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Bombshell: Marco Rubio is balding
“No fault to Rubio’s biology — there’s absolutely nothing’s wrong with a diminishing hair count, and some stats say 40% of men will experience hair loss by age 35 (me among them) — but there are ways to exacerbate the issue, like what Rubio’s doing presently, and ways to alleviate it a little,” writes Esquire, quoting a men’s hair stylist describing the Rubio dome as “not far off from combover city.”
Helpfully, the stylist advises a different hair cut for the West Miami Republican as well as L’Oreal Vive Men’s Thickening and Grooming Foam.
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So is Hillary
jake-the-goose on December 12, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Oh brother! I think a bald man is sexy, at least hubby is getting more-so by the months! It looks better than ‘the donald’s’ comb over!
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letget on December 12, 2012 at 3:14 PM
There goes the youth appeal.
mythicknight on December 12, 2012 at 3:14 PM
I for one say it’s about time we had a bald-American president.
Akzed on December 12, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Of course he is. That’s why he has a comb over.
portlandon on December 12, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Yeah it’s pretty obvious, but he should pull a Giuliani and embrace it, find a stylist who can make it work for him. He probably wants to hang on to those boyish good looks he’s been so used to be complimented on, but a comb over is definitely worse than a receding hair line.
When I first noticed is thinning hair I saw the chances of him becoming President thinning as well, because that is how America votes for their celebrity candidates.
Daemonocracy on December 12, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Second look at John McLame?
trs on December 12, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Well, that puts him out of the running. He might as well resign now and get it over with.
Glad the MSM is doing all the hard hitting stories of the day…
:-/
Gatsu on December 12, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Yeah I worded that wrong.
He’s still a good speaker though.
Daemonocracy on December 12, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Well he’s lost my vote now.
LincolntheHun on December 12, 2012 at 3:17 PM
His comb-over is one of the worse ones.
steebo77 on December 12, 2012 at 3:17 PM
I noticed that early in the year when he did an interview on FoxNews. You don’t normally see a camera shot from behind, but when it cut to that, you could see he had a bald spot back there.
I know this sounds absurd, but that’s actually been one of my biggest concerns with his Presidential prospects(well, that and his thin resume). You can call me superficial if you’d like, but follically-challenged men don’t get elected. Ford lost to Carter. Gore had a bald spot and lost. McCain had a combover and lost. Rudy Guiliani went from frontrunner to a guy who couldn’t even win a single primary. Fred Thompson flamed out just as hard.
The good news for Rubio is that it won’t prevent him from becoming VP. Our last 3 VPs have all suffered from male pattern baldness to a varying degree.
Doughboy on December 12, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Actually, my first impression upon seeing Rubio in person: He is really short.
Actually same impression I had when I saw Romney. Much shorter in person than he appear on TV.
Hasn’t the tallest candidate won every presidential contest with the exception of 2004? Remember reading that somewhere.
Norwegian on December 12, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Maybe that Brian Huntsman fella has all his hair?
trs on December 12, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Ryan had tons of hair. Sucks the world is that shallow, but it seems there’s a possible cure coming out every few months or so. Know hope Rubio.
IR-MN on December 12, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Can they come up with a stupider reason to not vote for someone?
Galt2009 on December 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Just do what I do: get a badass buzzcut. It beats a laughable combover any day.
ddrintn on December 12, 2012 at 3:28 PM
You really have to challenge them, dont you? Tomorrows “Rubio – Boxers or Briefs?” will be your fault!
Valkyriepundit on December 12, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Having nice hair ain’t exactly a ticket to the Oval Office. Otherwise we’d be talking about President-elect Mitt Romney right about now. But when this country hasn’t had a bald President since Ike in 1960(which not coincidentally was the first year the debates were televised), it tells you that this sort of thing matters to folks whether they’ll admit it to pollsters or not.
Doughboy on December 12, 2012 at 3:30 PM
To be honest, I have never noticed Rubio’s comb over, I just look at his nice eyes.
