A bald pitch
Most of the press release stuff e-mailed to me I delete without even reading, since it's not relevant to me or what I do (whatever that is). But this subject line the other day caught my eye: "How Come We Haven't Elected A Bald President Since Ike?"
The e-mail begins:
"We seem to readily accept baldness among actors, musicians and sports figures, but haven’t elected a bald President for more than 50 years (Dwight Eisenhower). Now it remains to be seen if the most prominently balding of the current candidates – Rudy Guillani [sic] – makes the cut.
"How about a story – lighthearted or serious – looking at the connection between leadership and balding, whether in the White House or in just about any other public environment?"
From there the pitch was to interview a hair transplant surgeon on the Westside about patients' psychological motivation for hair replacement. Um, I'll pass. Great beginning, though. Darnit, why not a bald president?
But I'm still not voting for Giuliani.
Sans the horse-tail hairpiece I'm pretty sure George Washington was bald.
The second and sixth presidents, father and son, shared a manly glabrous look.
And our eighth executive, Martin Van Buren, bore a ruffed chrome-dome with a striking resemblance to Larry Fine.
Among current hopefuls: Fred Thompson has the most exposed scalp of the Red State bunch.
But the REAL stealth baldie is, of course, Blue State dynamo Joe Biden who had a very public series of very pluggy-looking hair transplants in the 1980s.
[This moment in history was brought to you by the Hair Club for Men. -- DA]
I notice in some pics where Ike`s bodygards are wearing dark sunglasses. Maybe because of the glare coming off Ike`s bald head?
The bald president topic is interesting, but the real issue should be...
How many bald grand marshals have they had in the Pomona Christmas parade?
[At least one! -- DA]