Hillary Clinton, “ugly as hell” attitude toward Bahrain’s oppressed, who cares about her make-up?

Focus on Hillary Clinton’s appearance sparks criticism
By Martha T. Moore – USA TODAY

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Sheik Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Wednesday.

Her hair, a perennial topic, and makeup, or lack thereof, have been in the news since the website Drudge Report posted a photo Monday of the secretary of State wearing glasses and no cosmetics other than lipstick during a trip to India. The faulty-French headline: “Hillary au Naturale.” A story in the April issue of Elle magazine quoted Clinton’s aides bemoaning her recent habit of pulling her hair back in a casual ponytail with a scrunchie, a fabric-covered hair elastic.

Asked about the attention in an interview on CNN, Clinton said she is beyond worrying about reaction to her appearance. “If I want to wear my glasses, I’m wearing my glasses. If I want to wear my hair back I’m pulling my hair back. You know at some point it’s just not something that deserves a lot of time and attention.”

That led to a flurry of media attention from newspapers, morning news shows and blogs.

The chatter follows a wave of positive press for the 64-year-old former first lady, senator and presidential candidate, including the Elle profile; a “Texts from Hillary” website that assigned her a 007-level of cosmopolitan cool; renewed buzz about a possible presidential run in 2016; and a popularity rating far exceeding that of her boss, President Obama.

The attention to her looks is a familiar theme, not just for Clinton — whose appearance has been judged, often harshly, since she appeared in a velvet headband on 60 Minutes in 1992 — but for other women in politics, including Republicans Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin. …more