Thread: Does Obama use a straight?

Originally Posted by Traveller

Secret sevice would advise against letting a barber use a straight on anyone they are responsible for

Maybe, maybe not... stylists shears and thinning razors for those expensive haircuts could be dangerous also.
My bet is that if there is a barber involved he gets checked out thoroughly, much like the staff at the White House, etc.
Mr. Obama and McCain get a degree of protection, but neither man is actually the President yet. No doubt whatever occurs it is checked out, within reason, but realistically the candidates travel by plane and other vehicles, which can have accidents; they eat food cooked for them by others, which is a risk of course also. I don't think there's any reason to think they couldn't be professionally groomed, should they wish. I almost lean to the idea that they DO. Just not sure they themselves would use a straight or not.


John P.

Do the presidential candidates get Secret Service protection, or is that taken care of by third party organizations which are hired by the parties / candidate organization themselves?

If I remember correctly, the candidates do get Secret Service protection as well.

Edit:

From the US Secret Service FAQs:

Major presidential and vice presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general presidential election.

Available here: http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/faq.shtml#faq2

Secret Service protecting Obama - Barack Obama News - MSNBC.com

Obama got protection very early.

Originally Posted by Traveller

Secret sevice would advise against letting a barber use a straight on anyone they are responsible for

Good point! I think you are probably right here.

I'd be hard put to think of anyone in politics today who would strike me as a possible straight user. Obama in particular, I'd say unlikely. Spartacus, you'd know better than I do, but the factor of his being black did occur to me. (I mean you'd know better than I whether straight shaving is more problematic for black men.) But more than that, though I like him, he doesn't seem very old school.

Rich

IAS wouldn't really know, because he wasn't black.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/conve...-who-will.html

Let's not get the discussion off-topic and discuss IaS. I only post that link here so that we can get that particular misconception out of the way.

OK, sorry!--scratch sentences 3-4 of my post, leave 1-2 & 5. (And like most things, this calls for more coffee ...)

most politicians are so crooked that if anything like a straight came near their face it would only shave one whisker at a time, and Obama is certainly no exception.

most politicians are so crooked that if a straight went near their face it would bend.

nuff said.