. If she used a temporary injectable filler like Juvederm, she would look more youthful in the eye area. I've had it myself under my eyes.

[murray hill farm]

56. Yep....the eyes creep ya out!

They look alien evil. But really everything about her is just plain creepy! In the south, they refer to that "look"...the overly bleached hair and dark eye make up and such...as the basic "trailer trash" look. So, that and those creepy eyes.....ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

[foo_bar]

72. no makeup can compensate for soulless evil

I don't believe in souls or evil, but I've never seen a Cindy pic without that "nyah hah hah, now we swiftboat moose and squirrel" ambiance.

[mnhtnbb]

44. Horrible eye make-up. Even worse plastic surgery on the eyes. Looks like Cruella.

[Catchawave]

48. I haven't gotten my copy yet....

...how was the article?

Newsweak's been under the gun for being too Obiased recently, wondering if this was a good or bad article on Cindy?

[Coexist]

54. it glossed over her negatives - made them pretty shiny

[emilyg]

50. She survived a major stroke,

Looks good to me.

[blondeatlast]

67. It wasn't "major." I had the same kind, and I look better (of course I have the advantage of being

a FEW years younger).

Fail.

[emilyg]

84. According to news - it was major. She was not expected to live. Glad you survived.

[Gabi Hayes]

98. according to news, McCain is a straight talking maverick who's never

accepted/supported pork

why would you believe anything they say without some sort of corroboration?

[NYC_SKP]

58. Cruella DeVil

I'd let it go, but she dissed Michelle.

[sourmilk]

60. Holy "Death's Head," Batman!!!

If she had her arms crossed, I'd swear that her name was "Roger."

I know teenagers with looser facial skin.

[Beaverhausen]

62. Way to keep the important issues in the forefront!

:applause:

[jillan]

71. Her eyes remind me of Linda Blair's eyes when she was possessed by the devil in The Exorcist.

Cindy - are you possessed?

[DesertRat]

110. Katie Couric was right when she said her eyes look like a husky

[zulchzulu]

74. Who the hell reads Newsweak anyway?

Cindy does have on her usual pieces of flair... :boring:

[TheDonkey]

78. EEEEEEEEEEKKK!!!!!!

[MattNC]

79. She looks like Katherine Harris n/t

[madura]

80. what's this obsession about how women 'look' ?

i'm not too fond of her but her looks and clothing and whether she has had plastic surgery has NOTHING to do with it.

[emilyg]

86. Thank you.

[uponit7771]

88. I've seen many post on how washed out McSame looks too, Cameras don't like them much

[skooooo]

89. She draws attention to her looks....

...which shows she's the one that's obsessed imo. Or she wouldn't have tight-looking distorted facial features.

:shrug:

[madura]

99. i dont want to be rude, but really - whats it to you how Cindy McCain decides to look?

this is a youth obscessed culture and many women feel pressure to 'look young' and go to extreme lengths. If there is blame for this it should be shared culturally and understood how pathetically superficial most people are when judging people by their surface rather than their character.

I don't like her because of her republican stands not becuase i think her surgeon should have hacked her up to fit the idea of physical beauty that i personally phave.

[skooooo]

100. I think it looks awful..

..no matter who does it.

:shrug:

Of course what someone thinks is important, however, how you conduct your life also reveals your mindset and what I see from people with this kind of mindset is just something I cannot personally relate to.

[uponit7771]

85. I'll have to see it for myself, that pic looks chopped...there's NO WAY NewsWeek would print this

[Gabi Hayes]

92. isn't it obvious that the picture on the cover is the best one they could

come up with?

wonder how many they photoshopped toegether to get that horrorshow?


dunno why they didn't use my favorite.....

[Medusa]

87. She's had a stroke too right?

That can't help her overall appearance I would think.

[mtnsnake]

90. Laugh all you want but she's got a body that half the women in this country would kill for

for someone her age.

[Gabi Hayes]

93. she has a friend who helps out with that

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

104. Eh...I guess as long as you don't look into Medusa's eyes you'll be alright...

[mtnsnake]

118. I'm not an eye man anymore

:evilgrin:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

91. Botox experiment gone totally wrong!! n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

95. Ms. Swan say, ''She look like a man''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ9UT7c8Ugg&feature=related

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

102. ..."A dark black hole that will eat your soul?" What? Just answering the question...

That's some pretty scary action there...unless you like big foreheads with stretchy-eyes

[mitchum]

105. I miss Wayland Flowers

[asdjrocky]

108. Oh Swamp Rat..... We need you!

Sorry, just love that guys stuff.

[Skip Intro]

113. I can't believe a thread making fun of someone's looks has over 100 posts.

I remember in the second grade how, at recess, a group of "ccol kids" would rag someone about their looks or weight or glasses or whatever.

It was fucked up then and it's fucked up now.

[Name removed]

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[Skip Intro]

119. huh?

I'm not the one acting like a kid making fun of someone's looks.


wtf are you talking about?

[tabasco]

114. Goddamn.

Plastic surgery just makes people look like circus freaks.

[eridani]

115. I think part of the "artificial" look is fallout from her stroke n/t

[Gabi Hayes]

120. here's the alternate cover

[Gabi Hayes]

121. oops...this is the one I meant, without the dye job

[Skip Intro]

123. Why not post a pic of yourself?

Let's see how that goes over.

[Gabi Hayes]

126. lighten up, francis. I've never had work done. I'm not trying to fool anybody

about the kind of person I am

I never stole anybody's husband

I never lobbied against MADD

I never falsely sicced the law on somebody to ruin their life; to save my own sorry husband's pathetic excuse for a career

I don't give a rat's ass what she looks like

she's FAIR game, and her phony look is an excellent expression of her hollow, empty, phony soul, and, as such, it's also fair game. spare me your concern for the superficial criticism of a more than superficial person.

try your holier than thou shtick on somebody who cares

got it?

now go complain to every other poster in this thread who made fun of poor, poor, I mean rich, rich, cindy's looks

and then go find a life

[Hatalles]

124. What smile? Oh, is that a smile?

[Cleita]

125. Why can't women just grow old gracefully?

You can eat right, go to the gym and get a beauty routine that helps you look better, but you can't push back the clock and she certainly has the money to do those things. I think these women become scary looking the more surgery and botox that they get and frankly it doesn't make them look younger just bizarre.

[BlackVelvet04]

127. and the most important thing about her is how she looks.....

right?

WTF is wrong with you people?

[truthisfreedom]

128. God, she must be horrified. I've seen so many pics of her that look SO much better.

That's just downright nasty!

[Balbus]

130. I'd hit it.

And the first hypocrite who calls my post sexist is...

[Gabi Hayes]

131. try this

or this

[Amerigo Vespucci]

135. I see Cindy and Immediately think "Zorak"

[Vinca]

137. She's definitely taking on that Liddy Dole space alien look. nt