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John Edwards' Hairstylist Speaks Out on Locks, $1,250 Bill (for one haircut)
The Washington Post ^ | 7/4/07 | John Solomon

Posted on 07/04/2007 2:31:18 PM PDT by LdSentinal

For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, including Marlon Brando and Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.

The Beverly Hills hairstylist, a Democrat, said he hit it off with then-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) at a meeting in Los Angeles that brought several fashion experts together to advise the candidate on his appearance. Since then, Torrenueva has cut Edwards's hair at least 16 times.

At first, the haircuts were free. But because Torrenueva often had to fly somewhere on the campaign trail to meet his client, he began charging $300 to $500 for each cut -- plus the cost of airfare and hotels when he had to travel outside California.

Torrenueva said that one haircut during the 2004 presidential race cost $1,250 because he traveled to Atlanta and lost two days of work.

"He has nice hair," the stylist said of Edwards in an interview. "I try to make the man handsome, strong, more mature, and these are the things, as an expert, that's what we do."

It is some kind of commentary on the state of American politics that as Edwards has campaigned for president, vice president and now president again, his hair seems to have attracted as much attention as, say, his position on health care. But when his campaign reported in April that it had paid for two of his haircuts at $400 each, the political damage was immediate. With each punch line on late night television, his image as a self-styled populist making poverty his signature issue was further eroded.

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1 posted on 07/04/2007 2:31:22 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal

Swish!


2 posted on 07/04/2007 2:33:38 PM PDT by Aeronaut (Hebrews 13:4)
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To: LdSentinal
Yes, he’s a true sympathizer with the impoverished.
3 posted on 07/04/2007 2:34:06 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: LdSentinal
I try to make the man handsome, strong, more mature...

Swooon...there are a lot of guys in SF that would love to meet him.

4 posted on 07/04/2007 2:34:53 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: LdSentinal

“at a meeting in Los Angeles that brought several fashion experts together” nothing gay about that...


5 posted on 07/04/2007 2:35:29 PM PDT by isom35
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To: LdSentinal

Another narcissist Democrat Presidential contender. Move along. Nothing to unusual to see here.


6 posted on 07/04/2007 2:35:50 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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To: LdSentinal

Ann was right as always, he’s a flipper


7 posted on 07/04/2007 2:36:21 PM PDT by stm (Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
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To: LdSentinal

Closet queen for President! Another Jim McGreevy stealth democrat queen. AND he is a notorious crooked shyster to boot!

Where do I sign up for this one? Cripes, Hillary looks good in comparison.


8 posted on 07/04/2007 2:36:34 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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To: LdSentinal

More material for Ann.


9 posted on 07/04/2007 2:37:06 PM PDT by Not now, Not ever! (The devil made me do it!,.......................................................( well, not really.)
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To: originalbuckeye

How does he pay for a mankini wax??


10 posted on 07/04/2007 2:38:03 PM PDT by Perdogg (congratulations - you have just won an ipod nano)
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To: LdSentinal
John Edwards is Pretty

John Edwards Wipes Snot on Adoring Fans (Remix)

Don't gentlemen carry their own hankys and do their own hair anymore?!?!?


11 posted on 07/04/2007 2:39:13 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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To: stm

POOFER


12 posted on 07/04/2007 2:39:24 PM PDT by evad
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To: Perdogg

I think I read the term ‘manscaping’ for those men who like to have smooth bodies. Any bets here?


13 posted on 07/04/2007 2:39:39 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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To: LdSentinal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q


14 posted on 07/04/2007 2:42:05 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

” Hillary looks good in comparison”

Silky Pony is harmful only to his hair,Hillary has a Dixie Mafia.........compare that.......


15 posted on 07/04/2007 2:43:09 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: LdSentinal

OMG! I’m voting for this man! (yeah!)


16 posted on 07/04/2007 2:44:26 PM PDT by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: LdSentinal

I used to go to the barber shop where they usually charged me 13 bucks for a haircut. So instead, I had my brother take a pair of hair clippers and shave my head down to a crew cut for free. I havent been to a barber in a couple of years.


17 posted on 07/04/2007 2:50:04 PM PDT by lowbridge (If You’re Gonna Burn Our Flag, Wrap Yourself in It First /No Oil for Pacifists)
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To: Tamar1973

Edwards wipes s^^^^ is so gross! It would make a great ad for the opposition. Surely he cokmes from the hicks and that hand is so wretched, I wouldn’t shake it.


18 posted on 07/04/2007 2:50:38 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (God Bless America and The Republicans)
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To: LdSentinal
He does it so he can develop a ‘feel’ for the ‘poverty stricken.’
19 posted on 07/04/2007 2:56:53 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Liberals don't rattle sabers, they wave white flags)
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To: Tamar1973

John Edwards Wipes Snot on Adoring Fans (Remix)


“Edwards Fever: Catch it!”

Seriously, aside from the “Typhoid Johnnie” effects, the guy has awful hygiene habits, touching his nose and eyes like that when he spends so much time shaking the germy hands of Democrats.


20 posted on 07/04/2007 2:57:36 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed ("We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them, I won't chip away at them" -Mitt Romney)
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