Letters to the Editor
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Who you gonna believe, us or your own eyes?
This may not be the most important aspect of the media obsession with superficial appearances, but it's one of the most infuriating: even when physical appearance is in the wrong guy's favor, they turn it against him. John Kerry is noticeably taller than George Bush, which is one reason why little Georgie stamped his feet and held his breath till he turned blue about having to stand at a lectern too close to him during the debates. So how did the press play it? Over and over again we heard that he "looks like Lurch" on the old Addams Family series. And of course he "looks French," whatever on God's earth that may mean. I've traveled in France many times and have yet to identify a typically "French" physical type. And Hillary Clinton is ugly because of her hip size, although photographs of her side by side with Laura Bush show that Laura has exactly the same physique. Any mention of Laura's jeans size anywhere in the media? (Crickets).