Freepers peeved at Kerry's Haircut

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125810/posts

At least he doesn't use the Tax-Payer funded AirforceOne to get around.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. do they mind george's $2,000 suits and shoes?

just wondering

[Tinoire]

10. $2000 - $14,000 suits

Bush's Suits Cost $2,000 to $14,000. I doubt that little shit is getting the cheaper end.

Stitch in time produces new classic
Chicago Sun Times
May 6, 2001
by Lisa Lenoir
http://www.oxxfordclothes.com/suntimes.asp

President George W. Bush steps into the spotlight looking like a man fresh off the pages of GQ magazine. His black cashmere overcoat delicately drapes his shoulders, the blue stripe tie radiates against his white shirt and the suit perfectly fits his fit form. What a contrast after seeing Bush's hokey business and Western attire on the campaign trail. The 10-gallon hats and cowboy boots caused many fashion watchers to shake in their boots. But Bush's past style lapses are forgivable because, since his inauguration he's been wearing some of the best tailored garments -- Oxxford suits.

The Chicago-based Oxxford Clothes is the gentlemen's club for the well-dressed. In the summer issue of Forbes' FYI magazine, Oxxford was appointed the best suit to own in the list of "50 of America's Best." The article touted the fact that the suits are still made by hand entirely in Chicago and that pattern pieces are individually cut from one piece of fabric.

<snip>

When brothers Louis and Jacob Weinberg founded the company in 1916, they were determined to make the best suit. They used the finest fabrics and designed only simple, timeless shapes. This guiding principle ensures Oxxford continues to create topnotch garments for a price --$2,000 to $14,000 --that loyal customers are willing to pay. Oxxford produced 25,000 handmade garments and had $30 million in sales last year, according to Roger Parfitt, the company's chief operating officer.

<snip>

http://www.oxxfordclothes.com/suntimes.asp
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/2002/12/06_Suits.html

[wtmusic]

12. "No matter how many frock coats he puts on

he'll never make a man."

-Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

[Commendatori]

13. I tell you, this is good news

When the Repugs start slamming no-substance garbage like this, it tells you how empty their arsenal is. They can't get anywhere on the military service issue because Shrub has none to speak of, so they hit this.

Sit back, laugh and enjoy. :)

[Muddleoftheroad]

2. If it's a thousand bucks

I don't really blame them.

It would be nice to have someone not so fucking wealthy running for office. I will vote for Kerry and I don't fault him for his cash. But I don't like having it rubbed in my face either.

[kiahzero]

9. Who's rubbing it in your face?

To me, it would only be "rubbing it in my face" if he openly boasted about having so much money that a $1,000 haircut was reasonable to him, or something like that.

[Muddleoftheroad]

15. A thousand dollar haircut is rubbing it in my face

This is a media age. If a candidate spends $1,000 to get a haircut and I spend $20 then I and most other voters will be a bit miffed.

[buff2]

21. I don't think it's anyone's business how much he spends

on a haircut.....or anything else. It's his money,not yours. I've never seen such petty shit in all my life. All the lowdown things bush is doing to us and this country and people are worried about a freakin HAIRCUT??? Geesus... :crazy:

[redqueen]

22. No, only RIGHT WINGERS are worried about the haircut

SANE people have REAL issues to think about.

[buff2]

27. You hit that one on the head

I can read through this bu$hit too. This is a ratwing issue. End of story.

[Muddleoftheroad]

35. Most of us don't have that kind of money

It does suck being reminded of it in a contemptuous way.

Yes there are bigger issues and that's why I will still vote for him.

[redqueen]

36. I'm sure I have much less than you, my friend

But I'm not being played by rightwing puke, am I?

Don't let them play you, either.

[Muddleoftheroad]

39. I am not being played

In DC, I saw all sorts of wealth abuse by the rich and powerful of both parties. Most of it pissed me off.

It's one thing to buy a big house. Heck that might even increase in value. But a $1,000 haircut? Come on.

