Posted on 04/15/2005 3:28:10 PM PDT by GianniV
John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, desperately needs a haircut. It does not have to be a $600 Sally Hershberger cut. Bolton simply needs the basics. Tidy the curling, unruly locks at the nape of his neck, tame the volume at the crown, reel in the wings flapping above his ears, and broker a compromise between his sand-colored mop and his snow-colored mustache.
He needs to do this, not because he should be minding the recommendations of men's fashion magazines or grooming experts but because when he settled in before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week to answer questions about his record, his philosophy and his intentions at the U.N., he looked as though he did not even have enough respect for the proceedings to bother combing his hair -- or, for that matter, straightening his tie, or wearing a shirt that did not put his neck in a chokehold. Bolton was one wrinkled suit away from being an insolent mess.
These are not flaws or imperfections of nature. This is not a cruel attempt to hold an everyday man to the standards of an airbrushed model or a nipped and tucked actor. This is a matter of personal style.
Bolton sat across from his questioners with a thick, dull slab of hair positioned diagonally across his forehead. It is tempting to say that he has a sloppy schoolboy's haircut, but that would malign studious young men and suggest that they are dismissive of propriety and the importance of making a good public impression. Looking back to Bolton's school days at Yale, one notices that he was better groomed in his younger years......
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Hey - how about writing an article asking Mrs. Clinton to lose weight? You know - she's had this same weight problem "since the 1970s."
This is the same hack who did the piece on Katherine Harris' make-up in 2000, and called her Cruella de Ville..
Fortunately, Dubya appointed him for his quiet, tactful attitude toward the U.N., not for his grooming habits.
It's a beautiful thing.
Bolton is in if this is the biggest shot the WP can fire.
Gross. I think that's the outdoor track in the yard behind the White House.
Ugh.
Bolton fails the WaPo Metrosexual Test. Seems like reason enough for immediate confirmation.
I was trying to recall where I had encountered such shallow vitriol in the past. Sure enough, it was the Katharine Harris piece by this same Robin Givhan.
She evidently aspires to be the Maureen Dowd of the Style page...
"John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, desperately needs a haircut."
Robin Givhan, a "writer" for the Washington Compost with a few appearance challenges of her own (I've seen her picture), desperately needs a valid reason for her career.
And we thought Maureen Dowd was vapid and jejune.
He does look like a rabid Capitan Kangaroo.
What about all the funny-shaped, unusual looking or just downright ugly people Bill Clinton used to surround himself with--seemingly to make himself appear more handsome and idol-like in the eyes of the fawning public.
Maddie Halfbright and Janet El Rhino were such beauties that we could only wish to clone them as virgins for Sadam and Bin Laden to meet in their after lives .
OOOOkkkkaaaayyyyy.... rrrriiiiiiiggghhhtt.... Bolton is gonna take fashion tips from you.... uh huh.
bbbwwwaaahahahahahahahahah....
teeheehee--nice find.
Why didn't she write a similar piece about the uber-sloppy Sandy Berger? Oh yeah, even though he stole and destroyed top secret documents pertaining to the hunt for Osama, he's still a Democrat. That makes his sloppiness "charming."
What a crock. If it wasn't for affirmative action and liberal bias in the MSM, Robin Givhan would be scrubbing toilets for a living....
Eeeek! She looks like she put on the dress, then grabbed random jewelry, bag, shoes, and wrap to complete the outfit. It all looks mismatched.
Her hair looks okay, though!
Not that it matters, but it looks like he wears a rug.
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