Hair Care--And Other TV Issues

No, it wasn't a rerun of that '80s show. but the TV scene forced Mike Taylor, the Republican candidate in the Montana Senate election, to pull out of the race last week. He claimed an ad sponsored by Democrats tarnished his reputation by suggesting he was gay. The ad shows an early-'80s Taylor, clad in a leisure suit that exposed his chest and gold chains, applying makeup to a Tom Selleck look-alike. Taylor ran a hair-care school for 10 years through 1988, and the clip is from Beauty Corner, a television show he hosted. Democrats said his weak poll numbers, not...

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