"Man of the People" John Edwards $1250 Haircut

How could the subject of humor ever be covered without bringing up John Edwards? The Washington Post has a story up about Joseph Torrenueva, the $400 hair cut man. Mr. Torrenueva is a hair stylist who makes his living cutting the hair of various Hollywood celebrities.

From the article:

The Beverly Hills hairstylist, a Democrat, said he hit it off with then-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina 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 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."

Now there's a great reason to consider the guy for President, "he has nice hair". The part about John Edwards being "handsome, strong, more mature" normally would induce peels of laughter from most listeners. I give high marks to the reporter for not laughing in print. I suppose after a meeting with a foppish wannabe President Edwards, the likes of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the notorious Middle Eastern trouble maker would come away from the meeting saying "I think we can do business, he has nice hair".

Now keep in mind that Edwards is too scared of Fox News to appear on their network and has his wife go out and fight his battles for him on a low-rated cable news show. And we're supposed to believe that he'll be tough on terrorists. Right.