John Kerry's $15,000! Haircut [not $1000 per Drudge]

4/27/04 | Self

[antaresequity]

$1000 dollar Haircut? Not By My Calculations

I did a little research. Then I went to an independent source to confirm that research. Here is what I found about the $1000 dollar haircut cost.

Corroborated by a phone call to Signature Flight Support in San Francisco [also located in DC], the Flying Squirrel [Gulfstream V] would consume approximately 660-700 Gallons [5500-5700 pounds] of Kerosene to fly from Washington DC to Pittsburgh.

Also Corroborated by Signature Flight Support was my calculated mileage including pattern approach and departure[300 nm x 2].

To fly a Gulfstream V to Pittsburgh, and back, from Reagan International would consume about 1300 gallons of JetA jet fuel, or approximately .46 miles per gallon.

Signature Flight Support indicated that Jet A kerosene is running around $2.00 per gallon. Not including crew costs, depreciation, applied maintenance, landing fees [fuel cost only], the fuel burn was $2600.00.

A Hummer could drive 13,000 miles [Nearly 4 times the distance between London and New York] on the same fuel load out.

When asked, Signature indicated that no way in the world could you round hop a Gulfstream V to Pittsburgh and back for $1000. Further, Signature indicated that to use a Gulfstream V for such a short hop was "not a very efficient use of resources", and "the jet could not reach its optimal cruise altitudes above 45,000 feet on such a short hop".

A phone call to NetJets revealed that the lease cost for such a hop, with no crew overnight would range around $15,000 dollars [includes, landing fees, fuel surcharges etc]

Kerrys Interview

Once Senator Kerry got to Pittsburgh he had these words regarding energy and oil:

SEN. KERRY:  ..... As president, I'm going to move the United States of America towards energy independence.  I'm going to set a goal, that by the year 2020, 20 percent of our electricity will be produced from alternative and renewable sources.  We'll create 500,000 new jobs doing that, Tim.  We can reduce our dependency on Middle East oil.  I don't think any young American ought to ever be held hostage to America's dependency on oil in the Middle East.  We deserve a president who wants to move America toward energy independence, clean energy, alternative energy.  We'll be drilling gas and oil for years to come, but we can move in a new direction and I intend to do that.

John Kerry is all wrong for America

Ref:

Signature Flight Support Jet Craft
Net Jets
Haverstick Consulting
Russert Interview Transcript

[antaresequity]

FYI folks. I made several phone calls and as far as I can tell, Drudge is a little off.

[antaresequity]

bttt

[dead]

And that doesn't even include the cost of the hair cut!

[talleyman]

Mousse-Gate Bump!
(A mousse bit my sister once...)

[Bob]

Has it been confirmed that his barber hairdresser actually travelled on the Gulfstream?

[isthisnickcool]

Fifteen thousand dollars! For an old gay hippie to get his hair cut? I hate old gay hippies!

[jtminton]

Or the botox.

[Southack]

Ummm, nice work and all, but lets not hammer Senator Kerry so hard that he doesn't survive to win the Dems' nomination at their Boston convention this Summer, eh!

[gitmo]

I wish my wife had a half a billion dollars. I'd fly to Palm Beach for a pedicure. < /sarcasm>

[Feiny]

My friend got called during the DNC convention in 2000 to cut Gepharts hair. He went to Dicks hotel room and charged him $200 for the cut. Dick seemed very surprised it was ONLY $200!!! It seems he wanted to be charged even more. My friend kicked himself for not jacking up the cost more. I consoled him with the fact that Dick isn't paying for it...the taxpayer is. He normally charges $35 for a haircut in his shop and maybe $75 or $100 for a housecall.

[antaresequity]

Revised Haircut Cost Ping

[Howlin]

Did he use her plane for sure?

[Southack]

You know better than to be hammering on JFK right now, Howlin!

