Tony Blair spends thousands on makeup

[demobrit]

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has spent £1800 of taxpayers` money on cosmetics and make up artists since comming into office, it has emerged.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4711689.stm

[fortress]

1. but he looks so good

while lying thru his teeth and playing the lapdog for bush...

[theHandpuppet]

2. Poodle cuts are expensive!

Now toss our good little boy a Boosh Bone.

[realFedUp]

26. lol

just gave me my first laugh of the day...thanks

[arwalden]

40. Ppppppth!

:spray:
:rofl:
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[truthisfreedom]

3. and gw has spent 1,3million

who cares?

[stocksthatgoup]

9. We should all care. Shouldn't we?

(/sarcasm)

[meganmonkey]

16. Hey, you made the decision to read the thread!

:silly:

A little comic relief can be a good thing

Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Tempest]

34. We don't make the news

And it's all fair game.

[Patty Diana]

27. Just how many BILLIONS do Americans pay for shrubs PROTECTION

Is there somewhere that has this astromonically high figure

[leftchick]

4. I wish he would give some to the chimperor**

god knows he could use some help.

[Matilda]

5. More style than substance.

I'm not surprised.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

6. LOL!!!

Ah, Tony, you're looking very fresh-faced today. Must have read that new article on proper foundation application in Cosmo.

[Englander]

7. Steve Bell cartoon from the General Election;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,1466500,00.html

[Hubert Flottz]

8. The Poodle Palace ain't cheap...

Studio leaders!

That isn't even counting the Rubber Turkeys and other "Studio pResident" type props. Stagecraft has replaced statesmanship and b@lls. Cheerleaders and pimps for big bidness, but not real leaders of nations. Simply, studio bullsh*tters.

Tammy Fay taught them every damned thing she knew, and they're still eat up with the creeping dumb ass. Studio Minister Tammy got busted for practicing richcraft, like the richcraft that Shrub and the Poodle are also involved in, 24/7. Maybe our Peerless Leaders need to power-spank each other, after they get home from Fundieschool, like Tammy and Jim no doubt used to, in that "Upper Room"!

How many poor homeless souls, could Brother Bush and Brother Tony feed, with just their make up money alone? I'm sure either Tammy Faye's and Miz. Harris's make up money would feed a multitude. Make up overkill, runs deep in the souls, hearts and minds, of Holy Ghost GOPers and other assorted neoshysters and studio folk. The preachers and pResidents live the high life on our tax money and they laugh all the way to the bank!

[MadisonProgressive]

10. I guess it could be considered a business expense...

:shrug:

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Jeez, I haven't spent that much on makeup

in my whole life and I'm a girl. I guess the fact that I quit wearing makeup in HS, helps keep down expenses.

[Straight Shooter]

39. But Tony needs it. He isn't a natural beauty like you are.

;)

[T_i_B]

12. Tis the way of modern politics

Democratic politics does seem to be getting ever more superficial. Sad I know but that's the way the worlds going. The candidate with the nicest image wins, and that kind of "style over substance" politics has many problems of its own.

[Rose Siding]

13. "make-up costs spiralled because of stressful times"

...so bill it to the WOT?

I couldn't spend like that for make-up on a dare. (and CERTAINLY not with someone else's money!)

[susu369]

14. That bottom tooth needs some cosmetic repair, poodle

[meganmonkey]

15. Thanks for the comic relief

I needed that this morning

:silly:

[Benhurst]

17. Does that include a dip and a check for worms?

[D-Notice]

18. How about a

shock collar?

[HockeyMom]

19. How much as Bush spent on makeup

just trying to cover up this bruises?

[emad]

20. PEANUTS ! Irish PM Bertie Ahern spent £115,000

But this seems modest compared with Irish premier Bertie Ahern, who is reported to have spent more than £115,000 on his appearance since 1997.

The Independent reported in June that Mr Ahern had spent 28,000 euros (£19,000) on make-up in the past year, and said his office had confirmed that since 1997 Mr Ahern's appearance had cost taxpayers 167,000 euros (£115,895).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4711689.stm

[emad]

21. AND how much has Dumbo spent on plastic surgery, botox,

liposuction, etc sincce sliming his way into office?????

[demobrit]

22. Well....

...he is a little older than Blair. After all he has to cover up those wrinkly bits..

[goforit]

23. The pretty boy has to look good for center stage now......

Be nice.
not.

[dArKeR]

24. I posted this about Ah-no. And after calling CA legislators Girlie Men

but nothing came out in the liberal press about how much make-up Ah-no uses. Nothing about the costs of his beauficians!

[1932]

25. That's about $1 a day that he has been in office.

Divide it by the number of times he has been in office and you have to assume that he's not using the make-up artist that often.

[Toucano]

33. Thank you.

There are far more important things Blair is spending much more of the taxpayers' money on. Gee, I don't know. Maybe an illegal war of aggression in Iraq?

[lateo]

28. He is a little Sheila...

I can't stand the way that sissy talks. Apologies to all sissies and Sheilas out there.

[Cocoa]

29. good groomers are expensive

[JitterbugPerfume]

30. because without it

he looks like Alfred E Neuman?

[flordehinojos]

31. Media reports said make-up costs spiralled because of stressful times

EXCUUUUUUUUUZE ME. TONY BLAIR LOOKS LIKE AN OLD PRESSED TO THE CORE OLD SHIRT.

[Rainscents]

32. LOL...

EXCUUUUUUUUUZE ME. TONY BLAIR LOOKS LIKE AN OLD PRESSED TO THE CORE OLD SHIRT.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Thanks for the laugh!!!

[jmowreader]

35. Breaking this down is interesting

According to the piece, Tony Blair spent 1050 pounds on products over six years and 791 pounds on artists' fees over the last two years.

That comes to 175 pounds per year for cosmetics and about 395 pounds per year for artists. To me this doesn't sound unreasonable: he wears makeup every day, probably touches it up every time he goes before the camera (lies make you sweat, and sweat is not good for cosmetics), washes his face and puts on fresh after lunch (and probably after he gets home on evenings he goes out with his wife) and uses the most expensive brands. Plus, they talk about his using more since the Iraq War started. Three hundred and fifty bucks a year, on average, for someone who's in the spotlight as much as he is? I can accept that.

Okay, now let's talk un-fucking-reasonable: Irish premier Bertie Ahern, who last year (according to the same article) spent 19,000 pounds on makeup. That's got to be embezzlement: Tammy Faye Messner and Jan Crouch COMBINED don't spend forty thousand dollars a year on makeup.

[goforit]

36. You can hear him now "I'm too sexy for my car, to sexy for my house...

........Tooo sexxxxy"""

NOT!!!

[SemperEadem]

37. No one looks good under bright television lights without makeup

No one.

Eff what ya heard.

John Kennedy and Richard Nixon made that abundantly clear back in the late 50's.

If Blair appeared on TV looking washed out and tired, people would not listen to what he was saying--they'd be stuck on how he looks.

If this were still a radio society, then makeup wouldn't be an issue. It's not.

[JawJaw]

38. Blair needs some PROFESSIONAL hand-cream

To shift those pesky bloodstains....

[fujiyama]

41. He can go fuck himself

The blood of how many lives or on his hands?

Tony "bloody" Bliar. He looks like he's got an ego the size of Bush's.

[Chicago Democrat]

42. Cheap! Worthless story...

every single US national politician does it and spends WAY WAY MORE..

[Algorem]

43. Dennis Miller's "Brown-out" nose rouge for the aging bootlicker?