Election 2010: Which leader's public persona do you prefer?

[paulnolan]

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[brewsternorth]

LOL AUTONS.

Also, I'm reminded of a recent tweet from @alaindebotton, noted pop-philosopher: We want our politicians to be at once entirely ordinary and completely exceptional. That conflict between the two is why we've got public figures who are really kinda weird.

[synesis]

Kinda OT, but I woke up yesterday afternoon after a particularly intense May morning with the phrase 'Stitch together Alain de Botton's lips' scrawled down my forearm in felt-tip pen. I do not recall how it arrived there.

But he's right, at least on this.

[papilio_luna]

It's a shield of radioactive bullshit that hopefully provides just enough entertainment value to stop the crowd physically attacking me, and just enough psychological distance to stop me crumpling to the floor and ripping my own face off at the sheer uncomfortable weirdness of it all.

Awwwww. I kind of want to hug him.

I just watched The Deal this weekend, so now my mental image of Gordon Brown is actually David Morrissey (since I live in the US and am not actually assaulted with the likenesses of the real-life candidates on a daily basis).

Also, totally not apropos of this post, but Charlie's meltdown here almost made me piss my pants laughing:

[paulnolan]

Video is blocked in the UK for some bizarre reason, but yeah - awesome moment. :D

*reacted pretty much the same way as Charlie to the cartoon Graham Norton*

[papilio_luna]

*shakes fist at YouTubez*

My download was off BBC-HD, so I couldn't figure out what everyone was flipping out about!

[brewsternorth]

Fortunately the ep the *ahem* internet fairy was kind enough to furnish to the good people at doctorwho_ny was similarly Graham-free. Oy.

[octoberstarlite]

To be honest, Gordon's social awkwardness, forced smiles and blatant self consciousness appeals to me so much more than the smooth casualness of Clegg + the smarmy PRness of Cameron because I see so much of me in his obvious contempt of all this fake social niceness it's unreal.

[lisaee]

I dislike all of them at this point, but Gordon is probably the most endearing. I find Clegg smug, and Cameron just too weird for words.

[octoberstarlite]

So much this. I thought i was the only one who actually found Clegg smug. I liked him in the first debate where he seemed more, idk, natural? Now though he's gone into overkill on it and he's coming across smug. I don't like it. Still better than Cameron though and his smarmy nature.

[heartsways]

I really like Nick Clegg, but I think that's partly due to the fact that he's so enthusiastic about his agenda and seems to truly believe that change is possible for the UK. He's also a fabulous public speaker and that's where Gordon Brown's biggest weakness is. I feel sorry for Brown, though. He's not charismatic in the way that Blair was, or even in the way that Cameron and Clegg seem to be, either. In the debates, he seemed genuinely uncomfortable and riled and oh, that smile at the end of his little summing up speech? Scary.

[taiki]

not a brit but...

It seems like the time for Labour and the Tories is over. Here's to hoping the Lib Dems win big.

[heartsways]

Amen to that!