[antaresequity]

from Drudge Report....This report indicates it was either the Gulfstream or the campaign jet. I have been unsuccesful in determining the make and model of the campaign jet, but pictures of him aboard it, indicate its a hell of alot bigger than the Gulfstream...somthing along the lines of a 707 or 727

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE APRIL 27, 2004 12:59:04 ET XXXXX

$1000 HAIRCUT? KERRY FLIES IN HAIRDRESSER FOR TOUCH-UP BEFORE 'MEET THE PRESS'

**Exclusive**

On the Friday before his MEET THE PRESS appearance, Dem presidential hopeful John Kerry flew his Washington, DC hairdresser to Pittsburgh for a touch-up, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Cristophe stylist Isabelle Goetz, who handles Kerry's hair issues, made the trek to Pittsburgh, campaign sources reveal.

"Her entire schedule had to be rearranged," a top source explains.

A Kerry campaign spokesman refuses to clarify if Goetz flew by private jet on April 16 or on the official Kerry For President campaign plane.

The total expense for the hair touch-up is estimated to be more than $1000, insiders tell DRUDGE.

One source suggests the hairdresser was flown to Pittburgh on Teresa Heinz Kerry's 'Flying Squirrel', a Gulfstream V private jet.

[The 'Flying Squirrel' is worth about $35 million. A deluxe model; plasma TV, two bathrooms, fancy mahogany and burlwood paneling, gold-plated fixtures.]

"Senator Kerry thinks Isabelle does a superb job," a campaign source said.

Goetz grew up in a small town in eastern France. She also does Hillary Clinton's hair.

Developing...

[isthisnickcool]

Did he use her plane for sure?

I don't know but the odds are that if Kerry says he didn't eventually we willfind out that he did. Then he didn't, then he did.

Kerry's Hairdresser.

[rs79bm]

Re-Calculation Bump.

BTW, why doesn't he cut it all off and get a regular haircut. Oh, I guess he would look more American that way. Kerry certainly doesn't want that.

[DesertDreamer]

It's important that Democratic losers be well-coifed, since none of them can carry off wearing a cowboy hat.

[VadeRetro]

"Faites quelque chose avec ces cheveux!" ^*

^* "Do something with this hair!"

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Important Hair Ping!

[Columbine]

Goetz grew up in a small town in eastern France. She also does Hillary Clinton's hair.

She should tell her to wash it once in awhile. Hillary has the ugliest hair I've ever seen.

[plain talk]

If Kerry has a private plane fly someone across America just to cut his hair, then Kerry has no standing on which to talk about energy policy or the environment. Well, that's two issues down. What's next? National security and defense. He has no standing there either because of his protesting and voting record. What's left? the economy and education? OK, we'll let him yap about that. (this is what our side should be doing - totally disqualifying Kerry to speak to these major issues)

[John Jorsett]

Ummm, nice work and all, but lets not hammer Senator Kerry so hard that he doesn't survive to win the Dems' nomination at their Boston convention this Summer, eh!

Well, there might be a better Democrat nominee. For the Republicans, that is ...

[antaresequity]

Will the real French Mousse please please stand down Kerry's Hair?

[John Jorsett]

If Kerry has a private plane fly someone across America just to cut his hair, then Kerry has no standing on which to talk about energy policy or the environment.

Well, sure he does. When he's yapping about conservation and all, you don't think he means him do you? He's one of the anointed, put on Earth to educate us serfs from the backseat of a Gulfstream or from one of his mansions.

[GaltMeister]

From the earlier thread:

Cristophe stylist Isabelle Goetz, who handles Kerry's hair issues, made the trek to Pittsburgh, campaign sources reveal.

A 60 year old man with 'hair issues'??

Metrosexual indeed!! LOL

[mewzilla]

Maybe it's fake hair. That would explain why Kerry wouldn't let someone else get near it...

Toupeegate.

[daisymeme]

 

	These DemocRats
are worst than the robber barons of the 1800's.

[nopardons]

Hey,that's besmirching the good names of the old Robber Barons!

[Right Angler]

Well, it is an inordinately large head...

