Posted on 07/04/2007 2:31:18 PM PDT by LdSentinal
For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, including Marlon Brando and Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.
The Beverly Hills hairstylist, a Democrat, said he hit it off with then-Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) 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 that 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."
It is some kind of commentary on the state of American politics that as Edwards has campaigned for president, vice president and now president again, his hair seems to have attracted as much attention as, say, his position on health care. But when his campaign reported in April that it had paid for two of his haircuts at $400 each, the political damage was immediate. With each punch line on late night television, his image as a self-styled populist making poverty his signature issue was further eroded.
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Swish!
Swooon...there are a lot of guys in SF that would love to meet him.
“at a meeting in Los Angeles that brought several fashion experts together” nothing gay about that...
Another narcissist Democrat Presidential contender. Move along. Nothing to unusual to see here.
Ann was right as always, he’s a flipper
Closet queen for President! Another Jim McGreevy stealth democrat queen. AND he is a notorious crooked shyster to boot!
Where do I sign up for this one? Cripes, Hillary looks good in comparison.
More material for Ann.
How does he pay for a mankini wax??
John Edwards Wipes Snot on Adoring Fans (Remix)
Don't gentlemen carry their own hankys and do their own hair anymore?!?!?
POOFER
I think I read the term ‘manscaping’ for those men who like to have smooth bodies. Any bets here?
” Hillary looks good in comparison”
Silky Pony is harmful only to his hair,Hillary has a Dixie Mafia.........compare that.......
OMG! I’m voting for this man! (yeah!)
I used to go to the barber shop where they usually charged me 13 bucks for a haircut. So instead, I had my brother take a pair of hair clippers and shave my head down to a crew cut for free. I havent been to a barber in a couple of years.
Edwards wipes s^^^^ is so gross! It would make a great ad for the opposition. Surely he cokmes from the hicks and that hand is so wretched, I wouldn’t shake it.
John Edwards Wipes Snot on Adoring Fans (Remix)
Seriously, aside from the “Typhoid Johnnie” effects, the guy has awful hygiene habits, touching his nose and eyes like that when he spends so much time shaking the germy hands of Democrats.
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