{"id":9584,"date":"2012-05-10T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2012-05-10T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:59:08","slug":"hillary-clinton-ugly-as-hell-attitude-toward-bahrains-oppressed-who-cares-about-her-make-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9584","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton, “ugly as hell” attitude toward Bahrain’s oppressed, who cares about her make-up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Focus on Hillary Clinton’s appearance sparks criticism<\/strong>
\nBy Martha T. Moore – USA TODAY<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Sheik Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Her hair, a perennial topic, and makeup, or lack thereof, have been in the news since the website Drudge Report posted a photo Monday of the secretary of State wearing glasses and no cosmetics other than lipstick during a trip to India. The faulty-French headline: “Hillary au Naturale.” A story in the April issue of Elle magazine quoted Clinton’s aides bemoaning her recent habit of pulling her hair back in a casual ponytail with a scrunchie, a fabric-covered hair elastic.<\/p>\n

Asked about the attention in an interview on CNN, Clinton said she is beyond worrying about reaction to her appearance. “If I want to wear my glasses, I’m wearing my glasses. If I want to wear my hair back I’m pulling my hair back. You know at some point it’s just not something that deserves a lot of time and attention.”<\/p>\n

That led to a flurry of media attention from newspapers, morning news shows and blogs.<\/p>\n

The chatter follows a wave of positive press for the 64-year-old former first lady, senator and presidential candidate, including the Elle profile; a “Texts from Hillary” website that assigned her a 007-level of cosmopolitan cool; renewed buzz about a possible presidential run in 2016; and a popularity rating far exceeding that of her boss, President Obama.<\/p>\n

The attention to her looks is a familiar theme, not just for Clinton \u2014 whose appearance has been judged, often harshly, since she appeared in a velvet headband on 60 Minutes in 1992 \u2014 but for other women in politics, including Republicans Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

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