Michele Bachmann and Gabrielle Giffords – Looks and Leadership (Tucson Citizen)

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http://tucsoncitizen.com/learning-to-be-female/2011/06/28/michele-bachmann-and-gabrielle-giffords-looks-and-leadership/

by Jacquelyn Jackson on Jun. 28, 2011

Michele Bachmann returned to Waterloo, Iowa, yesterday to announce her
candidacy for the presidency of the United States. She botched a fact
or two noting that John Wayne was from Waterloo when he apparently grew up
instead in Winterset. But both begin with “w” so no big deal. She was
coifed impeccably and dressed in a soft silvery gray jacket, single buttoned,
three pocketed with a matching sheath. Pearls wound round her wrist and sat
subtly on each ear lobe. With the requisite flag pin on her lapel, the one
who was once considered a back-up singer in Sarah Palin’s big band has now
Lady Gaga’ed her way to center stage.

A few states away, in Houston, Texas, Gabrielle showed up at her first
public appearance since January 8th to attend a ceremony at Space Center
in Houston where Mark was being awarded a Spaceflight Medal. She sat in the
audience, laughing, chatting and proud. Web reports described her hair as
“very short” – shorter even then the photo that was released a few weeks back,
which was taken just before her last surgery. She wore glasses, a beige scarf,
light shirt, jeans and sneakers.

When I first began working for Gabrielle, way back in 2007, she still had
brown hair that hung just below her shoulders. Although she never appeared
in public with her glasses on, she was far more interested in issues, the people
around her and the wonkish intricacies of government than in what she was wearing.
She had an informal advisor or two who helped her with her look and lured her
away from her Western garb toward the requisite suits and low heels that are
de rigueur in Washington, D.C.


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[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. Lots of women in D.C. wear contacts and bleach their hair.

I'm thinking of Hillary. In her old pictures she wore very thick glasses.

I'm really nearsighted too. Contacts are somewhat of a hassle, but I can see so much better in them, than glasses, that it's worth it. Soft contacts are very comfy.

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2. kick. It's an interesting comparison.

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