You don't get it people: John Edwards NEEDS that kind of haircut to win.

[LoZoccolo]

It costs a lot of money to make it look like a bowl cut.

[eShirl]

1. And it's not like he would still be getting his hair cut if he weren't running.

[w4rma]

7. Edwards had to pay the stylist for travel expenses and time away from the shop

He basically had to pay the stylist for all the haircuts that the stylist couldn't do while away from the shop *and* the travel expenses, plus Edwards's own haircut.

[IA_Seth]

24. How does that make it better?

I've seen this same response from you on all of these posts, and I just dont get how this makes the expense any more reasonable.

$400 dollars for a haircut is $400 dollars for a haircut. Travel expenses for the barber? WTF? If a candidate thinks it is ok to spend my hard-earned cash on an outrageously expensive haircut he/she can pretty much forget about any more money from me. Since I am just an average voter/activist living in the lower of the "two americas" he likes to talk about maybe he won't care, but I can guarantee I am not the only one out here.

[w4rma]

25. This makes it better. ABC: "Edwards Flattens Coif Controversy"

Edwards Flattens Coif Controversy

April 18, 2007

ABC News' Raelyn Johnson Reports: You can tell it's political season when people are putting a fine tooth comb to, well hair. A report filed with the Federal Election Commission last weekend revealed that former Sen. John Edwards' D-N.C., presidential campaign twice shelled out $400 for haircuts he received from a Beverly Hills salon.

Just as fast as gossip spreads in the fashion salon, ABC News has learned the money will be returned. "As for the haircuts, the bill was sent to the campaign, it was paid in error, and Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign," says campaign spokesperson Eric Schultz.
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/04/edwards_flatten.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3224029&mesg_id=3224029

[IA_Seth]

27. Another lapse in judgment, another apology...

Thats all it is. He messed up and now he is making amends. Great, he should. When will he next showcase his lack of judgment?

[LisaM]

2. Remember the flak Gore took for a bad makeup job?

I posted on another thread, but I think it's fine if Edwards wants to pay people in service professions well. Stylists and makeup artists are professionals and deserve good pay.

[SaveElmer]

3. Well if you are gonna go there...

Any stylist commanding $400 for a haircut is not hurting for money...how about patronizing the local hair cuttery where they are paid what 10 maybe 15 bucks an hour?

[movonne]

4. Stop already on this Edwards haircut, please.....lets talk about his

policies not haircut...

[SaveElmer]

5. Well I was kind of trying t o show...

How ridiculous this whole thing is...I do have trouble believing there are multiple threads on this topic...though to be fair LoZoccolo's was a humorous take on it...

[Bucky]

8. I thought you were going to say "really big house"

[abburdlen]

9. but if the campaign paid for the cut

then isn't it fair game to talk about it?

A day ago or so there was a discussion on how the Edwards campaign was the only one not to spend campaign dollars on polling.
Some campaigns might argue it's a legitimate thing to spend money on but if Edwards supporters want to say it's a waste or whatever so be it. It's a decision made by the candidates and their staff, it's related to the campaign. Seems like fair game.

Edwards campaign spends a few hundred dollars for a haircut. I don't agree with those giving him a hard time about how much was spent on the haircut itself but I do think it's a legitimate question to ask if it's something campaign dollars should be spent on. If his looks have nothing to do with him running for President then why are his contributors pay for his haircuts.


And for the record at this point I haven't donated to any Presidential candidates but I do intend to look through the FEC filings of all of them in the next day or so.

[w4rma]

22. Hillary Clinton's $1500 Haircuts, Expensed to the Campaign

HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY
By IAN BISHOP
Post Correspondent

July 24, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.

Clinton, the likely 2008 Democratic White House front-runner, ponied up nearly $3,000 in campaign cash for her blond tresses to get some presidential pampering from acclaimed D.C. stylist Isabelle Goetz.

Recently released federal fund-raising records show Clinton shelled out $1,500 in April for Goetz to carefully craft her coiffure and another $1,000 for a camera-ready clip in May.

