Gerald Ford worked as a model in his younger days and I think could be considered a handsome man.
Here’s some pictures of him during his wartime service: cite cite cite
And some college pictures: cite cite cite
Except for Franklin Pierce.
Not my cuppa, but way hunkier than I ever imagined.
But for the purposes of this discussion, I think it’s really about “hot while in office” and Ford wasn’t even close.
Wow. I had no idea. The only picture I looked at was the White House portrait, which I actually hesitated over, then decided it was much too fey. But the photo was yummy. Who knew?
And Obama always walks out “all cool” - The other thing Obama has that no other president ever had is cool. My absolute favorite parody of him thus far is SNL’s “I’m cool” skit. Cuz he is, in both senses, each of which informs the other, I think: he’s cool in the sense of being hip, smooth, sexy, and he’s cool in the sense of being incredibly stable in his emotional responses, both positive and negative, and for what it’s worth, that is a quality I very much appreciate in my President. The leader of the free world, with his hand on the button, is certainly someone you want to be calm and restrained in his reactions.
elfkin, if you hadn’t posted this link, I would’ve. Thanks!
This link is great. It does have a problem, though, I think. Why does it use a picture of George W. Bush as a young man, but show every single other president at the age he was actually serving?
Grant, Taft, Coolidge and McKinley are all contenders if you are just going by how they looked when they were in their twenties.
Anyone else feel that Taft looks like Seth Rogan?
That’s not anything new…I mean, while few might be “hot,” we already know that since a few decades ago, you can’t be short, bald, or fat and become president.