Edwards Reimbuses Campaign $800 for 2 Haircuts

[BigBadBrian]

Edwards Reimbuses Campaign for Haircuts

Apr 19 11:33 AM US/Eastern
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat John Edwards is trying to get out of a hairy situation, reimbursing his presidential campaign $800 for two visits with a Beverly Hills stylist.
Two $400 cuts by stylist Joseph Torrenueva, who told The Associated Press that the former North Carolina senator is a longtime client, showed up on Edwards' campaign spending reports filed this weekend. Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz said it never should have been there.

"The bill was sent to the campaign. It was inadvertently paid," Schultz said. "John Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign."

Edwards is also the subject of a popular YouTube spoof poking fun at his youthful good looks. The video shows the candidate combing his tresses to the dubbed-in tune of "I Feel Pretty."

Federal Election Commission records show Edwards' campaign also spent $250 in services from Designworks Salon in Dubuque, Iowa, and $225 in services from the Pink Sapphire in Manchester, N.H.

Schultz said those services were legitimate campaign expenditures to prepare Edwards for media appearances.

Political candidates often have hair and makeup done before media appearances. Edwards rival Hillary Rodham Clinton got some attention last year when her campaign paid $2,500 for two hairstyling sessions that the campaign classified as media production expenses.

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[Guitar Shark]

Brian's just jealous because he's bald.

[blueturk]

Here's a blast from the past that proves that BBB's "president" knows how to go through some cash himself. Interesting read....

George W's
Spending Spree
By HOLLY BAILEY


To fully grasp how this year’s presidential campaign has become the most expensive ever, just weigh this statistic: Texas Gov. George W. Bush, since entering the race in March 1999, has burned money at an average rate of $6.1 million a month or $1.3 million a week.

For those keeping track, that’s $179,848 a day, $7,494 per hour, $124.89 each minute and $2.08 each second between March 7, 1999 — the day Bush announced the formation of his presidential exploratory committee — and March 31, 2000, the end date of Bush’s first quarter campaign finance report.

The Texas governor to date has spent roughly $73 million of the unprecedented $81 million he’d raised for this campaign through March. In short, Bush has shattered records in both fundraising and spending this campaign year, almost all before he locked up the Republican presidential nomination.
First, George W. Bush blew all existing fundraising records. Now the Republican presidential nominee is spending more than $100 a minute. Find out what he’s getting for all that money.

© JOHN SHERFFIUS / ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH 2000
Where did the money go? Thousands of pages of records filed with the Federal Election Commission paint an interesting picture of Bush’s spending spree, which, in terms of dollars, seems more fitting for a small corporation than a campaign for president.

Since October, the Bush campaign has spent more than $21.7 million on media expenses, including the purchase of TV advertising in this year’s heated primary races in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Nearly $4.8 million covered the Bush camp’s use of private jets during that period, many of which were borrowed from corporations like Enron, Federal Express, Union Pacific and Occidental Chemical.

Of course, that’s only a partial picture. For this analysis, Capital Eye reviewed only the disbursement records filed electronically with the FEC. The Bush campaign, which opted out of primary spending limits, is not required to electronically file the disbursements, though it voluntarily provided the FEC with records dating back to October 1, 1999.

But even in that short period of time, the records provide a first-hand look at the operations of what many deem a modern campaign, from its $3 million payroll to its $5 petty cash expenditures for office supplies.

Indeed, the campaign’s spending habits say plenty about Bush himself, his likes and dislikes, his outreach to different segments of the population, his dependence on consultants, even how much his campaign is researching its opponents.

Since October, the Bush campaign has paid Federal Express more than $135,000 for shipping costs, spent roughly $7,000 for interpreters for the deaf and those who don’t speak English and shelled out almost $60,000 for use of LEXIS-NEXIS, the newspaper and government archive service.

The campaign also subscribes to Newsweek, the Detroit News, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and to a number of Latin American publications, including the Hispanic Business Journal, Latino Journal Magazine and La Opinion. Bush staffers watch Time Warner cable and paid the Des Moines Register’s library $15 to look for old articles.

For staffers and attendees of Bush campaign events, barbecue is almost always on the menu, though Bush has tapped Chick-Fil-A, Domino’s Pizza and Schlotzsky’s for catering. And did we mention a $2,556 check to a Bass Pro Shops in Missouri for simply "entertainment"?

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have covered the Bush campaign’s parking and rent in almost all 50 states, including North Dakota, Georgia and Florida. More than $85,000 went to photography, while $51,805 went to security.

Roughly $1.1 million paid for hotel rooms across the country. The campaign’s most frequented hotel chains since last October: Marriott ($211,651), Holiday Inn ($62,548), Sheraton ($54,627) and the Hyatt ($26,135). Of course, there were a few value chains in the mix, too, including Howard Johnson ($248), Econo Lodge ($532) and Best Western ($6,447).

