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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I'm sure Ponch would agree!
She ought to fire her stylist and ask for a refund. Drudge had a picture today -- finally had on something other than black pants (tan) and some awful loafers...you could still see her cankles. She'd be better off to watch "What Not To Wear".
CC&E
Haircuts around here cost 6-10 bucks. And that’s too much for 5 minutes “work”. I know, I know. Licensing and all the Nazi regulations, etc, etc. Sue someone for a bad hair day is like suing someone for a lost pair of pants. WOW! That’s an idea! Sue someone $55 Million for a bad cut! What’s next? Suing AT&T for lack of I-Phone service sounds good to me. I get no AT&T service. I wouldn’t want it anyway.
Edwards should split the haircut budget with his wife. Her hair looks pretty bad.
My guy does it for 13, but I tip him two dollars because he trims my eyebrows when I start looking like Groucho Marx.
He’s a man’s man, in a Truman Capota way.
Perot advice on a haircut ???
“Measure twice and cut once. Just like a block of wood, see?”
That it is explained aways as such an important need that only this guy can possibly do the job is saying that he trusts no one and does not think well of the tens of thousands who could take care of it for thousands of dollars less.
John Edwards is simply using this presidential race to live high on the hog as is his experience in that he is an expert at abusing the legal system for financial gain so as to have the mega house he does where the common man across the street from him is demonized by his idiotic wife. I resent the Edwards’s of the world. I resent their fear mongering, their lies and their fake care of others which will end the moment your check clears.
Ditto! Edwards is toast. I wonder what the Hildebeast is spending to the Queer Eye for her makeovers? There is a lot of work needed for her. She will pay a ton I am sure. Just wait till those revelations come out. It will be Hitlerarious!
This is the essence of the two Americas that Edwards speaks of: one that can afford a $1250.00 hair cut and one that can not...
Ann was right; Edwards is a pecker-puffer.
My wife cuts mine gratis. Couldn't Mrs. Edwards do the same for her husband? (To be fair, the Breck Girl has more hair than I do.)
I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty
and witty
and gay ...
What a fag!
You MIGHT make him handsome with a haircut, but strong and mature are out of your reach.
weve had a Congress thats spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.
— Mike Huckabee
Your story reminds me of when I was in college. After I got a haircut the guy asked for two dollars more than the stated price on his sign. When I asked why, he said in his Italian accent: “Your hair was like a bush!” We kept saying it for years after that it was so funny. He was the best barber I ever went to in my life. It was well worth the 9 bucks, because it looked good even 3-4 weeks later.
He certainly has nailed what Edwards needs most.
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