Why haven't there been any in modern times?
Pete looking handsome
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 17, 2019 2:26 PM |
He looks great with a beard! Stunning even. Does wonders for his face.
Did a bit of research, and our last bearded president was Benjamin Harrison, who served from March 1889 to March 1893. The last bearded candidate who ran, and lost, was Republican Charles Evans Hughes in 1916. The source below states that beards went out of fashion politically during the rise of counterculture in the 60s. Candidates didn't want to be associated with hippies or American enemy Fidel Castro, and the trend persists today.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 17, 2019 2:32 PM |
It may be unfair, but I usually have the sense that a man with a beard is trying to hide something. They remind me of despots like Castro or Saddam Hussein. I guess I'd vote for a bearded lady if it would come down to it, though. Any beard is better than that tragic bird's nest on the orange shitgibbon.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 17, 2019 2:36 PM |
[quote]Candidates didn't want to be associated with hippies or American enemy Fidel Castro, and the trend persists today.
r2 Interesting, thanks. I think it's a shame but image and perception is everything, I guess. Just look at the results of the poll; if almost a third is against it on a gay message board, it's probably even worse among the general population.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 17, 2019 2:38 PM |
King Camp Gillette who invented the first mass produced disposable razor in 1901 was a big part of the reason why beards went out of fashion last century. Their fate was sealed by World War 1, where soldiers were required to be clean-shaven.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 17, 2019 2:39 PM |
R2, he's got a bit of a problematic chin, so a beard helps
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 17, 2019 2:39 PM |
King Camp Gillette is an excellent name!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 17, 2019 2:40 PM |
You mean REAL bearded. That is a beard without a mustache?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 17, 2019 2:47 PM |
[quote]The last bearded candidate who ran, and lost, was Republican Charles Evans Hughes in 1916. The source below states that beards went out of fashion politically during the rise of counterculture in the 60s. Candidates didn't want to be associated with hippies or American enemy Fidel Castro, and the trend persists today.
The source is dead wrong. Think about it. The last president to have a beard was 1916, yet events some 50 years later was the root cause of why?
It’s the same reason politicians generally are not mustachioed—as R4 points out, a lot of people have a subconscious “he’s hiding something” vibe.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 17, 2019 2:48 PM |
Correction—The last president with a beard was 1893, not 1916.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 17, 2019 2:49 PM |
Aby baby was so ugly he had to marry a crazy woman to get a fuck
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 17, 2019 2:51 PM |
R10 The source didn't say it was the root cause. The source just mentioned [italic]a[/italic] cause.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 17, 2019 2:53 PM |
R12, but that ugliness helped him with a great comeback in a debate.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 17, 2019 3:00 PM |
Wow! What a great picture of Pete, the best one I've ever seen!
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 17, 2019 3:34 PM |
Until the world produces another Grace Bedell, there will be no more bearded presidents!
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 17, 2019 3:42 PM |
Boot Edge Edge pls
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 17, 2019 3:46 PM |
Yup, he looks good in it!
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 17, 2019 3:46 PM |
I think he has the eyes of a sociopath in that picture.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 17, 2019 4:24 PM |