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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Ubiquitous" |
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13 Jul 2007 06:24:09 AM |
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EDWARDS LIED, PEOPLE DYED!!!! |
OK, the headline exaggerates a bit. We don't know if John Edwards has actually
seen a colorist, though that would explain why his haircuts are so expensive.
But in the great investigative tradition of Woodward and Bernstein, the
Washington Post has investigated the lovely and talented ex-senator's
depilatory disbursals, and it turns out that--what a shock!--he hasn't been
entirely truthful:
For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood
celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend
told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming
advice, he agreed to help.
The Beverly Hills hairstylist, a Democrat, said he hit it off
with then-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina at a meeting in Los
Angeles that brought several fashion experts together to advise
the candidate on his appearance. Since then, Torrenueva has cut
Edwards's hair at least 16 times. . . .
Torrenueva said one haircut during the 2004 presidential race cost
$1,250 because he traveled to Atlanta and lost two days of work...
When his campaign reported in April that it had paid for two of his
haircuts at $400 each, the political damage was immediate. With each
punch line on late night TV his image as a self-styled populist
making poverty his signature issue was further eroded.
Edwards said that he was embarrassed by the cost and that he "didn't
know it would be that expensive," suggesting the haircuts were some
kind of aberration given by "that guy" his staff had arranged...
But Torrenueva's account of his long relationship with Edwards--the
first he's given--probably guarantees that won't happen quite yet.
And if $400 seemed a lot for a haircut, how about one for three times
that?
The Edwards campaign's response is to change the subject:
"Breaking news -- John Edwards got some expensive haircuts and
probably didn't pay enough attention to the bills," said spokeswoman
Colleen Murray. "He didn't lie about weapons of mass destruction or
spring Scooter Libby; he just got some expensive haircuts."
What was it that Edwards said about weapons of mass destruction again? Oh
yeah:
We have three different countries that, while they all present
serious problems for the United States--they're dictatorships,
they're involved in the development and proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction--you know, the most imminent, clear and present
threat to our country is not the same from those three countries. I
think Iraq is the most serious and imminent threat to our country.
So it turns out the Post buried the lead, namely that Edwards now supports the
liberation of Iraq again. Shame on the paper for focusing on such frivolous
matters as Edwards's obsession with his looks!
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