Hillary Clinton's $1500 Haircuts, Expensed to the Campaign ---------->>>

[Stephanie]

Originally from the NY Post.

http://www.babalublog.com/archives/003657.html

HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY
By IAN BISHOP
Post Correspondent

July 24, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.

Clinton, the likely 2008 Democratic White House front-runner, ponied up nearly $3,000 in campaign cash for her blond tresses to get some presidential pampering from acclaimed D.C. stylist Isabelle Goetz.

Recently released federal fund-raising records show Clinton shelled out $1,500 in April for Goetz to carefully craft her coiffure and another $1,000 for a camera-ready clip in May.

She passed off both styling sessions as "media production" expenses.

Clinton was so desperate for Goetz to style her gilded mane, she picked up the scissor siren's $405 travel tab in April and a $38 expenses tab in May.

Goetz, a fixture at the swank Cristophe salon and the favored stylist of John Kerry, has been clipping the former first lady's locks for years - she's credited for updating Clinton's coif from country to chic. To complement the touch-up of her tresses, Clinton invested another $3,000 for makeup maestro Barbara Lacy to brush on some blush.

Lacy is a Tinseltown pro who applied the makeup to actors' mugs in movies including "Minority Report," "Runaway Bride," "National Treasure" and "In the Line of Fire."

She can also take credit for working the West Wing - the NBC version. Clinton paid Lacy an eye-popping $1,600 for some eye-lining in mid-May and another mind-boggling $1,300 for some makeup two weeks later.

Again, Clinton justified the makeovers as a media production expense.

[ixion]

1. the GOP is just as much about 'the show' as the Dems... BOTH spend wads of cash

on crap like this. But you never -- never -- here about the expenses of the GOP, because IOKIYAR. :grr:

[gaspee]

2. hahahahahahah

I said this a few days ago. Now everyone jump on Hilary.

Of course personal appearance is going to be charged to the campaign. Isn't campaigning all about appearance?

Who's next? Obviously not Obama. He and Tester probably have the same haircutting bill. Maybe Edwards should just get out the number two blade. Too bad Hilary can't do the same.

I'm getting out the popcorn...

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. I could pillory Hillary on a few issues, but not on choice or cost of her

coiffullary.

Besides, it would take more than that to make me presentable enough to go the grocery store, and she's trying to get over 50 million people to vote for her for president.

Move on, nothing to see.

[gaspee]

61. Exactly

I have issues with Senator Clinton's issues, not on her grooming. She takes too much flak for her looks as it is, as does Senator Edwards.

[live love laugh]

3. What this proves is the rapeuplicons have nothing on Hillary or Edwards. n/t

[Clark2008]

4. What's good for the gander is good for the goose?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

5. 'the likely 2008 Democratic White House front-runner'

:eyes:

[Stephanie]

7. the story's from last summer

:hi:

[Bluebear]

11. I know, all the more revealing

[Cobalt Violet]

6. Excelllent. Good for her.

I'm glad she pays her stylist well. I makes me like her a little more.

[donheld]

13. "she pays her stylist well." NO, donors pay her stylist well.

What can a hairstylist possibly do that is worth $400 or $1600? :shrug:

[Cobalt Violet]

20. It's a legitimate expense.

Looking like shit shouldn't be a requirement for our candidates.

There are a lot of services that cost a lot of money. Most likely it's a combination of services. I'm sorry you have no clue about the industry. I'm sorry you think a stylists talents are not worth anything.

[MattSh]

27. Yegads, who said anything about "not worth anything"?

There's a big difference between "not worth anything" and worth $400 - $1600.

[Cobalt Violet]

30. Okay then who decides? Where do we cap the price of personal services?

Who will decide what price one can charge for services provided? The Haircut Police? The Department of Haircuts and Colors? Should the industry's pricing be heavily regulated?


I'm so sorry that people are so ignorant about how the beauty industry works. I know average everyday people who are paying $500 - $700. for a certain service. They do it because it's life altering for them.

[Dorian Gray]

51. I agree we shouldn't set limits on the price of those things

but I'm uncomfortable with people using campaign money for their haircuts. Is it really a legit expense?

[Cobalt Violet]

57. Yes, If they're doing photo shoots , TV and public appearances

Editorial hairstyling costs a lot of money. It's a specialty. They don't do that kind of styling most salons. Most people have no need for that type of styling and thus don't know anything about it.

Who ever you are supporting most likely has an official campaign photo and most likely had their appearance very carefully arranged.

[Dorian Gray]

58. From the article

I assumed it was just a regular old haircut. If it's pre filming hair and makeup, then it is a different ballgame. $1500 is still a lot, though.

[merh]

34. welcome to DU, MattSh

I like the image in your sigline. I have to remember those 7.

