McCain’s $5,000 Makeup: Will There Be Backlash?

So, John McCain has reportedly paid more than $5,500 to Tifanie White, the makeup artist who works on “American Idol,” for similar cosmetic services. It is yet another incident of a politician — regardless of ideological stripe — coughing up a lot of money for the sake of good looks.

Earlier this cycle, one may recall, former Sen. John Edwards was subjected to days of ridicule over the fact that he had made two separate payments of $400 for two haircuts. Leading the charge was the media — keen on pointing

But several high-ranking and prominent conservatives were also leveling the mockery. Rush Limbaugh asked whether the North Carolinian would be our nation’s “first female President.”

Mike Huckabee quipped that Democrats had the propensity to spend “more than John Edwards in a beauty shop.”

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