[JI7]

48. you want him to buy a house because it will increase in value ?

you think it's all about money ?

[Muddleoftheroad]

54. I can rationalize that kind of expense

No way in the world I can rationalize a $1,000 haircut. It's horrible PR.

[JI7]

59. Kerry isn't going to change who he is for PR purposes as Bush does

kerry has access to wealth. his wife buys things for him. he knows he is priveledged and that others don'thave the things he does. but he wants to try to help them. bush on the other hand tries to act like he is some regular guy when in reality he got by in life because of money . his dad and his dad's friensd always bailed him out of his failures. so bush puts on the regular guy act while he supports policies which hurt most americans.

i would rather kerry be who he is than put on some act trying to act like he is just like everyone else. i like it that he acknowledges that he has help that most americans don't. that when he went to vietnam most people there did not come from the same place he did. they did not have the opportunities kerry had. so he wants to help others. those who hate kerry for what he has are those who already hate him and these are the same people who try to make bush out to be a regular guy. these are the same people who call kerry a coward and bush a war hero.

when kerry came to la and met with grocery workers on strike, they loved him because they saw he listened to them and understood their problems and offered ways to help them. they don't care about the cost of his haircuts or clothes or other things. they cared more that he offered solutions for them .

[Muddleoftheroad]

63. Neither of them are regular guys and that stinks

And if Kerry doesn't change SOME of who he is, then he is also an idiot. Because a first-year marketing student could have a field day with this kind of stuff.

[JI7]

66. it doesn't stink to me because i know what John Kerry is about

i'm nothing like john kerry in the way we grew up or our backgrounds such as race, religion, etc. but i am very much with him when it comes to the issues and that is what matters to me. i like it that he is willing to listen to those who did not grow up as he did and try to understand them. reagan grew up poor but was a total asshole and attacked those who had the least power and needed the most help as being the cause of problems.

[redqueen]

50. And the source for this is...?

You're being played. Sorry, I know it sucks, but there it is.

The RNC put out a hit piece, and you've got yourself in a tizzy.

Just callin it as I see it.

[Muddleoftheroad]

64. I am not in a tizzy

And it won't impact my vote at all. But it WILL impact the votes of some. It is bad PR and if he didn't know that, then he is foolish.

[JI7]

38. i don't have that kind of money either and i don't have a problem with it

there are people who don't have access to the internet. there are people who can't pay for health care. i can understand people being upset not being able to get those things, but i have no compassion for anyone who complains they can't afford 1000 haircuts.

[Muddleoftheroad]

42. I don't want $1,000 haircuts

I want the stuff that the other $980 would buy me and my family thank you very much.

[JI7]

47. i want things also that i can't afford

kerry's haircuts don't have anything to do with whether people have enough money for this or that.

[Toucano]

41. Where's the contempt?

I don't see how you're being reminded of it in a "contemptuous way".

Oh, maybe you mean the contempt that Drudge has for "liberals", knowing he can get a rise out of some of us over a ridiculous non-issue.

[RetroLounge]

62. It only sucks if you want it to...

Just like the logic in your post...

So lets say that because Kerry owns an SUV and I, maybe own a ford escort, and the Repugs point out he has a $40,000 car, and I realize I only have an $8000 car, then Kerry's rubbing it in my face?

Silly Logic...

If he wants a $1000 haircut, so be it.

RL

[Muddleoftheroad]

65. Orders of magnitude

An $40,000 car is five times more expensive. An $1,000 haircut is FIFTY times more expensive.

[leftyandproud]

40. It does LOOK BAD!!!....

when Kerry speaks about the need for tougher enviromental standards, then flies in a barber on his private jet, burning god knows how much fuel--yeah, it looks bad

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

72. that's a good point n/t

[Lindacooks]

79. I see

and Bush increasing levels of arsenic in your drinking water and mercury in the air you breathe is... what? as important as a fucking ridiculous fuss over a haircut? less important?

