[Vision2020] John Edwards: Feelin' Pretty!

[Paul Rumelhart]

If you'd made a lot of money (and for all I know, you're a 
billionaire),  wouldn't you want to spend it?  In todays media-centered 
election campaigns where apparently money and image matter and the 
substance of your campaign does not, doesn't it make sense to spend some 
of that (presumably) hard-earned cash to play the game with the big boys?

Isn't making cash hand-over-fist and spending it wantonly the epitome of 
the "American Dream"?

I'm being a little tongue-in-cheek here, but I personally don't blame 
him for spending his money on his image.  It is his money, and 
acknowledging the fact that the presentation of yourself to the media is 
absurdly important in today's world is only being pragmatic.

If you're looking for a President that is a normal Joe, good frickin' 
luck.  It would take a complete overhaul at this point to get there.

Paul

Tim Lohrmann wrote:
> Hillarious!
> Of course, what are we to expect from a fellow with a new 28,200 
> square ft. complete with an indoor squash court?
> There Really ARE two Americas aren't there, John!
>    TL
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> John Edwards "Feels Pretty"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q
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> http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/17/edwards_turns_to_pink_sapphire_spa_makeup_help/
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>   Edwards turns to "Pink Sapphire" spa makeup help
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> By The Associated Press  |  April 17, 2007
> THE PLACE: Pink Sapphire, a day spa and makeup and skin care boutique 
> in Manchester. A statement on its Web site says its mission is to 
> "provide an avenue into the intriguing world of makeup."
>  
> THE CLIENT: Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has relied on 
> Pink Sapphire to look good for the television cameras in New Hampshire.
> Makeup for television is heavier than usual to hold up under the 
> lights, said co-owner Ariana Franggos. The routine is similar for both 
> sexes except for men, "it doesn't involve lipstick" she said.
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> Franggos said she's done makeup for John Edwards a few times but won't 
> go into details.
> "I promise he's not in here getting facials and cucumber peels on his 
> eyes or anything," she said. She's an Edwards fan: "He's fantastic. 
> Great personality, very, very nice, down to earth." She's met 
> Elizabeth Edwards, but hasn't done her makeup.
>  
> THE PRICE: Pink Sapphire caters mostly to women, offering a "timeless 
> bride" package for $225, a "teen years" makeup lesson for $30 and a 
> $25 "socialite" makeup do for a night on the town. It also specializes 
> in makeup for media and special events. According to Federal Election 
> Commission reports, the Edwards campaign paid $225 for Pink Sapphire's 
> services, a $150 payment on March 7 and a $75 payment on March 20.
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> http://www.nypost.com/seven/04172007/news/nationalnews/johns_400_trim_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm
> /*John's $400 Trim(From the NY Post)*/
> /April 17, 2007/ -- WASHINGTON - Democratic White House hopeful John 
> Edwards insists on first-class pampering - enjoying $400 haircuts on 
> the road and plunking down nearly $500 for swank spa treatments, 
> according to campaign records.
>  
> Edwards, who touts himself as the poor man's champion and even 
> launched his bid from New Orleans' hurricane-devastated Lower Ninth 
> Ward, tucked the vanity treatments into his 5,236-page first-quarter 
> Federal Election Commission filing under "consulting" expenses.
> Records show he doled out $400 of his contributors' money to Beverly 
> Hills mane maestros at Torrenueva Hair Designs in February and another 
> $400 to Torrenueva in early March.
> Joe Torrenueva is a stylist to the stars at his Wilshire Boulevard 
> salon, and has sculpted the scalps of actors in films such as 
> "Cadence," "Stand-Ins" and the Charles Bronson classic "Hard Times."
>  
> Further fueling his critics who have painted him as a pretty boy and 
> "Breck Girl," Edwards also had his skin smoothed from stylists from 
> the Pink Sapphire salon in Manchester, N.H., for $225.
>  
> Pink Sapphire, which is geared toward women, bills itself as a "unique 
> boutique for the mind, body and face," and its mission statement is to 
> "provide an avenue into the intriguing world of makeup."
>  
> In March, Edwards also spent $250 of his donors' money for the 
> talented technicians at the Designworks Salon in Dubuque, Iowa - where 
> a full-day spa package runs $210 - to clip his coif and slap on some 
> makeup in advance of a TV session.
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> "We went to him," said a Designworks stylist who identified herself 
> only as Melissa, indicating beauticians and hairstylists travel to 
> Edwards' location to pretty him up for TV spots and campaign events.
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> Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz did not respond to requests for comment.
> Pampering fit for a president is nothing new. Former President Bill 
> Clinton got his locks lopped off by celebrity hairstylist Christophe.
>  
> Last summer, The Post broke the story that now-Democratic presidential 
> front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ponied up nearly $3,000 in 
> campaign cash for her blond tresses to get some presidential pampering 
> from acclaimed D.C. stylist Isabelle Goetz.
> Goetz was also John Kerry's hairstylist of choice in the buildup to 
> his failed 2004 White House bid.
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> Edwards' follicle flap is the latest uproar in his "two Americas" - 
> the one he talks about on the campaign trail and the one in which he 
> lives.
> Edwards is taking heat for playing to the poor while putting the 
> finishing touches on a $5.3 million compound tucked into 102 wooded 
> acres outside Chapel Hill, N.C.
> /ian.bishop at nypost.com <mailto:ian.bishop at nypost.com>/
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