I Don't Want the President to Be a Pinhead no More

Longtime readers of this blog will know that I am a huge Ramones fan- the band played a big role in the soundtrack of my live ever since I was a pup. The goofy, cartoonishly transgressive music of the Ramones was gleefully, intentionally dumbed-down (the concept behind the band, with its ironclad standardized image, revealed a hidden sophistication). Put succinctly, the Ramones were really smart about playing dumb... unlike the current occupant of the White House, whose bone-stupid handwritten notes inspired this bit of hilarity:

somebody on twitter today: trump's weird hand-scrawled denial today sounds like a ramones song.

me: pic.twitter.com/mynZjx0E0M

— Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha) November 21, 2019

By hilarity, I mean terror... the President of these here United States is a real pinhead, unlike fellow son of Queens Joey Ramone, who played at being a pinhead:





'Gabba Gabba Hey' is more eloquent than anything The Donald has ever uttered.