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To: Darlin'
Aaaaaaaw, Barf ! Good Grief ! The woman pays thousands for hair and makeup and that is the best they can do ? She must be scarier than I thought ! Sheesh. If I were the hairdresser or makeup artist I'd demand to remain anonymous in the future.

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.

Campaign spokesman Ann Lewis said the "costs represent several days' film production for campaign use" - including film that was shown at state conventions and at house parties, and can still be seen on Clinton's re-election Web site.

The sly salon sessions were just a sliver of the $3.4 million tab to keep her political machine running, including bills of $285,000 for political polling, more than $650,000 for direct mail and $200,000 for postage.

ian.bishop@nypost.com


1,492 posted on 07/25/2006 4:21:04 PM PDT by Darlin' (Gasp ... whathappendtomytagline? AND, whendidithappen?)
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To: Darlin'

Pig. Lipstick.


1,493 posted on 07/25/2006 4:22:18 PM PDT by null and void (<----admits nothing, denies everything and makes counter accusations.)
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To: Letitring; catpuppy; Mo1; Lakeshark; sweetliberty; Servant of the 9; grannie9; ...
Then on the other hand, there is Condi.

She is not only a brillant scholar, an accomplished concert pianist, an avid sports fan, powerful yet modest but she is also trim, fit and wears fine shoes. Hillary's "army" of handlers must quake in fear every time they see her. LOL

1,494 posted on 07/25/2006 4:27:27 PM PDT by Darlin' (Gasp ... whathappendtomytagline? AND, whendidithappen?)
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To: Darlin'
She passed off both styling sessions as "media production" expenses.

Hillary being surprisingly honest?

1,497 posted on 07/25/2006 4:36:54 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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