# Rate the presidents a different way: who was hottest? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939 "2010-05-10T18:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/21 "2010-05-10T20:46:44Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > The young Woodrow Wilson wasn’t too difficult to look at. > [http://home.comcast.net/~fahinton/WilsonBoyhoodHome/images/young-wilson.jpg](http://home.comcast.net/~fahinton/WilsonBoyhoodHome/images/young-wilson.jpg) I dunno—when I look at that picture, the phrase “geeky earnestness” springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/22 "2010-05-10T21:17:06Z")
Some of us _like_ geeky earnestness. You can keep your Bubbas. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/23 "2010-05-10T21:25:48Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I dunno—when I look at that picture, the phrase “geeky earnestness” springs to mind. The phrase “[young H. P. Lovecraft](http://ohkrapp.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/hp-lovecraft.jpg?w=200&h=263)” comes to \*my \*mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/24 "2010-05-10T21:30:33Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Oh yeah, thanks for _that_ mental image… :smack: _snickers_ Yeah, after I wrote that I considered editing in a follow-up line about how there’s probably slashfic with that premise. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/25 "2010-05-10T22:00:50Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > [Franklin Pierce](http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/ig/Images-of-US-Presidents/Franklin-Pierce.htm) has a sort of Timothy Hutton thing going on in this portrait. FWIW. And I was so sure I’d be the first to say Pierce. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/26 "2010-05-10T22:13:17Z")
I gotta go with Obama. [Just his swagger](http://on221.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/young-obama-smoking.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/27 "2010-05-10T22:18:26Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > [Franklin Pierce](http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/ig/Images-of-US-Presidents/Franklin-Pierce.htm) has a sort of Timothy Hutton thing going on in this portrait. FWIW. Yeah, but Frankie really needs to wash his hair here. Ick! I never did care for the grunge look. Warren Harding was considered something of a babe. In fact, it has been pointed out that he was the first president elected after women got the vote. Outraged men on the losing side pointed at the results and said, “See?!” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/28 "2010-05-10T22:23:36Z")
JFK first, then Gerald Ford. I’ve always thought balding men were hot. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/29 "2010-05-10T22:38:10Z")
Obama might also have the [“big book”](http://wonkette.com/415215/wingnuts-are-furious-about-obama-reading-a-best-selling-book-by-a-newsweek-writer) thing going too. Him first, but old Gerald definitely gets a second look now. Also, never saw the “handsome” thing with JFK, though he nice enough looking. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/30 "2010-05-10T22:50:45Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > Obama might also have the [“big book”](http://wonkette.com/415215/wingnuts-are-furious-about-obama-reading-a-best-selling-book-by-a-newsweek-writer) thing going too. Post America? Hmmm… I’m with you that JFK was good looking 😉 Someone sent me this and I checked snopes, It’s true. [Two Muslims Appointed to Homeland Security](http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dhs.asp) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/31 "2010-05-10T22:51:49Z")
As a hetero guy, I would have thought that Bill Clinton would have the easiest time getting laid. Its that Elvis Presley thing he’s got. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/32 "2010-05-10T22:54:13Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > Post America? Hmmm… > I’m with you that JFK was good looking 😉 > > Someone sent me this and I checked snopes, It’s true. > > [Two Muslims Appointed to Homeland Security](http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dhs.asp) Did you mean to post this in another thread? ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/33 "2010-05-10T22:58:33Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Yeah, but Frankie really needs to wash his hair here. Ick! I never did care for the grunge look. Good Looking Yes,!He had TB, depression and he drank a lot. “Pierce was an alcoholic, as everyone close to him was well aware; a fondness for drink was not something to hide in those times”. At the end of his term, when asked what a President should do after leaving office, he sighed: “There’s nothing left… but to get drunk” [2c]. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/34 "2010-05-10T23:02:00Z")
Apparently George Washington was a lady-killer back in the day. As for ugliest, I’d say Martin Van Buren. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/35 "2010-05-10T23:02:00Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Did you mean to post this in another thread? No it was in reference to the Book Obama was reading in descamisado’s Post and the link to it. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/36 "2010-05-10T23:30:24Z")
Have you _seen_ Obama’s abs? Damn, talk about chiseled. Rutherford B. Hayes can’t even compare. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/37 "2010-05-10T23:51:20Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > No it was in reference to the Book Obama was reading in descamisado’s Post and the link to it. …but it didn’t have anything to do with that book? I’m confused. I don’t see the link between a book by Fareed Zakaria and how many Muslims work at the DHS. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/38 "2010-05-10T23:53:45Z")
I’d say George W. Bush was a pretty [good looking young guy.](http://www.unibrowclub.com/george_w_bush_unibrow2.htm) He seemed to [age pretty well](http://www.unibrowclub.com/george_w_bush_unibrow.htm) too. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/39 "2010-05-11T01:47:28Z")
TR is the hawtness. I do like a macho guy who carries a big stick. I had no idea that Franklin Pierce was such a babe. The alcoholism and depression don’t bother me too much, given that he’s currently dead. I never found Barack Obama as attractive as some people seem to, but compared to the rest his presidential compadres, he’s a hottie. I have no idea whether Kennedy was hot or not. Whenever I look at him, I get distracted by the Lego hair and forget to look at his face. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/40 "2010-05-11T02:14:28Z")
Hard to say, but Taft has that awesome mustache. Polk looked a lot like Anthony Hopkins, at least in that one gallery. Jimmy Carter looks like that guy Kenneth on 30 Rock. So not hot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939.md?page=3)