ProperRogue
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Thought you might like to see what a dashing modern criminal looks like in his hat. This is Mr. Jack "So I bribed a couple of Congressmen" Abramoff leaving court in DC this morning.
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Even a criminal looks good in a hat...
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AWESOME!!!!
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That's a good hat and a good look. In spite of all else, the man has style.
MattC
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Don't think the hat fits all that well
And he still looks like a crook to me.
And he still looks like a crook to me.
Feraud
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yeah, it's the taper.MattC said:
nightandthecity
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hmmm...the coat looks like one of those flimsy polycotton monstrosities that currently disgrace the great tradition of the trench coat. I would imagine the hat is as insubstantial if you saw it in the flesh. And he wears both without any style or panache....the GE hoods from great Capone on down knew that a fedora should never be worn straight like that. Nope, he doesn't even make a good crook.
ProperRogue
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He is a bit tight around the waist in that coat...
But he has been feeding from the public trough. He doesn't have the style of Capone or even the Teflon Don, but he still looks better then a lot of the other crooks, oops, I meant politicians, in this town.
But he has been feeding from the public trough. He doesn't have the style of Capone or even the Teflon Don, but he still looks better then a lot of the other crooks, oops, I meant politicians, in this town.
MattC
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Not at the public trough.
Well, only indirectly. He's been bloating on the fantastic sums business and interest groups are willing to pay to get access. That access lets them feed off the public trough. Cynicism about how this system is supposed to work has never been deeper or more widespread. No wonder he looks bad in a hat. He'd make anything look bad.
Well, only indirectly. He's been bloating on the fantastic sums business and interest groups are willing to pay to get access. That access lets them feed off the public trough. Cynicism about how this system is supposed to work has never been deeper or more widespread. No wonder he looks bad in a hat. He'd make anything look bad.
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I am in the uncomfortable position of wanting to defend him, but based solely on what he has on. I think he looks great. Sure the coat might be a bit tight and he hasn't exactly imbued his hat with his own personality the way that each of us do, but he is wearing a very nice overcoat and a very nice black fedora. I give him credit.
I would like to see more of this.
Washington DC is turning into a hat town; more and more politicians and clerks are sporting them. It could catch on.
Western culture was a hat wearing culture since before the Renaissance. Perhaps, these last 40 years have been an aberration.
In any case, more hats, even if people fail at their wearing of them. Try. Put 'em on!
I would like to see more of this.
Washington DC is turning into a hat town; more and more politicians and clerks are sporting them. It could catch on.
Western culture was a hat wearing culture since before the Renaissance. Perhaps, these last 40 years have been an aberration.
In any case, more hats, even if people fail at their wearing of them. Try. Put 'em on!
MattC
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Defending his hat and coat is ok
After all, they didn't do anything.
After all, they didn't do anything.
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MattC said:
Hahahahahaha, so true. I hope someone will be as nice to my hat and coat if I ever get my picture in the news!
Baron Kurtz
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Unfortunately, now the general public will think anyone wearing a hat is necessarily an Abramoff-esque crook.
Jacket is an abomination. He should go to jail for a long, long time just for being seen in public wearing it. Nylon, Baaad! Showing support for the petrochemicals industry, at least ...
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Jacket is an abomination. He should go to jail for a long, long time just for being seen in public wearing it. Nylon, Baaad! Showing support for the petrochemicals industry, at least ...
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Bad Crook, Bad Fedora
The hat looks too big and has bad taper. You'd think that a guy that stole $20,000,000 or more could have bought a nicer hat. He should have spoken to Fedora or Art.
KC
The hat looks too big and has bad taper. You'd think that a guy that stole $20,000,000 or more could have bought a nicer hat. He should have spoken to Fedora or Art.
KC
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Randolph Scott he is not.
I think it was uncharacteristically truthful of him to
wear a black hat, don't you, pardner?
I think it was uncharacteristically truthful of him to
wear a black hat, don't you, pardner?
Baron Kurtz
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He really should have a moustache to carry off the classic film crook look
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MattC
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Black or white, stash or not
The classic film crook wore a hat that made him look good. Abramoff can't do anything right.
The classic film crook wore a hat that made him look good. Abramoff can't do anything right.
Kaleponi Craig
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But if I was his lawyer, I certainly wouldn't have advised him to wear a black hat!...KC
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Innocent before proven guilty.
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Politicians and Lobbyists - hah! Never could make a decent fashion statement. Even FDR, HST and Ike couldn't make an Open Road look good. I think you're expecting too much of the guy; it's just not in the mix.
BTW IMHO a homburg would have been more appropriate for the look. What is that, anyway? Looks too heavy to be a Como. It certainly ain't one of Art's!
...from a former DC native and long-time resident.
BTW IMHO a homburg would have been more appropriate for the look. What is that, anyway? Looks too heavy to be a Como. It certainly ain't one of Art's!
...from a former DC native and long-time resident.
