Paula Abdul, Lisa Rinna and JOHN MCCAIN??? John McCain's Extreme Self Makeover
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 1:00pm
The 72-year-old was recently made TV-ready by makeup artist Tifanie White who's worked on So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol.
McCain paid the 2002 beauty-school grad $5,583.43 for her services, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Remember how the media couldn't get enough of John Edwards' $400 haircuts, using it as proof of how effete and out of touch with the average American he was?
A cynical person would wonder if this is to hide some of the effects of both age and battles with melanoma. In fact, both Amato, Oliver Willis and Aravosis noted a distinctive droop to McCain's left eye yesterday, which puts me in mind of the BraveNewFilms campaign to get McCain to release his medical records. BNF is asking everyone to send a letter to Friday's debate moderator Jim Lehrer urging him to ask McCain about them.
Related: CNN refuses to air BraveNew PAC's ads asking for McCain's records.
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Let's not deny JMac his makeup. The results would be too horrifying!
he can't hide that left eye!
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He's no elitist beause he hates Arugula. 13 cars, 7-10 homes, a leer jet, but NO Arugula. he the everyman in my book...DUH !!!
Will Sean parrot this ad naseum for 40 days?? thats the real test.
BaScOmBe hearts Rachel Maddow hates MSM @ 2:
thanks! I thought you fixed it!
need lipstick!
Screw "Ask him for the records."
Demand he release them, within a week, or withdraw from the race.
Period.
From the look of him, I'd guess he's got 24-30 months.
And to get that much, he's gonna hafta undergo some kick-ass chemo.
And the, Presnint Palin?
No fucking thank you...
Ok...for my share of the $700 million...I get to say whatever the fuck I want.
Isn't that old fuck DEAD yet?
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George Bush should have sroke.
No...Dick Cheney should have a stroke...and fall on George Bush...THEN George Bush can have a stroke.
I hope everyone on the fence goes here to get an idea what Mccain really looks like... http://mccainpalinworld.com/
Lipstick. Pig.
That is all.
He's the oldest runway model in the world.
Kiss My Liberal Ass, Revolutionof CG.
One of McCain's few remaining supporters. I'm sure he'll find a way to make this sound like a negative for Obama and a positive for McCain. Partisan Fanatics work that way.
mcgramps after the make-over:
http://tonova.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/rondohatton.jpg
What about that tumor on the left side of his face? Any way of taking that down a notch or two?
Speaking of CNN, you've really got to laugh when the fact that Palin actually RESPONDED to a shouted question, instead of ducking it makes it to the top of CNN's Political Ticker.
I thought George Bush perfected the art of low expectations when it's big news when he makes a speech without screwing up his lines, or the names of foreign leaders. But now we've got a politician who makes news when she actually SPEAKS!
Well the makeup didn't make him look or sound any better and I'll do the same job for $2500. Please!!!!!!!!
I say we all chip in and buy McCain one of this "Fly a fighter airplane" deals for his 72nd birthday.
If we're lucky, he'll still have his old form.
the answer is simple:
there are TWO sets of rules...
one for the Repugs....
one for everyone else...
nothing to see here... move along...
This is what Tifanie White had to transform http://www.costumekingdom.com/p-9433-hellraiser-butterball-mask-adult.aspx
She's worth every dime of that $5,583.43.
Luckily for McCain, Idol (I believe) doesn't start shooting again
until after the election. That said, the way McCain's been looking
lately, I don't think he's getting his money's worth.........
Maybe she can go over to Congres now and get the red out of the dem "leadership's" faces.
Total losers. There is no deal till McCain says there's a deal. It's all part of the hail mary Barney thought was a joke.
Barney has become the joke.
Vote McCain/Palin and Sarah will show you her tits.
Over 5,000 for make-up? Geez, I am over 60 and haven't paid that much my whole life
Ok, so McCain's got 7 homes, 13 cars and parades around in $540.00 loafers and gets $5500.00 make-up jobs and Obama, son of a single mom and a self-made man who worked for everything that he's acheived is the elitist?! Give me a break!!!
Ruthless People @ 9:
Unfortunately, what he crashed on the runways weren't models...
Liberal AND Proud @ 20:
I prefer seing some brain between their ears.
