intellect and grasp of the issues.

He did awesome!

... watch MSNBC a lot so I didn't know his name, although he was familiar. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure it was actually an interview. It might have been a clip of him talking solo.

... was attractive to some part of the electorate. In the past someone would have had him shave before the appearance.

come debate day. No need to worry.

be trippin' over triffles.

Beto's rolled up sleeves might bother some as well. And don't forget "Earhairgate".

I like Beto!

He's sharp enough to excel in the debates and wise enough not to attack our front runner.

And Beto has to go commando on his arms; makes for more effective arm flapping. Beto inspires some interesting threads that's for sure. I think this one is hilarious although I'm sure LAS14 didn't intend it that way. At least it isn't mean spirited like the ear hair one.

I'll just leave this here:

It is nearly 50 years to the day since I last shaved my beard. In those 50 years, I have saved approximately 5 minutes per day by not scraping the natural growth of hair off my face with a sharp instrument.

That is 91250 minutes saved over half a century. Just a hair less than 1521 hours. Almost 63 days. Just over 2 months saved by not shaving my face.

Think about that.

And that's a significant number of cuts I have not made on my face that needed a bit of toilet tissue stuck to them.

I highly recommend not shaving.

My question to shavers: What do you really look like?

It’s just the way it is. A hairstyle.

Otherwise it will grow down to your knees and could make you trip over it!!

My barber shortens it, along with my hair. They are cut in a way that lets them grow out and still look OK. When first cut, I look like an older college professor. Four months later, I look like Santa.

I do trim my moustache to the margin of my upper lip every week or so, with barber scissors. I shampoo it all daily in the shower.

I have to shave or it’s just a bunch of sad, sparse, straggly hairs clinging to my cheeks. I have a nice thick ginger goatee but anything higher than that is just a pitiful disaster.

I will do you one by better and stop wiping!

You also save a fair bit of money not shaving, aye? Decent razors and shaving cream seem like it would add up.

But you'll never catch me sitting next to you, Mr. Non-Wiper!

Refreshing. It will revitalize you. Experience what it feels like to touch your skin or have it touched. Break out of the comfort zone. It will grow back soon enough.

balance out since that's all people start with for women candidates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon

A new political medium was introduced in the campaign: televised presidential debates. In the first of four such debates Nixon appeared pale, with a five o'clock shadow, in contrast to the photogenic Kennedy.[100] Nixon's performance in the debate was perceived to be mediocre in the visual medium of television, though many people listening on the radio thought that Nixon had won.[103] Nixon narrowly lost the election; Kennedy won the popular vote by only 112,827 votes (0.2 percent).[100]

Many of us remember the talking heads having too much to talk about Nixon's beard, and I suspect that even though the unshaven look has become trendy in some circles lately, many people still consider it just sloppy.

He looked like a shady character (hence, "Tricky Dick&quot he was.

hahahaha

My hubby has a big, long, beautiful red beard and I love it. Over the past few years grey has started to set in and it's satisfying symmetrical.

He cares for his beard much like you do yours, except he trims it himself. It's amusing to watch. As he watches television, he sorts through his beard seeking split ends. He carefully snips each one with tiny silver scissors. Every few months he'll even out areas that have grown longer than the rest, but never takes off much. It's about mid-chest length.

Even better (for me) is he doesn't care that I don't shave my legs. We are a happily hairy couple, lol!

Yay for beards! Yay for not shaving!

bring myself to let mine get that long. I deal with clients I have never met before from time to time, and a chest-length beard would get in the way of the interactions, I think. They'd focus on that, instead of what I'm telling them, I'm afraid.

So, my white full beard varies from about 1.5" in length to about 4". Then, I get it cut back down to the 1.5" length by my long-time barber. I do time it so it's at its full length around Christmas, though. I get lots of stares and smiles from young children because of it.

"Ho, ho ho!"

And she wore a sleeveless dress, it would break the internet, be the #1 topic on cable news and on the cover of the grocery store tabloids. So I suppose not shaving isn't a good idea for all candidates.

Hot humid Florida summers have me shaving down to a gotee. Winters I let my freak flag fly.
I'd rather not shave but the heat gets my face sweaty with a full breard...
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A former boyfriend of mine shaved twice a day and still had a shadow.

if you look at other pics and videos he always has it.