NationStates Jolt Archive


Ugliest ruler (good or bad) ever?

Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 01:54
I'd say it's a tie between the following people: FDR, Fulgencio Batista, Mao Tse-tung, Muammar al-Quaddafi, and Kim Jong-il.
Accrued Constituencies
10-08-2004, 02:11
What about Gorbachev? I think only a ruler with a goiter could out-do that.
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 02:14
What about Gorbachev? I think only a ruler with a goiter could out-do that.

Ugh, especially that big red bruise on his forehead! What's up with THAT!? :eek:
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 02:32
Mussolini wasn't exactly a babe-magnet, either.
Von Witzleben
10-08-2004, 02:35
Winston Churchill.
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 02:42
bump
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 02:45
bump

again
Purly Euclid
10-08-2004, 02:48
I'd have to say either Kim Jong-Il, or Margaret Thatcher. She looked so incredibally stuffy, and almost like she was embalmed alive.
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 02:54
I'd have to say either Kim Jong-Il, or Margaret Thatcher. She looked so incredibally stuffy, and almost like she was embalmed alive.

:p
P4lladia
10-08-2004, 02:54
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/asia/jan-june00/koreas_6.jpg
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 02:58
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/asia/jan-june00/koreas_6.jpg

:eek:
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 03:05
bump
Berkylvania
10-08-2004, 03:57
Wait, no one's mentioned Manuel Noriega?
Purly Euclid
10-08-2004, 04:15
I've decided that all male politicians look bad. Females dress in those power suits, and they all look very pretty. The males, however, look ill-groomed, ill-kempt, and seem to have a bad taste of fashion. Notice how they all wear a black sportcoat, black pants, a tie (usually red or blue), and a white shirt? Do these politicians know about how public opinion would sway in their favor if only they wore some color?
Purly Euclid
10-08-2004, 04:15
Wait, no one's mentioned Manuel Noriega?
Was he one of those presidents that wore the military uniforms and the funny hats?
Ravea
10-08-2004, 04:22
WILLIAM TAAAAAAAAAAAAFT!!!!

That guy was HUGE!

*Tafted*
Undecidedterritory
10-08-2004, 05:04
definatly , the politicians need more color. um,most ugly ruler, ....tough call. id say whoever it is would have to be before the age of photograpy.
Undecidedterritory
10-08-2004, 05:05
quadaffi was weird and ugly. dressed in liesure suits with jerry curled hair and a military cap. he was best desribed by ronald reagan as a "mad clown". thats pretty ugly.
Luckdonia
10-08-2004, 07:16
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/asia/jan-june00/koreas_6.jpg
Yikes!
Luckdonia
10-08-2004, 07:17
Margaret Thatcher,hands down.
Generic empire
10-08-2004, 07:23
I'm gonna have to go with either Kim J or Margaret Thatcher. Juan Peron's nose though. You could cut a ham with that thing.
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 07:26
I'm gonna have to go with either Kim J or Margaret Thatcher. Juan Peron's nose though. You could cut a ham with that thing.

I never saw Peron. I'm surprised only one person has said Gorbachev. That bruise on his forehead is just...ugh.
Selgray
10-08-2004, 07:38
There are a lot of real dogs in politics. Though Gorbechev is one himself, I don't think he's got what it takes to out-ugly some other politicians.

Kim Jong-Il, on the other hand, really has what it takes to win an ugly politician contest.

It's kinda hard to pick out American politicians for the contest, seeing as how basically every Presidential election since 1960 was won by the candidate with nicer hair. We do have tall and gangly ones like Lincoln, fat ones like Adams Sr. and Taft, and Presidents like Andrew Jackson with the whole "WHy the long face?" thing going, but I don't think they can stand up against Jong-Il.
Roach-Busters
10-08-2004, 07:45
Brezhnev was one ugly b@$t@rd as well.
Eldarana
10-08-2004, 14:30
Yasir Arrafat(i think thats how you spell it) he has a face of a rat.
Mr Basil Fawlty
10-08-2004, 14:38
Sharon, Arafat, Golda Meir, Ben Gurion (Israel and the M.E. are specialists in uglyness of their leaders).
Noriega
Fidel is not a beauty too
Trujilo (in the thirties, he was also a ridiculous man).
The Steel Legions
10-08-2004, 14:43
definetly Kim-Jong, hes a creepy little bastard, he needs to comb his hair and get rid of the sun glasses, and get a girlfriend.
HannibalSmith
10-08-2004, 15:15
definetly Kim-Jong, hes a creepy little bastard, he needs to comb his hair and get rid of the sun glasses, and get a girlfriend.


Yes and he really needs to get rid of the standard commie clothing that has been worn since the days of Stalin.
Buggard
10-08-2004, 15:26
My vote goes to Arrafat. John Kerry, if he wins, also has what it takes to enter the competition. (No, even though I am pro Bush, this is not ment as Kerry-bashing. He really is ugly.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1345000/images/_1349932_kerry150.jpg
Keruvalia
10-08-2004, 15:37
http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/images/dick-5.jpg
Myrth
10-08-2004, 15:46
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/images/thatcher.jpg
Buggard
10-08-2004, 15:56
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/images/thatcher.jpg
God. she's pale! And with that lipstick just to underline the fact. And her hair isn't doing much for her either...

But as a hobby photographer, I have to say that direct flash like that does nothing to improve anyones looks.
Keruvalia
10-08-2004, 16:38
God. she's pale! And with that lipstick just to underline the fact. And her hair isn't doing much for her either...


I think he looks better with her hair ...


http://www.unlc.biz/thatcher.jpg
HC Eredivisie
10-08-2004, 16:43
http://www.tomaatnet.nl/~hannemannn/balkenende.jpg
Rhosboss
10-08-2004, 16:58
has anyone here ever seen a picture of rasputin? he was one ugly mug. I'd count him as a ruler cos him and the Tsarina ruled Russia while the Tsar was away fighting.

Rasputin definetely wins my vote.
Luckdonia
11-08-2004, 01:35
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/images/thatcher.jpg
Oh,they put anyone in Madam Tussauds these days
Antebellum South
11-08-2004, 01:54
Jiang Zemin

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1030053035248_2002/08/26/wld_jiangzemin.jpg
Eldarana
11-08-2004, 18:21
My vote goes to Arrafat. John Kerry, if he wins, also has what it takes to enter the competition. (No, even though I am pro Bush, this is not ment as Kerry-bashing. He really is ugly.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1345000/images/_1349932_kerry150.jpg

yeah i think he reminds me of the joke a horse walks into the bar, bartender says why the long face.
Upanga
11-08-2004, 18:41
Jean Chrétien
the way his face kinda mashes up on one side. looks like he got hit with something and one side of his face is numb.