I was talking about Newt and not Rush. Being old fat and ugly doesn’t apply to radio anyway and I’m not saying Rush is old fat and ugly.
Now on TV—a visual medium—looks do matter. Remember,to the radio listeners of the JFK RMN presidential debate Nixon won and to the TV viewers Kennedy did.
Conceded. Remember, tho', Newt had grey hair back in the 90's, too, so he was never a movie star.
Remember the green- and red-gel uglified "portrait shot" TIME magazine did of Newt when they made him "Man of the Year" in 1994? Pure hatred in that photo. Shot him with loose tie, day-old five o'clock stubble, looking tired, then uglied up the shot in the lab as much as they were able. Pure "hate-photography" anticipating the OJ cover TIME (was it?) took so much criticism about ..... but not a peep of protest about the Newt cover.