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Warren DeMontague

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56. He actually looks worse NOW.

Reply to RainDog (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2012, 04:13 AM

Jan 2012

With the possible exception of Jerry Garcia, everyone looked like shit in 1976.

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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

Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #12

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