Has it ever struck you that in movies the villain is pretty much always ugly?

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But you know, this might not be straight talk, but just like those celebrity ads with Paris Hilton that the McCain campaign ran earlier, it seems to work, and I think winning is important whether you win pretty or win ugly and that seems to be the strategy that the McCain campaign is following.

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The Web is not about making ugly people pretty, the dull smart, drunks sober or liars honest.

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For such an ugly game, it sure is pretty.

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The numbers certainly won't be pretty, but the key is whether they'll be as ugly as folks are expecting.

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