Big Ears. Small Hands. Big Head. Spray Tan. Chins. Bad Hair. Little Marco. Lyin' Ted. This is the level of the 2016 Republican presidential race.
The thing is, two of the physical insults come directly from the Bad Breaker Upper episode of Seinfeld.
In that episode, an otherwise extremely attractive guy, who's caught Elaine's eye, is accosted several times in her presence by several really angry exes. She can't figure it out.
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| Why Elaine? Why did you call me Horse Face? |
And Elaine finds out why, when he finally breaks up with her. He calls her "Big Head," and she becomes absolutely obsessed with how big her head is.
It's all she can think about, and then things actually start to happen to her because her head is so large--things like birds trying to nest in her hair.
The same guy called George Costanza "Chins," and it about killed him.
I believe Donald Trump saw this episode and took it to heart. He absolutely uses the tactic.
Unfortunately, it's backfired.
Marco Rubio's 'Small Hands' comment scored a direct hit. Not only does it take a smack at Trump's vanity, but it calls his manhood into question, as Marco is wont to coyly point out with a well-worn simile.
As John Oliver first observed on his HBO show Last Week Tonight on Sunday, Trump can't get this comment out of his head. And he proved that again in the GOP debate last night. He brought it up himself right from the get go.
If the old saying is true and a week is a year in politics, Trump's small hands have real traction (no snarky comment here about him being a master
He seems to pretty much shake off comments about his hair and bad spray-on tan, but where this crazy election is headed right now is in every way in Trump's hands.
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