She passed off both styling sessions as "media production" expenses.

Clinton was so desperate for Goetz to style her gilded mane, she picked up the scissor siren's $405 travel tab in April and a $38 expenses tab in May.

Goetz, a fixture at the swank Cristophe salon and the favored stylist of John Kerry, has been clipping the former first lady's locks for years - she's credited for updating Clinton's coif from country to chic. To complement the touch-up of her tresses, Clinton invested another $3,000 for makeup maestro Barbara Lacy to brush on some blush.

Lacy is a Tinseltown pro who applied the makeup to actors' mugs in movies including "Minority Report," "Runaway Bride," "National Treasure" and "In the Line of Fire."

She can also take credit for working the West Wing - the NBC version. Clinton paid Lacy an eye-popping $1,600 for some eye-lining in mid-May and another mind-boggling $1,300 for some makeup two weeks later.

Again, Clinton justified the makeovers as a media production expense.
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http://www.babalublog.com/archives/003657.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=698126&mesg_id=698126

Edwards Flattens Coif Controversy
April 18, 2007

ABC News' Raelyn Johnson Reports: You can tell it's political season when people are putting a fine tooth comb to, well hair. A report filed with the Federal Election Commission last weekend revealed that former Sen. John Edwards' D-N.C., presidential campaign twice shelled out $400 for haircuts he received from a Beverly Hills salon.

Just as fast as gossip spreads in the fashion salon, ABC News has learned the money will be returned. "As for the haircuts, the bill was sent to the campaign, it was paid in error, and Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign," says campaign spokesperson Eric Schultz.

The hair cut revelation did little to minimize what some call Edwards' 'Breck Girl' image. Earlier this year, YouTube showcased a video of Edwards fixing his hair before a televised interview, demonstrating the unforgiving power of the site.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/04/edwards_flatten.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3224029&mesg_id=3224029

[frylock]

11. you don't see the disconnect..

between a man who talks about two Americas, then spends $400 on a damned haircut?! To me, that strips him of any credibility.

[Cobalt Violet]

12. Why can't he have who ever he wants do his hair?

Who decides who does your hair?

[LoZoccolo]

13. The issue is that he did not do it with his own money.

He did it with campaign funds. I wouldn't care if he wanted to blow that much of his own money.

[aquart]

6. Thank you for your concern.

What is your vested interest in keeping this non-story on the front burner?

[LoZoccolo]

10. I am a DLC disinformation operative.

We regularly use psyops on DU because we know that the best and brightest minds can be found here, people who have the potential to impact the entire political landscape in this nation.

[MasonJar]

14. Who cares about Edwards' haircut? He can afford it; do NOT do the

GOPers job for them. I hate all this negativity about our candidates on Democratic Underworld, with emphasis on DEMOCRATIC.

[Telly Savalas]

15. Do you think his hair looks more like that of Noel Gallagher

or circa 1964 Paul McCartney?

[jonnyblitz]

16. he always reminded me of circa 1979 john ritter/three's company

for some reason. :shrug:

[karynnj]

28. He looks NOTHING like Paul McCartney

McCartney has very dark brown hair, Edwards has light brown, almost blond hair.

McCartney has hazel eyes, Edwards blue.

There is no match.

[IndianaGreen]

17. And Hillary colors her hair blonde to cover the gray

Can we trust a candidate that colors his/her hair?

[NYCGirl]

18. Ronald Reagan served two terms, didn't he? NT

[IndianaGreen]

19. Reagan was beloved by many who saw him as a grandfatherly figure

while Bill Clinton's charm and warmth made it easy for people to forgive his misbehaviors.

Hillary is neither beloved, nor exudes charm and warmth.

[jhrobbins]

20. And here we go again with the legendary Democratic circular firing squad.

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[underpants]

23. Score one for the Beatles

[illinoisprogressive]

26. lol

[mitchtv]

29. Tourist prices...

get it done in IA for less

[ClassWarrior]

30. Actually it's the RW criminals and their enablers who need it to win.

:rofl:

NGU.