"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Dimille."
Gee...I never saw crack filler applied with a makeup brush before.
Does anybody here really think it's a good idea to go after McCain on health issues that he really has no say over (meaning the occurrence/recurrence of cancer)?
Attack him on his horrible record, not his health.
This article seems a little superficial and off point. It's pretty widely accepted that since Nixon lost to Kennedy in no small part due to a 5 o'clock shadow and overall droopy on camera appearance all candidates get prepped prior to going on camera. There is a legitimate story in McCain's recent appearance and that issue was addressed yesterday on this and other blogs. How much he pays for makeup and who was the make up artist is not what we should be looking at. It seems petty...especially in context of everything else going on right now. Was this piece just filler?
Like I said before, McCain is such a drama queen when he opens his mouth an All My Children episode falls out. He is Erica Kane's alter ego, John McKane, the lolita of Pine Valley
Carol @ 24:
Moose or sheep? Just show up at the Palin's at dinner time. ; 0 )
If he wants someone with big boobs to rub make-up all over him, he can get that for $20 at any decent strip joint.
BigIslandDave @ 27:
I'd rather attack him on his horrible health records.
At least McCain can cut-and-run from the debates in style! Do you think he has his nails done to?
Well, they didn't give a damn about his $520.00 Ferragamo shoes:
Diamonds On The Soles Of John McCain’s Shoes
Why should the media all of a sudden take a great interest in his elitist makeup expenditures?
Everyone gets makeup for these interviews. The lights would make Obama look pale. I'd want it too.
Non issue. The med recs, however, are important. The overall statistical 5 year survival rate with his cancer history is about 20%. And you need to start at 2003, after his chemo. I suspect (only) that he received 1 year of interferon, which may jack up the stats a bit. But this is a huge factor, especially considering he picked Bush III for his running mate.
CErtainly there is leftover facial nerve damage from such a wide excision, and lymph node resection wil cause waxing and waning edema. But we are entitled to know his health before the election.
Brain MRI
CEA titres
At the minimum.
After all. It's our dime, right?
Ruthless People @ 9:
He'd crash before he gets to the end of it won't he?
I would be concerned. It is common for melanoma to metastasize to the brain, and a drooping eye or facial asymmetry in general could be a symptom of a neurological problem.
Could also just be a common infection or something. The blepharospasms -- abnormal blinking -- are normally benign.
Maybe he's communicating in code! (c/f Ann Althouse re: Jose Padilla's blindfold)
That make-up bitch works for George Romero.
Liberal AND Proud @ 20:
Judging from the baby assembly line coming from between Sarah's legs and now the legs of her unwed teenage daughter seems to me showing vagina are the Palins' preference.
Che's Lounge @ 35:
Granted, but not every presidential candidate hires their own make-up artist. Obama looking pale would help him among Southern voters. (insert snark here).
Marc @ 22:
Exactly.
Goddamn "mainstream" (read: whore) media.
You can put lipstick on McCain, but he is still McCain.
I wonder if she did mortuary make up 101 in her grad. course.
He should get a mask like "The Man in the Iron Mask" or the guys in Slipknot.
Five thousand plus bucks? That's outrageous. Any decent mortician could have done the job for two hundred.
ThunderMonkey @ 36:
He's crashed airplanes and he's helped crash the economy so yes, I would wager he'd go off course before he got to the end of the runway....then stick the taxpayer for the cleanup.
The media is doing a hit job on McCain.
And I love it.
It looks like she's got a little plunger attached to his head. Pulling out dirty thoughts?
Wow...she did a great job. He doesn't look a day over 71.
"It is better to look good than to feel good, dahling."
Now that there's a tentative deal on the corporate welfare program, what's the excuse for not showing up at the debate?
Sign the petition to release McCain's medical records on the BraveNewFilms website!
BigIslandDave @ 27:
He is quite attackable on his health not being up to the job he's seeking.
Compare him to Ron Paul, who's older than McCain, grilling Bernanke yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv6rQ0U01Yc
Spackle.
langx @ 47:
No the media is doing their job and I'm stunned.
BigIslandDave @ 27:
I don't really consider this an attack. The ad isn't attacking him. It is more of a concern that he may not be able to complete his term in office. In that regard, is this really "Country First"? And, are you ready for President Palin?
