Obama 'deeply disappointed' Richardson shaved beard

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Gov. Bill Richardson showed up to his press conference with President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday morning without the beard he has been sporting since dropping out of the presidential race in January, sparking his new boss to tell reporters he is "deeply disappointed with the loss of the beard."

"I'm going to answer this question about the beard," said Obama, when Richardson was asked where the facial hair went. "I think it was a mistake for him to get rid of it. I thought that whole Western, rugged look was really working for him.

"For some reason, maybe because it was scratchy when he kissed his wife, he was forced to get rid of it.," Obama continued as his nominee for commerce secretary smiled broadly. "But we're deeply disappointed with the loss of the beard."

Obama didn't let Richardson answer the question, but the New Mexico governor told Esquire Magazine in an interview posted online Wednesday that "After the campaign, I grew a beard as a rebellion against those consultants who told me I had to comb my hair, shave, lose weight. I said, You know, I’m gonna do what I want now. That was a good feeling."


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/03/obama-deeply-disappointed-richardson-shaved-beard/


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[Maat]

1. Now, THAT shows a sense of humor.

Personally, I loved the beard myself (but, what do I know)?

HeeHee.

[cboy4]

2. I'm also deeply disappointed with Bill Richardson...but

it has nothing to do with his beard.

[Maat]

4. Oh ...

interesting ... HeeHee.

Why?

[cboy4]

8. Oh I have a number of reasons, not the least of which is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBaoLiZGNsI

:wtf:

[Maat]

11. Oh, how dumb of me!

I had totally forgotten about that. Frankly, he looked SO drunk to me at that point; he didn't even look like he understood English.

[Ezlivin]

3. Should have shaved it down to a goatee

[meegbear]

5. No bears in his administration?

:grr:

[Terran]

13. Paul Krugman would have made a nice addition

Saw him on CNN this AM...quite the lil' bear if you ask me! :9

[meegbear]

17. Yeah, but he probably won't be there ...

lord knows he'd be great for the country.

[marybourg]

6. He was my congressman when I lived in New Mexico.

The night before the House voted on whether to invade Kuwait, he called a meeting in his district to listen to his constituents on the issue. At the end, we voted not to go to war and stood up in a circle and held hands. I don't remember if we actually sang "Kumbyah". I wonder how many other congresspersons consulted their constituents like that?

[Schema Thing]

7. I agree, he should have kept it

he looked great with it.


And I love that our president can mix it up a little.

[Kahuna]

9. So am I. It was hawt. But Richardson previously said it was a pain to...

have to dye it. :rofl:

[Bake]

16. Not that much trouble, really.

You just brush the stuff in, leave it on for long enough to smoke a cigg, and shampoo it out.

:rofl:

Bake

[ecstatic]

10. omg. Is this true? nt

[LSK]

12. yes, you can go watch the video on cspan

[bunkerbuster1]

14. The President-Elect really shouldn't talk about Bill's wife like that.

Oh, wait, he meant...

[AspenRose]

15. PE Obama is right

There's a reason why Obama is beloved by fashionistas....he has good fashion sense.

Dammit Bill, LISTEN TO HIM! You were actually hot-looking with the beard (!).


:P

[Kahuna]

19. He's still hot looking. But the beard was...

:smoke:

[malaise]

18. A President with a sense of humor

Damn what a pleasant change. I love Obama's chuckle. :fistbump: