It nauseates me to concede that D.T. already has outlived Mr. (Fred) Rogers, who didn't survive quite to 75. But for the sake of the Gene Pool Gene Poll, let's compare their appearances at roughly the same age.
Quite apart from his silly hair and makeup, D.T.always looks aggrieved and combative, neither of which ever will be aesthetic. Mr. Rogers, in contrast, consistently radiated kindness, warmth, and good humor. Even if his face had been pocked with warts and mange, he would have appeared more handsome than D.T. ever can aspire to.
Rogers is a high standard. EVERY president in the 20th and 21st century had at least a modicum of civility. Even Nixon seemed like a decent person as a person. I could see having a beer with him and talking about how we need to make the country and the world a better place to be. He didn't hate people in general. He seemed to be relatively down to earth in everyday life. I could be wrong, but from what I've read he sounded like not a great politician but not an evil dictator who wanted to take over the world. He appears to have had something resembling a sense of humor. And he was probably the worst president in the 20th century. Maybe tied with Hoover, who also does not seem like a horrible dictator, just not a great president. I realize Wilson wasn't such a great person, but again not a dictator who wanted to take over the world and end all social programs. All the other 20th and 21st century presidents absolutely had senses of humor, a sense of humanity, cared about America, had no problem upholding the constitution, etc. None were perfect, but they were not horrible people. IMO.
What makes him ugly is his dyed face and whatever stupid stuff he does to his hair. Eliminate that, and he still wouldn't be handsome, but at least he'd be OK-looking.
His ugliness stems from the fact that his expression reveals what is in his heart and his mind, and it is always pure ugliness, whether he is scowling, smirking, or giving that fake smile that never reaches his eyes.
I don't personally know anyone who thinks he looks smart, sharp, fit, healthy, yada yada, nothing of the sort; he doesn't even know how to properly tie his neck tie, which hangs below the belt, where it could, and probably has, gotten caught in his zipper from time to time. really, he looks like the para-medics should be about a half-step behind, ready to go into action at a moments notice. Is that too harsh? No? Then how about this -- a whale that washed up on a shore some place recently looked healthier than DT normally does.
The mental image of Trump with his tie caught in his fly caused me to snort Diet A&W root beer out through my nose. Trust me on this, root beer is way worse than coffee.
Looks? The usual suspects all look like either blow-up dolls or cardboard standees. The issue is which is the "Most Slappable." With Matt Gaetz now out of the running, I'm sticking with the DOJ and going with Pamela Jo, although "Crash" Patel is a close second. Come to think of it, Karoline Leavitt is up there as well, if only for continuously misspelling her first name on purpose.
You know the tired phrase about living rent free in somebody’s head? I think Gene is doing just that to some poor simp out there. Probably somebody who allowed themselves to get all wound up about a curry joke that didn’t land the way Gene had intended. But that’s pure speculation on my part.
When the felon is in full tantrum mode, his tiny fists are tightly closed as he moves them around to make his non-points. funny, but he has closed fists when he is "dancing"/swaying side-to-side to a mysterious imagined rhythm, too. I wonder if his fists are telling us how tightly wound up he is, how frustrated and angry he is, internally, at his inability to get the recognition he feels he deserves. I think the felon seethes, and his tiny, tightly closed fists are a "tell".
It nauseates me to concede that D.T. already has outlived Mr. (Fred) Rogers, who didn't survive quite to 75. But for the sake of the Gene Pool Gene Poll, let's compare their appearances at roughly the same age.
Quite apart from his silly hair and makeup, D.T.always looks aggrieved and combative, neither of which ever will be aesthetic. Mr. Rogers, in contrast, consistently radiated kindness, warmth, and good humor. Even if his face had been pocked with warts and mange, he would have appeared more handsome than D.T. ever can aspire to.
Rogers is a high standard. EVERY president in the 20th and 21st century had at least a modicum of civility. Even Nixon seemed like a decent person as a person. I could see having a beer with him and talking about how we need to make the country and the world a better place to be. He didn't hate people in general. He seemed to be relatively down to earth in everyday life. I could be wrong, but from what I've read he sounded like not a great politician but not an evil dictator who wanted to take over the world. He appears to have had something resembling a sense of humor. And he was probably the worst president in the 20th century. Maybe tied with Hoover, who also does not seem like a horrible dictator, just not a great president. I realize Wilson wasn't such a great person, but again not a dictator who wanted to take over the world and end all social programs. All the other 20th and 21st century presidents absolutely had senses of humor, a sense of humanity, cared about America, had no problem upholding the constitution, etc. None were perfect, but they were not horrible people. IMO.
20th-21st century presidents:
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Joseph R. Biden
There once was a reader unknown,
“I can’t stand Gene’s writing,” he’d moan.
But Gene is a whiz,
About the best that there is.
So dear reader, please leave him alone!
But Please send him MONEY. He says "If you can afford the support, I need it." I already do it
And note that Dear Reader is still reading....
So who reads something they find annoying? And then takes the time to write a poem about it? Get a life!
What makes him ugly is his dyed face and whatever stupid stuff he does to his hair. Eliminate that, and he still wouldn't be handsome, but at least he'd be OK-looking.
His eyes make him look like a dying reptile.
His ugliness stems from the fact that his expression reveals what is in his heart and his mind, and it is always pure ugliness, whether he is scowling, smirking, or giving that fake smile that never reaches his eyes.
I don't personally know anyone who thinks he looks smart, sharp, fit, healthy, yada yada, nothing of the sort; he doesn't even know how to properly tie his neck tie, which hangs below the belt, where it could, and probably has, gotten caught in his zipper from time to time. really, he looks like the para-medics should be about a half-step behind, ready to go into action at a moments notice. Is that too harsh? No? Then how about this -- a whale that washed up on a shore some place recently looked healthier than DT normally does.
The mental image of Trump with his tie caught in his fly caused me to snort Diet A&W root beer out through my nose. Trust me on this, root beer is way worse than coffee.
St Jerome said “The face is the mirror of the mind.” How could Trump look anything but hideous and degenerate?
Looks? The usual suspects all look like either blow-up dolls or cardboard standees. The issue is which is the "Most Slappable." With Matt Gaetz now out of the running, I'm sticking with the DOJ and going with Pamela Jo, although "Crash" Patel is a close second. Come to think of it, Karoline Leavitt is up there as well, if only for continuously misspelling her first name on purpose.
You know the tired phrase about living rent free in somebody’s head? I think Gene is doing just that to some poor simp out there. Probably somebody who allowed themselves to get all wound up about a curry joke that didn’t land the way Gene had intended. But that’s pure speculation on my part.
The maven of verse,
With head in hand,
Racked his brains to understand,
How someone,
Could send for a second time,
A poison pen poem,
That doesn't rhyme.
When the felon is in full tantrum mode, his tiny fists are tightly closed as he moves them around to make his non-points. funny, but he has closed fists when he is "dancing"/swaying side-to-side to a mysterious imagined rhythm, too. I wonder if his fists are telling us how tightly wound up he is, how frustrated and angry he is, internally, at his inability to get the recognition he feels he deserves. I think the felon seethes, and his tiny, tightly closed fists are a "tell".
That thing resembling a smile. Always reminds me of an infant with gas pains.
Yes - people who don't write light verse sometimes imagine it's easy to do, and so prove their mistake ...
That's one of the worst examples I've seen. I would be indignant on your behalf if I weren't too busy being embarrassed for the writer.
I hope the “poet” is a paid subscriber.
haha. probably not.
I'm halfway through "The Fiddler on the Subway" and loving it, so screw that anonymous "poet."
At least the writer didn’t try to write it as a limerick. There’s a special place in Hell for people who massacre that particular form of verse.
I'd love to see a double-dactyl version.
Higgledy-Piggledy
Mean ol' Gene Weingarten . . .
Writes nasty pieces where
TRUMP is maligned:
I, as a consequence,
Hyper-poetically,
Fight back with valorous
Verses (unsigned).
I'd make it "pseudo" poetically.
I wrote that originally, then reflected that the author was unlikely to have such self-knowledge ...
That is really good, Ms. Griffin.
Thank you, Mr. W!
FABULOUS!!!
Thank you, Fabulous Helena!
Yes, applause to both of you!