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letget on December 12, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Who cares about his hair? The problem is that he’s a treasonous amnesty idiot – and worse, a “path to citizenship” aider and abetter of a foreign invasion. I guess Rubio’s hair couldn’t take his lack of respect for the concept of national sovereignty – the foundation of the modern nation-state – and decided to leave.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 12, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Baldness might not matter, but an ugly combover would.
ddrintn on December 12, 2012 at 3:33 PM
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 12, 2012 at 3:31 PM
he’s probably angry about now that he didn’t declare his scalp a sanctuary city a few years ago.
renalin on December 12, 2012 at 3:35 PM
LOL.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 12, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Rubio is not balding with style – he needs a proper haircut.
Pork-Chop on December 12, 2012 at 3:40 PM
I’ll bet that’s what did Todd Achin’ in. Well, that and one other thing.
Doughboy on December 12, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Ummm duh.. The bald spot and bad combover is quite obvious. And sadly this does matter, especially since half of the reason for nominating any out of Rubio, Ryan, or Jindal is the youth factor.
Illinidiva on December 12, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Unfortunately, no. Romney is 6’2, Obama is 6’1.
Also, Bush was shorter than Gore.
Jon0815 on December 12, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Yes. People have a natural and entirely understandable aversion to small men.
Historically little men have tended to be megalomaniacal aholes with ferocious insecurity complexes. The results are obvious:
Bloomberg
Stalin
Hitler
Mao
Ross Perot
Pol Pot
The list is endless.
CorporatePiggy on December 12, 2012 at 4:01 PM
Who cares? Rubio sucks just as bad with a real full head of hair. Plugs 2?
Bmore on December 12, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Being both short and bald was actually one of the knocks against Mitch Daniels.
Illinidiva on December 12, 2012 at 4:21 PM
Stalin was 5’8″… taller than Churchill and most of the G8 crew today.
Ben Gurion was barely 5ft tall.
You forgot Kim Jong Il who was 5’3″, Achmedinnawhatever is 5’2″
Then look at some of the taller leaders.
Saddam Hussein was 6’2″ and OBL was 6’4″. Obama is 6’1” I think Harper is a few inches taller than the President.
Oh found a nice list… if you scroll down.
lexhamfox on December 12, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Here we go…The media attack on Rubio has begun. It always starts with making fun of them.
William Eaton on December 12, 2012 at 4:31 PM
I’m actually surprised he hasn’t had surgery. It’s a huge step and he’d have to get followups as he continues to lose the hair that hasn’t been surgically replaced, but considering he has the money and he clearly wants to look like he’s hanging onto it, I’m surprised he hasn’t gone there. This isn’t the Biden-plugs era. They’re doing good work now, and that combover is only going to look more obvious…
Gingotts on December 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM
The problem with faking it is that doing so reveals a lack of confidence. If he was realistic he would have started plugging that hole long ago. But he was unrealistic because he did not want to face reality.
Bald men often appeal as strong. But that is if and only if they exude the confidence to make you believe that they don’t give a crap about what angle you see them from.
He should be working out more to offset the schlub-effect. Or go full-commando up top. That would be good for a solid year of awe-stricken journos.
Capitalist Hog on December 12, 2012 at 4:46 PM
I think that it is a very superficial fluff story which is why AP went with the sarcasm angle. And it is fun to relentlessly mock politicians.
Illinidiva on December 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Lots of
womenpeople think bald is sexy. I’ve never heard anybody suggest that balding is.Capitalist Hog on December 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Didn’t you leave the most obvious example off your list? (Even though he wasn’t that short for his day)
Nick_Angel on December 12, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Capitalist Hog. That’s another superficial style point about Rubio.. Dude should probably lay off the sweets and start doing the P90X videos.
Illinidiva on December 12, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Isn’t there an app for that?
Who is John Galt on December 12, 2012 at 4:56 PM
And the current VP has plugs and a fake tan. Your point?
Queasy on December 12, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Good link, Lexham.
CorporatePiggy on December 12, 2012 at 5:05 PM
My point was that doing so would be one way to fortify his public-persona. I don’t write these rules. If you don’t get that bald-and-pudgy lacks appeal I commend you. Being that oblivious takes dedication.
I’m sure you take similar umbrage every time somebody cracks wise about Meghan McCain or Hillary Clinton.
Capitalist Hog on December 12, 2012 at 5:08 PM
I would agree he needs to embrace the baldness now, starting with a different haircut. People go bald – not a big deal. That people are making it “news” because Rubio is covering it with a bad haircut rather than he stances on issues is what is truly wrong.
Jurisprudence on December 12, 2012 at 5:19 PM