Do ya think he's sexy? At nearly 70, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is TV's newest stud

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 12/29/01 | Beth Gillin

[Ima Lurker]

Yes indeed he is sexy! He is honest, straight forward and has a good sense of humor. All very important qualities to me.

[Defiant]

Did you ever publicly discuss that Ronald Reagan was sexy, or that Ollie North was sexy, or that Jeanne Kirkpatrick was not? Or did that whole concept get introduced with Bill Clinton? I don't recall such a fixation on the sexiness of various leaders, except possibly in the days of the Kennedys, when I was a toddler (Johnson's ugly mug banished those days quite rapidly).

Sure, there might have been the occasional article about the looks of a leader contributing to his popularity among women, but it was left at a subliminal level for the most part, and not a common topic of discussion and comparison, dissected to death.

If you find Rummy sexy, fine. What I'm saying is that I doubt you'd have been talking about it in polite company until Clinton broke those bounds of decency.

[Snow Bunny]

Speaking as a Rummy fan ...giggle... I think he is fantastic!

Rummy is smart,sexy, a REAL man that stands up to the vile media, brillant, sexy,knows what to do and does it, sexy, great personality, sexy, perfect man for the job, sexy.... did I say SEXY yet???? tee hee...

Yep Rummy is a HUNK !!!!!

[LADY J]

"If you find Rummy sexy, fine. What I'm saying is that I doubt you'd have been talking about it in polite company until Clinton broke those bounds of decency."

I personally see no problem calling someone sexy in polite company. Cinton did not invent sex - he only made it sound sleazy by his actions.

We are NOT talking here about having sex - merely pointing out that decent people DO have sex appeal in the decent kind of way.

GOD gave that gift to humans. Clinton managed to show us how badly it can be mishandled by Godless people!!

[maxwellp]

I never swooned over Bill Clinton because he was powerful. He disgusted me. Like Gary Condit disgusts me. I find men like this repulsive! Men like Mr. Rumsfeld, President Bush and VP Cheney (and even Shane Osborne who refused to apologize to the Chinese when he had to bring his plane down in China) are men I admire and trust. I never thought the Democrats rigged the election in Florida and I never thought the Republicans did. I think God did and got President Bush elected. And I thank God every day because our beloved America is now in the hands of real, honest-to-goodness American men!

[Timesink]

The Democrats have them also, Remember the women who wished they were Monica (and were blunt about it) after the scandal broke?

You mean the White House press corps?

[Timesink]

Did you ever publicly discuss that Ronald Reagan was sexy, or that Ollie North was sexy, or that Jeanne Kirkpatrick was not?

I love Jeanne Kirkpatrick!

[Defiant]

I love Jeanne Kirkpatrick, too. Is that a recent picture of her?

Seriously, she was truly great in the power of her logic and her forceful way of presenting her case, just like Rumsfeld. Did that make her sexy? No one thought in those terms in 1984. She was no plainer than Rumsfeld, though, she just served at a different time, pre-Clinton. It seems even some who should know better are jumping on the Rock Star bandwagon.

[lawgirl]

Excuse me while I bump and bookmark this one........Fabulous!

[Sandy]

Thanks for the picture. I don't watch TV news, so I had no idea what he looked like. He reminds me of my dad. Yuk.

[Askel5]

Threads like this tempt me to total despair.

If, for no other reason, that we've adopted Chinese berets for the military and my hopes are fading fast we'll have the really classy accoutrement necessary for the entire nation to take a tumble and give it up for the Few, the Smug, the Sensationally Sexy Police State cum Globokop.

(High marks for the bomber vests at the Camp David roundtable, though.
Ooooh, baby ... don't go turning on the heat at Command Central. Let that GRU girly-boy Putin stick to suits ... we like our political leadership in lambswool and leather.)

[NewAmsterdam]

Everyone who is anyone has to be sexy nowadays. Your politicians are celebrities! The whole world envies you! If only our girls could live out their secret fantasies on men with bombs!

[Savage Beast]

You're right. When George W. Bush became President, I felt like the nation had taken a bath--a much needed bath. Some, of course, will always remain in the sewer; that's where they belong.

[Askel5]

With sufficient "free speech" and the Ultimate in Choice that is choosing the death of their own child, they look to be good to go!

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[Savage Beast]

I love Jeanne Kirkpatrick too!

[b4its2late]

You be bad.

[NewAmsterdam]

Haha, good picture. I take it the original person is this Britney Spears girl? The one who claims she never had sex? Yeah, sure, and we have to believe that. Good marketing ploy, but nothing more.

[Askel5]

I take it the original person is this Britney Spears girl?

It does my heart good you had to clarify ...

Regards, NewAmsterdam!

[NewAmsterdam]

Regards to yo, too. I have never heard a song by Britney Spears so I wasn't sure. I did, however, just listen to the second string quartet by Borodin. Splendid music if you like classical music. Now I'll stop being a snotty arrogant socialist EurOOOOOOOOpean.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Hey, he was my favorite Cabinet member well before 9/11.

I'm usually ahead of the curve on these things. Like back in early 2000 when I nudged my father into voting for Bush in the primaries. He was a little hesitant then, but now thanks me for that. :-D