When I say that the cartoon is diminished, I mean that it is much narrower than the painting. Remee van Leemput (1607–1675) National Trust, Petworth House (adapted from Hans Holbein the younger) 1669 His only son, a sickly boy, died before he could procreate. Alas, and as we are all, of course, aware, it was not to be. A codpiece which testified to male bragadoccio. Amongst these adornments of Henry's was a codpiece, always. – was quite extraordinary – and much remarked upon at the time for its eye-catching splendour and its singularity. His attentions to the particular of dress – tilt of hat, many beringed fingers, shoulder pads, etc., etc. He needed to impress all those European lineages which had been in existence much longer than the Tudors had – or would ever be. The Tudor monarch Henry VIII was a power-dresser. This was the codpiece, and its role was a protective one, to safeguard the precious honourable member from harm.īy the sixteenth century, everything had changed. So a triangle of cloth was fashioned, perhaps out of a piece of coarse linen. Certainly nothing that might require the services of a tailor. Something fairly crude and simple and triangular, came the answer, to protect the wearer from harm. Yes, that was the level of “analysis” we endured during that time.A Legend of Saints Justus and Clement of Volterraĭomenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494) The National Gallery, London MATTHEWS: Well, it was a powerful statement and picture as well. Look, this is a part of the war where we have not–we’ve allowed a lot of states to do some very nasty stuff, traffic with nasty people and nasty material, and I think it’s time to tell them, you know what, `You’re going to be held accountable for this.’ We’re coming.’ Do you think that picture mattered over there? It looks like it could take down Syria just one boat, right, and the president of the United States is pointing a finger and saying, `You people with the weapons of mass destruction, you people backing terrorism, look out.
MATTHEWS: Fareed, you’re watching that from–say you were over in the Middle East watching the president of the United States on this humongous aircraft carrier. GIGOT: The reason it works is because of–the reason it works is because Bush looks authentic and he felt that he–you could feel the connection with the troops. And I felt the faces of those guys–I thought most of our guys were looking up like they were looking at Bob Hope and John Wayne combined on that ship. It’s not a stunt if it works and it’s real.
MATTHEWS: Well, you know what, it was like throwing that strike in Yankee Stadium a while back after 9/11. I mean, this is not only a home run the ball is still flying out beyond the park. DOBBS: Well, it was just–I can’t think of any, any stunt by the White House–and I’ll call it a stunt–that has come close. MATTHEWS: I want him to wa–I want to see him debate somebody like John Kerry or Lieberman or somebody wearing that jumpsuit. Why doesn’t he do all his campaign speeches in that jumpsuit? He just looks so great. KAY: …he arrived there in his flight suit, in a jumpsuit. MATTHEWS: No one would call you a Bush man, by the way.
I mean, he doesn’t do it for me personally, especially not when he’s in a suit, but he arrived there… The GIs, the women on–onboard that ship loved this guy. Katty, for visual, the president of the United States arriving in an F-18, looking like he flew it in himself. Nothing compared to this, I’ve got to say. Other great visuals: Ronald Reagan at the D-Day cemetery in Normandy, Bill Clinton on horseback in Wyoming. This week the president landed the best photo op in a very long time. MATTHEWS: Let’s go to this sub–what happened to this week, which was to me was astounding as a student of politics, like all of us. Women were swooning, manly GOP men were commenting enviously on his package.īut there were none so awestruck by the sheer, testosterone glory of Bush’s codpiece as Tweety. It’s hard to believe that it 10 years ago today that the whole country sat slack jawed in front of ther TVs at the sight of their president prancing around the deck of an aircraft carrier in his sexy flightsuit.
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