Christine Lavin - Attractive Stupid People lyrics

Attractive stupid people appear to glide through life watch an attractive stupid man attract and land a stupid wife but the problem is the kids won't look as good as mom or dad and they're always slightly smarter which drives their pretty parents mad Attractive stupid people think talent got them where they are sometimes it's not too good when your good looks take you too far to places you're not smart enough to know you don't belong this is the story of Franklin Pierce this won't be a happy song . . . Franklin Pierce was born in New Hampshire in 1804 57 years before the start of our Civil War behind his back they called him "doughface" a nickname for a Northern man who had Southern leanings slavery? he was a fan He became our 14th president in 1852 he had no real credentials but his looks sure pulled him through he's considered the most handsome man who's ever held the job he was the first -- but not the last Democratic presidential heart-throb Historians tell us he was an inoffensive bloke his lack of backbone makes him today look like a joke with the Ostend Manifesto he tried to steal Cuba from Spain he wanted to make it a slave state. . . but cooler heads derailed that train He was much in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act which also was pro-slavery set our progress back in 1856 he did not get a second chance Democrats nominated James Buchanan to take them to the dance Though he was born in New Hampshire he rooted for the South and more than once poor Franklin Pierce put his foot in his mouth that is when he wasn't drinking and he was drinking day and night his wife was a religious nut who knew how to pick a fight Franklin! He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1869 but with his bone structure even sick he looked so fine and for years he's held the title: the worst president we ever had his reign now might be ruined all because of a hanging chad Attractive stupid women attractive stupid men have led the world astray again and again and again as we march into the future the thought that calms my fears there's an attractive man and woman in the White House who've got brains between their ears