That settles it then.
Giuliani is certain to win.
Posted on 07/16/2007 10:50:48 PM PDT by gpapa
What kinds of things do you think of when you hear "communications consulting"?
Speechwriting? Message strategy?
Well, "communications consulting" is how presidential candidate Mitt Romney recorded $300 in payments to a California company that describes itself as "a mobile beauty team for hair, makeup and men's grooming and spa services."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
My tires cost more.
did someone defect from edwards’ campaign and sign on with romney?
Don’t vote for a man who can’t do his own hair!
Clinton’s haircut cost more. So did Edward’s shampoo. Then, there’s Hillary’s face lift . . .
It is widely believed that make up made the difference in the Kennedy Nixon debates 0f 1960. Everybody on TV is made up.
Once a day I wash everything. Once a month I run electric clippers over everything above my neck. If that doesn’t make me pretty, to Hell with it!
You can't even get a good haircut for that price! (sarcasm)
That settles it then.
Giuliani is certain to win.
Bush has shorter hair. Maybe Edwards can learn something from that!
Haha, how true. I’m on more of a two week schedule for the “everything above the neck” event. The beard gets itchy.
If NIXON had, he would have won in 1960.
And your point is?
I guess this is supposed to blunt criticism of John Edwards' expensive hair excursions as he talks about the gap between the rich and poor. It doesn't.
I do not have an issue with Romney. I did not write the article.
I thought it was limp compared with what some of these guys do!
The Edwards make-up/hairstyling video is morphing into different forms and becoming its own mini-internet-phenomenon.
Yep. I have Great Clips go over my head about once a month with a "number 4" attachment on the clippers. Nice and simple.
No barber shops for 45 years, I wonder how much I’ve saved.
Romney-Edwards 2008
The Hair Team
“...What kinds of things do you think of when you hear “communications consulting”?...”
Applying lipstick to a pig?
They never mentioned Kerry’s botox.
Nor the silky pony’s - or the fact that silky pony pays over $400.00 for a haircut.
And Kerry's Botox... and Uncle Albert's orange rouge....
$150 x 2 = $300. Reasonable price for a service that makes housecalls.
You get what you pay for. Let’s face it, the dude has great hair!
Whoa! Someone call the homosexual-police! I think we have a wolf in sheep’s clothing!
If you consider the amount of money that public figures need to spend on speech coaches, demographic research, tailoring, etc., $300 sounds like a pretty shrewd investment if you ask me.
I’m guessing that you have never had to appear on camera.
Does anyone know where we can find a working press? Ours is broken.
At least Romney is straight, whereas the Breck girl is of indeterminate gender, lol.
When a consultant makes a call they charge a minimum — usually 4 hours. That makes it $75.00 per hour — cheap!
restornu, the point is that Mitt paid for a haircut and makeup job and called it “communications consulting” rather than a haircut and makeup job, perhaps to dodge Edwards-like criticism.
Not as bad as taking money from the American Museum Council but even if the bowl aint as big the flavor is the same.
Not as bad as taking money from the American Museum Council but even if the bowl aint as big the flavor is the same.
So he hired experts to advice him what's with you people
You are showing your ignorance this is what they call it in the field of Presentation "Communications Consulting" those who appear on TV and give speeches it is all part of the package.
Has he been unaware of the drubbing that Edwards takes for his own beauty expenses? I would think that the "I Feel Pretty" YouTube video of Edwards primping would be used at least once a week by all Republican candidates' staffs as a tension reliever!
Just because we don’t travel in those area of communication does not mean how he categorized it is correct when it is a part of the package.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867065/posts?page=37#37
People in the public eye frequently spend big bucks on appearance- even Edwards does not deserve to be criticized (Clinton was too). I agree with you on that, anybody whose job it is to be in public does (or should do, Dennis Kucinich!) the same thing. I bet Jay Leno spends more than $300 per week on hair and makeup. When I give a talk at a university or present a paper at a conference I at least get a trim (if Kerry was going to be in the audience I’d get a manicure too).
Since it is so common, though, there is no reason to attempt to obfuscate the issues.