[TwilightDog]

The costs of the crew & the pilots occured to me too on another thread. Also consider that the woman hairdresser had to cancel her other appointments of the day. That suggests to me she had to have been compensated for that fairly well.

[Fawnn]

She also does Hillary Clinton's hair.

I've seen her hair. I wouldn't think that would be a promotion plus. ;)

[Las Vegas Dave]

According to RUSH, a $42 million dollar plane cost in the neighborhood of $25k+/hour to operate.

That is one expensive hair management issue for someone, (Tereza), to pay!

[antaresequity]

That suggests to me she had to have been compensated for that fairly well.

The concept of 'opportunity cost' is one lost on nearly every liberal. Next best use, and every use below it can be measured and expressed in terms of opportunity cost; best use [prefered use?]- actual use = opportunity cost

Moussegate [or Toupegate] requires and independent investigator.....to get to the bottom of this

We will never know what this "hairjob" cost...

[alwaysconservative]

She should tell her to wash it once in awhile. Hillary has the ugliest hair I've ever seen.

I totally agree. While I don't think intrinsic personal appearance is something to be taunted, personal conduct and hygiene/care ARE worthy of comment. Kerry constantly sniffs at his fingers (gosh knows where they've been, LOL!), Hillary looks like she never washes, (same with Kucinich), Gore has developed the cadaver effect, x42 has that W.C. Fields thing going on, and Edwards has this "thing" hanging on his lip that probably could be removed with a "razor malfunction".

[R. Scott]

His Royal Highness, John of Hanoi, Traiectum Superbus, just a common Man of the People.

[tdadams]

I'll just cut-and-paste what I posted on another thread just minutes ago:

I can't wait until we really get into this campaign and the focus turns to environmental issues.

Kerry and his wife use up as much energy as some city blocks - heating and cooling their five homes, fueling their SUVs, gassing up the 100' yacht, and the private jet. And how much pollution are they putting into the air and water with all that conspicuous consumption?

I'd love to see him defend THAT environmental record! If you want to see the face of the "evil rich", look at the baggy, basset hound face of John Kerry.

[tdadams]

When asked if his hairdresser flew on Kerry's private jet, Kerry responded, "Ask Bush why he didn't serve in Vietnam. Ask Bush why we're in Iraq stealing their oil. Ask Bush why ... blah, blah, blah."

Yeah, but about that haircut, Senator...

[varon]

Hillary has the ugliest hair I've ever seen.

It compliments her face very well ;-)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Make no mistake - the haircut is an expense to be written off in the course of a campaign. The donors pay for this kind of thing.

[syriacus]

Kerry and his wife use up as much energy as some city blocks

But the big question is

Does John help Teresa to follow Streisand's advice to hang their wet laundry on their clotheslines?

I'm sure John helps Teresa around the house, since he is so supportive of women.

[jtminton]

I was listening to Hugh Hewitt yesterday and he said that Kerry's haircut cost anywhere from $1000 to $15,000. I wonder if he got that high estimate from this thread.

[heleny]

A phone call to NetJets revealed that the lease cost for such a hop, with no crew overnight would range around $15,000 dollars [includes, landing fees, fuel surcharges etc]

A color, haircut, and blowdry shouldn't take much more than an hour and shouldn't require an overnight. If he has weaves or any other type of partial hair addition, that might take a bit more time. Even if there's no overnight, do you have to pay when they are on standby? After all, the crew can't go home to relax, and the jet has to park somewhere.

As a Senator, he should've been back in Washington with the rest of the Senate long enough to get his hair done there if it were a normal haircut. (even though he's almost never there.) This must've been some hair emergency!

[heleny]

Does John help Teresa to follow Streisand's advice to hang their wet laundry on their clotheslines?

You don't really think Teresa does their laundry, do you?

[newzhawk]

"Tell her to wash Hillary's hair once in a while"How true. You can tell that Hillary is just sooooooooo busy that she waits too long to get a new cut- for her short hair it needs work every 4 weeks minimum- I am sure she gets extensions put in for her big debates as well- but during the time she is skulking around the Senate- she is a frump