And then there are the normal campaign costs. More than $3.4 million went to postage, $2.7 million for telemarketing, almost $2 million to set up campaign events and $4 million on direct mail. By comparison, the $612,576 paid for polling and $807,951 that compensated fundraising and political consultants don’t seem like much.

Analysts say there’s nothing unusual about Bush’s spending, considering how much he’s raised. The Bush camp, for its part, says it’s just tried to keep up with opponents, including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz).

Where Has
the Money
Gone?

Here’s a look at a few Bush expenditures between October 1999 and March 2000, according to the FEC.

Purpose Total
Media Expense
$21,672,858

Air Charter
$4,756,186

Direct Mail
$4,137,186

Postage
$3,436,329

Payroll
$2,985,903

Telemarketing
$2,746,738

Travel Expense
$1,113,895

Telephone Expense
$986,666

Event Expense
$940,452

Sound/Lighting/Staging
$746,545

Consultant Expense/Fundraising
$672,210

Polling
$612,576

Printing
$562,185

Promotional Materials
$525,629

Rent
$414,102

Car/Van/Bus Rental
$232,235

Catering
$218,092

Delivery (packages)
$150,641

Political Consultants
$135,741

Photography
$85,920

Subscriptions
$75,064

Parking
$69,405

Security
$51,805

Entertainment
$14,252

Interpreters
$7,106

"I think our spending is fairly conservative when you consider the free media some our opponents have gotten," Mindy Tucker, a campaign spokesperson, told Capital Eye.

But the campaign’s spending spree has irked at least some of Bush’s supporters, according to The New York Times. Some members of the Pioneers, the elite group of fund-raisers who have helped take in more than $100,000 apiece for the Bush campaign, told the paper last February, when Bush was losing ground to McCain, that they couldn’t understand their candidate’s spending habits.

"You have a lot of people shaking their heads and saying, ‘Gee whiz, how is it possible?’" one Pioneer told the Times. "How can you spend that much money and be in the situation you’re in?"

No doubt that assessment will change — one way or another — after November 7.

http://www.opensecrets.org/newsletter/ce71/01bush.asp

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Guitar Shark
Brian's just jealous because he's bald.

I guess you'd know about that, huh?

[Guitar Shark]

LOL.

And for his next post, Brian will wow us all with his most potent of insults, "My dad can beat up your dad."

[EAT MY ASSHOLE]

Originally posted by Guitar Shark
Brian's just jealous because he's bald.

Well, at least no one could call him "nappy-haired".

"Ho"....mmmmmmaybe.

[Ellyllions]

Edwards shore does love his "herr".

[sadaist]

I thought he spent $800 for his hare. I just figured it ate a lot.

[hideyoursheep]

"Is this the kind of bozo we want raising our taxes?"

We have this little thing called a WAR going on, brainlessbrian. You think you don't have to contribute, dumfuck?

This is the first time in the history of the WORLD taxes have been cut during a time of war, and you think there may be a sensible reason for that?

Damn, dummy. When your life partner blows in your ear, can he feel the air come out the other side or what?

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by hideyoursheep
"Is this the kind of bozo we want raising our taxes?"

We have this little thing called a WAR going on, brainlessbrian. You think you don't have to contribute, dumfuck?

This is the first time in the history of the WORLD taxes have been cut during a time of war, and you think there may be a sensible reason for that?

Considering that cutting taxes traditionally stimulate an economy and therefore increase the tax base, yes, not raising taxes is a good thing.

Learn a little bit about economics before you continue to sound silly, dumbass.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Considering that cutting taxes traditionally stimulate an economy and therefore increase the tax base, yes, not raising taxes is a good thing.

Learn a little bit about economics before you continue to sound silly, dumbass.

Why don't you do the same fuckwit, since what you are advocating is largely a myth, according to real economists, since deficit spending and underfunding the gov't have perils all their own...

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Why don't you do the same fuckwit, since what you are advocating is largely a myth, according to real economists, since deficit spending and underfunding the gov't have perils all their own...

Nope. Not true.

Nick, you could use a little schooling in economics yourself. Read a book.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Nope. Not true.

Nick, you could use a little schooling in economics yourself. Read a book.

Another retarded, nothing retort by BigDumbBrian...

"Read a book?" Oh, okay "I've read such such and such book, but have no idea what's in it!"

Shithead...

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Another retarded, nothing retort by BigDumbBrian...

"Read a book?" Oh, okay "I've read such such and such book, but have no idea what's in it!"

Shithead...

Well-crafted response.

The truth hurts, huh?

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Well-crafted response.

Thanks!

The truth hurts, huh?

Sorry, but the sooner you face it the better for all...