Remember all the crap President Clinton took about having a haircut on Air Force One in California, making other jets wait to take off? That dominated the news for WEEKS. Then, it turns out that the whole story was fake. How do we know this one is real? And who the fuck cares? I'm worried about privacy being eroded, the battering the Constitution is taking, air and water pollution increasing, and, oh yes, that little matter of thousands of people dying because Bush* lied.

[JI7]

26. whatever, i spend far less on haircuts and i'm not upset

[On the Road]

34. Actually, It's Not Spending it on a Haircut so Much as

spending it on a TV appearance. A lot of folks are seeing Kerry for the first time. $1,000 is cheap to avoid the bad first impressions Kerry could create by going on National TV looking shaggy.

It's true he could get a local person to do a touch-up. But look what trouble Jerry Sienfeld when he tried that. :smoke:

[Toucano]

11. How did Kerry rub your face in it?

He didn't boast about it.
He didn't do it on television.
He didn't issue a press release announcing it.

The right is trying to rub your face in it.

[Muddleoftheroad]

16. He did it, he knew it would get out

Ergo, rubbing.

[buff2]

24. Oh......

(rubbing my hands together)....I can't wait until it gets out he uses toilet paper too! The sky is falling, the sky is falling! :boring:

[redqueen]

25. LOL

So, by doing *anything* (because *anything* can get out), he is ... what ... rubbing his whole life in your face?

Pfft.

[Toucano]

37. OMG!

Maybe we should investigate how much he tips waitresses!

If it's anything over 15%, he's rubbing my face in his wealth.

You would prefer if people of Kerry's means paid $20 for a haircut and hoarded their money instead of spreading it around?

I think you're being played like a song!

[Muddleoftheroad]

44. This is not a tip

He is paying $1,000 for a simple fucking haircut.

Most of us could feed our families for a couple months on that.

I can't believe some of you can't see how bad this looks. How can you complain about the rich on one hand and not see that this is, at the very least, HORRIBLE marketing.

[JI7]

49. they are NOT complaining about the rich, it's about HOW people make money

not being rich in itself. fdr was rich, jfk was rich. kerry isn't rich himself, but his wife is and if she wants to buy him these things then it's her right.

[redqueen]

51. Thanks for that simple fact, JI7

Strange that another DU'er got the rightwing talking point confused with our real issues with money, eh?

:7

[Muddleoftheroad]

55. You are the one who is confused

If you don't think this looks bad.

[Name removed]

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[redqueen]

78. I don't see many people making noise about it

Drudge and the mindless zombies on freepland being the glaring exceptions.

:shrug:

[Toucano]

56. Is there an itemized receipt?

I haven't seen it, so I don't know what percentage of the $1000 was a tip. But I'm sure if there was more to add to the bill, Drudge would have included it.

I find it hard to believe some people are complaining about the rich spending their money when they could hoarde it.

[kskiska]

70. He leaves $20 tips for hotel maids

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 27 — The man who would be president takes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — on whole wheat, strawberry jelly preferred to grape — twice a day on the campaign trail. He wears $15 reading glasses, off the rack at CVS. Before bedtime, he starts but rarely finishes movies like "Seabiscuit" and "The Blues Brothers" in his hotel suite. Come morning, he leaves $20 for the maid.

more…
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/politics/campaign/28CHIE.html?hp

[bearfartinthewoods]

53. i am so glad she-bear is out on a hike

this sort of stuff makes her go BALLISTIC. she freaked out when she heard that he spent a hundred bucks for a haircut but a grand???

[redqueen]

58. Wow

I wonder which rich people she looks up to. Chances are she could go 'ballistic' about ANY of their expenses.

[bearfartinthewoods]

67. to answer your question..

none of them. she says the only good rich person is one that is no longer rich because they've given it all away.

[IronLionZion]

3. Or delay an aircraft carrier from reaching home

Or use tax dollars for campaign photo ops.

[spotbird]

4. Now why isn't just fine for Teresa to spend her money however

she pleases? I thought they loved the rich over there.

