 "All pink and powdered up" Trump is out on his feet. He is bragging about his stamina, how he is making two-three-four appearances a day, but he looks punch drunk. Poor old feller hasn’t learned one of the great lessons of life – take a nap. Refresh your brain. Have an inner life. Whom are we going to believe, Trump or Yogi Berra? In one of his most famous Yogi-isms, Berra revealed the secret of life: “I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.” You do the math. Trump, 70, has been accusing Hillary Clinton, who turns 69 on Oct. 26, of lacking stamina. He mocked her for coming in off the road to recharge her batteries. Then, in their third debate last Wednesday, she looked like Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason), showing up in a fresh three-piece suit for a late-night pool match with Fast Eddie (Paul Newman) in the movie “The Hustler.” Just one glimpse of his refreshed opponent un-nerves Fast Eddie: “You look beautiful, Fats, just like a baby, all pink and powdered up.” Same thing the other night. If this were boxing, the ref would have called the fight. Trump is the modern reincarnation of Joe Louis’s Bum of the Month, over and over again. Trump doesn’t even know when to shut up. He yapped about Clinton’s need to take a drug test. Then she showed up for the Al Smith Dinner, and let him have it: "Donald wanted me drug tested before last night’s debate. And look, I gotta tell you, I am so flattered that Donald thought I used some sort of performance enhancer. Now actually, I did: It’s called preparation." Trump cannot prepare. I realized this 30 years ago, from several sports interviews with him, that Trump cannot process information. He has a serious flaw somewhere. His wiring is screwed up. He has not even learned the benefit of a retreat into sleep. “Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care.” Of course, MacBeth had problems. Even a 15-minute nap will suffice. I have seen teams use “blue rooms” for centering players' minds -- letting them prepare their image of themselves in the game to follow. There are all kinds of lists about great people who knew enough to shut down, to let the mind and soul refresh. Churchill. Leonardo da Vinci. Eleanor Roosevelt often took naps before making a speech. I bet Hillary Clinton knows that.
Bob Badner
10/22/2016 07:04:32 pm
George,
George Vecsey
10/23/2016 09:22:32 am
Bob, thanks for the comment. Yes, your state has its own hustler. He threw something at his staff assistant. Reminds me of Bill Parcells throwing a set of keys at Bill Belichick at a Jets staff meeting. How many Super Bowls ago was that?
Elliott Kolker
10/22/2016 07:55:37 pm
"Awakened Voting"
George Vecsey
10/23/2016 09:24:57 am
Elliott:
Brian Savin
10/22/2016 09:52:36 pm
George, I believe you've put your finger on a serious matter. Hillary Clinton has not been. campaigning except for one very short appearance, and the press has been covering her surrogates (husband, Obamas, Biden) and giving her a pass on her absence. There is a serious issue here that needs to be covered. By the way, Trump gave a very serious speech in Gettysburg today that interested me and I'm thinking about it.
George Vecsey
10/23/2016 09:29:36 am
Brian, i gather Trump came up with some snippets of details, too late for him to recover any of the debates. But that's over.
Gene Palumbo
10/23/2016 02:39:53 pm
Ed Martin
10/23/2016 08:04:22 pm
Gene, on target, Brian, with due respect, are you sure you weren't napping?😴 Meanwhile, as I learned along the way, there is a time to say, "Let's you and him fight." In this case it's Trump v Trump.
Brian Savin
10/24/2016 05:20:41 pm
Hi Guys,
Mike from Whitestone
10/23/2016 11:57:22 pm
Hola y gracias GV.
George Vecsey
10/24/2016 08:52:08 am
Mike, that centerfold in the A section today is amazing. All the people Trump has insulted...just this year.....What a journalistic coup, and so much more impressive because it is in print, you can hold it in your hands.....Maybe I'll keep it up in the attic with other historic papers, some of them awful events, to be sure.
Ed. Martin
10/24/2016 10:32:20 am
Since we are segueing to beisbol, here is a memory:
George Vecsey
10/24/2016 06:31:23 pm
Ed, feel free to swerve. I just posted a piece on my Metsian vision of the World Series for the National Sports Media organization (see link in upper right corner)
Ed Martin
10/24/2016 10:21:39 pm
1946 was the year I first attended a number of Dodger games and the 46 Cubs had some players who stick in my memory: Phil Cavaretta, a classy and powerful First Baseman, Peanuts Lowery, Billy Jurgis who had played for the Jints and had a place in Baldwin, (saw Jurgis and Dixie Walker in Rockville Centre night at Ebbets in 41 I think, Walker had a liquor store in RVC--but I digress). Young Andy Pafko was in the outfield, and my favorite memory was of Bill "Swish" Nicholson. Each time he swung his bat warming up or in the game, the Dodger fans would holler, SWISH!
Ed Martin
10/24/2016 10:27:09 pm
Old guys are garrulous and get wound up--forgot to say I enjoyed you Metsian views. We National Leaguers stick together, although Cleveland is ok, ABY. (Anybody but Yankees.)
George Vecsey
10/25/2016 05:47:57 pm
Ed, my friend Maury Allen did a sweet book with Dixie Walker's daughter. He was a much more layered man than we knew. He had a wine cellar when they lived in RVC. Not sure about the store. He came to grips with Jackie Robinson within weeks.
John McDermott
10/25/2016 05:38:49 am
Trump is a bum. And a loser. A bad loser.
George Vecsey
10/25/2016 05:45:20 pm
Ciao, John. E vero. 10/25/2016 09:43:18 pm
John's very few words perfectly summed up Trump.
Briab Savin
10/26/2016 07:07:06 am
Game 1: The forces of goodness and light prevail against corrupt Chicago thuggery! When I see Terry Francona, I see a glimpse of Pop Fisher. When I see Ricketts, I get a glimpse of Robert Prosky peering from behind dark blinds. I guess I'm a fan of this series! Should be good.
George Vecsey
10/27/2016 09:29:49 am
Brian, I am missing both references....you are way ahead of me.
Brian Savin
10/27/2016 08:59:09 pm
Hi George, 11/30/2016 05:05:50 am
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