Letters to the Editor
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response to mr. ose's essay
right on, brother.
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The whole haircut story. . .
Feeds into the right's depiction of Edwards as not being manly enough to be president. Coulter's invocation of the "f" word was no accident. The right is setting Edwards up as the Democrats girly man, and the media is running with the slander, just as it ran with the Al Gore invented the Internet "story" and the John Kerry as francophile story. Anything that makes Democrats out to be weak and less than masculine seems to engage the mainstream media because, heaven forbid, it address the real and complicated issues facing the nation.
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Thanks, Erik...
This is exactly the kind of article needed to fight the "haircut story". Come on, it could have happened to anyone. I've gone places and discovered my meal out cost a lot more than I expected... I'm sure the same can easily happen at a hotel with a haircut. It's way more informative than the half-truth smear job being peddled by the news outlets.
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Hair to the presidential throne
I don't know if using the example of Edwards at the shop like a regular Joe should be used as a response to the pricey haircut expose. It seems to confuse the issue of the personal and political, not that the personal isn't political. You see Ose suggests we should be concentrating on our presidential candidate's policies and promises, including those pertaining to health care and troops in Iraq, and yet here he is in the same article making a point that Edwards is a guy who is just like you and me, and illustrates the point with an example from personal life. Need I point out that our journalist uses this anecdote for championing his own political cause by taking a jab at Bush's effort to portray average American citizenry by introducting the the '90s price scanner gaffe.
Perhaps Salon could run with the idea and encourage readers to write in with their own "I saw the presidential candidate doing..........." (fill in the blank). Accordingly, depending on whether you support Edwards or Bush, respondents can relate how they saw virtuous George help an old lady across the road or observed rambunctious John at the local watering hole making obscene comments about womens' breasts.
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Am I the only one well on my way to hating Maureen Dowd?
She's just Ann Coulter w/o anorexia and better hair. (Hmm, I wonder how much she pays to get her titian locks done?)
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John Edwards
Dear Mr. Ose,
Why are you keeping this non event alive? Is it laziness,
shallowness, peer pressure, ignorance, or all of the above?
This kind of promotion of trivial, irrelevant, meaningless
presidential candidate behavior is exactly how we ended up
with eight (8) years of the worst human being as president
in history. Refer to the crap about Mr. Gore and Mr. Kerry
and the ass kissing of Mr. Bush for how NOT to report.
Refer to The Daily Howler for how the media was the main
villain in getting Americans into our current abysmal mess.
Writers and editors have got to STICK TO THE ISSUES or
they are a major part of the problem.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, LET THE DAMN HAIRCUTS GO DOWN THE DAMN
MEMORY HOLE!
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More derogatory press
This article borders on being sensational itself and a wee bit hypocritical. Perhaps it was meant to be a joke that Edwards was in the shampoo aisle, but actually it didn't come off that way. Instead it implies a purchase which hints at some kind of hair fixation.
Of all the candidates, Edwards is my first choice. He has run on unequivocal grounds and I like his platform. He suits me just fine...hair and all!!!
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Good god man, are you gay for John Edwards or what?
Not in the homosexual way, of course. I must mention that or my letter will be deleted. But gay as in you are so happy for him, so in love with his campaign, that you would write this love letter fluff piece. A simple web search will tell you that the George H W Bush story about being "amazed" at a supermarket scanner is a fabrication. You probably already knew that, but it doesn't really matter.
What does matter, however, is that it's obvious how much you love John Edwards, and that's very cute.
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This doesn't bother me a bit. . .
. . it's his money.
There once was a presidential haircut story that did anger me. Remember when then President Bill Clinton closed down LAX one afternoon so he could get a haircut from some Hollywood stylist on Air Force One. That cost many others time & money.
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John Edwards is in Good Company
First, let me say that John Edwards actually does have the best hair of the announced 2008 presidential contenders from either party. Mitt Romney's? ... PUHLEASE. Yes, it was an unfortunate blunder, but I believe his explanation and it actually does help put my mind at ease regarding the situation. Perhaps this can all be written off as haircut envy (or just having-hair envy) on the part of the Republicans. Not that you're going to base your vote on someone's hair, but, hey, who doesn't like nice hair? Repressed, envious, embittered people, that's who.
Here's my real point. John Edwards is in good company on two counts ... he's a former trial lawyer getting unsolicited advice about his hair ... as was Abraham Lincoln.
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the Clinton haircut story
is also a thoroughly debunked fabrication (see http://mediamatters.org/items/200702090015 for example), yet it never does seem to go away.
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I guess I`m alone on this
This essay was a weak defense of what I thought a deserved fatal moment for the Edwards campaign. His vigorous concern for poverty in America was rendered instantly moot. I have always had a lingering doubt about his depth and understanding of the very complex issues facing our country. In the last campaign, his repetitive drone about two Americas showed a serious lack of imagination.Three years later he gets a $400 haircut! Oh, he didn`t know! His staff didn`t think to ask! We don`t need another stupid president. He voted for the authorization for war for political cover after 9/11, now he apologizes.Too late, there were plenty of credible voices explaining exactly how wrong war would be [the pope, Sen. Byrd,the Canadians, Nelson Mandela....]
Had he sufficient character and judgement, he could have run a fearless campaign. With Elizabeth`s health prospects so unknown, and given her eloquent courage, he could have run the populist campaign any democrat dreams of. But no, his campaign, and the candidate himself are too self important to ask what does this haircut cost? Two Americas for sure. Goodbye Senator Edwards, I hope you and Liz live long happy lives. RDT