[cap]

5. laura racks up big bills at elizabeth arden

coming to the White House to take care of her facials.

These people have their own money.

[noonwitch]

14. Facials feel so good, I don't blame her for that

I had one at Marshall Fields recently, and it felt wonderful. As long as it's her/their own money, I don't care.

[JI7]

29. and consider who she is married to

i don't blame her for wanting something that feels good and relaxing for a change also.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

6. It's his money; it's his hair

Freepers can f*ck off.

[wtmusic]

8. thank you fertilizeonarbusto

for a big, healthy dose of reality! :thumbsup:

[liarliartieonfire]

17. HAAAAAAa haaaaaa

Is that the best you can do, you whiney piss ant freeps?

HA! How much does it cost this Nation every time george holds his "secret Saudi" meet-ups in Crawdad Texas?
Isn't Camp David good enough? Not "secret" enough?

I'd say Kerry deserves anything he wants, afterall Kerry bravely put his life on the line for this country, and to free the Vietnamese people from a dangerous government, just like Sadaam and the Iraqis.

george LIED to the American gov't about where he was. He hid like a coward.
A true PATRIOT, John Kerry can spend his well deserved earnings anyway he likes.

Pick another subject Freeps.
Screw You
Shut Up

[skooooo]

7. Barbers need $$$ too.

So, he could have spent $20 on it. At least he's spreading the wealth.

[July]

18. Could someone please post the proof that the haircut did cost 1K?

All I've seen so far is a link to a Drudge report, which I'm NOT going to check out.

It may be true that Kerry had a $1000 haircut (if so, it's not important to me, but I realize it may be to some people), but I would like to see the basis for all of this discussion.

Thanks to anyone who provides it.

[librechik]

30. supposedly most of that was airfare to get the barber to Kerry

If it were a Hollywood photo shoot that was being done, nobody would mind that a rich man paid airfare for an employee. This is BS.

Whatever--the only thing they should be talking about over there is how their kids are going to get their legs blown off for generations thanks to Bush.

No wonder they focus on trivia.

[July]

33. They don't really want to talk about the cost of airfare, do they?

Enron plane for Bush's inauguration? (Or was that for the campaign?)

Air Force Two for Cheney/Scalia duck hunt?

Air Force One for Bush photo ops/fundraisers?

Jets scrambled when a plane got into Crawford air space (but they couldn't do it on 9/11)?

Bush's ambling all over the U.S. map on 9/11?

The cost of flying Bush's 700-person entourage to England?

It is to laugh.

[wtmusic]

19. He could at least donate $250 of that to Bremer

Looks like a small animal crawled up on Bremer's head and died

[ET Awful]

20. Come on people! The only source cited is . . .

Freakin' DRUDGE. And he just says "insiders". This has as much credibility as his story of Kerry having an affair with a young lady that then ran to Africa.

[CatWoman]

28. Thank you, ET

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Quinn

:loveya:

[buff2]

32. Remember how they had a hissy fit over

Bill Clinton's $200.00 haircut? Boy this must be REALLY sending them over the top....a $1000.00 haircut? LOL

[Mandate My Ass]

76. Hair cuts and penises

the dreaded dem double-headed hydra to the RWers.

If that's the worst criticism tehy can come up with, well then... :nopity:

[KansDem]

23. Hey, Freepers...!!!

"Get over it!!!"

[buff2]

31. ROTFLMAO!!!!

Phuck freepers.They should be worrying more about what their Jesus Bu$h is doing,rather than a haircut. Morons.

[GoldenOldie]

43. The Trickle Down Affect????

I thought this was the whole idea of Georgie and the Neocon's. You give big tax breaks to the Millionaires and they in turn spend it with the working class.......thus more jobs: The barber, the flight attendents, pilots, taxi-cab drivers, etc.

The Neocon's can't have it both ways either John Kerry is boosting the economy from the hefty tax-break he received under Georgie's rule or he wastes his money???????