:hi:

[fasttense]

8. So we get another Hair-Gate from Der Führer's party

Remember when The Newt was screaming about Clinton getting a hair cut on the plane? Come on, who really cares? As if the right wing neocons haven't spent federal tax dollars to pay for their political consultant KKKarl Rove.

[Stephanie]

10. This is in response to all the threads about Edwards' hair.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=696387&mesg_id=696387

[PA Democrat]

9. Anyone recall the lesson of the Kennedy-Nixon debate back in 1960?

It was the first televised presidential debate and Nixon refused make-up arrived with a 5 o'clock shadow, wearing an ill-fitting shirt, and with a sickly pallor as he was recovering from a lengthy stay in the hospital for a knee injury.

People who HEARD the debate on the radio thought Nixon won, but television viewers who SAW Nixon's physical appearance thought that Kennedy won.

Candidates have apparently learned to be more media/ appearance savvy than Nixon was.

[donheld]

12. Can't these fools find a volunteer?

I'm sure somebody some where would cut their hair for little or nothing as a campaign donation.

[ecstatic]

49. lol nt

[Vinca]

14. Well, I hope the $1500 haircut guy wasn't responsible for the

most recent do that looked as if she'd just gotten out of bed and forgotten to comb her hair. I don't care which candidate it is, when so many people are struggling in this country, it seems obscene to have expenses like these. I'll think twice before donating to anyone now.

[grateful581]

15. who gives a shit

republicans don't have any real issues so they talk about looks and what was spent on haircuts. what losers!
It might be news if Edwards and Clinton got their haircut here.

[MoonRiver]

19. Not my cup of tea, but the prices rock!

At least compared to what our candidates are spending!

I truly DO NOT care how much Edwards, Clinton or anybody else spends on a haircut. But I can't comprehend why anybody needs to spend hundreds of dollars on their hair. They sure don't LOOK any different from the average Joe and Jane on the street sporting a $30.00 haircut.

:shrug:

[MrSlayer]

16. As with Edwards' haircuts, who gives a fuck?

I don't support Senator Clinton but it's not because of how much she spends on hairdressing and makeup. I agree that things of that nature are all a part of the campaign, as important as the buttons and signs. Calling either of them out for this "transgression" is just a Bush league cheap shot.

[Stephanie]

17. This is in answer to the Edwards threads.

Because I think they're ridiculous, too.

[trotsky]

26. Do you really have to ask?

The Republicans and their friends in the media, of course! ANYTHING they can use to portray the Democrats as elitist and out of touch, they'll latch on to and ride as long as possible. Our candidates will have a hard enough time with their smear machine, they don't need to give them such easy targets.

[William769]

18. Good for her!

I think I'll send her a vouchr for the next one!

[madrchsod]

21. it`s the post and it`s thier catty writer ian bishop

dirty cat litter has more relevance than this guys musings

[Stephanie]

22. It's info from her FEC filing last summer.

It's not made up. If there are going to be dozens of threads about Edwards haircuts, Clinton deserves one of her own.

[Colobo]

23. I wanna know how much donations money Obama is wasting on expensive haircuts

As a donor, I really want to know...

[w4rma]

29. And manacures! Don't forget the manacures (they shake lots of hands)! And makeup (for the cameras)!

Well, this should end all the haircut BS.

[nealmhughes]

24. I'll bet John Tester's don't cost more than $10 -- tops!

And I might even wager a guess that his wife does them for free!

[Stephanie]

25. In Montana? $7.50.

:)

[Matsubara]

28. Wowza. That is amazing.

My guess is that since she is running as a pro-corporate DLCer, she will get away with it.

No wonder she seems to look better every year.

(This is NOT meant to be critical of Hillary. Her positioning of herself couldn't be more different than how Edwards has positioned himself. He has set a tougher standard for himself, and Clinton's big money donors are less likely to be riled by this than Edwards' more grassroots base, IMO...)

[NoPasaran]

33. .

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[Matsubara]

36. You know, I was going to defend the inclusion of that, but...

...maybe you're right that it's too low of a blow. I went through a repug phase myself in my early 20s :puke:, so who am I to criticize.

But the fact remains that she is running on a fairly right-leaning record, and her donors are demographically pretty different than Edwards'.

But I will remove the quip you mentioned.

[NoPasaran]

42. Thanks

I've removed my post as well

[gollygee]

31. Hair cuts are a legitimate campaign expense

because hair styling is about presenting an image, and image is important in a presidential campaign. I promise that every single candidate from both parties spends a lot of money on hair styling, and with good reason. Unless there is a bald candidate. LOL

[SarahB]

35. This stuff is publicized because the republicans have no substantive arguments.

Period.

They can't argue about anything of substance related to policy or the economy, so they go for petty, personal shit. This isn't new.

[jsamuel]

45. unfortunately I suspect that this may be partially from within (other Dem supporters)

The DU was covered with it yesterday. People were recommending those threads, every one that came up was on the rec list. Easy way for an Obama or Hillary supporter to get negative attention on the only other person capable of winning the election. I cannot prove that because DU does not list recommendations, so take what I suspect with a grain of salt. I encourage everyone to not recommend threads that are swiftboating attempts on Democrats, no matter who the candidate is. I did not recommend this one.

[blondeatlast]

37. Let's just force them all to shave their heads. Case closed.

Jaybus, DU.

And,

Can y'all just send this dreck to the dreck pool (GD/P) where it belongs?

[Czolgosz]

38. If you have a national television appearance scheduled, and you have your hair cut and the other

usual preparations for a television appearance (make up etc.), and you have a tight schedule where you are flying to four cities that day and so, to facilitate scheduling, the person who is providing these services comes to the studio where you are scheduled to appear, what do you presume that costs?

What do you presume Obama pays for such services?

What do you presume Romney pays for such services?

What do you presume McCain pays for such services?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. Why the fixation on what Democrats pay for their hair cuts?

Why was the Edwards information even news?

[salin]

40. a) confusing a regular haircut with image work before a

campaign stop (esp if in the middle of a string of appearances in a day - but where the cameras will be rolling at that last stop) and b) to trivialize whichever candidate is being criticized. Seriously, I think that these "expensive haircuts" are not like you or I going to get our haircut, but are more a symptom of the modern media campaign - where prepping for the next stop includes things similar to getting in the hair/makeup chair on the tv or movie set.

My question - do we really think that this doesn't go on in Repub campaigns? Why does it just get reported about Dem candidates? The answer... to trivialize the candidates (they did it to Bill Clinton and Al Gore as well.)

[blondeatlast]

46. Perhaps it's because it's a given. Remember, Reagan didn't "dye"

his hair...

Yeah, riiiiight...

[Cobalt Violet]

59. Exactly. It's a specialty called editorial hairstyling.

It's not cheap and most people will never need it. People who aren't on TV, doing print media or public appearances don't need it.

And you can bet it goes on with repugs too.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

65. I agree with what you said

Childish as this will sound to many people, I think we should make public the same information on Republican candidates. It's the only way I can see to balance things out and prove to the "Average Joe" that this is not only common, but normal.

[JVS]

41. What the fuck was she getting done? Gold plated hair?

[corkhead]

43. coiffuregate

Glad nothing important is going on today.

[jsamuel]

44. I think the point here is that no one cared about the haircuts until John Edwards had one. As I

said earlier, he is being deliberately attacked on fluffy non-issues which are essentially swiftboating attempts while other candidates are given a pass. Who would want to give everyone but John Edwards a pass?

[Stephanie]

47. thank you, that IS the point.

I don't think those threads about Edwards haircut are coming from Giuliani supporters. I think they are desperate stabs from the corporate Queen's camp.

[jsamuel]

48. I think it's possible they are comming from both Hillary and Obama supporters

Neither of them want Edwards in the race. It seems that they are trying to knock him out early. The truth is though that Obama has much more to gain by getting Edwards out of the race as many of the Edwards supporters would oppose Clinton.

[ecstatic]

50. Who blew the whistle and how does that person know??

After all, it is listed as a media production expense. :shrug:

[Stephanie]

54. It was an itemized expense in her FEC report

After it was noted by the press who read the report, her spokeswoman said that it was related to media production. But we'll never really know.

[LSK]

52. gee, I only asked a dozen times how much the other candidates spend

I hope the Edwards attackers apologize.

[Stephanie]

55. don't hold your breath

:hi:

[Forkboy]

63. I wont apologize

What Edwards did was dumb.What Hillary did was dumb too.

Want to point out any others? I'll slam them for it too.

[Big Pappa]

66. Bingo!

It is just bad decisions and a total disconnect from the public at large.

[huskerlaw]

53. ...

:rofl:

[Sapphire Blue]

56. ***** KICK *****

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[EVDebs]

60. While CIA/GOPs money trough gets no coverage at all...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12634250/

Who ARE these 'others' at CIA and the Congress ? Mostly "R's" who were 'elected', assuming those district elections were rigged in the first place, so that The Octopus could carry on unimpeded.

When called upon it, you just go before the committee and get amnesia, like Gonzo.

[Stephanie]

62. :)

:hi:

[drmom]

64. With all the attention paid to her hair in the past, I don't blame her!

Apparently the American people feel that women politicians hair styles are a valid campaign issue.

[Norrin Radd]

67. republics would rather that haircuts were outsourced. n/t

[Raine]

68. Two words ... "Super Cuts"

for you Hillary!

[Stephanie]

69. they don't have Super Cuts in Chappaqua...

oh, wait...