Because what really matters is the hair.

[smoogatz]

Not how these people plan to run the country. Could the corporate media be any more idiotic? Here's the thing: as long as people keep watching the profoundly stupid media discussion of personal controversy, CNN et al will keep shoving it down our throats. If the guy has not committed a crime or a gross ethical violation, I don't give a fuck about his hair, his house, his sex life, how many times he's been divorced (or why), whether he likes to occasionally dress in drag, whether he threw his medals or someone else's, or any of the rest of that stupid fucking trivial shit. I. Don't. Fucking. Care. What I want to know is how they say they plan to run the country, and whether they're telling the truth about what those plans are. I want to know about their business and personal connections, who they owe, and how much. I want to know where they got their money, and whether, beneath the totally irrelevant haircut, they are crazy or stupid or fascist or criminal or what. Hear me, CNN? I don't give a fuck about the haircut. I want to know what's UNDER it. Okay?

[ClusterFreak]

1. Hear hear!

Fuck the art of distraction.

Gimme some truth.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Well said smoogatz

It would be great if our traditional media would investigate and report instead of spin and manipulate. A democracy requires an informed citizenry to be effective. Sadly, our Republican corporate media frames/filters the news in a way that serves their interest instead of ours.

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. $400 Haircuts Make Me Wonder How He'd Run the Country...

Especially since he pays for them out of someone else's pocket rather than his own.

"If the guy has not committed a crime or a gross ethical violation, I don't give a fuck about his hair, his house, his sex life, how many times he's been divorced (or why), whether he likes to occasionally dress in drag, whether he threw his medals or someone else's, or any of the rest of that stupid fucking trivial shit."

You do, however, want to know about his "personal connections". I don't get the disconnect.

[fasttense]

4. When the republic party is using tax payer money to pay for

a political consultant you worry about a guys hair? Why do we pay KKKarl's salary? He is nothing but a political consultant. Why are we burdened with his up keep?

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. I admit I have no argument for that.

If Edwards is elected, will a Democrat take Rove's place? Or will Edwards go forward with no paid political consultants?

Were Morris and Carville ever paid with tax dollars for any consulting they might have done for WJC?

I think it's important to hold everyone to the same standard, and I would question the judgement of anyone who would pay $400 for a haircut. That's just me.

I bet Wes Clark wouldn't pay that much. I don't know, and can't say for sure, but it's my hunch.

[smoogatz]

6. If you really think a $400 haircut is a serious and substantive ethical lapse

you're exactly the audience CNN is looking for. As for the matter of personal connections--what disconnect? Don't you think it matters if a candidate is best friends with, you know, the Grand Wizard of the KKK, or the CEO of Exxon, or Pat Robertson? I do.

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. I didn't use the word ethical.

And I don't watch much CNN. If I'm watching TV it's usually a sporting event or a documentary.

So you wouldn't care if he's dressing in drag and having sex with the grand wizard of the kkk, but you would care if he's best friends with him. I surely do not wish to start a pissing match, but I just don't get that.

I just think that $400 haircuts are an extravagance that I would fore-go if I were pursuing the presidency with a "Two Americas" plank in my platform. And I would say that about anyone.

[smoogatz]

9. For somebody who doesn't want to start a pissing match, you're off

to a rollicking start. Either you're the dumbest motherfucker I've ever run across on DU (and that would be saying something), or you're intentionally misinterpreting what I've said in order to make a point. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the latter is closer to the truth--but I'll be damned if I understand what that point of yours might be. My best guess is that you think the Sex Lives of the Candidates are almost as important as their haircuts--and are certainly much MORE important than where they get their ideas, who their political and personal allies are, the potential sources of their power and influence other than the electorate, and where they got their money. I happen to disagree. I don't expect political candidates to be perfect, or even to live their political ideals in every particular of their personal lives. I expect them to effectively represent the interests of the American people instead of, you know, bankrupting the country, invading countries that pose no threat to us, and breaking the military in order to further enrich their cronies. Of course, you're entitled to believe that haircuts are really, totally, incredibly important. It just sort of makes you look like an idiot, is all.

[Parche]

5. We Are Glad You Are Hair

Are you talking about 'Pubes'?????? :rofl: :bounce: