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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawrence O'Donnell picked up on something I missed...
.. having to do with dress and fashion.
Trump is obsessed with personal appearance, was annoyed by Sean Spicer's* suit, even John Bolton's moustache was too intolerable for him, yet Steve Bannon, his closest advisor, looks like a bum.
What you wear speaks volumes, whether you dress to impress or dress to offend - even if you dress without a care.
Trump's rules of attire don't apply to Bannon and the message he's sending is: Trump has no power over me.
chillfactor
(7,681 posts)leave it to Lawrence to point it out.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Bannon's intellectual snobbery.
mtngirl47
(1,068 posts)I thought only Librals could be intellectual snobs!
JHan
(10,173 posts)..a display of how intellectually bankrupt conservatism has become..
eppur_se_muova
(37,288 posts)He keeps using words and phrases which ... well ...
He apparently thinks "deconstruction" means a literal "tearing down". It does not.
ˌdēkənˈstrəkSHən/
noun
noun: deconstruction
a method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language that emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.
And "church militant" does not refer to a person (Bannon made a reference to his followers as "church militants".
They may have tried to educate him at Harvard, but he seems to have deflected their efforts rather effectively. He is no more an "intellectual" than Newt Gingrich, another "revolutionary" Republican phony.
enough
(13,447 posts)kskiska
(27,100 posts)comparable to Donald's. I've seen photos.
napi21
(45,806 posts)explain why he believes the Con is nuts!
Pacifist Patriot
(24,855 posts)Did he reference the Hare PCL-R? I ask because I am convinced that whatever else is wrong with that man, he has got to score highly as a psychopath. It would take a lot for someone to talk me down from this position. There is only one item on the check list that I think doesn't seem to apply. Everything else positively screams Donald.
Ilsa
(62,173 posts)bdamomma
(65,782 posts)a Leninist who wants to see the destruction of the government and US.
Leghorn21
(13,697 posts)Why when how, I dunno, but while everyone else has to kowtow and flatter manbaby, I think Bannon's berating the crap out of him. Just MHO!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(119,966 posts)The guy is terrifying. We finally got someone in our government who out-evils Dick Cheney.
uponit7771
(91,350 posts)eppur_se_muova
(37,288 posts)Amaryllis
(9,775 posts)so he doesn't quit because he doesn't seem to be enjoying the job that much.
JHan
(10,173 posts)remember as well that Trump loved Breitbart because they pushed his birtherism nonsense.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Just rubbing his face in the fact that Bannon is the actual power behind the throne and he is doing it beautifully. Lawrence has been excellent in his handling of Trump.
HipChick
(25,495 posts)eppur_se_muova
(37,288 posts)Bannon expressed admiration for the young, fetching Le Pen and the photos produce an "ew, DOM" reaction ... see Huff post link below.
http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2016/11/13/trump-s-man-stephen-bannon-flirts-with-a-le-pen/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/49303378.cached.jpg
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/13/trump-s-man-stephen-bannon-flirts-with-a-le-pen.html
madaboutharry
(41,191 posts)that he is using to blackmail him. Maybe that is how Bannon got on the National Security Counsel.
He is controlling Trump.
LakeArenal
(29,719 posts)Everybody's but his own.
JHan
(10,173 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hugely overweight, badly dressed, bloated face, ridiculous looking hair. How dare he criticize anybody for their appearance!
joet67
(624 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,256 posts)Screwed.
JHan
(10,173 posts)When Trump assembled his econ advisory team during the campaign, I knew it was a fuck up. All of them align with Bannon in one way or the other and they all see federal government as the enemy.
zentrum
(9,866 posts)Bet Bannon, being the smart one, has great contempt for Rump but realizes his usefulness to his radical project which is to set up a Klan Kountry over which he is King.
JHan
(10,173 posts)..easy to do since Trump holds no convictions beyond Donald Trump.
zentrum
(9,866 posts)....is give Rump the product to sell, and flatter him and you're set.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,112 posts)... Bannon appear as if someone tossed him a battery operated shaver. And that's it, besides generally clean looking clothes (Trump clothes?). He still looked like Chet from Weird Science.
JHan
(10,173 posts)coincidentally his oddness makes him a focal point.
dawg
(10,707 posts)He can look any way he wants.
JHan
(10,173 posts)they all dress immaculately.
Image is everything for Trump.
Bannon doesn't care about that, and Trump is fine with this power play - that's Lawrence's point.
dawg
(10,707 posts)Trump respects them for their enormous wealth.
The only people he has criticized over "image" matters have been poor people. You know, mere millionaires.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)MontanaMama
(23,952 posts)His suits don't fit, his golf clothes look even worse, his hats are stuuuuupid looking...Agent Orange wears scotch tape in place of a tie tack. He's ridiculous. He's not much better than Bannon.
LenaBaby61
(6,991 posts)I'd probably have to wear a nose plug if I ever stood next to jabba the bannon, and thank God I'll never stand next to that Leninist fool.
Look at that. DISGUSTING, lacquered-haired, big-bellied sloppy hog (Sorry hogs).
Cha
(304,374 posts)Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)All the way to his crotch. He didn't dress well at all.
MontanaMama
(23,952 posts)It is ironic how critical he is of the appearance of others and he's such a disaster himself. Total denial. I'm really not comfortable shaming someone else for their appearance - I'm not perfect by any means - but he is so awful to other people in regards to how they look and dress.
northoftheborder
(7,602 posts)DU thread contributors are some of the finest
briv1016
(1,570 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)HoosierDebbie
(368 posts)Lawrence looked especially handsome and dapper in his program tonight. Ultimate contrast between the Bannon look and his own. Immaculate grooming and precise tailoring. I am especially impressed.
MontanaMama
(23,952 posts)On Lawrence. He looks impeccable every night... and he's such a smarty. Package deal. 😍
CincyDem
(6,904 posts)...sitting in a B2B selling seminar several years ago. Consultant is talking about his time as a B2B selling guy...and he's got a pretty well documented history of doing it well...he starts talking about the "know your real customer" rule. Figuring out who in the room was the real power in the decision making process.
His golden rule - if everyone is wearing "the uniform", the guy who isn't is the guy in charge. If the uniform is surfing shirts and shorts - the guy with the button down is in charge. If the uniform is suits and ties, the guy in with no tie and a sports coat is in charge.
His point - it ain't perfect but in his experience, it was a 90-95% that the guy out of uniform was the one guy who didn't have to wear it.
Lawrence is spot on with this one.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,855 posts)unblock
(54,052 posts)donnie can survive horrible stories on cnn, abc, etc., but if he loses breitbart, he's toast.
bannon's got donnie over a barrel.
DemocratSinceBirth
(100,025 posts)He looks like a freaking extra on the cast of The Departed or Black Mass.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)LiberalLovinLug
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To me it is like looking at the portrait of Dorian Gray. All the evil he has perpetrated is shown on his face. He looks decrepit unclean and worn out by the devil.
zentrum
(9,866 posts)The Portrait of Dorian Gray should start to become a best seller just like 1984 is.
He looks debauched, drug-using, miserable and mean.
dchill
(40,127 posts)that he knows everything that Putin has on Trump.
HipChick
(25,495 posts)Cha
(304,374 posts)he has no power over himself.