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05-29-2015, 11:47 AM
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Hillary's hair: She's in on the joke (https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-hair-118381.html)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoCeKeldVGUWith a single comment on her hair color, she deftly addressed one of the most delicate questions confronting her campaign.
More than once, Hillary Clinton has turned to jokes about her hair to get out of a jam.
On Wednesday, Clinton again turned to her famous and ever-changing hair — she wears it these days in a shorter bob — to deftly address one of the most delicate questions confronting her campaign: her age. If elected, Clinton will be 69 when she assumes office, which would make her the second oldest president after Ronald Reagan.
“All of our presidents come into office looking so vigorous,” Clinton said at a campaign stop in South Carolina. “Then we watch them. They grow grayer and grayer and by the time they leave? They’re as white as the building they live in.”
“Now I may not be the youngest candidate in the race,” Clinton continued, building slowly to her punch line and employing a Southern drawl. “But I have one big advantage: I’ve been coloring my hair for years.” Clinton smiled cheekily and the crowd erupted in laughs and cheers. “Nooooooo,” she said, shaking her finger and smiling. “You’re not going to see me turning white in the White House.”
When it comes to her hair, Clinton long ago made the decision to be in on the joke — in part because she recognized that even something so seemingly trifling could have political significance. Other women in politics said the comment about not going white in the White House speaks to an unfortunate double standard for women seeking office.
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“We are totally judged by our appearances,” said Melissa Mark-Viverito, a rising star in New York politics who serves as speaker of the New York City Council. “These are things that come to mind when you’re getting up and getting dressed — I am going to be criticized. We have to deal with it, and gentlemen don’t. It is a factor, and that is unfortunately something that I recognize.”
Clinton herself has understood that for decades, dating back at least to her early years in the White House. Back then, it wasn’t just her own hair and appearance that were scrutinized — Bill Clinton suffered a torrent of bad publicity after the May 1993 revelation that two of Los Angeles International Airport’s four runways were shut down for nearly an hour and Air Force One idled on the tarmac while the president got an on-board haircut from a hairstylist to Hollywood stars.
“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle,” she quipped in 1995, when she was first lady and had recently graduated out of headbands.
Continues here. (https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-hair-118381.html)
Hillary's hair: She's in on the joke (https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-hair-118381.html)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoCeKeldVGUWith a single comment on her hair color, she deftly addressed one of the most delicate questions confronting her campaign.
More than once, Hillary Clinton has turned to jokes about her hair to get out of a jam.
On Wednesday, Clinton again turned to her famous and ever-changing hair — she wears it these days in a shorter bob — to deftly address one of the most delicate questions confronting her campaign: her age. If elected, Clinton will be 69 when she assumes office, which would make her the second oldest president after Ronald Reagan.
“All of our presidents come into office looking so vigorous,” Clinton said at a campaign stop in South Carolina. “Then we watch them. They grow grayer and grayer and by the time they leave? They’re as white as the building they live in.”
“Now I may not be the youngest candidate in the race,” Clinton continued, building slowly to her punch line and employing a Southern drawl. “But I have one big advantage: I’ve been coloring my hair for years.” Clinton smiled cheekily and the crowd erupted in laughs and cheers. “Nooooooo,” she said, shaking her finger and smiling. “You’re not going to see me turning white in the White House.”
When it comes to her hair, Clinton long ago made the decision to be in on the joke — in part because she recognized that even something so seemingly trifling could have political significance. Other women in politics said the comment about not going white in the White House speaks to an unfortunate double standard for women seeking office.
https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-05-29_13-40-53.png
“We are totally judged by our appearances,” said Melissa Mark-Viverito, a rising star in New York politics who serves as speaker of the New York City Council. “These are things that come to mind when you’re getting up and getting dressed — I am going to be criticized. We have to deal with it, and gentlemen don’t. It is a factor, and that is unfortunately something that I recognize.”
Clinton herself has understood that for decades, dating back at least to her early years in the White House. Back then, it wasn’t just her own hair and appearance that were scrutinized — Bill Clinton suffered a torrent of bad publicity after the May 1993 revelation that two of Los Angeles International Airport’s four runways were shut down for nearly an hour and Air Force One idled on the tarmac while the president got an on-board haircut from a hairstylist to Hollywood stars.
“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle,” she quipped in 1995, when she was first lady and had recently graduated out of headbands.
Continues here. (https://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clinton-hair-118381.html)