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"President Eye-Candy"

vonryansexpress Wrote: Sep 26, 2012 8:30 PM

Devastating litany of Mr. Obama’s ignorance predicated gaffes, listed here by Ms. Liebau. Mr. Obama is an unpolished little mister who's been told he’s “all that’—and he’s down with that. All the nagging residual criticism of Obama since the 2004 speech, that he’s an effete and prissy man----has now with the “eye candy” remark, taken on the legitimacy of an autobiographical admission.

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"President Eye-Candy"

As many Americans know by now, President Obama characterized himself as "just eye candy" during his guest slot on "The View." Frankly, it was a triumph of artistic self-description.

The urban dictionary defines "eye candy" as "[s]omething purely aesthetically pleasing." And indeed, the President is an attractive man. But that's about it. Hence the aptness of the description.

Stereotypically, "eye candy" has often been a term used to designate a pretty but brainless younger woman on the arm of a rich or powerful older man -- something to be admired as superficially pleasing, but little more. That's precisely what we've got...