Edwards spokesperson: Haircut bill paid in error, Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/04/edwards_flatten.html

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Just as fast as gossip spreads in the fashion salon, ABC News has learned the money will be returned. "As for the haircuts, the bill was sent to the campaign, it was paid in error, and Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign," says campaign spokesperson Eric Schultz.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Done deal. Now can DUers stop carrying water for Rover?

NGU.

[AuntPatsy]

10. Agreed, hope this ends it.....

[Morgana LaFey]

17. I find that attitude extremely troubling

Are you suggesting that any and all criticism of Edwards (or any Dem candidate???) is inappropriate since it may help the Republicans? If so, or if some variation, that's dangerous and IMO basically immoral.

That is, in fact, the attitude that Republicans have: it doesn't matter what stupid (or immoral or unethical or illegal) thing OUR guys do, we just have to keep it from being talked about in public.

Very troubling.

[Dervill Crow]

2. The WH people could learn from this example of correcting an error.

What a refreshing concept! :wow:

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. There isn't enough money left for the Bush cabal to pay back what

they charged the public, in error.

[The Count]

3. Wheeew! Now if only the vote for the bankruptcy law could be taken back

it could actually make some difference to those poor he loves so much.

[ToeBot]

13. I Really didn't want to belive it, but I can't argue with this...

36 'Democratic' Senators Vote For Credit Card/Banking Industry's Bankruptcy 'Reform'

So the list of Honorable Democratic candidates continues to shrink, how long till the list is completely empty?

[JDPriestly]

4. Figured Edwards would apologize and pay the bill.

What a to do over nothing. Edwards is a wealthy, super wealthy man. It's not as if he can't afford to pay for his hair cut -- regardless of the price. As I understand it, the cost of the hair cuts included some transportation.

[mtnsnake]

5. lol, so only after there's a public uproar over it, it becomes an "error"

and now Edwards is going to pay the $800 himself for the two haircuts.

How convenient. Blame it on "error".

"Not only did I fail to pay for those two haircuts myself, but I co-sponsored them as well. It was an honest mistake, and for that I apologize."

[Lex]

6. Faux Noise spin

through and through.

[w4rma]

7. Now, will Hillary reimburse her campaign? (manufactured non-issue)

Hillary Clinton's $1500 Haircuts, Expensed to the Campaign

HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY
By IAN BISHOP
Post Correspondent

July 24, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.

Clinton, the likely 2008 Democratic White House front-runner, ponied up nearly $3,000 in campaign cash for her blond tresses to get some presidential pampering from acclaimed D.C. stylist Isabelle Goetz.

Recently released federal fund-raising records show Clinton shelled out $1,500 in April for Goetz to carefully craft her coiffure and another $1,000 for a camera-ready clip in May.

She passed off both styling sessions as "media production" expenses.

Clinton was so desperate for Goetz to style her gilded mane, she picked up the scissor siren's $405 travel tab in April and a $38 expenses tab in May.

Goetz, a fixture at the swank Cristophe salon and the favored stylist of John Kerry, has been clipping the former first lady's locks for years - she's credited for updating Clinton's coif from country to chic. To complement the touch-up of her tresses, Clinton invested another $3,000 for makeup maestro Barbara Lacy to brush on some blush.

Lacy is a Tinseltown pro who applied the makeup to actors' mugs in movies including "Minority Report," "Runaway Bride," "National Treasure" and "In the Line of Fire."

She can also take credit for working the West Wing - the NBC version. Clinton paid Lacy an eye-popping $1,600 for some eye-lining in mid-May and another mind-boggling $1,300 for some makeup two weeks later.

Again, Clinton justified the makeovers as a media production expense.
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[The Count]

8. ..and now, to the next haircut!

(just going on with the metaphor)
Of course this haircut is a non-issue - nothing more that a cheap gossip bit. Still, it fits in with the MO - you caught me, therefore "oops", I'll take it back...And DU is demanding the heads of those who brought it up: "

SEE? HE'S SORRY! SO STFU!

"
It should be his campaign slogan.

[Lex]

9. Better for him to NEVER admit error or say 'I'm sorry'

eh?

Makes sense to me.

[ClassWarrior]

11. Yeah, we already have a pResident who does that...

How's that working out for everyone?

NGU.

[The Count]

15. It's the "on to the next war' - ahem - haircut - part that horrifies me

The part where there isn't an answer to "Will president Edwards allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons"

[Matsubara]

12. Case closed for me.

He addressed it, and he's entitled to spend his own money as he pleases. Good for him.

[whoneedstickets]

14. The issue isn't who paid....

It's that this presumably populist 'two Americas' politician thinks nothing of getting a haircut that cost as much as half of 'middle America's' monthly mortgage payment!

Frankly I LIKE Edwards and have given money to his campaign, but I'm afraid the next time he starts raising issues of social inequality someone is going to skewer him with the 'out of touch elitist' label.

Remember the flak Bush sr. took when he gushed over the supermarket checkout technology, like he'd never seen it! His elitism showed, and America hated him for it. I think Kerry suffered from this in SPADES. That's part of the Bush strategy -- to portray him as a wood-choppin', bike-riding, every-man. Even his mangled language comes off as 'I'm just one of ya'll' to the blue collar crowd. I'm not one of those intelektuals (despite his ivy league education).

This is a big setback for Edwards.

[BeFree]

16. Huge setback

The mistake of course was in allowing the campaign to pay his personal bill.

Millionaires like Edwards pay that much and more for haircuts, lunches, hotel rooms, limo rentals and childcare.

Edwards is a millionaire, and that is not much of a problem for folks, it's the fact that his staff paid the bill from the wrong account.

[The Count]

19. "Fluff in, fluff out + oops!" - Edwards campaign in a nutshell.

[smoogatz]

20. Because what really matters is the hair.

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?

[ecstatic]

21. LOL... yeah right, but that works for me! n t