$5,583.43 for a makeover? The not only makes him effete, that.....gasp.....makes him....OMG.....Teh Gay!!!
This could signify the onset of the Rapture. Quick...sell all your stocks and buy your Ascension Robes®©™!
"Well...such a sweet thing...can you take the wrinkles out of my trousers too? Are you married? Are you rich? Answer the last question first." - JM
Dale @ 53:
If that don't work just stand across the room and hurl lumps of clay till you see an improvement.
Carol @ 21:
The make-up itself doesn't cost much. What does is the services of the lady applying it.
Every Maverick from '70-'75 is full of bondo...
Billy @ 59:
Oral, anal or vaginal?
leftybydesign @ 28:
I think the point of the article was a concern for McCain's health, that he may be hiding something, something that would preclude him from continuing his candidacy. His left eye is sagging. The man is 72 years old, with a history of malignent melanoma that has a poor prognosis. Campaigning is physically taxing, even for the young. Watch the BraveNewFilms ad and decide for yourself.
Billy @ 59:
So...you get one hell of a happy ending with that makeover?
Liberal AND Proud @ 20:
Seen 'em.
Let's face it, nobody thought he could be so sexy naturally.
I saw the ad early today and it's a bit graphic for my taste. It made me cringe. It does demand that McCain turn over his medical records and I understand that, but the way it goes about it is in my opinion bordering on distasteful. I would say that no matter who the candidate was. But that's just me and my queasy stomach.
Liberal AND Proud @ 32:
This isn't attacking his health, it's figuring out the statistics of having the queen of pork as president within the next year. Consider it a contingency plan. I think people would be a bit more hesitant to vote for him if they knew lipstick was a shoe-in for president.
39 Left&Left Says: That make-up b***h works for George Romero.
Why the b***h? She just brushing on the spackle. Otherwise I'd appreciate the humor of the comment, although I'm not a Romero fan.
McCain needs Industrial Light and Sound , or Rick Baker.
eag @ 67:
I'm betting that Sarah Palin was referred to as "the queen of pork" long before she stepped onto the political stage.
If I spent that much money for a makeover and I ended up looking like that, I would sue to get my money back. For that kind of money he should come out looking like George Clooney.
Call her what she is: "A Personal Makeup Servant"
Though perhaps not included in the $270K annual McCain expenditure
on house servants.
It seems Sen. McCain has retained her services for a period of time.
Is the $5K a monthly fee? For the duration of the campaign?
I think most TV shows etc. have their own makeup people and provide
their services gratis for their guests. McCain's personal makeup servant
is not only over-the-top in primping extravagance and blemish cover-ups,
it's a little suspicious in terms of general health cover-ups.
Liberal AND Proud @ 32:
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." - John McCain http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000930.htm
Anyone who would attack a 13 year girl like that deserves what's coming to him. Attack away!
BigIslandDave @ 27:
I don't think the point to is to attack the illness as much as to the fact that if McCain is terminal PALIN IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!!! Scary!
pissed off patricia @ 71:
Instead...he came out looking like the late Rosemary Clooney.
Ruthless People @ 54:
exactly.
Another hard hitting report from katie couric?
Liberal AND Proud @ 75:
Funny!
i wonder how much he's paying for a trim?
Okay, besides McShame violating his own suspension of his own campaign on CBS News last night, McShame campaign talking heads are all over the cable news channels today.
I think the first question out of any reporter or anchor or pundit's mouth should be: "McCain suspended his campaign. It's still suspended. You are disobeying his direct public order to suspend his campaign. Which begs the question, why are you even here trying to talk up a candidate whose campaign is, by the candidate's own admission, officially non-functional?"
-- Rob
ysbaddaden @ 68:
The entire comment is a joke, OK?
Just the other day I was saying on one of these comment threads that McCain needed to get an MRI, because something was going wrong in his head. That droopy eye suddenly showing up is not good. I wonder if the real reason he's suspending his campaign is because he's had a minor stroke and been told to take it easy? Or worse, if he's having another bout with the invasive melanoma, which ends up also invading the brain in ~ half the patients who suffer from it. Once melanoma spreads to the brain...not good. If that's the case, he's only got a few months left.