[LibInternationalist]

45. This has to be false

How is it even POSSIBLE to spend $1000 on a single haircut

[ACK]

46. This is just another indication

That Kerry is a loser.

We ought to chunk him at the convention. We need to drag Dean or Wesley Clark or well my neighbors dog out instead. The Republican smear machine will not try to rip them apart. No, if we had another candidate, the world would be roses and cream and all would be right again.

In fact, Kerry is such a PNAC, Bush-lite loser we should just take him out back of the Village Voice office and let Ridgeway execute him. First against the wall when the Revolution comes and all that. Yeah that is what we should do.

Ok, sarcasm time over. If this is the best they got, they are truly running scared.

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[redqueen]

52. LOL!

My jaw hit the floor reading that... you got me!

[ACK]

61. Thanks

Thought you might like that one.

If I had gotten BullGooseLooney then I would really feel empowered. Ha!


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[skypilot]

60. This thread has gotten pretty long, so...

...perhaps someone has said this already: WHAT THE FUCK IS IT WITH FREEPERS AND HAIRCUTS?!?! They gave Clinton shit about the same thing. Is this what keeps them up at night?

[VolcanoJen]

68. Let's assume this story is true.

He really didn't pay $1,000 for the haircut itself. He paid $1,000 to occupy the hairdresser's time for most of the day.

You know, I don't go to any kind of fancy hairstylist, but when I go in, every twelve weeks, for a cut, color and highlights, my tab is at least $250, and that's before tip. No kidding. The process takes about 2 and a half hours, and what you're really paying for is the time and labor. I'm sure some DUers will now enjoy jumping on my little hair habit, but I do have to admit, it makes me look fabulous, and I enjoy it. :D So nyah.

Yes, I think $1,000 is a large amount to pay for a haircut, but it's really not out of the realm of possibility. He's a wealthy man, and he employs a fancy-pants hairstylist. I think I read recently that Jennifer Lopez pays her makeup artist $4,000 per day to make her look fantastic.

What I'm really trying to say here is that I could honestly give a fuck about the kind of money John Kerry throws around. $1,000 doesn't piss me off nearly as much as 700+ dead American soldiers.

[Zomby Woof]

73. I bow before your reason

And your fabulous hair. ;-)

Makes you wonder why Bush doesn't sufficiently piss off some people on here as much as Kerry does. As if saying "I am voting for him" redeems the curious absence of any Bush criticism. Just sayin'. :-)

[VolcanoJen]

75. Thanks, man! Kerry had SERIOUSLY bad hair before, ya know.

It's just silly, this whole haircut crap. What the hell is wrong with looking good???

Honestly, before Kerry hired his latest hairstylist, his hair was hurtin'...



Hate the game, not the player. No, I am not shallow. Just realistic.

[JI7]

80. he has nice hair

he has naturally nice hair in that it's thick and he has a lot of it. but he needs a stylist to keep it from getting too big and poufy. while it was ok when he was younger and just senator to have the big hair, when running for president he needs to look more "clean cut".

[Iceburg]

69. They're just jealous because they don't have any hair

would you have any if Boosh was yer leader?

[devinsgram]

71. At least he's keeping

people working.

[VolcanoJen]

74. Good point! It's not like he's outsourcing his hair.

Or, is he...? :D

[SeveneightyWhoa]

77. These are the same people who gladly support filthy rich..

..corporate fat cats who make money from wars, imperialism, and American taxpayers.

Halliburton getting billions?
Who cares!

Exxon getting billions?
Who cares!

Enron getting billions?
Who cares!

Lockheed-Martin getting billions?
Who cares!

KERRY SPENT HIS OWN MONEY ON A HAIRCUT?!
HEAVEN FUCKING FORBID!
..these people are hypocritical morons, plain and simple. I'm sure they don't mind how Bush or Cheney made their money and how they spend it. I bet they get mad and defensive when people complain about Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski's $6000 shower curtains and $2 000 000 toga party.

[Forkboy]

81. Someone send that man a Flowbee

:evilgrin: