Edwards' haircuts cost a pretty penny
By JOAN LOWY
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking pretty is costing John Edwards' presidential campaign a lot of pennies.
The Democrat's campaign committee picked up the tab for two haircuts at $400 each by celebrity stylist Joseph Torrenueva of Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a financial report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
FEC records show Edwards also availed himself of $250 in services from a trendy salon and spa in Dubuque, Iowa, and $225 in services from the Pink Sapphire in Manchester, N.H., which is described on its Web site as "a unique boutique for the mind, body and face" that caters mostly to women. [...]
By way of full disclosure, I get my hair cut about every couple of months or so at the Head Start over at the Target/Home Depot shopping center. I pay around $13.95, with a couple of bucks for a tip if the girl who shears my nappy locks is cute/young/talkative/or full-figured.
In an even more full disclosure, I really don't care how much John Edwards pays to get his mane and tail trimmed--he's rich and I'm glad he lives in a country where a layabout ne'er-to-well can bilk companies out of millions of dollars so he can lead a life of leisure, but I do so wish he'd cut the faux populist crap.
(Further related thoughts on tonsorial disutility may be found here.)
Posted by Terry Oglesby at April 17, 2007 02:32 PMNapping Lox? I really don't understand Southern Culture at all.
Oh - and expect a phone call from Rev. Al - apparently white people are racist if they say... well, if they say anything.
Posted by: skinnydan at April 17, 2007 02:54 PMDon't understand!? Why, that's why we have Possumblog, now isn't it! To explain the inexplicable, to make straight the crooked paths! To talk about hair styling and smoked salmon!
As for the Rev. [sic] Al, I'd like to suggest that he repeatedly hit himself in the head with a large hammer.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 17, 2007 03:15 PMI wonder at TV evangelist (I's say crooooook but I's just a cook, so what do I know?) Jack van Impe and his wife(?). Ol Jacks haie is tall I'm tellen yah and I bet of the two he spends more time at the beauty salon. BTW nary a sign of callus on his hands either, just a nice manicure.
Posted by: Chef Tony at April 17, 2007 06:49 PMWell, you want to be looking sharp for Armageddon, you know.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 18, 2007 07:52 AMLet's not be too hard on Jack van Impe and his lovely wife Rexella. They are more into selling stuff related to eschatology rather than just begging for money. They're on TV every week so you would expect them to be somewhat particular about their coiffures (I think that's how you spell it). You can find many other examples of big-haired preachers on TBN if you take the time to watch it. If.
This hair thing does make you wonder about Breck-boy and his "image is everything" campaign. I'm also shocked that someone would charge $250 for a cut in Dubuque, Iowa. Yeah, corn prices have doubled over the past two years, but geez. They must have known he was an out-of-towner and gave him their special rates.
Posted by: Marc V at April 18, 2007 08:30 AMAgain, I have to say this is a great country, where there manages to be a market for $250 haircuts in a place like Dubuque, and someone there who can meet that need.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at April 18, 2007 08:53 AM