Must have been a slow day at The New York Times.
Rather than a penetrating story on a Republican presidential candidate’s positions on foreign policy, climate change, illegal immigrants, health care, taxes, nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, and (the latest irksome element for Americans) curbing overnight deliveries by the Post Office, the newspaper of record decided on a lengthy story focusing on Mitt Romney’s hair, observes Grumpy Editor.
Really.
In doing so, it produced 35 paragraphs on the hairy subject.
It included an interview with Romney’s hair stylist, Leon de Magistris --- which The Times described as a “barrel-chested, bald Italian immigrant.”
Whether facing wind, rain or snow, the former Massachusetts governor’s hair always seems perfectly in place along the campaign trail.
Among things the Gray Lady apparently figured are sure to affect Romney’s upcoming activities around the country --- and perhaps his ranking with voters:
· Romney gave his Boston-area hair stylist $70 for a trim last month.
· Romney does not color his black hair, said de Magistris.
· Romney’s hair is gel and mousse-free, the stylist added.
What’s more, in attempts to dig deeper on the subject, The Times was left grumbling because a Romney campaign spokeswoman “declined to comment on the candidate’s hairstyle, or to make Romney available to discuss it.”
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