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Republican Fashion Sense. [1]
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Date: 2022-08-18
Trump-endorsed congressional candidate Bo Hines, the Republican nominee from North Carolina’s 13th District, weighed in recently on all the talk about the United States becoming a banana republic, one of those nominal democracies where the rule of law is shaky. But Hines, a former college football player, spoke as if everybody was referring to Banana Republic, the clothing retailer.
“A lot of people have likened the situation going on right now, is, you know, they say we’re in a Banana Republic,” he told radio host John Fredericks . “I think that’s an insult to Banana Republics across the country. I mean, at least the manager of Banana Republic, unlike our president, knows where he is and why he’s there and what he’s doing.”
Hines’s campaign retroactively labeled this “a joke.” Ha! I nearly split my pleated chinos.
Sorry, but that excuse is a total Lululemon. Misunderstanding a universal idiom, particularly while maligning President Biden’s mental acuity, suggests Hines is just not very PetSmart. On an intelligence scale of 1 to 10, he’s Five Below.”
Milbank goes on to suggest that Banana Republic could offer shoppers this fall some new fall fashion combos inspired by recent GOP exploits;
“Perhaps Banana Republic could offer some new styles that wink at the imagined journeys on which the MAGA Republicans propose to take America:
The White-Nationalist Linen Line . Yearn for the days when White men alone ruled America? Then put your wardrobe through a Great Replacement and return to the hoop skirts, bodices and tail coats of yore.
Stasi Style . As you report to the state on the activities of teachers, and those who , show your fashion sense by wearing the jackboots, baggy trousers and belted military jackets popularized by the East German secret police. As you report to the state on the activities of journalists and those who seek abortions , show your fashion sense by wearing the jackboots, baggy trousers and belted military jackets popularized by the East German secret police.
The Dezinformatsiya Line . Russian state television reports that it is “worried for our agent Trump.” Share the worry, visually, with a clothing line inspired by classic Cossack hats and babushka headscarves. . Russian state television reports that it isShare the worry, visually, with a clothing line inspired by classic Cossack hats and babushka headscarves.
The Giuliani Collection . As Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani becomes a target of a criminal investigation, his chief financial officer prepares for a guilty plea and top-secret government files are found in Trump’s home, wear the crisp pinstripes and bold orange jumpsuits that define prison chic. As Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giulianiof a criminal investigation, his chief financial officerandare found in Trump’s home, wear the crisp pinstripes and bold orange jumpsuits that define prison chic.
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