SlowpokeBlog

I didn't want to give the Edwards haircut story any more legs, but once a stupid "scandal" like this has made its way through the cable news cycle, late night comedy shows, and a presidential candidates' debate, I doubt there's much damage an altweekly cartoonist can do by continuing to talk about it. Besides, I thought some perspective was in order.

Here's an open invitation to the Edwards campaign: the next time someone brings up the silly haircuts, feel free to use my factoid that Edwards could get one of those expensive 'do's every week for the next 20 MILLION YEARS and still not equal the cost of the Iraq war. Edwards can get thousand-dollar haircuts for all I care, if he enacts universal health insurance and invests in this country's infrastructure instead of starry-eyed military adventurism that creates more terrorists.

I think the Democrats would benefit from more talk of the ungodly waste of taxpayer money that has gone into the war. Leaders need to say, "We simply cannot afford $2 billion a week any longer."

I must say, I enjoyed drawing the cross-section of Edwards' scalp. The human body is filled with lots o' neat organic shapes.