Hippo is just like all of them except......
I have always considered Hippo synonymous with bad taste. The man is helpless in that regard. Even if advised by a good tailor or designer, what can you do with a size 48 short? bald? bad tempered? short legged? peasant talk? monkey walker? No way Jose. This guy is a walking fungus.
Only Pib thinks he looks good with chacabanas.
But he is not alone. Leonel Fernandez is not far behind. His hair is a mess. His pants are too long. He likes double breateds, but he is made for two buttons. It takes a certain English style to wear DBs. Then you take Eduardo Estrella. This guy should just wear a uniform. Hopeless. Milagros Ortiz Bosch has hanging boobs that have met her belly button and wears oversized clothes. Fello Subervi belongs on a Guyana Chamber of Commerce. Balaguer tried to learn from Trujillo and he learned everything right, except wearing clothes. Suicide president Antonio Guzman was another slob, so was and still is former president and ex-con Jorge Blanco. Juan Bosch looked good with his silver grey hair, but his dressing style left a lot to be desired. Pe?a Gomez was a sharp dresser and spent thousands on tailored suits. His size helped too. But the guy was ugly as hell. He was the best speaker of them all.
Thank god we did not have to see Colonel Caama?o as a formal president recognized by the world and for a long time. He could have been the worst of them all. This guy looked bad in uniform, his natural profession. But when he wore civilian clothes, he was a disaster. He use to sweat like a hog under his armpit and the sweat wetted his shirts, his suit and even dripped over the flaps.
Too bad, because his father, General Caama?o was one of the most distinguished men in DR, a man with a stature, charisma and presence that would stop anybody on his tracks. He looked equally sharp in civilian clothes, if not better. I have always compared General Caama?o with Rommel, the ultimate general, in his looks.
But our best dressed leader was Trujillo. He looked good even in his funny looking hat and Napoleonic uniforms. But in civilian wear he had no match in our history. This guy had a closet repertoire that few world leaders could match and looked the part.
His son Ramfis Trujillo was equally sharp, but lacked the leadership. He was a jerk who had no skills other than being Trujillo*s son. The other son, Radhames was a waste and a drunk. He was hated by everyone, was obnoxious and arrogant. Angelita, the daughter was a fat slob, so was Do?a Maria, who had no manners.
TW