Does McCain use a make-up artist? Someone last night at our debate

[rurallib]

party said McCain is paying somebody $5300/day to keep him pretty. Any truth to that?

[Phredicles]

1. $5,300 a day to keep him pretty? He better make it an even 10 Gs,

plus 25 grand a day on soul rinse.:P

[mcctatas]

2. It's true...

he did, ( he should get a refund)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/mccains-5000-makeup-will_n_128973.html

[eShirl]

3. it's probably to make his scars, age and tiredness less apparent for TV

[gateley]

4. It's been reported that he has a makeup artist who is paid $5300 -- but I don't

think it was determined if that was daily, monthly, or for a specific stint.

[K8-EEE]

5. He is DEF not getting his money's worth there.

Why does he need the American Idol makeup woman to look like Bella Lugosi?

[jmowreader]

17. He'd look worse without her

If I was McCain's campaign manager, I'd just hire some guy from Earl Scheib. There's not a hell of a lot of difference between making McCain look presentable and pulling a dent out of the fender of a DeSoto.

[salguine]

6. Tom Savini!

[kedrys]

9. ROFL!

Explains why Johnny looked like a cross between a vampire and a zombie on Friday night... :P

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. Pssssst..... hey mccain.... it's not working!

[Starlight]

15. Apparently no one ever told him "less is more," especially as you get older.

[Sonicmedusa]

8. Uh oh...Better get MAACO (NT)

[dgibby]

10. Yeah, the same one that does Freddie Kruger!

:evilgrin:

[WheelWalker]

11. He's getting RIPPPP'ed

[stillcool]

12. He needs to pay more..

McCain's $5,000 Makeup: Will There Be Backlash?

September 24, 2008 03:08 PM

So, John McCain has reportedly paid more than $5,500 to Tifanie White, the makeup artist who works on "American Idol," for similar cosmetic services. It is yet another incident of a politician -- regardless of ideological stripe -- coughing up a lot of money for the sake of good looks.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/mccains-5000-makeup-will_n_128973.html

[AZBlue]

13. Her name is Tifanie White and she actually makes a little over $5,500.

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/john-mccain-uses-american-idol-makeup-artist

[Democat]

14. Read this - McCain paid $5,583.43 for makeup for TV!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7214660

Imagine if that was a story about Obama - it would be Monday's top story on all of the news stations.

[VPStoltz]

16. I think it's a wax artist from theTrousseau museum

[Fleshdancer]

18. I don't think it was per day but for the entire year back in 2002

I haven't seen any recent numbers on this though.