IT'S THE HAIR, STUPID

WHY IS MCCAIN TANKING AS THOMPSON IS SURGING?

COULD IT BE THEIR HAIR?














THOMPSON IS BALD.

MCCAIN USES THE IDIOTIC COMB-OVER.

I'M SERIOUS.

MCCAIN'S COMB-OVER IS EMBLEMATIC OF A CANDIDATE WHO HAS TAILORED (COIFFED?) HIS STANCE ON ISSUES BASED ON HOW IT WOULD MAKE HIM APPEAR TO THE CROSSOVER/INDEPENDENT/FREE-RANGER VOTERS:

HIS SUPPORT FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND IMMIGRATION REFORM WAS INTENDED TO MAKE HIM SEEM MORE MODERATE, AND THEREFORE ELECTABLE.

JUST LIKE HIS COMB-OVER IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE HIM LOOK MORE HIRSUTE AND YOUNGER.

NO ONE IS FOOLED.

HE'S THROUGH.

MOST GOP VOTERS WANT A TRUE AND RELIABLE CONSERVATIVE.

ONE WHOSE PATE - AND WHAT'S BENEATH IT - IS NOT PHONY.

THAT'S FRED.

Here's how JAWA put it:

Being a "maverick" Republican and flipping off the conservative base over and over again is an effective way to get good press from the New York Times. It's surprisingly ineffective at endearing you to the conservative base: