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And The Award…

by John Cole|  April 15, 200510:46 am| 6 Comments

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For most useless article of the week goes to Robin Givhan, for this gem:

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.

I suppose I should get some sort of Razzie for reading it.

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6Comments

  1. 1.

    over it

    April 15, 2005 at 12:05 pm

    Uncombed hair? Good God! He needs to get some pointers from Wolfowitz about that!

    ;)

  2. 2.

    Randolph Fritz

    April 15, 2005 at 3:18 pm

    Hey, if someone shows up for a job interview looking unkempt it shows disrespect, not so?

    Personally, anything that weakens Bolton’s chances is all right with me.

  3. 3.

    Gold Star for Robot Boy

    April 15, 2005 at 9:04 pm

    Robin Givhan is the Post’s fashion writer, and critiquing the style of those who’s styles are not usually criticized is her thing.
    She’s amusing.

  4. 4.

    ben

    April 16, 2005 at 10:36 pm

    WaPo is legendary for its fashionable politics, or political fashion, or something. Remember the Connie Rice from the Matrix articles?

  5. 5.

    wild bird

    April 17, 2005 at 2:32 pm

    They oppse BOLTON becuase he is one of the biggest critics against the UN and we could realy save all that by just getting ourselves out of the UN it would have much including saving taxes

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    April 19, 2005 at 10:33 pm

    Pulling a Sullivan

    …”Sullivan”, of course, being Andrew Sullivan, who did a full 180° spin (I was going to say pirouette, but that would be a little too much) on Bush when Bush announced his support for the detestable Family Marriage Amendment. Suddenly,…

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