Correction
Just because we don’t travel in those area of communication does not mean how he categorized it is not correct when it is a part of the package.
What is Romney supposed to do, go on TV with a haggard appearance, like Nixon in that 1960 debate with JFK?
Maybe in your bookkeeping and I bet there is another name in corporate world for bookkeeping too!
Just like computer talk it does not use terms that average person is familiar with.
To me it is a whole new world of terminology
That’s not a bad price, really, for something that is quite important. Hell, it’s less than a john edwards haircut.
Romney spent $300 on makeup 'consulting'
By: Kenneth P. Vogel Jul 16, 2007 06:57 PM EST
Romney's makeup payment is just one example of the interesting nuggets that await those willing to dig through the thousands of entries in campaign finance reports. Photo by AP
What kinds of things do you think of when you hear "communications consulting"?
Speechwriting? Message strategy?
Well, "communications consulting" is how presidential candidate Mitt Romney recorded $300 in payments to a California company that describes itself as "a mobile beauty team for hair, makeup and men's grooming and spa services."
Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirmed that the payments -- actually two separate $150 charges -- were for makeup, though he said the former Massachusetts governor had only one session with Hidden Beauty of West Hills, Calif. That was before the May 3 Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., co-sponsored by MSNBC and The Politico.
"We used them once but booked time twice and still had to render payment for the appointment time," said Madden, who said the disbursement was listed as "communications consulting" because it was paid from the communications division's budget.
Romney's makeup payment is just one example of the interesting nuggets that await those willing to dig through the thousands of entries in campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
It's unclear if other presidential candidates paid for makeup services in the period covered by the latest round of reports, due Sunday night. If they did, though, it might not be obvious from a quick glance of the filings.
Politicians often wear makeup for photo and video shoots. Federal campaigns, on at least 26 different occasions since 2002, reported paying for haircuts and other primping -- services totaling $7,443, according to an analysis by The Politico of Federal Election Commission data. And Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards refunded $800 his campaign shelled out for two haircuts after he was criticized for them.
But Stacy Andrews, who made up Romney for Hidden Beauty, said he barely needs makeup.
"He's already tan," she said. "We basically put a drop of foundation on him … and we powdered him a little bit."
It's not wise for candidates -- or anyone appearing on TV, for that matter -- to scrimp on makeup, especially in this age of high-definition TV, she said, adding that she has seen pols "look orange" after bad makeup jobs.
LOL! Now who could she mean by “looking orange”?
Good work, restornu!
You're right, we don't 'travel' in that area, and neither does the average American. Mitt needs to hire somebody to be an 'everyman' that he runs things by for the smell test. It might have prevented that 'hunter all my life' gaffe that he made a few months ago.
I just know that if we discussed some unknown guy who spent $300 on makeup consultation, most FReepers would refer to such a fellow as a metrosexual. Mitt needs to be aware of that, it smacks of Al Gore getting alpha male training during the 2000 campaign. It might be completely wrong of me to feel this way, but a real man doesn't need to hire consultants to tell him how to act like a man, if he hasn't already figured it out on his climb up the corporate ladder.
It has nothing to do with metro, unless one does not want to look like pale face one need to wear some make up and have a good hairs style that is photo genetic.
It has nothing to do with Edwards or Al Gore endless primping even Hannity, Rush, GWB before going on TV takes these precaution those who don’t are foolish,
Look what happen to Duncan Hunter a good man received no traction because his looks came across as dumpy!
There is a video out there of Hunter where he was groomed it gave him a cohesive look a pull togather, organized being.
In this day and age you can’t have a sloppy unkempt look it don’t sell it is a turn off.
Edwards and Al Gore need to do these things for their self worth, I assure you Mitt has confidence but is also wise to take council if that is what is need do it, but he does not dwell on it.
If he did dwell on it would have been more than $150 he paid $300 because that was the consultant requirement but he only used one session!
Mitt's a smart guy, I give him credit for his accomplishments. I also acknowledge that he's done well at the debates, I've always seen positive reviews of him by both conservative and liberals alike. He just needs to avoid the things that chip away at the image of leadership that he's adept at portraying.
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