Hey, McStain, as long as you're getting a lovely makeover to conceal your scars, wrinkles and liverspots, why not do something about your wispy comb-over and yellow teeth?
Face it, Grandpa....you're a fossil. A shuffling corpse. No amount of makeup is going to hide that fact.
What exactly does it mean when you suspend your campaign? What stops happening? Today I am seeing the same ads I've been seeing on tv against Obama and they are the ads that McCain approves at the end. So what is different about today from yesterday?
ysbaddaden @ 77:
Hey, at least she didn't let Palin off the hook. I think Couric did a decent job of pulling back the curtain.
CMINCA @ 55:
Typo there?
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With all the stress of the campaign and everything else that is going on, it wouldn't surprise me if the guy is ill.
McAin had to go FIVE AND A HALF YEARS without makeup !!
Let's cut him some slack ok ?
palin takes 4 questions
CNN: On the topic of never letting this happen again, do you agree with the way the Bush administration has handled the war on terrorism, is there anything you would do differently?
A: I agree with the Bush administration that we take the fight to them. We never again let them come onto our soil and try to destroy not only our democracy, but communities like the community of New York. Never again. So yes, I do agree with taking the fight to the terrorists and stopping them over there.
POLITICO: Do you think our presence in Iraq and afghan and our continued presence there is inflaming islamic extremists?
A: I think our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan will lead to further security of our nation, again, because the mission is to take the fight over there. do not let them come over here and attempt again what they accomplished here, and that was some destruction. terrible destruction on that day. but since September 11, Americans uniting and rebuilding and committing to never letting that happen again.
POLITICO: Do you support the reelection bids of embattled Alaska Republicans, Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens?
A: Ted Stevens trial started a couple days ago. We’ll see where that goes.
POLITICO: Are you gong to vote for them?
[no answer.]
JERSEY JOURNAL: What do you think of bailout package before congress?
A: I don't support that until the provisions that Sen. McCain has offered are implemented in Paulson's proposals.
BigIslandDave @ 27:
When there's a decent chance that McStain will drop dead in a few years...leaving us with President Palin....damn right we should go after his shaky health.
The Truth Hurts @ 85:
Here's Palin "on the hook" with Couric courtesy of Glenn Greenwald. Go to the article and scroll down for the video clip:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/25/palin/
BigIslandDave @ 27:
Dave, here's the deal:
Dick Cheney LIED about his history of heart attacks to Bush... while Bush was asking him to find a VP candidate in 2000... THEN Cheney's DOCTOR lied to the nation in official medical reports regarding the same. We don't need a re-run of that kind of STRAIGHT TALK from John McCain. The straight talk expert who talks with forked tongue.
And now for some "real" news. . .
We’ve just been alerted that despite House Democrats relenting on extending bans on offshore drilling and oil shale in the continuing resolution (CR) appropriations bill, Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid has decided to sneak an extension of the oil shale ban through as Congress fights over the financial bailout. Oil shale in America’s West is estimated to hold be between 800 billion and 2 trillion barrels of oil — that is more than three times the proven oil reserves in Saudi Arabia alone.
Here is the text of Reid’s proposed new ban on oil shale, that he is trying to add as an amendment to the CR or move seperately as a “stimulus” package, or we should say an anti-stimulus package if this is included.
Sec 1602 continues ban on oil shale. The language follows:
SEC. 1602. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 152 of division A of H.R. 2638 (110th Congress), the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, the terms and conditions contained in section 433 of division F of Public Law 110–161 shall remain in effect for the 19 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
It would be an insult to all Americans if Senate Democrats worked to bailout Wall Street while damaging our future prosperity by banning development of vast energy reserves in oil shale.
Americans for Prosperity responds:
“Only in Harry Reid’s Washington could a ban on energy production and the thousands of manufacturing jobs it would create be considered an ‘economic stimulus.’
“Somebody needs to ask Harry Reid how blocking private companies from creating good jobs and lowering the cost of energy for millions of American families will do anything to get our economy back on track. No wonder Congressional approval levels are at historic lows and we find ourselves in this economic situation.
“Every Senator who truly cares about an economic recovery should tell Harry Reid to remove this cynical provision from his so-called ‘economic stimulus’ bill immediately, and if he refuses