Posted on 01/17/2009 6:28:09 PM PST by Steelfish
President-elect getting a local bounce from his hairstyle By Darrell Smith Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009
It's medium-short, tapered at the end of the neckline; the hairline is natural, finished with shears. Ladies and gentlemen, the Obama cut, now appearing on heads from Washington, D.C., to Sacramento. "It's a custom cut, customized for him.
I did create the cut. We simplified it and we called it the 'Obama,' " said Zariff, President-elect Barack Obama's barber and owner of Hyde Park Hair Salon and Barber Shop in Chicago. Zariff, who goes by one name, didn't have much time to talk. Even at 10 below zero in Chicago, the salon stays busy.
At $21, "We're getting a lot of people asking for that, people internationally, tourists." Presidential hair has always been subject to gossip and controversy, from Ronald Reagan's "Does he dye it?" locks to Bill Clinton's $200 haircut aboard Air Force One.
But Obama's conservative cut – think a modified high taper – blends well with his slender, athletic frame and dark, tailored suits and has become a symbol of success to many. And, though it's unclear whether demand for the president-elect's taper cut has boosted business at Sacramento-area barbers, many had their own Obama cut stories.
Sacramento's Barber Zone, a converted house at 28th Street off Broadway, has a small poster of Barack Obama on the wall declaring, "Hope." You can see variations on the same theme these days at other African American barber shops: a button on a barber at Fly Cuts & Styles on Stockton Boulevard; a portrait of America's new first family taped to the mirror at The One on Broadway.
At Barber Zone, the haircutter customers call Ms. Moka was putting the finishing touches on a fade cut and
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Definitely need a Barf Alert on this one...
Whoopy.
I was unaware that the nap was a hair style? BJ’s have a whole new meaning in Washington.
This is getting freaking ridiculous!!
Dumbing down the presidency to sales of trinkets and ugly dresses that Michelle wears and now haircuts??? He had IKEA stuff loaded on top of the limo, let’s all run out and buy that too.
Wait...what? Did he fall on his head?
Yes, we need more information about whether or not he wipes front to back or visa versa.....
No, really, I read that headline and I couldn’t help myself. I laughed.
More hard hitting investigative reporting from the American media...(eye roll)
I doubt that it matters - the press does his wiping for him.
Well, there is that....
Customized hair cut - huh? It looks like he gets a ten dollar cut from a barber. Its just a buzz thats a bit long.
Just looks like a buzz cut to me?!
I spent a little while turning the T-shirts around. Before I was through, I had quite a crowd cheering me on.
Please, PLEASE - NO MORE!!!!! Can’t stand it - and the damn dog too! Jeez - can’t we just stop the crapola flow??????
I’m confused, by the description it sort of sounds like an afro mullet.
I do that with the books and magazines. :)
I don’t know if you’re familiar with Home Goods, they are part of TJ Maxx and one of my favorite places to go to get good buys on home goods and gifts. I passed by their picture department the other day and who is staring at me but 0. There was a lady standing there mesmerized. I wanted to say something but decided best to keep my mouth shut. LOL
I was really surprised to see that picture in their store, I just thought to myself can I go anywhere without being brainwashed my his image? That’s exactly what is happening, he’s trying to legitimize himself.
Please post more.
Genuine, Official, Replica Obama Turds: for sale on E-Bay.
"Zariff says he hasn't officially been asked by the president-elect, but he hopes Obama ask him to move to the White House."
--CBS2, Chicago
I could care less.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Your wish is my command. See #21.
>> I thirst for news about Obama, nothing is too trivial.
>> Please post more.
ROFLMAO!!!
Huh? What hairstyle? Crazy reporter.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
What the?
I get a custom cut every time I go to the barber shop. You can get one “off the rack”? Who knew?
Quite frankly my dear, I just don’t give a S—t.
Serbian sexy.
Leni
Well that is one contraption that the Obamabots can take with them when their little outhouses get all occupied and there is no vacancy. =)
So do we have another Breck Girl now?
The Media fawning over the foreign national makes me sick to turn on the news.
Oh give me a frickin break
Oh when are they going to tell us whether he relieves himself standing or sitting, whether he tucks it in or lets it hang out? These are things that have to be reported on!
YEAH! GO CRABMAN!!
Are you saying there was are decorative framed portraits of Hussein Obama for sale in Home Goods??? Are they supposed to look like oil paintings or what? Disgusting.
This one was more like a framed poster. I didn’t get too close to it. :)
Sometimes I hear Mark Levin and Sean Hannity say “I could care less” and it makes me want to reach right through the radio and slap them hard so that they don’t ever say something that makes them look stupid again.
I dunno, I spect that’s more about the store trying to cash in on the mania. I don’t blame them.
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