Perhaps you should concentrate on finding better questions to ask in your polls than trolling blogs looking for a fight.

You got our attention, but was mockery and rejection the sort of attention you were seeking? Is any kind of attention worth having? Respectfully, how does one expect to be taken seriously after introducing their work as silly and diversionary? Why not (attempt to) establish credibility from the go?

And not to put too fine a point on it, but the American people were done a huge disservice in the early days of the Bush candidacy with silly distractions like who had the most presidential tie/hair and which candidate the voters most wanted to have a beer with. Oh haha, what fun. Meanwhile, the criminals among us ushered in almost a decade of unheard of corruption, malfeasance, and every kind of treachery under the sun. The nation is the poorer for it, so you’ll pardon us if we just don’t think who’s sexy contributes anything meaningful to a discussion already tragically devoid of meaning as a result of–you guessed it–silly and cynical diversions.

Do good work. Make your polls matter. Report faithfully. Take a more enlightened tack in achieving your goals of “talking about things that matter.” Use your creativity to make what matters the conversation, not the possible (though unlikely) by-product of attention-grabbing. I’m sure you can do it, and I look forward to your polling on the meaningful matters you list above.

Sure. Let’s. Thing is, so many people see that Big Media is asking who’s sexiest, so what’s the point of talking about things with more gravity?

With all the American Idols, America’s Next Top Models, and Dancing with the Stars out there, you’ve really touched on what matters to a lot of the public. Why not poll on some things that already DO matter, so you get people thinking about them?

That seems to be a lot more practical (and effective) than getting their attention with a vanity poll and hoping the conversation turns serious from there.

Can’t you see it?

Person 1: Oh, I think Obama is the sexiest.
Person 2: No way! It’s totally McCain. But, you know, I just don’t like McCain’s stance on taxation.
Person 1: You know, you’re right. And Obama has some screwy ideas about exiting Iraq.
Person 2: Yeah, but he does have a cute butt. I’ll bet he wins the caucass.

There’s the political thought we’ve been waiting for! I, for one, salute you for raising the bar in public political contemplation.

I added the “sexy” question to a poll we were doing on the SC primaries.

I added it because it is so hard to get the press and people in general to pay attention to the serious things we poll about.

So I got your attention, so where are the rants about other things we polled on like, mandatory fact based sex education in our public High Schools or how we encourage and fund public transportation, or how we control sprawl and pay for growth, or who is the most electable Democrat or Republican, or how do we feel about the war, immigration, the economy, tax cuts. or choice, or gay marriage….?

I also own a worldwide human resource company that employees over 200 women. They are the leaders and the core of the company and they don’t get or keep their jobs on looks.

I think my wife is sexy in every sense of the the word. She is five years older than I me (I’m 53), and some of the sexiest things about her to me are her intellect (she is smarter than I am), her drive and her desire to make the world a better place (she runs a very large organization doing just that).

We have five daughters and two grandchildren. I think my children are good looking, but what makes me proud is that they are all smart powerful women, that care about people and making the world a better place.

So now that I have your attention, can we talk about things that matter?

Oh, and because I love you, I tagged you for a meme. kisses!

I know when I go to the polls, I vote for the guy/gal with the best feet.

A–effing–MEN!!!

I’ve birthed two children and I still worry about being sexy. It’s freaking ridiculous.