Posted on 08/17/2004 1:22:11 AM PDT by kattracks
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry likes to style himself as the candidate of working folks, while scissoring President Bush as the protector of the rich. "We have to bring back an America that values work and honors working people, day in and day out," Kerry urged in a recent stump speech.But when every campaign stop is a photo op, even a man of the people needs a high-quality haircut.
I hear that when Kerry was in Portland, Ore., last weekend preparing to windsurf on the Columbia River Gorge, he flew his Washington-based hairstylist, Isabelle Goetz, across the country to give him a camera-ready trim.
A knowledgeable source told me that the French-born Goetz - who tends the Massachusetts senator's mane while also caring for Sen. Hillary Clinton's coiffure - caught up with the candidate in Portland on Friday (after flying commercial, I'm told), trimmed his luxuriant salt-and-pepper locks and then returned to Washington the same night.
But because of light breezes on Saturday, Kerry's windsurfing photo op never came off.
It was unclear yesterday how much the haircut cost, or who paid: the husband of Heinz ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry or the Kerry campaign. Kerry communications director Stephanie Cutter didn't respond to my detailed E-mail and voice-mail messages.
Goetz - who's a popular and busy woman in the Washington salon of celebrity-stylist Cristophe - told The Washington Post three years ago that she typically charged Kerry $75 for a haircut. But that 2001 fee would not have included a last-minute round-trip plane ticket (today around $1,450 for a coach seat on American Airlines) or a whole day of Goetz's valuable time.
Goetz didn't respond to detailed messages left on her home and cell phones. Cristophe - who also operates a high-end salon in Beverly Hills and recently opened another one in Las Vegas - likewise didn't return phone calls.
In May 1993, the Belgian-born Cristophe was caught in a messy political tangle when The Washington Post reported that he had boarded Air Force One, which was parked at Los Angeles International Airport, to give President Bill Clinton a trim.
Back then, there were reports that the notorious haircut-on-the-tarmac caused delays in commercial air traffic.
But yesterday there was no evidence that Kerry's haircut made anyone late.
Oui! Even a Frenchurian needs a $5,000 hair cut to keep his mane looking full.
Kerry spent $2K getting his hair coiffed before windsurfing? Talk about a political tin ear. Bush will take at least 40 states.
My advice to little Isabelle - don't own up to how Kerry's and hillary clinton's hair looks, it is not your fault - you can only do so much.
No - it isn't a "She" it's a "He" doing the haircutting. Figures.
What, kerry did not fly Isabelle Goetz out on the "Flying Squirrel"????
Terezzzzzzzza must have been using it.
Steve Gill the morning talk host in Nashville (I listen on the net) said his hair dresser is FRENCH born.
prince kerry, ruler of useful idiots.
Haven't you noticed that since Terezzzzzzzza's little blowup at the Grand Canyon with her Poodle Boy, she's been been kept, ah, 'incognito'.
Rumor has it that she's locked up in the "Dr. Hoffenberg Rest Home and Nut House For Extreeemely Rich People".
Again, this is only a rumor.
btw, I don't by her 'Vertigo' baloney. As I believe that would effect her in her little private jet too. Unless of course, she locks herself up in the head while in the air.
Well, we certainly can't have this scenario, can we? (Adapted from a Seinfeld script).
At the barber shop
Enzo: Oh sKerry.
sKerry: Oh hi Enzo.
Enzo: Oh, you've come for the haircut.
sKerry: No, actually I was just...
Enzo: It's my day off, but I take care of you anyway because you're my favorite customer. You've been with me for so long. You're so loyal.
sKerry: Well I, if it's your day off I really... (tries to leave)
Enzo: (He pulls sKerry into the barber chair. sKerry is trying to get away but can't.) Eh, what's the difference. It takes 10 minutes. sKerry, today I'm going to do something special for you.
sKerry: Well I don't want to take too much off.
Enzo: Hey who's your barber, eh? You tell-a the lie, I cut-a the hair.
'Again, this is only a rumor.'
please don't toy with us - please tell us more !
sKerry is a shallow, pompous, windbag of a man. Good thing he isn't going to win the White House 'cause that would be like 4 long years of fingernails on the chalkboard.
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