Maybe It Was The Hair, Senator

From the standpoint “hairline is destiny,” the Presidential election was over before it even started. Senator John McCain does not have great hair. While he is not bald, he is, um, folicly challenged. Obama on the other hand has a great head of hair. He has presidential hair.

Our last bald President was Eisenhower. Since then, Kennedy had great hair. So did Carter. Reagan too. Clinton and George W. had presidential hair also.

Johnson and Ford had lousy hair but they assumed the office of President. Maybe they should’ve been in Russia. The Russians alternate between bald guys and hirsute guys. Really. You can look it up.

Some of the also-rans for President had great hair too. Mondale, Dukakis, Hart, Quayle, and Kerry all had presidential locks. Maybe that’s all they had. It just wasn’t enough to get them elected. Joe Biden is the first Veep to have visited the HairClub for Men. That doesn’t not bode well for you, sir.

Look at the President’s from the 19th and early part of the 20th century. Most of them had facial hair. Since Teddy or Taft none have had as much as long sideburns. Fashion changes. Maybe we are due for a change soon. Maybe we can look forward to bald-headed guys with beards. Like G. Gordon Liddy or Dog the Bounty Hunter. On second thought....