HAIR 'EM, SCARE 'EM!

The Republican candidates on last night's CNN debate.

The more hair you got, the more outrageous you can be, capiche?

What struck me most about this debate last night was the proliferation of man-hair. While Michelle Bachmann had slicked hers down, the men were in full pompadour mode.  From the 1950s crooner-quiff of Jon Huntsman, to Mitt Romney's untrustworthy-ladies-man-mess, via Rick Perry's too-much-like-a-schoolboy's wig, there was just too much hair. They all need a haircut. Get rid of it all, it's just horrible. Ditto the old guys, even Ron Paul (seems SO grumpy but not as odd and grumpy as his ultra-weird son, Rand) and Newt had too much hair. Great big helmet-pelts of white, it just looks vain and out of touch with the human race. Something slightly inter-galactic about all that white hair on old men, a touch of the Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek. At least Herman Cain has a grip on his hair. Maybe after last night though, he will wonder if that is where he is going wrong. Perhaps we will see him with a giant Afro at the next debate. I hope so, because he is cool enough to carry it off. He's just funny and makes bluddy great TV.

The Republican race is just about the most entertaining TV I've ever come across in the USA. From the audience goons who get up to ask questions, to the genuinely talented moderator-news-anchors, via the stage set, it is better than X Factor. Which I hate by the way, so it wouldn't take much for me to think that...however, it's solid TV entertainment because a) it's live and b) you never know what they will come out with next! Last night there was some harum-scarum talk from Romney and Perry about Arab terrorists in Mexico! Sheesh-a-sombrero, what? That's pushing even my conspiracy theory-warped mind into the 7th dimension of disbelief.

Leaving the city this afty for Thanksgiving. We'll be going to Connecticut, I'm taking the truck so I will be the embarrassed-looking woman in the massive white F150 on the West Side Highway later, gimme a wave.  This week, we've heard a fair bit of bad news from friends on both sides of the Atlantic. So this weekend, me and my little tribe will be giving thanks and feeling very, very grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all xxx