Politician Rand Paul

Thanks to reader David K. for this submission. Ron Paul's son, Rand Paul, recently entered into the world of politics. As part of the initiation into public life, he decided to do what many politicians do: invest in hair pieces. All the signs are there: all of a sudden he has more hair, and all the new hair is a different color than the hair underneath.

Here's what I believe is his real hair:




And here's the fur hat he tries to pass off for hair:





When I was looking up information on Rand Paul, I came across a message board at viperalley.com, where there was a whole string of messages dedicated to Rand's obvious toupees. One commenter wrote:

The only way this could look less natural would be if he held it on with a chin strap.
This is the type of personal freedom that needs to be regulated. No one should have the right to look this ridiculous!

Politician Bob Ehrlich

Thanks to reader A Sophist for this one. This former Republican governor of Maryland is now running for governor again. He is trying to take down the guy who beat him. Trying to pull a Grover Cleveland. Although unlike Cleveland, Bob Ehrlich is not being honest with the American public about his hair. He shows all the signs - different color hair on the top and bottom of his head, an unnatural part, and best of all - his hair sticks to his head on the windiest of days:

Tom Delay!

I totally forgot about this guy, and so did the world, but leave it up to Dancing with the Stars to bring him back into the public light! It was recently announced that he will be one of the contestants on the upcoming season. This former Congressman from Sugarland, Texas was one of the Congressmen who accepted "gifts" from Jack Abramoff. Here's his mug shot:





The money laundering and violations of campaign finance laws are nothing compared to the crime that is his hair piece. Let's take a look shall we: Here's a picture of the bald spot on the back of his head. This is from a book signing in March 2007:






Clearly, he is balding, yet he always seems to have a great head of hair. Too bad it's not his. See how the hair piece does not have a part and just sits atop his head?





The next picture is by far my favorite. Don't you love how Chris Matthews' hair is blowing wild in the wind yet Tom Delay's "hair" is stuck to his head?

Finally a name to put to this combover's face

In April I made this post about bald politicians. I had found this Japanese politician:





I didn't know his name or anything about him - just knew that a combover like that doesn't happen everyday.


Well reader Michael L. just wrote to me letting me know this guy is named Ryuji Koizumi and his official website (in Japanese) is at: http://www.ryuji.org/


It appears that Ryuji has finally come to terms with the fact that he is bald and has dropped the combover. Here he is in a recent publicity tour:





Now if only we could get Bret Michaels to accept his hair line...

Jail time for Taiwanese Wig Snatcher!

This was too funny not to post. So the Taipei District Court sentenced Huang Yung-tien, 50, to jail for snatching the toupee off the head of ruling Nationalist Party lawmaker Chiu Yi. Luckily for us, it was all caught on tape. Just look closely, I definitely had to watch it a few times to really follow the wig.





Apparently in Taiwan you have the right to look good. A court spokesman said, "The judge thought Chiu Yi had the freedom to wear what he wanted, and Chiu felt the wig made him look prettier." I don't know if the wig makes him look prettier, but to each his own!




Guess this criminal now has a debt toupee to society. Harharhar.

Politician James Traficant!

Instead of tricks up his sleeve, former Ohio Congressman James Traficant must have had tricks under his rug. He was expelled from the Democrat party after being convicted of taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and on his houseboat in Washington, D.C., and is currently serving an eight-year prison term with a projected release date of September 2, 2009.



I bet the jury saw that hair piece and decided he was guilty without even looking at the evidence. They could tell right away he was someone who made bad decisions in life.



I wonder if he was allowed to have his hairpiece in prison...

Bald Politicians!

A tribute to those the bald politicians. For some it was easy to find pictures showing their hairlines. For others it was harder because they hid behind caps, military hats, or powdered wigs.

Ben Franklin:



And he made it to the $100 bill, making bald more beautiful than ever.


Mussolini:




John Adams, 2nd American President and son John Quincy Adams, 6th American President:





Winston Churchill:



And this guy:





He ran two years ago for office somewhere in Japan (if you can read the ad, please email me). All I know is his combover isn't fooling anyone.

Vice President Joe Biden!

In the 80's Joe Biden had almost no hair on the top of his head:



There wasn't even enough for a good combover. Now miraculously, he has lots of hair on the top of his head. It seems the general consensus is that he had a hair transplant. I would have to agree.