About that gray hair
Bookworm on Mar 05 2009 at 9:43 am | Filed under: Barack Obama
The New York Times is very excited to report that Obama takes his new job so seriously, he’s going gray. We’re assured that the appearing and reappearing flecks of gray simply reflect on his different barbers’ cutting styles — an impressive claim to make when the man basically has a buzz cut. Not complicated.
The thing about this story is that it struck a chord. I did a little Google digging and discovered that, already in August there were suspicions about the fact that Obama, who a few months before had been completely black haired, had suddenly gone gray — perhaps to impress voters with his gravitas, a necessary thing considering his complete lack of experience.
Bottom line: Obama is a show piece. Everything is for effect. His hair will be the color necessary for him to get the job done.
Related posts:
Email This Post To A Friend
23 Responses to “About that gray hair”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
I guess we are supposed to focus on the fact that he’s getting gray hair and not on little stuff, like the tanking of the economy, government takeover of the private realm, and so forth.
I don’t buy that he’s going gray naturally. I remember that in 2008, Obama was on the cover of GQ magazine. All of a sudden, he had this gray hair and he looked . . . different. Older. I think we were supposed to get the feeling that he was “wiser.” More mature.
But his face looked like it had been manipulated. He still looked like himself but he just didn’t look the same.
I have no doubt that some top salon artist has been called in to work a little magic.
Who gives a ‘flying f…’ what color it is this week.
He’s going gray and the rest of us are pulling our hair out by the roots from frustration.
Obama also wears rose-colored glasses, but I guess the NYT failed to mention that.
Well, I’m happy enough that gray streaks, however acquired, will now become sexy
kali – Doesn’t Obama just work wonders?
Wine to water, Deana.
Ymarsakar:
Not to dilute your quote (pardon the pun) but Obama has the gift of diluting anything he touches, like an alchemist that can turn gold to s#@t.
Sadie, back in the day, water could and would kill you. Wine was sterilized because of the alcohol, thus it was much safer to drink that than to drink the water. Thus wine to water vs water to wine ; )
Which is why the Europeans drink/drank beer or wine 100%. America still had clean water, so Americans drank water. Europeans considered drinking water unthinkable. Of course, now our population is high enough that water purification is a necessity, but we expect that government will see to it that it’s still drinkable. The bottled water thing is European in origin…unnecessary in the USA, and probably in Europe these days.
I’m not sure if Obama’s hair is gray or black – either way, it’s getting touched up – it can’t be one one day and the other the next!
Sure it can, Suek, Obama has a double! Like the other Hussein who got his neck stretched.
I’m sure the media will consider Obama’s graying Lincolnesque.
Ymarsakar:
Thanks for the explanation. As you can see, I am no alchemist.
As my liberal betters keep reminding me, “There is no black and white, only shades of gray.”
And this is important why? If only the press would focus on his policies, not his appearance – but then I expect them to act like adults silly me.
Ellen,at least it’s a story about the president, and so marginally closer to the point than stories about his wife’s arms. (Wait till they finally get the dog. The media’s going to love the dog.)
That’s right, the dog. How long have they been saying that they’re getting one? Will they ever actually do so? Or are they waiting for some crisis to happen so the media can be distracted with new puppy pictures?
Prospective First Family dogs are being carefully vetted to ensure none has tax problems.
Does this mean the dog will also need a ‘vetted-narian’. Sorry, couldn’t resist the obvious.
Oh Sadie!!!
The obvious. You’re _right_!! they’ll _need_ a veterinarian. Now who do you suppose _that_ lucky person is going to be? Hope they have a big clinic – soon as word gets out, everybody and their brother/sister will be taking their poochie/kittie to the _SAME_ vet as the ___President___ does.
Heh…
You _gotta_ see this…
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/05/the-steve-urkel-ization-of-the-economy/
Y…
About those doubles…I understood he had several. Have you ever wondered what happened to them? Have you ever heard of even one coming to the surface?
They say that dogs take after their masters.
Does this mean that the First Pooch will tear up all furniture, dump all over the carpet, and eat off the table, nurture parasites and die his hair gray?
Ooops. I meant “dye”.
Maybe. But not to worry – they have _people_. The First Children won’t have to clean up his messes…
>> About those doubles…I understood he had several.
Obama’s got a double. He’s the one that could finish a speech when the teleprompter went blank. He woke up one morning a few weeks back, screaming, “This is insane! We’re destroying our own country! This has to stop!”
No one’s really sure what happened to him. But when the First Pooch arrives, everyone will wonder why he keeps trying to dig up that one spot on the East Lawn.