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Fox and Friends: Candidates With The Best Hair Always Win Presidential Elections

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Even though it’s late August, there is no shortage of big stories to follow: the apparent regime change in Libya, a rare East Coast earthquake and a still stagnant economy leading into the political season have all combined to make this week a rather interesting period in the news. But thankfully the producers at Fox and Friends still have time to uncover more nuanced stories and perhaps a much bigger variable driving the next presidential campaign season: the hair-do of various presidential candidates.

Guest Peter Funt was invited on for the lighthearted (yet still absurd) segment that seemed to seriously suggest that the candidate with the best hair always wins the White House. How odd was the segment? Funt actually proclaimed that history was made in 2008 because it was the “first time Americans elected an African-American hair cut.” Huh.

Yes, we know that Fox and Friends is an “entertainment” show and not hard news program, but sometimes it verges on self-parody as is the case with this very silly segment. Watch it below, courtesy of Fox News:

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  • Anonymous

    You know, Eisenhower wasn’t exactly Michael Landon.

  • Anonymous

    Cornell West should replace Obama on the ticket then .

    Or The Rent is Too Damn High Guy .

  • B W

    Hmm…no wonder Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford… Yeah, that’s it, alright…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RSLEVQBMJKCHPALYRG4FM2LFPQ Chuck

    Remember, morning news shows, including this one, version of hard news is when Geraldo Rivera is (somewhat creepily) hanging around Hooters girls.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RSLEVQBMJKCHPALYRG4FM2LFPQ Chuck

    How ’bout Fabio versus the Old Spice guy?

  • TruDat

    Speaking of hair, what’s with Democrats and bad hair plugs?  Schumer and Biden have the worst plugs I’ve ever seen.  I know you can’t trust a slimey Democrat, but these days you can’t even trust their hairlines.

  • Anonymous

    Juliet Huddy (F&F): “I swear to you, this is apparently a scientific study…”

    Funt: “First off Juliet, This couldn’t be any less scientific.”

    Juilet Huddy: “I was trying to buoy this segment up a little bit.”

    FoxNews tends to try to “buoy” a lot of segments up, don’t they?  Misinform much?

    FoxNews lies.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I guess that means Paul Ryan, with his Eddie Munster widow’s peak, will never be president.

  • Anonymous

    For gawds sakes people, a little “tongue in cheek” spot on a morning show, lighten up. Have you ever seen Good Morning America? sheesh…fluff is what ya get on all of the morning shows…

  • Anonymous

    Are you kiddin me? Now we factor hear in the elections?

  • Exgoper

    The difference is that GMA occasionally does serious reportage, whereas Fox & Friends is genetically incapable of producing anything better than this.

  • Anonymous

    So, we were a decent haircut away from President Kerry?

  • Exgoper

    What a shame for the country that Bush’s hair was considered more presidential than what was underneath it.

  • labman57

    F and F frequently does take on weightier issues …. but unfortunately, their evidence-devoid analyses and  innuendo-based conclusions are equally absurd.  With these clowns, it’s hard to tell where serious discussion ends and comic relief begins.

  • Anonymous

    you don’t watch Hannity much do you.

  • Anonymous

    As a professional hairdresser , Robert is an expert in the hair field .

    Although , he still tries to get his male clients to buy one of the Joan Crawford wigs that he sports on weekend nights .

  • TruDat

    No I don’t, but I do know he doesn’t have hair plugs.

  • TruDat

    Yeah, can you imagine if these Dumbocrats had gotten Kerry/Edwards elected?  A liar/tax cheat and an adultering pig.

  • B W

    As much as I don’t like Kerry or Edwards, if they had won the election in ’04, Edwards never would’ve committed adultery. Not that he’s a good person, but Elizabeth wouldn’t have been publicly humiliated the way she was. Who knows? Maybe after 4 years of Kerry/Edwards, Ron Paul could’ve won in 2008… Then, no Obama/Hillary. As if they’d challenge a sitting Democrat…

  • B W

    I know morning shows are supposed to be stupid, but one on a cable news network where people intentionally tune in for news shouldn’t have this garbage. Then, again, I’m not surprised. I’ll bet FOX turns this into an attack on Ron Paul.

  • Anonymous

    You’re right. If Kerry had won in ’04, there’s no way Obama would have run in ’08. Damn you, Bush!

  • Anonymous

    If he’s content doing it WHILE RUNNING FOR POTUS, what makes you think he wouldn’t do it in office?

  • dan

    The ridiculous lengths some men go to in keeping up appearances with their hair is not a partisan issue.
    Unless you’re stupid enough to think the 2 above 60-something year olds have naturally jet black year (with just a perfectly squared hint of grey on the temples, of course).

  • TruDat

    Dying one’s hair and paying good money for ridiculous looking hair plugs in an era where you can get decent hair transplants are two different things, in my opinion.

  • http://twitter.com/Staciisa_bitch Staci Chase

    This just shows Fox isn’t really a legit news organization.  

  • B W

    Because people would be watching him as a Vice President. Did anyone give a hoot about Edwards when he was running for President in ’08? No, only Hillary and Barry got attention. Edwards could have an affair with 5 women, and no one would have noticed.

  • B W

    True, but not like the others are, either…

  • Chasmc

    A better guide is that the taller candidates more often when the election, not just for president obit overall.  On the first point, I can just say, Truman-Dewey, Eisenhower-Stevenson, G.W. Bush-Bill Clinton.

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