Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuael - Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[spokette]

Things are looking up on the attractiveness front for the adminstration elect

obama is hot.... I wouldnt say no

i just hope he doesnt do a blair, and start out all fresh faced and morph into a haggard, tired looking old sac (ooh, have just described myself!) after a year in office. Agree, both look yummy (for politicians, who are a bit clean looking for my tastes!)

Does "office" make a man (or woman) more attractive?

I heart Barack

obama is a dog - are you all blind.

RE - reminds me of dr. harold abbott from everwood

i think that we would all be better looking if we were president of US.

But I like Obama- he looks unassuming, listening kind, loyal, ruthless if required without being arrogant and he is on the tall side. What more would a woman want

At the risk of being flayed, the chap on the right looks like he's making suggestive remarks to Obama IMHO

Doesn't float my boat in any way but then I fancy Simon Cowell so I clearly have no feckin' taste whatsoever.

To be clear ToughDaddy, it seems we like:

• youthful, powerful looking chaps
• bastards
• men who arrive with chocolate

ToughDaddy - that's so not true! You'll see, Obama will lose all his youthful good looks when the stress if being Commander-in-Chief gets to him.
I think he already looks a bit tired compared to 2004.
He'll also start to look less attractive when his honeymoon period is over.

And, WMMC - not all women like men with chocolate ... makes some of us fat

Putting the word 'commander' in front of anyone's name raises his shaggability quotient though

I have crush on Obama and he went to Harvard

He's got a lovely voice. I heard someone on the radio say he could read out the telephone directory and make it sound interesting. I totally agree.

According to psychologist ds, ToughDaddy, yup. Women are programmed to look for the best provider/sire for their offspring and having power sends out those shaggability signals. Fgs, even John Prescott got himself a floosie when he was Deputy PM!

Suedonim - yeah but you see Prezza had chocolate (probably)

A few years ago, when I was unhappily married and somewhere I shouldn't have been I did snog someone highly unsuitable but v famous and that was a pure 'ha look at me snogging the famous guy' thing.

I cringe now when I see him on TV.

Perhaps in five years we'll be able to rib the Obamaramas in the same way?

I asked DW how tall Lewis Hamilton is and she said 6ft 2in. he is actually 5ft 8.5 in but you see he now stands tall (projected career earnings 500m).

WhomovedChoc- youthful men? I was planning to go into the role of attractive middle aged erudite silver fox.

.....I was planning to GROW into the role of attractive middle aged erudite silver fox.

It's difficult to watch Obama without thinking of the final season of The West Wing and Santos (based on Obama) was, well, a right goer.....

ToughDaddy - last DH was 16 years older than me, current DH (he's a keeper sorry!) is 20 years older than me. I love the silver fox thing. Can't stand men under 50.

Ooh same. Dh is 50 (and I am 38). Yum.

But you are right about the power thing - and I think it's more than power it's differentness - probably genetic - us trying to vary the gene pool to create the strongest offspring.

I experienced it recently when I did a gig (I sing in a band sometimes) and I was on stage and suddenly realised that there were blokes dribbling in the front row. We took a break and lots of them were trying to buy me drinks, despite the fact that my DH was the guitarist standing ten yards away (pissing himself laughing) and I had a three month old baby who kept being brought in during breaks for cuddles . So you see, men are equally weird in terms of fancying what they can't have!

just don't scroll down the page at look at Mr Podesta

Agree spokette had same naughty thoughts myself. The real West Wing's going to be hotter than the fictional one. I heart Michelle too-what a cool woman and their body language-so obviously still in love!

WhomovedChoc- i completely miscalculated on the bastard-thing. In future I'll aim to be like Christian ; subject to genetics of course.

So you've had Prezza's love-child, WMMC? I'd never have thought it of you!

I have no idea who that is tough daddy!

Worse than that suedonim!

WMMC- that's Christian from Nip/Tuck- he is a real bastard ...but really a good guy underneath...nice challenge for the girls