<p>Maybe women with weird eyes are drawn to politics. Or being in politics makes you wild eyed. Or, maybe being a submissive wife makes you feel like you have to keep your eyes wide open all the time. Oops, that was a little political. Sorry.</p>
<p>She got that look after realizing how many zeros there are in a trillion.</p>
<p>I am not a supporter of Michelle Bachmann, but I think commenting on anyone’s looks is in extremely bad taste. When this was done for Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin, I had the same reaction. It is fine to criticize Bachmann’s politics. But can we please stop criticizing her looks? The kids read these forums too and is that what you want to teach them?</p>
<p>O IndianParent! That we should all be so pure of heart as Thee.</p>
<p>I actually think that Hillary Clinton looks great for her age, well into her 60’s, as does Nancy Pelosi. I was especially impressed by how good she looked during her strenuous campaign for the nomination. She says that her secret is eating hot red peppers every day. Nancy Pelosi has clearly had plastic surgery.</p>
<p>Momlive, how can you tell that Bachman has had a facelift? She looks pretty natural to me, except of course for the false eyelashes and heavy makeup.</p>
<p>I think Hillary & Nancy have had botox. Their foreheads don’t move very much.</p>
<p>I think the eye lift theory makes sense. A friend of mine has a health condition that gave her droopy eyelids that began to interfere with her vision. She had surgery and now looks a little too intense, a la Bachman.</p>
<p>As for the other comments regarding women in politics, i think it is very hard for a woman to communicate strength and decisiveness without appearing either a little crazed or too aggressive. Bachman’s eyes probably add to any negative perception one might be predisposed to have. I like her, but she didn’t come off as well as she could have on stage last night. She had a more natural appearance in the post-debate interview. A difference in lighting maybe?</p>
<p>I know that there have been polls done that suggest that people put a LOT of stock in the appearance of their candidates and it is a very important actor in their decisions in the voting booth. I guess we are all susceptible to that weakness but it bothers me so much that appearance carries so much weight.</p>
<p>Again, don’t want to get political, but perhaps we can discuss looks and the importance thereof. I was having a conversation with a friend today (she is firmly Republican) and we both wondered if Rick Perry would be an instant frontrunner if every achievement, every speech, every everything was identical…except that he was bald and overweight and had an unattractive face.</p>
<p>I’m a very hardcore conservative republican. I think she had her eyes done.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But my vote is for plastic surgery.</p>
<p>No doubt, Rick’s good looks help him.</p>
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<p>It’s tough for a bald man to get elected president. Many of them had thinning hair or receding hairlines, with Garfield’s maybe receding more than most. But only about three of our 44 presidents could be called “bald” - J Adams, JQ Adams, and Eisenhower.</p>
<p>The best presidential head of hair in my opinion: John Kennedy.</p>
<p>FYI: the technical term for an eyelid job is blepharoplasty.</p>
<p>^^Jerry Ford – but he wasn’t elected president.</p>
<p>Courier:</p>
<p>John Kerry had good hair, but evidently, not good enough.</p>
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<p>I agree, but when I think to the times I’ve seen these women speak, as opposed to just capturing their image in the middle of a media event, I don’t see it. It only seems obvious to me when they’re caught off guard in a photo. Most of us know that women our age have to learn how to pose ourselves in pictures to minimize all of those things we don’t like about ourselves. But if we were a politician, we’d have to walk around like that all of the time, as cameras are everywhere. I don’t think these female politicians can pull that off! Men’s looks are relatively constant, so they basically look the same. Women’s looks can really vary, depending on whether their make-up has held out throughout the day, whether they’re having a good or bad hair day, or what they’re wearing. Men pretty much wear the same suit and tie, and look the same, whereas women have a lot more variables playing into their appearance on a daily basis.</p>
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<p>Now that was funny! :D</p>
<p>Those in the public eye are subject to discussion about their…eyes (or anything else).</p>
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<p>I really scold my husband when he makes a comment about Hilary Clinton’s looks. I don’t think she travels with a hairdresser or makeup person. (I could be wrong.) With her travel schedule, I’d look like death warmed over.</p>
<p>I love how self-professed feminists love to ridicule female politicians about their looks. It tends to be an especially loved pastime for a certain political party.</p>
<p>OP, not political? Right.</p>
<p>FWIW, I have though for a long time that Bachmann’s eyes are striking and very beautiful. They remind me of Daniel Craig’s eyes - same crystalline blue. </p>
<p>The ridicule tactic is likely not going to work this time around, btw. Funny how people eventually wise up to that sort of juvenile bullying.</p>
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<p>Truly, not political. As I mentioned, I thought that Newsweek had gone out of its way to find a picture like that, but then when I paid attention, I found that it’s something in her eyes. I’d ask the same thing of a male politician or an actor or actress or sports figure, or newscaster. If Michael Phelps or the Pope had eyes like that, I think people would notice and comment.</p>
<p>I think the ridicule factor goes both ways. It is human nature- bad human nature but human nature. Usually it’s about women but not always. I have heard many jokes about Obama’s ears. And Lincoln certainly was made fun of.</p>