But Gondola argues that being a Sapeur isn't just about vanity -- it's a political statement.

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By 2004, Siemionow was looking for the right candidate for a face transplant who wasn't doing it for vanity.

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It is instead one about what it means to be a liberal in today's media environment....Gore refused to sell his channel to conservative Glenn Beck saying that he didn't wish to see his vanity project fall into the hands of those who disagreed with his politics.

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She's a very honest, very forceful character with vanity and petulance who has been wronged, and you can't tell whether she's enjoying that or not.

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And I think Iowa and New Hampshire, all those states that used - are used to going first, sort of a vanity fear, they're going to lose all of that status because going first just doesn't have the same power anymore.

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