But Paul at Wizbang makes some good points about the story that I hadn't considered:
The speculation is that he flew Isabelle Goetz in on his wife's Gulfsteam V jet. Drudge quotes a source that the haircut cost Kerry $1,000 because of that.
It is plainly evident Drudge does not own a Gulfstream V.
G5's cost about $5000 per hour to operate even if you own it. More if it is a fractional ownership or lease. If you flew a Gulfsteam V from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh and back the bill would be $10,000 or more.
This story is too good to be true. If Kerry flew his private stylist in on a 40 million dollar jet, burning all that jet fuel while he is saying us common folk should not be allowed to drive SUV's, it will be a gaff that will make the Dean Scream look small.
That is a very, very good point. I don't have a problem with Kerry jetting his hair stylist all over the country in a private jet if that's what tickles his fancy. But when Kerry is busy criticizing our President's environmental policies while wasting aviation fuel on a hair cut we have a problem.
Something tells me that when Kerry talks about making sacrifices for the environment he's only talking about us common folk. But then again, he could honestly think that a soccer mom driving an SUV is somehow worse than his hairstylist riding around in a private jet.
Another thing I'd like to know is if Kerry used campaign money to pay for this impromptu hair appointment or if the funds came out of his own pocket. If I were a contributor to Kerry's campaign I wouldn't be happy to learn that my contributions had gone toward such an expensive haircut, especially when Kerry has been complaining again and again about the "war chest" the Bush campaign has at its disposable.
If Kerry is using campaign money to jet his hair stylist around the country he obviously isn't too worried about a cash flow problem.