Clinton Protester Finally Cuts Hair
Harry Hunt, a Vietnam veteran, was upset when Bill Clinton took office, feeling he had avoided war service in a dishonest way.
In protest, Hunt decided not to cut his hair until Clinton left office.
Eight years and 28 inches of hair later, Hunt got a haircut. The long-overdue grooming took place Jan. 13 in this northeast Missouri town.
“It wasn’t an issue of Clinton being a Democrat or a Republican,” Hunt said. “It was the idea he was a confessed draft dodger and he was commander in chief of the armed forces.”
Hunt sent the lobbed-off hair to Locks for Tots, a charitable organization that makes wigs for seriously ill children.
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