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USA Presidential Election 2016 Could Be Won By a Hair

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday November 22 2015, @05:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-the-bald-guy dept.

richtopia writes:

One of the potential final pairings in the coming US Presidential is Bernie Sanders vs Donald Trump. Even from an outward appearance there is a stark contrast between the two, with Bernie's unkempt white locks on one side and Donald's Full Head of Hair (TM) on the other.

Bernie's campaign is asked about his appearance on a regular basis, and their response has moved to "enough about the hair already". His appearance is less of the traditional politician, and one of Bernie Sanders, the leftist politician.

While hair may seem a minor detail for the leader of the United States compared to qualifications like experience or political position, but this Princeton study states that a quick appraisal of a picture of the candidates appearance is in line with 70 percent of U.S. senate and state governor elections in 2006. The original paper from 2007 can be found at PNAS.org.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @12:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @12:36PM (#266520)

    Islam is a political system that literally demands its adherents to wage a world war until the whole world is conquered. All that crap about "no compulsion" is a bald-faced lie due to lies not being considered wrong if they're told to non-Muslims (taquiyya, supported by the "satanic verses" fiasco).

    The civilized world was terrified of Islam's constant, unceasing, lightning-fast blitzkrieg that started when Mohammed got bored of the 20ish followers he got by plagiarizing Bible stories and decided to become a bandit king. The civilized world got a reprieve from the ~1400 yearlong bandit war when the Ottomans were defeated and the Caliphate destroyed during World War I... but now the beast that appeared to be mortally wounded appears to have been healed.

    Enemies of a government being required to "register with the government" may be a stupid idea, but so is hiding behind a veil of ignorance and calling Islam a religion.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @04:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 22 2015, @04:25PM (#266562)

    but so is hiding behind a veil of ignorance and calling Islam a religion.

    What's ignorant is using a No True Scotsman fallacy in such an obvious way. Regardless of how barbaric some of its followers are or how many are barbaric, that does not preclude it from being a religion. What nonsense.