Very well put, kitsune.
melidasaur, your post cracked me up. I was going to say something snarky some time ago about Mitt's gray sideburns (when the rest of his hair is still brown) then noticed the other night he'd shaved them off. Now, I know how gray hair can do that, and am not implying it was fake (well, it could have been) but regardless it looked stupid and smarmy.
Which, I suppose, is fitting.