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Esquire Poll Gives Bush Low Marks for Sex Appeal
Reuters ^ | April 14, 2005

Posted on 04/15/2005 5:21:42 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He may be leader of the free world and Time magazine's "Person of the Year," but a new international survey of women makes certain that President Bush is far from being the sexiest man alive. In a recent online poll conducted by Esquire magazine, 11,000 women in 15 countries were asked to rate Bush's sex appeal on a scale of one to 10, and America's commander-in-chief failed to register much more than a two.

Women in Australia, Germany and the Netherlands were the harshest judges of George W.'s sexual allure, giving him an average rating of 1.4 each, Esquire said in its survey released earlier this week.

By contrast, Indonesian women were the most generous, giving Bush an average score of 2.2; American women found their president slightly less appealing, rating him a 2.1

Other countries contributing to the survey included Austria, Brazil, Britain, Israel, Italy, the Philippines, Russia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

Bush has fared far better in other recent magazine rankings, having been named Time's "Person of the Year" in December and making that magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people this week.

But Esquire magazine's "Global Survey of the Female Species" was not confined to questions about Bush.

Eighty-three percent of Italian women said they preferred sex to cuddling, for instance, compared to 63 percent of American women.

And while American women said it takes an average of 5.5 dates with a man before having sex with him, Swedish women said they would sleep with a man after 4 dates, the survey showed.


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1 posted on 04/15/2005 5:21:43 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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He gets high marks from this American woman. He a real man, and that makes him very sexy.


2 posted on 04/15/2005 5:24:20 AM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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I think ater Clinton we've had our fill of presidents with sex appeal for the next century or two.

Funny, I don't ever recall hearing whether anyone ever thought Washington or Jefferson or any other president before JFK had sex appeal. And the only one who apparently has had it since JFK is Billy Jeff.


3 posted on 04/15/2005 5:25:27 AM PDT by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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I suppose they think Al Gore and John Kerry ARE sexy.

Whoever these women are they do NOT speak for me! I like manly men, like the president and my husband.


4 posted on 04/15/2005 5:25:57 AM PDT by kalee
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But, unfortunately for Esquire magazine....sex appeal has nothing to do being leader of the free world. Thus, making this ridiculous poll, well...ridiculous.


5 posted on 04/15/2005 5:26:15 AM PDT by grumple (I'm too old to worry about whether or not I'm a pain in your ass...)
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To: COUNTrecount

I used to think he was very sexy and macho but ever since Terri Schindler died, all of the Republicans look like impotent silly little boys . . . with the possible exception of Tom DeLay.


6 posted on 04/15/2005 5:26:44 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Rest in Peace, Theresa Marie SCHINDLER - IMPEACH JUDGE GREER!!!!!!!)
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He's not exactly my type, but he's certainly no "2." A certain beautiful woman named Laura seems to be quite smitten....and that's really all that matters.


7 posted on 04/15/2005 5:26:50 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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There's no accounting for taste. I find GWB enormously appealing...but I thought Telly Savalas was too!


8 posted on 04/15/2005 5:27:35 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve.)
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Inane "poll" with inane results from an inane magazine.


9 posted on 04/15/2005 5:29:07 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
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To: ohioWfan; rintense; Pippin; snugs

This needs a does ping!


10 posted on 04/15/2005 5:29:18 AM PDT by mystery-ak (nothing else to say)
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No accounting for taste, my wife was partial to Charles Bronson


11 posted on 04/15/2005 5:29:33 AM PDT by traderrob6
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I don't give a rip if a president has sex appeal. I give a damn about his being faithful to the Constitution, protecting our rights, freedoms, and sovereignty. That's what I voted him in for in the first place.


12 posted on 04/15/2005 5:29:54 AM PDT by Ladysmith (Wisconsin Hunter Shootings: If you want on/off the WI Hunters ping list, please let me know.)
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But Esquire magazine's "Global Survey of the Female Species"...

Hmmmm...no clear indication that human women were actually involved. No wonder they got such a strange result. ;)

13 posted on 04/15/2005 5:31:24 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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Note to self: Date Swedish women in next life.


14 posted on 04/15/2005 5:35:29 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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What a compliment!... That means he is normal

Whereas I am sure Bill Clinton, John F Kennedy, Peter Jennings, Dan rather... are at the top of their list

:))

15 posted on 04/15/2005 5:35:55 AM PDT by ElPatriota (let's not forget, we are all still friends despite our differences)
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To: COUNTrecount

I wonder if they did a similar poll when LBJ was President.


16 posted on 04/15/2005 5:36:43 AM PDT by kabar
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To: mystery-ak

Most definitely off to get the sexy pics


17 posted on 04/15/2005 5:36:45 AM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: COUNTrecount

I don't even know what to address first.

Obviously sex appeal isn't why you hire a president! Yet Reuters feels it's a damning discovery.

Second, International poll? Since when have world polls ever worked to his favor.

Third, G.W. is distinctly American and American women have a different response to him. As it should be.


18 posted on 04/15/2005 5:38:29 AM PDT by Soul Seeker
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Well, they didn't ask me.


19 posted on 04/15/2005 5:39:18 AM PDT by Desdemona
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He's not exactly my type, but he's certainly no "2." A certain beautiful woman named Laura seems to be quite smitten....and that's really all that matters.

I agree with that 100%. He's not my type either, but if he's a 2, then there are a lot of Senators and Congresspeople who are in the minus range. And I'm not sure there's a man alive who would be a 10. BTW, can you imagine them having the chutzpah to poll American men about Nancy Pelosi or Hilary Clinton and publishing the results?

As others have said, it matters little. It's a silly, superficial poll by a silly, superficial magazine.

20 posted on 04/15/2005 5:39:20 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (During our life's journeys we see the Lord at work if our eyes and our hearts are open. - GW Bush)
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