WP: Bolton's Hair: No Brush With Greatness(lack of respect for comm., job)

[DeepModem Mom]

John Bolton's Hair: No Brush With Greatness

By Robin Givhan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 15, 2005; Page C01


John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, desperately needs a haircut. It does not have to be a $600 Sally Hershberger cut. Bolton simply needs the basics. Tidy the curling, unruly locks at the nape of his neck, tame the volume at the crown, reel in the wings flapping above his ears, and broker a compromise between his sand-colored mop and his snow-colored mustache.

He needs to do this, not because he should be minding the recommendations of men's fashion magazines or grooming experts but because when he settled in before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week to answer questions about his record, his philosophy and his intentions at the U.N., he looked as though he did not even have enough respect for the proceedings to bother combing his hair -- or, for that matter, straightening his tie, or wearing a shirt that did not put his neck in a chokehold. Bolton was one wrinkled suit away from being an insolent mess....

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Bolton sat before the committee with his tie askew. Not slightly crooked or just a hint off-center but looking like it had been knotted in the dark. The tie itself was an uninspired dark red with bright yellow stripes. It was looped tightly under the button-down collar of his pale-blue shirt -- a shirt that encircled his neck in a menacing way.

A Hollywood costumer could not have ordered a more perfectly stern Washington insider. Bolton embraces with a flourish all of the cliches that afflict so many men in Washington. During this testimony, his hand was constantly reaching up to adjust his no-frills glasses. His attire was not merely bland but careless. His hair was so poorly cut, it bordered on rude. Bolton might well argue that appearance has nothing to do with capabilities. But it certainly can be a measure of one's respect for the job.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54802-2005Apr14.html?referrer=emailarticlepg

[Wilms]

1. I can't believe my eyes.

Please tell me the nightmare is coming to an end!

[Turn CO Blue]

2. Well, I don't care if the real police or the Fashion Police arrest him...

so long as he pays for his part of that vote-count fiasco down in Florida!

Bolton for UN?!? What a slap in the face to...er, well, to the entire universe!

[DBoon]

3. obviously a candidate for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"

shall we nominate him?

[Kagemusha]

4. Hint: He has no respect for the job.

If showing respect for the job was a requirement Bush wouldn't have picked him.

Duh....

[Pithy Cherub]

5. Scruffy Doo Bolton brings 'honor', hope and bad hair days to

the diplomatically disheveled. Bolton the "Hairball" plans to do the us vs. them theme by blatantly dispalying bad hair to signal the black helicopters...:rofl:

[EFerrari]

15. God, that's hilarious. lol n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. This is the same writer who Oooed and Ahhhed over

Condi's boots.

The misadministration should create a cabinet position for her:
Secretary of Bimbo Affairs.

[UpInArms]

7. since the fashion police wrote that article, they

could have put a picture with it

[jojo54]

8. Quote for your pic

"I told you people, the hair is off limits. You can diss the mustache but not the hair!"

[President Kerry]

9. ouch.. you gotta warn when you post pics like that!

what an ugly ugly ugly man. in more ways than one.:puke:

[Nostradammit]

10. John Denver's evil twin brother.

All these Bushistas just LOOK mean and heartless. Why is that?

[SophieZ]

11. What a stupid article.

Bolton wants to tear apart the only sane idea out there to try to work for world peace, and the Washington Post wants to talk about his hair cut?

That's only done about WOMEN candidates -- didn't they get the memo????</sarcasm> It's only done when the media want to belittle someone, and skate by their qualifications and credentials. Hmmmm.....

[superconnected]

12. okay the mans an epitome of bad taste

I'm not into looks - much, but I do believe when he can't get his suit on for an important commitee meeting, it shows incompetence.

Totally Bush territory. Find someone who can't even get dressed in the morning, put him in charge of foreign relations - a job where the appearance of America, and how he comes off, is totally what matter.

[Tansy_Gold]

13. Maybe he can borrow a comb

from Paul Wolfowitz. But Bolton has to provide his own spit.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. Good god, that's moronic.

Personally, I don't give a fuck if he showed up at the hearing in a propeller beanie and a ballerina's tutu. What's at issue is the fact that by his record and statements, he is the MOST unqualified candidate for the post of UN ambassador who could be found. They should be talking about that, not his haircut and choice of necktie.

[EFerrari]

16. Robin needs to be hired by Fox immediately so this talent won't be

wasted.

In other news: Dick Cheney plucks his nose hair.

[DrRang]

28. Well, it beats Bumiller's gushing. n/t

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[DeepModem Mom]

17. KICKING for the heck of it -- PLEASE remember, Robin is a fashion writer.

It's not her job to write about serious matters for the Washington Post. Yet she manages to give this story a serious twist. Besides, Bolton's "look" irritates me -- how can anyone be so clueless, or so arrogant?

And ON EDIT -- how many other WP writers would take on a Bushista with this kind of courage?

[Beetwasher]

18. Also, Cuffs and Collare Don't Match If You Get My Drift

What a buffoon.

[indy_azcat]

19. I thought he should be more of a Slytherin house type

instead of posing as a Gryffindor

[DeepModem Mom]

20. Okay, he has on a wedding ring -- why doesn't wife tell him...

that this look will not do.

[yellowcanine]

21. Who gives a crap about his hair? Why doesn't the Post do some in depth

reporting on his past as an abuser of intelligence analysts, his political hack role during the 2000 recount, etc., etc.?

[DeepModem Mom]

22. If they did, it would not be the job of Robin Givhan...

their fashion writer. Seems to me she's doing the best she can, given her assigned area. And you're right -- who else at the Post is taking on any Bushista with strong words, such as lack of respect, insolent, and rude?

ON EDIT: They actually did run this story today:

Bolton Faces Allegations That He Tried to Fire Analysts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54774-2005Apr14.html

[oneighty]

23. There was a time

when I was in a position to hire and fire. Mr. Bolton would have had a short interview on appearance alone.

He shows a lack of self respect as well as a 'fuck you' attitude.

IMHO.

180

[lies and propaganda]

24. The Un doesnt even exist...

so why should he get all gussied up for it?:sarcasm:

(this sarcasm smilies is awesome!)

[pfitz59]

25. "Kiss -ass, kick-down" Bolton....

doesn't give a rat's ass about the United Nations. He'll show up at meetings wearing a bolo tie, with bread crumbs and mustard in his cheesy msustache, smelling of onion-burgers while offering free cans of spam to the muslim delegates. His mission is to offend and denigrate the UN as much as possible! His ultimate goal is to start enough of a ruckus that the US will be 'honor-bound' to withdarw its support for the organization! He is swine!

[DeepModem Mom]

26. Ewwwww -- LOL! nt

[SoCalDem]

27. Maybe he moonlights as an extra in "Deadwood"

:)