Reporting on our beauty study today, an article in The Australian contained the following paragraph:
But despite the study’s finding that good looks can swing elections in marginal seats, politicians – including Mr Howard, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and Labor leader Kevin Rudd – rated the ugliest by participants are also the most successful.
For the record, Mr Ruddock’s spokesman said last night that photographs of him as a youngster demonstrated the frontbencher to be quite “dashing”.
At the outset, Amy and I weren’t quite sure how best to conduct the project, so we started asking everyone possible for how-to-vote cards. One of those who helped out was Malcolm Mackerras, who mailed me his entire collection to scan in. Among them was a mid-1970s how-to-vote card for Philip Ruddock. My wife rated the 1970s Philip Ruddock as 8/10, and the 2004 Philip Ruddock as 2/10.
An aside: Andrew Norton has looked the Australian Election Study, and reckons our results are all driven by bimbos voting for himbos.
Somewhere between the 1970s and now, he sold his soul to the devil, Andrew. Shows in the outward vampiric appearance!
C’mon Andrew, the attractiveness ratings must have been flawed. Any system that rated Bishop ahead of Plibersek has some obvious and glaring shortcomings.
“My wife rated the 1970s Philip Ruddock as 8/10, and the 2004 Philip Ruddock as 2/10.”
this is the web mate: post the before and after shots.
Yes, corruption comes from within and slowly works its way to the surface.