Is Obama growing a mustache?

[ericgtr]

Check him out on CNN, he's got the makings of it on his upper lip only. :scared:

[SuperTrouper]

1. I don't think so. If you go by that then it looks like he has mascara on upper eyelids

[napi21]

2. Must be something to do with the cameras. It's almost non-

existent if you check MSNBC.

[ericgtr]

4. I'm watching CNN in hi def and can definitely see it n/t

[Phoonzang]

3. No, he's always has a shadow of a mustache there....

I hope he'll never grow one. Mustaches are horrible things. Now a chinbeard...that would be the shit. :)

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. Why would a moustache be scarey?

I'm all for anything that will help distinguish him from the previous regime.

Anyway, black men are prone to a skin condition called pseudofolliculitis barbae, where the natural curl of their hair causes the hair shaft to burrow into the skin rather than grow out straight. This is a particular problem during times of stress, when changes in skin chemistry make pimples and other minor skin infections much more common. And I can't think of any man, of any race, under more stress right now than President Obama.

Personally, I think he should grow out a moustache, maybe a goatee. :hi:

[Harry Monroe]

11. A moustache doesn't bother me

Unless he grows a porn moustache. That I have issues with!!

[FrenchieCat]

12. "Some" Black Men, not all Black men, as it depends on how extremely curly/kinky the hair is.

In reference to Barack Obama, his hair is not extremely "curly/Kinky" by African-American standards. I'm sure that has something to do with him being half White.

In addition, Barack is not a hairy guy (one can check his arms for verification), and this affliction you speak of, normally is suffered by Black men with Kinky hair who are relatively hairy as far as Black Men go (who, on a whole, tend to be less hairy than White men).

Barack Obama doesn't suffer from the condition you describe. Those that do usually tend to wear beards and mustaches, that way it becomes something that they don't have to deal with.

I speak as a Black woman married to a Black man who doesn't suffer this affliction, because he has what the Black Community terms as "good hair"...meaning hair that is less kinky and more curly/wavy...similar to Obama (although Obama's hair is probably a bit kinkier than my hubbies)

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. HUH?!??!?! I disagree. His hair IS kinky. Very kinky. See older, college pics of him.

I think kinky/curly hair is sexy as well. And this is a black woman speaking here...

[FrenchieCat]

16. It actually is not as kinky as you imagined.....although his hair is thick.

As a Black woman, you know that there are many degrees of textures when it comes to Black Hair.
Just because he wore a "natural" in college when his hair is grown out, might give the appearance of being kinky, but it isn't extreme. One can easily tell that from looking at the nap of his neck and the sides with his close cut. He suffers no BBs or "naps", as we call them (I'm sure you are familiar with these terms).

Take someone like Isaac Hayes....now he had the ingrown hair problem, which is why he always wore a beard.....

Barack Obama just doesn't suffer from this ailment, and Barack's close cut reveals just how kinky or not that kinky his hair is....and in comparison with others, his hair is not extremely kinky, although it isn't straight.

[Jennicut]

6. Maybe he will grow something like this?

[Shiver]

7. Actually, I thought I heard a story

saying he was incapable of growing facial hair...

Edit: Found the story, from December 4th, on HuffPo. :http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/04/obama-i-cant-grow-facial_n_148545.html?page=13

On Wednesday, Barack Obama addressed Bill Richardson's shaven beard, stating "It was a mistake for him to get rid of it. I thought that whole Western rugged look was really working for him....we're deeply disappointed with the loss."

But perhaps the disappointment was more personal than the president-elect let on. In a September 20, 2006 article in The Hill about how voters prefer politicians to be clean-shaven, Obama told reporter Betsy Rothstein "I can't grow facial hair... I get whiskers."

[Kablooie]

8. maybe he could grow a Jackson 5 hair cloud though. That would be fun.

[rurallib]

9. Been like a hundred years since we had a prez with some face fuzz

Taft I think.
So some facial fur would be CHANGE!

[CTyankee]

10. I don't know if Michelle would appreciate it!

I wouldn't like my husband to grow a mustache. Ick.

[TechBear_Seattle]

15. True story about beards.... (somewhat risque)

I moved out to Seattle for love. My BF had a full, rather long (5 inches) beard; my beard then was a bit shorter but just as full. We both identify as Bears, a sub-set of the gay community that values the male hirsuit body and face.

While chatting over dinner with a lesbian couple, one of the women said, "I just cannot understand the whole appeal of beards."

I took her hand, placed it under my BF's chin, and wiggled her fingers. Then I said, "Now, imagine this running up and down your inner thigh."

Her eyes got very wide. She turned to her partner and said, "I bet we could find fake beards on the Internet...."

[Hekate]

21. Oooooohhh myyyyyyy

If Mr. H had tried that when we were younger.... :blush: :9

Hekate

[rvablue]

14. Ah, but don't forget Teddy's handle bar stache! n/t

[Brother Buzz]

18. Umm, Teddy left office in 1909, one hundred years ago

;)

[verges]

20. Taft was after Teddy. nt

[uppityperson]

17. Why, in the name of whomever, would a mustache make you scared?

With the economy, health care, global climate change, 2 wars, going to shit, why do you have the little "I'm scared shiver" smiley for a.....mustache?

Am I missing something?

[ObamaFan19]

19. Honestly

Who cares. Will a mustache make him a better or worse president?

[vadawg]

22. March is the month to grow a moustache

jsut ask local LEO, March is moustache month, hes cheating if he starts it now.