PAC launches to support bearded political candidates

The Hill ^ | April 4, 2013 | Jonathan Easley

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A Political Action Committee (PAC) launched this week to support bearded candidates, according to paperwork filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy (BEARD) was founded by 30-year-old Jonathan Sessions, who sits on the Columbia, Mo., Board of Education, according to his website.

“With the resurgence of beards in popular culture and among today’s younger generation, we believe the time is now to bring facial hair back into politics,” Sessions said in a statement.

“We haven’t had a bearded major party candidate run for president since Charles Evans Hughes ran and lost in 1916, and there has been a recent wave of retirements amongst bearded Congressmen, including David Obey and Steve LaTourette.....

[9YearLurker]

For pols with beards? Would that include Obama with Michelle?

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Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

The Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy (BEARD) was founded by 30-year-old Jonathan Sessions, who sits on the Columbia, Mo., Board of Education, according to his website... “We haven’t had a bearded major party candidate run for president since Charles Evans Hughes ran and lost in 1916...

...and it's only been a century, a time during which some people believe Thomas Dewey was defeated by his own mustache, and Nixon's five o'clock shadow was mentioned almost as often as Nixon himself.

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Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy (BEARD PAC) will act to independently support the candidacies of bearded candidates nationwide.