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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:52 PM
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Blair Spent $3,130 on Makeup in Six Years
Blair Spent $3,130 on Makeup in Six Years Sun Jul 24,11:13 AM ET

LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has spent more than 1,800 pounds (US$3,130) of taxpayers' money on makeup and cosmetic artists over the past six years, according to the government.

In a written answer to Parliament, the government revealed Blair's Downing Street office had spent 1,050.22 pounds (US$1,826.66) on cosmetics for the prime minister's media appearances since 1999. In the past two years, a further 791.20 pounds (US$1,376.14) had been spent on makeup artists.

The details were released by government official Lord Bassam in a written response to a question tabled by Lord Hanningfield, a member of the main opposition Conservative Party.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20050724/ap_on_re_eu/britain_blair_makeup
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Lord_StarFyre Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:53 PM
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1. He has to look pretty
...for his Master, pResident dumbshitula
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:54 PM
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2. That's only $522 every year. Not bad at all.
I am not even sure why this is a story.

Considering what makeup people charge per hour and various products (foundation can cost upwards of $30 for example), not a big deal.

Exactly the sort of thing a conservative would bitch about.

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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:56 PM
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4. You're right
People forget that appearing on TV requires makeup and professional makeup is expensive. I'm betting that every U.S. president since Reagan has spent at least as much.

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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 05:06 PM
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10. it's not necessary
several countries have stopped doing this, among them Sweden.
THey only use favorable angles and good lightning.

Nobody noticed the difference
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:54 PM
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3. Please, please please tell me
that includes the cost of having someone put it on him. I've never seen skin bad enough to warrant that kind of makeup even if we are talking about on a daily basis.
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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:58 PM
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7. yep it's included
now the question is how much does Bush put on make up ?
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 05:03 PM
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9. Not as much as he spends on hair dye
despite what's he's said about other people who dye their hair. If he was smart he would've gotten something to cover up his pretzel scar.

$3,130 in six years sounds pretty damn good to me for 6 years of getting his make-up professionally done.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:57 PM
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5. Covering up the "dirty sanchez".........
he got from relations with his buddy, georgie? :shrug:

Disgusting, but probably true!
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:57 PM
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6. That's peanuts - no amount of money would make Bush look good
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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 04:59 PM
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8. Well, it's not working -
he looks like shit these days.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 05:23 PM
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11. ITs not easy spackling over that swastika on his forehead
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-05 05:39 PM
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12. Girlfriends? Or is that what they use over there instead of
duct tape and plastic???
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