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(28,784 posts) Thu Jan 19, 2012, 06:58 PM Jan 2012

Richard Santorum's tragic yearbook photo [View all]

A quick office straw poll here at The Atlantic, conducted amidst uproarious laughter, confirms that this is, in fact, the single worst year book photo that most of us have ever seen. An outright disaster. I suppose it's Santorum's misfortune to have been in high school during this era. I'm pretty sure that 1976 wasn't too kind to anyone. But still. Wow--he looks like McLovin in polyester. I have yet to meet the political consultant talented enough to spin this one. My condolences to Santorum. Brave of him to have struggled through this and made something of this life.

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Richard Santorum's tragic yearbook photo [View all] RainDog Jan 2012 OP

He looks like someone I'd defend in high school graywarrior Jan 2012 #1

Nah DesertRat Jan 2012 #2

that's the atlantic's headline RainDog Jan 2012 #10

I think Huntsman's was worse DesertRat Jan 2012 #15

Bitchin' hair. I'll bet he carried a big plastic comb in the back pocket of his corduroys. Arugula Latte Jan 2012 #80

Disagree wtmusic Jan 2012 #84

Me, too. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #86

I think that females were more anti-Rick Fuzz Jan 2012 #23

Where am I? Bohunk68 Jan 2012 #65

Outrage noted. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #92

Sometimes we have fun simply to have fun. LanternWaste Jan 2012 #93

He has Purty lips. trumad Jan 2012 #3

Mick Jagger saw that photo and said DAMN! Those are some LIPS!!! Bake Jan 2012 #77

School pics are insignificant. tabatha Jan 2012 #4

Actually mine (from college) can top that KamaAina Jan 2012 #5

To be fair, just about everybody looked like that in the '70s. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #6

You mean that orange and brown don't go together? Hugabear Jan 2012 #11

hey, I bet he was big time cause he could grow sideburns! n/t RainDog Jan 2012 #14

that sounds all newtie swingerish to me n/t RainDog Jan 2012 #20

Have to agree with you having lived through the 70's. kiranon Jan 2012 #90

Man, that makes me glad gratuitous Jan 2012 #7

LOL n/t RainDog Jan 2012 #13

I can almost guarantee that my senior picture was much worse Hugabear Jan 2012 #8

"Elvis has left the building." KamaAina Jan 2012 #9

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Ah, who DOESN'T look like a dork in their HS yearbook BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #16

I guess I haven't limited that look to h.s. RainDog Jan 2012 #19

we all looked like nerds back then Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #17

Why do I think he got picked on. wandy Jan 2012 #18

Why would you think that? MineralMan Jan 2012 #73

oh, and look what I found! RainDog Jan 2012 #21

I'll see your Newt and raise you a Newt Botany Jan 2012 #22

LOL RainDog Jan 2012 #25

True story .... from family connections Botany Jan 2012 #31

The serial killer look works for him. Fuzz Jan 2012 #26

Newt does have the Rickster beat for sideburns RainDog Jan 2012 #27

Exactly what I thought (serial killer look) davekriss Jan 2012 #36

he looks like Dwight Schrute in that photo fishwax Jan 2012 #28

My first thought Control-Z Jan 2012 #39

I think so, too. nt. Mariana Jan 2012 #42

Same caring personality, too libodem Jan 2012 #88

He looks like the composite sketch of the Zodiac killer. smokey nj Jan 2012 #24

Newts pic riverwalker Jan 2012 #29

Sam Brownback's is worse. smokey nj Jan 2012 #30

He looks like a bong hog BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #38

He looks like Disco Stu. smokey nj Jan 2012 #41

This has to be a mistake Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 #46

Time was big ass platform shoes when it marched across Fred's face. smokey nj Jan 2012 #48

Welcome back, Kotter. Erose999 Jan 2012 #63

I really don't think it's awful. bigwillq Jan 2012 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Jan 2012 #47

He looks good in that pic taught_me_patience Jan 2012 #33

I don't understand the rub on this one either RainDog Jan 2012 #34

Hell, except for the silly lookin do, he doesn't look much different now tularetom Jan 2012 #35

Yes. He did give up the leisure suits and polyester shirts - Control-Z Jan 2012 #40

Michelle Bachman looks the same after 40 years Cali_Democrat Jan 2012 #37

She styled her... ellisonz Jan 2012 #58

i'd hit it Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #74

Slick Rick was positively groovy...... marmar Jan 2012 #43

He was a dork then, he's a dork now. Only thing different is the hair. smokey nj Jan 2012 #44

Meh. The haircut is godawful (and was, even then) but everything else is typical of that era. n/t gkhouston Jan 2012 #45

It's dumb to make fun of how someone looked in a 1970s yearbook photo Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #49

IMHO, it's not so dumb. blue neen Jan 2012 #50

Ridicule him for his beliefs and actions Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #53

Rick Santoroum makes fun of gays, people of minorities, and wants to tell me what to do with my body blue neen Jan 2012 #66

It's comedy talk show stuff. redqueen Jan 2012 #60

Ah, c'mon, it was the 70's! liberalhistorian Jan 2012 #51

They look like they could be liberal (Santorum, Brownback, Newt) JI7 Jan 2012 #52

Mitt Romney doesn't look different... ellisonz Jan 2012 #59

I insist on believing he is as angry, malevolent jsmirman Jan 2012 #54

At least Scent-O'-Rump looked human aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2012 #55

He actually looks worse NOW. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #56

I didn't, I was 1- and cute as a button thank you snooper2 Jan 2012 #67

You were too young to have hair for someone to give a crappy 1976 haircut too. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #81

A personal favorite pic of him SoCalDem Jan 2012 #57

(spews coffee....) mike_c Jan 2012 #89

Meh JHB Jan 2012 #61

Most everyone looks goofy in old photos RainDog Jan 2012 #78

He's got on a chicken shirt. That's hysterical. What was his momma thinking? Vinca Jan 2012 #62

"why didn't my husband pull out in time?" LynneSin Jan 2012 #71

Might as well fill out the cast of characters. woo me with science Jan 2012 #64

That Ron Paul photo looks like James O'Keefe. highplainsdem Jan 2012 #91

I wonder how many of us think we looked great in our MineralMan Jan 2012 #68

I have no clue what's wrong with the photo. He looks like everyone else who graduated in the 70s LynneSin Jan 2012 #69

He looks like a momma's boy wtmusic Jan 2012 #85

In my school, those kids got beat up a lot. nt wtmusic Jan 2012 #70

Really? MineralMan Jan 2012 #72

High school was pretty ugly back then wtmusic Jan 2012 #83

Yet another reason we gayfolks shun polyester HillWilliam Jan 2012 #75

In 1976, that was probably considered a good picture. It was, after all, Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #76

actually seems to fit the era WI_DEM Jan 2012 #79

Seriously? MadrasT Jan 2012 #82

Exactly right. Don't believe me? GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #87

Most yearbook pics are tragic n/t Lebam in LA Jan 2012 #94

How childish ... GeorgeGist Jan 2012 #95

He looks a damn site better than I did in my high school yearbook photo RZM Jan 2012 #96

It is my stern belief.... supernova Jan 2012 #97

It's not THAT bad... slutticus Jan 2012 #98