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Hair makes a statement, but Blago's mop might be lying
Chicago Daily Herald ^ | Jan. 28, 2009 | By Burt Constable

Posted on 01/28/2009 11:06:49 PM PST by malkee

Coy Rod Blagojevich is all shucks and grins about doing his Richard Nixon "I am not a crook" impression on TV when "The View" co-host Joy Behar playfully reaches out and tousles the guv's hair.

Uh-oh. I expect Blago's smile to vanish, his hair to start swirling and Behar's face to melt as if she were a Nazi in that first Indiana Jones movie.

But Behar is still there. She doesn't even appear to have a hangover from satisfying that thirst to run her fingers through a little hair of the Rod.

With all the seriousness of Blagojevich's impeachment hearing and criminal charges, his hair still draws attention. Nobody said boo about George Ryan's 'do while he was going to prison, but "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" runs nightly stories about Blagojevich under its "Scumdog Million-Hairs" logo.

"They're not looking at him, they're looking at his hair," says hairstylist Scott Montgomery of Chicago. "He appears to be like human folk, and yet -"

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: blago; blagohair; blagojevich; bleepgate
Chapter 26 in "All Things Blago."
1 posted on 01/28/2009 11:06:49 PM PST by malkee
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