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Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His Side of Story
The Washington Post ^ | 5 July 2007 | John Solomon

Posted on 07/05/2007 6:30:24 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20

For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to 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 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: edwards; haircuts; torrenueva
$1,250 haircuts -- John Edwards and Bill Clinton.

Also take note of Hillary's $1,500 mop care costs.

Typical "limosine liberal" hypocrites -- for the poor people and the chiiiiiidren.

And they still look sickening. GAG

What a waste of money.

1 posted on 07/05/2007 6:30:26 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Meanwhile, Hillary wants to write off the cost of Bill’s dirty underwear from her taxes... but increase our taxes.


2 posted on 07/05/2007 6:34:59 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: Turret Gunner A20

see:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861121/posts


3 posted on 07/05/2007 6:36:26 AM PDT by xcamel ("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

“Torrenueva said he normally charges men $175 when they come to his salon for a haircut.”

LOL.


4 posted on 07/05/2007 6:38:01 AM PDT by GQuagmire (Giggety,Giggety,Giggety)
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What a racket.. Why in the name of everything holy does any one person need to spend that much money on a “haircut”. If you add up all my haircuts over the last ten years I don’t think it’ll amount to $1,500 but then again, I live in the other America.. The reality based America.


5 posted on 07/05/2007 6:39:31 AM PDT by newnhdad
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To: GQuagmire

Wow! For 175 bucks a clip, this guy better plan on doing the lawn and the hedges as well!


6 posted on 07/05/2007 6:40:47 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: GQuagmire
“Torrenueva said he normally charges men $175 when they come to his salon for a haircut.”

And the haircut part of it is only twelve bucks.

7 posted on 07/05/2007 6:41:31 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: newnhdad

BTW, I love the way this guy’s name translates from Spanish: “New Bull”!


8 posted on 07/05/2007 6:42:24 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Two Americas.


9 posted on 07/05/2007 6:46:39 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Turret Gunner A20
No $1200 hair cut ever fed a hungry Child!
10 posted on 07/05/2007 6:57:30 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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11 posted on 07/05/2007 7:00:35 AM PDT by End_Clintonism_Now (<==== NOW MORE THAN EVER !!!!!)
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To: RexBeach

Wouldn’t that be “New Tower”?


12 posted on 07/05/2007 8:52:37 AM PDT by stop_fascism
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To: stop_fascism

You are correct! I jumped the gun(the hair dryer) on that one.


13 posted on 07/05/2007 9:01:45 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Flying in a hair stylist????!!! What blatant, nauseating, arrogant, vanity from a so-called public servant! What’s wrong with stopping in at the nearest Fantastic Sam’s?


14 posted on 07/05/2007 9:16:51 AM PDT by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Does he take bets too?


15 posted on 07/05/2007 9:18:42 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Turret Gunner A20

I guess breckboy is praying that “THE HAIR MAKES THE MAN.”

He’s tried everything else, and nothin’ worked.

HEY, BRECKBOY! HAIR IS JUST DEAD SKIN PUSHING AWAY FROM YOUR HEAD!


16 posted on 07/05/2007 9:22:35 AM PDT by bannie (The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
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