Q-C barbers call Edwards’ $400 haircut ‘impossible’
UPDATE: Edwards Reimbuses Campaign for Haircuts
I’ve been thinking about this off and on all day, how the fuck do you pay $400 for a haircut unless some really hot chick danced on your face.
I don’t get why Edwards is still being taken seriously. I have said before he is clearly the dumbest person running, and all of his gaffs during this presidential race certainly shows that he must have a campaign staff equally as ignorant as he is.
Why does he not fire these idiot fucks? Get a clue Johnny!
Quad-City barbers put down their shears and sputtered words like “preposterous” and “impossible” Wednesday when they heard of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spending $400 for a haircut. In the Quad-Cities, $10 or $12 is about average.
“If I charged $400 for a haircut, they’d come after me with white coats,” said Leo Fier, who has been cutting hair for 49 years at his shop in DeWitt, Iowa.
Edwards’ campaign committee filed a financial report with the Federal Election Commission noting that the White House hopeful paid $400 for haircuts in California and New Hampshire, and $248 for salon services in Dubuque, Iowa.
“That’s impossible, $400,” said Don “Dutchman” Braafhart, who runs Dutchman’s Barbershop in Davenport.
Next time he’s in town, Edwards would get a real bargain at Davenport Barber College, where supervised student barbers charge only $7.50.
Even some Quad-Citians who allow their locks to grow long are shocked by a $400 haircut.
“My Santa Claus long hair is my trademark,” said Terry Lunardi, Davenport restaurateur. “I just had my hair cut Monday for $10. And I have a lot of hair to cut.”
Kurt Ullrich, a Scott County deputy auditor whose hair runs long, said, “Edwards and I are of a similar age and I took note of his hair when I visited briefly with him in Davenport. His hair is thick, full and beautifully coiffed, whereas mine is counter-culture long. Sixteen dollars is the most I’ve ever paid for a haircut.”
There are a few Quad-City shops that rise above the $10 average. A man’s haircut may range from $18 to $42 at some specialty salons. Operators at two of those shops said they would welcome Edwards, and not charge his campaign $400.
A barbaric price for cutting hair may not be unusual. Jay Ledford, who runs Cut Rite, Moline, with his dad, Jay Sr., insists that a number of years ago, President Clinton had his hair cut in Davenport. “I can’t remember the barber, but he only charged him $150,” Ledford said.
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April 19th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
ANYONE who is willing or able to pay $400 for a mere hair cut needs to stay the hell away from my pockets! I cannot imagine how STUPID would be the financial decisions of such a maroon (for themself or the whole nation)! I can hear it now “We NEED to have [fill in the blank] and the cost seems OK to me [never mind the country is already 95% of the way into bankruptcy!!!!].”
Good grief. Is there NO one will to be President of the US who is (a) intelligent enough to speak coherently (b) willing and able to tell the truth and (b) not a spoiled brat and/or lecher and/or out-right crook?