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Ed Rendell says there are too many ugly chicks in the US. (Original Post) runaway hero May 2016 OP
and a lot more ugly men, too. nt stage left May 2016 #1
Exactly! Why do men think they are the only ones who are capable of judging another smirkymonkey May 2016 #6
Men don't think that... Glassunion May 2016 #8
if this is election is anything runaway hero May 2016 #9
They are not men... Glassunion May 2016 #11
come on runaway hero May 2016 #18
Never been to a country club. Glassunion May 2016 #20
Is that a real question? The2ndWheel May 2016 #15
Rendell has always been somewhat of an idiot. book_worm May 2016 #2
Oh fuck him. TDale313 May 2016 #3
Ed Rendell looks like a combination of a drunk Ed Asner and a drunk Frank Langella. HughBeaumont May 2016 #4
LOL! Excellent observation. nt 2cannan May 2016 #5
Could it be BillyBobBrilliant May 2016 #7
Says the chick magnet. NOT. yellowcanine May 2016 #10
Now a comment about a comment backfiring backfires! MowCowWhoHow III May 2016 #12
He's right Matrosov May 2016 #13
There are plenty of vain men out there, trying to look "good"... Wounded Bear May 2016 #23
Best post! I might add... potone May 2016 #28
I remember that line. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #29
Yes, it was. potone May 2016 #31
Another disgusting, sexist statement by a Clinton mouthpiece. CharlotteVale May 2016 #14
Assclown 6000eliot May 2016 #16
so the women that are offended by Trump Enrique May 2016 #17
Clinton surrogate Ed Rendell Angel Martin May 2016 #19
That's for revealing the OP's intent joeybee12 May 2016 #24
Hey I support clinton runaway hero May 2016 #25
not a chance Angel Martin May 2016 #32
"People take that stuff personally" Yupster May 2016 #30
Then he should leave right now milestogo May 2016 #21
Republican pretending to be a Democrat is a sexist pig, news at 10. Odin2005 May 2016 #22
Not a republican..It is very easy to be a democrat AND a sexist pig AND a racist etc Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #27
Go away Ed...far away Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #26
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. Exactly! Why do men think they are the only ones who are capable of judging another
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:09 PM
May 2016

person based on looks?

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
11. They are not men...
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:31 PM
May 2016

They are knuckle dragging assholes. Apparently there are quite a few.

Let's not forget that social media as well as mainstream media, are bullhorns for stupidity...

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
20. Never been to a country club.
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:50 PM
May 2016

but I'm sure there are a shit-ton of knuckle draggers there too.

I'm not disagreeing with you.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
4. Ed Rendell looks like a combination of a drunk Ed Asner and a drunk Frank Langella.
Wed May 18, 2016, 03:30 PM
May 2016

So, yes, listen to this man on the subject of female beauty, by all means . . . .

BillyBobBrilliant

(805 posts)
7. Could it be
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:19 PM
May 2016

...that the contemporary definition of what is attractive has been narrowed to the point that ol' Ed could be considered truthful?

 

Matrosov

(1,098 posts)
13. He's right
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:44 PM
May 2016

Why can't all women look like the girl of my dreams?

On a serious note, I don't even think the real sexism is so much in his outrageous statement as in the fact that someone complaining about there being too many ugly dudes WOULD NOT draw the same outrage. The real sexism is in the double standard that says it is the 'job' of women to look attractive, while men can generally run around looking however they want, which also completely ignores the fact that most people have a different idea on what is attractive and what isn't.

Wounded Bear

(58,605 posts)
23. There are plenty of vain men out there, trying to look "good"...
Wed May 18, 2016, 07:13 PM
May 2016

Take Trump, how much do you think he pays for that spray tan? And how much do you think he pays a hairdresser to form that dead blond wolverine on his noggin? I mean shit, it must take him an hour a day just to weave that rats nest. When the 3 am call comes in, it'll take him an hour to answer because he won't be able to until he's put himself together. By then, it really will be Goodbye, Columbus, and NYC, and LA, and Poughkeepsie, etc, etc.

So yeah, him judging women on their appearance has a sick kind of irony to it.

potone

(1,701 posts)
28. Best post! I might add...
Wed May 18, 2016, 07:36 PM
May 2016

I know dead wolverines. Dead wolverines are friends of mine. Donald's hair: you are no dead wolverine.

Angel Martin

(942 posts)
19. Clinton surrogate Ed Rendell
Wed May 18, 2016, 06:34 PM
May 2016

"Trump’s comments like ‘You can’t be a 10 if you’re flat-chested,’ that’ll come back to haunt him."
“There are probably more ugly women in America than attractive women. People take that stuff personally,” added Rendell,

only the Clintons would use America's most primitive Democrat to critique Donald Trump on his attitudes towards women.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
24. That's for revealing the OP's intent
Wed May 18, 2016, 07:13 PM
May 2016

Rendell is a jerk, but you'd be rationalizing this if he was supporting Senator Do Nothing.

Angel Martin

(942 posts)
32. not a chance
Wed May 18, 2016, 10:14 PM
May 2016

I think Clinton is about to flame out and it will open up the field to choices other than Sanders.

Whoever is the nominee should send Rendell to campaign in Antarctica.

Yupster

(14,308 posts)
30. "People take that stuff personally"
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:30 PM
May 2016

Yeah Ed. I bet people remember this crap

And you're no Tom Cruise either.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
27. Not a republican..It is very easy to be a democrat AND a sexist pig AND a racist etc
Wed May 18, 2016, 07:31 PM
May 2016

AND a homophobe and so on

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