Why Bernie Sanders won’t brush his hair

[LuckyTheDog]

"I think he's been asked more times than he cares about," says Symone Sanders, national press secretary for Sanders presidential campaign. "He doesn't think his hair is pertinent news to Americans."

Still, hair is as important to a political campaign as policies are. A 2007 study at Princeton University showed that the outcome of 70 percent of political races could be predicted simply by showing voters photos of two candidates in various races. In other words, voters made snap judgements on who they'd vote for based on how they looked.

But that's exactly the point Sanders is trying to make. "I think it's refreshing," Symone Sanders admits. "It's just Bernie going out there and being Bernie."

Sanders doesn't look like a traditional candidate for president. Jumping on board his campaign means embracing his unkempt style as much as it means embracing the democratic socialist's policies on Wall Street, Syria and the minimum wage.

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[Politicalboi]

1. Next they'll criticize his pant suits

The Horror!!!!

[MosheFeingold]

2. For the record

Meh, I have a much more impressive Jewfro than Bernie. His hair is not messy.

If inclined, I could look like Bob Ross.

[demwing]

6. like a BOSS!

[MosheFeingold]

7. Bow before my follecular greatness!

Growing up I sooooo wanted goyishe straight hair like so many of my friends.

Starting about age 40, they all went bald, so I learned to love it.

[frazzled]

3. Men don't generally "brush" their hair anyway

They comb it, don't they? (Maybe I've been married to the same man for too long. I'm just glad he has hair again, after chemo. Actually, the no hair was fine; it was the disappearing eyelashes that were a bit creepy. All good now.) I don't care about candidates' hair or hair in general ... except when it's my own on a bad hair day!

[Kalidurga]

4. Not the real reason

His hair has super powers. The messier it gets the more powerful he becomes.

[NurseJackie]

5. That's why, whenver I went on an important job interview …

… I never styled my hair or put on makeup. I just rolled out of bed, brushed my teeth, ran my fingers through my hair.

I'd choose my outfit from the hamper and toss it into the dryer to freshen it up. If it still smelled like cigarette smoke from the bar, I'd just wear EXTRA perfume.

I preferred the ease and speed of bare unshaved legs, no stockings, open-toe sandals. Sure, someone might think that I needed a fresh pedicure, but I didn't want my prospective employer to think that was so shallow to care about superficial things like pedicures.

I just KNEW that the prospective employer would see me as someone who was "keeping it real" and that they didn't have to worry about me being a "diva" or having to deal with pretenses.

Instead of seeing me as someone who worried about presenting a fake and plastic professional appearance, they'd view me as someone who as genuine and honest.

Because, to me, appearances don't matter, first-impressions don't matter, it's "what's inside" that counts. What clients thought of my appearance was not pertinent.

I was a free-thinker, not a conformist, and surely my new boss and clients would find that a refreshing change.

[whatthehey]

8. Except in the details I do do that, and am quite successful

I'm at work right now in crumpled khakis, tennis shoes and short sleeves showing large tattoos on both arms, as a very overweight white collar 50-something in an upper management job with a #2 haircut and a grizzled goatee. I interviewed that way. Because I've been able to deliver results in the past, and explain in phone screens how I can do the same for this company, they still hired me. Sometimes what you can do is what matters to employers more than how you look doing it. The sensible, rational employers that is. If companies want models they don't care about their problem solving ability and business acumen. If they want people to solve problems and improve their business, why should they care if candidates look like models?

Now I make decisions and change processes that cost and save millions. But a POTUS? They deal in trillions, and lives, and global impacts. If sensible employers don't care how I look, how much less should sensible voters care about how a president looks?

The problem of course is he's betting on voters being sensible. They used to be, electing gaunt ugly stick figures with squeaky voices like Lincoln. Maybe he just gives them some credit.

[NurseJackie]

9. It all depends on the job. And it depends on the century a politician lives in.

"Leader of the Free World" isn't what most people consider to be a casual-Friday type of position.

"Maybe he just gives them some credit."

Credit for what? Having low expectations? If that's what he really thinks of Americans, it's not a compliment.

[LWolf]

10. I like his hair.

I've got it displayed, not just in my sig-line, but on some stuff here at home now, too.

[Live and Learn]

12. +1000 It is his signature. Kinda like Einstein or Mark Twain. nt

[Live and Learn]

11. I can't believe I just read an entire article on that topic.