# Ladies, do you find Rick Santorum sexy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825 "2006-04-30T08:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/41 "2006-05-01T08:17:30Z")
Housewife here. I grew more interested in world events and politics than ever when I became a stay-at-home-mom. You can only watch so much regular daytime TV before you want to hurl your set off a cliff. So, I started reading the news on the internet, and hanging out at great sites like this one. I hardly ever post here, but I am intensely interested in politics, and I have a fair idea of what is going on in the world most of the time. I seek out threads here on political issues all the time. I am a centrist with libertarian leanings. That said, Santorum is so very unsexy to me that I can easily imagine that I would be repulsed by him even if I were blind. I can picture him giving off an artificial scent, not unlike the first whiff of a newly-opened Mattel toy, straight from the factory-sealed box. He looks kind of, I dunno…“clammy” to me. Defininitely _not_ hot. So the anwer is no, NO–a thousand times no. Bleargh! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/42 "2006-05-01T11:12:13Z")
He is Ken made alive by some Dr Frankenstein. The people who would find him attractive are the same people who like sanitary sex or shallow socializing, IMO. Also, I doubt they’re great when it comes to critical thinking. He’s tall (I think) and not obese. Not enough, by a long shot, to make the grade. Two thumbs down from me. Now, Barak Obama…there’s someone I could get interested in. 😉 Henry Kissinger? Blech! That’d be like having Ronald Reagan go down-never mind. I need to go throw up now. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/43 "2006-05-01T17:41:14Z")
Not sexy. Mildly attractive in a bland and plasticky way. For relief, [here](http://i.timeinc.net/ew/img/daily/588/esai_l.jpg) is a photo of an attractive and sexy man. Esai Morales, mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/44 "2006-05-01T17:52:40Z")
Not even a little attractive. In fact, conservative is generally a turn-off for me, both politically and fashion-wise. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/45 "2006-05-01T17:55:35Z")
IIRC, Kissinger was a _major_ womanizer in his day. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/46 "2006-05-01T18:02:50Z")
Total dork. Double-dog dork, in fact. I’d rather rub myself up and down against a bark-beetle infested tree than get with him. So, uh, no. Not attractive. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/47 "2006-05-01T18:37:29Z")
Geeze, he doesn’t seem _that_ bad. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/48 "2006-05-01T18:40:24Z")
He squicks me out in the same way [Chris Klein](http://www.digitalhit.com/cr/chrisklein/) does…too plastic and fake looking. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/49 "2006-05-01T18:43:44Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > Geeze, he doesn’t seem _that_ bad. I live in Pennsylvania. Yes, he is that bad and worse. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/50 "2006-05-01T19:31:01Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > too plastic and fake looking. Everyone’s been saying that, and I see it too - but I have no idea where it comes from. I’m not sure what it is about Santorum’s face that’s so creepy, but it really is. There’s no single feature I can find that’s particularly unattractive - his face is just sort of blandly average looking, really, but there’s something about it that grosses me out. And I don’t particularly feel that way about most of his fellow Republican senators, so I don’t think it’s just his politics. There’s something upsetting about his face. It’s just wrong, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/51 "2006-05-01T19:45:13Z")
I don’t know a single thing about his politics - politics not being a major interest of mine. I can tell you this though. After looking at some pictures of him, I’m forced to comment “If I wanted to fuck something plastic, I’d buy a dildo. At least the dildo you can put away in a drawer by your bedside when you’re done with it. Plus, generally dildos are quiet when not in use - which is more than can be said of politicians.” That man looks eerily like a Ken doll. It makes me wonder if he’s just as anatomically correct. I find, however, that I am not curious enough about that point to risk being naked within the same city limits as him. So, no. Not at all sexy. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/52 "2006-05-01T23:59:06Z")
There were people back in Bush I’s time who thought Dan Quayle was cute and sexy. Some actually thought Bush I picked him for VP on the hope he’d bring in women voters. I thought those people were extremely strange. But people who entertain the possibility that Rick Santorum is sexy are stranger yet. True, by Washington standards both men may be pretty attractive; there are some freakish specimens in politics to be sure. (Who was it who said “Politics is show business for ugly people”?) But as its inhabitants can’t be reminded too often, Washington ain’t the real world. Anyway, Santorum will always be “Little Ricky” to me. Steve Lopez hung the nickname on him when Santorum first ran for office and Lopez was still writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/53 "2006-05-02T00:29:45Z")
Lord, God no. Never in a million years. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/54 "2006-05-02T02:34:55Z")
**Excalibre** --perhaps it is his vacous expression? Or the dead light behind his eyes? His mouth and eyes don’t match–by that I mean that when he is smiling, his eyes aren’t smiling and vice versa. I think he also had a humorectomy–there is NO charm in his expression, no liveliness, no spark. He is almost drone like. Skeery. ---
**Author:** ![T.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@T.J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.J)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/55 "2012-02-13T10:11:40Z")
OK - I’ve seen a few posts throughout the internet from people who think he is sexy. Even though he comes across as plain, there’s something about him that’s a turnon. Especially an online photo of the back of his tan pants when he is on a stage - you’ll want to know what’s under there. If you want the URL for this photo, just let me know! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/56 "2012-02-13T10:35:53Z")
He wasn’t sexy five years ago, and he ain’t sexy now. (Stupid zombies…) ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/57 "2012-02-13T10:58:24Z")
I think it’s an ok looking guy but a bit on the dorky side, although politically I’ve liked him for years. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/58 "2012-02-13T12:54:36Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I realize that the attractivness of politicians is judged on a different scale than that of other celebrities, but even on the Beltway meter, the man is the anti-hot. He looks like a dweeb. The kind of dweeb who fucks you inexpertly, and maintains a running commentary of how great the sex is without noticing that you’re dying of boredom. And probably cries after. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/59 "2012-02-13T13:20:47Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Its 4:15 and I have insomnia. By the time I wake up tomorrow this thread will be on page 2 and all the insults will have bypassed me in my sleep induced anaesthesia. 🙂 Even if I didn’t know who he was or find his views particularly repulsive, I would say that he would rate about a 7 on the friendly, decent-looking scale. But he is in no way “damn handsome.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825/60 "2012-02-13T13:48:17Z")
It was amusing looking through this old thread and finding this: > [@dre2xl](#): > > Well, Santorum isn’t as bad as, say, Newt Gingrich, but he’s got about the same amount of charisma as John Kerry: very little, very boring. > > Also, consider that he doesn’t have a prayer in 2006. He’s going to be very embarassingly trounced by a very high margin. This isn’t just my opinion, it’s also the opinion of even the most faithful & optimistic Republicans, and I believe the RNC will see it the same way and put him at the bottom of the heap for fund & money allocation. He has no chance in 2008. > > The GOP field in 2008 is horrible (you know they’re scrapping the barrell if Gingrich’s a serious contender). Feels like a time loop… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-find-rick-santorum-sexy/354825.md?page=4)