Cold weather probably played a bigger role in bringing back the hat, but sadly, the hat common to New Jersey guidos, South Carolina rednecks, Idaho potato farmers and Los Angeles gang bangers is the ubiquitous ‘tractor hat,’ which is derived from the cheap baseball style cap with the adjustable plastic tab.
Roger Stone
There is something urbane, stylish, and worldly about owning a cocktail shaker.
Roger Stone
A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman’s best bet when it’s hot and sticky.
Roger Stone
Yellow looks good with a brown suit, but then, a brown suit never looks good.
Roger Stone
The general election is not an organizational exercise – it’s a mass media exercise.
Roger Stone
Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.
Roger Stone
Those who are outraged will vote.
Roger Stone
Donald Trump would make a great president.
Roger Stone
Young Republicans are a very, very important constituency. Along with little old ladies, they provide the foot soldiers for the Republican Party.
Roger Stone
A word about blue jeans, which, when I was growing up, were called dungarees, one of the more unfortunate marketing ideas of our time: Starting as a work garment for miners, the ubiquitous blue jeans became a staple of the counterculture starting when Brando wore them in ‘On the Waterfront’ and remained so through the anti-war protests of the ’70s.
Roger Stone
A word about blue jeans, which, when I was growing up, were called dungarees, one of the more unfortunate marketing ideas of our time: Starting as a work garment for miners, the ubiquitous blue jeans became a staple of the counterculture starting when Brando wore them in ‘On the Waterfront’ and remained so through the anti-war protests of the ’70s.
Roger Stone
A black or royal blue velvet blazer will look great with a pair of jeans and a black or navy turtleneck sweater – though it’s a more casual look.
Roger Stone
Cruz named Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm as his economic guru. This guy virtually crashed the U.S. economy. Gramm is largely responsible for two bills which led to the speculative bubble which popped in September 2008.
Roger Stone
Timberlake was once a boy-band idol with mismatched baggy attire and the curly, frosted locks of a Cabbage Patch Kid doll. His early fashion missteps included a full denim costume complete with rhinestones and a cowboy hat, and for a time, his hair was twisted in cornrows.
Roger Stone
Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence.
Roger Stone
Unless you can fake sincerity, you’ll get nowhere in this business.
Roger Stone
In the 1930s, anyone of any sophisticated status owned a cocktail shaker. Distinctive ones are easy to find.
Roger Stone
In burgundy, a well-cut and properly tailored velvet blazer looks dashing with gray flannels and a cashmere sweater or a sleek, solid velvet tie.
Roger Stone
Laureate is a highly leveraged failing investment whose principal beneficiaries are Wall Street fat cats and billionaires – and William Jefferson Clinton.
Roger Stone
I am a Libertarian Republican in the Goldwater style.
Roger Stone
Politics with me isn’t theater. It’s performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.
Roger Stone
John McCain has taken tens of millions of dollars from special interests and lobbyists in his senate and presidential campaigns. Now, we have to wonder if he will be able to remain objective on national security matters, as millions pour into his ‘charity’ from oppressive foreign governments.
Roger Stone
A Brooks Brothers button-down with an unfastened collar, rolled-up sleeves, and jeans makes for a comfortable, casual look.
Roger Stone
If you’re more interested in looking like a hipster, a jazz musician, or a young hunk, I’d recommend the pork pie. It has a narrow brim and a flat top.
Roger Stone
If you have to drag somebody to register, they’re not highly motivated.
Roger Stone
A 527 doesn’t have a wife. It doesn’t have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn’t like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It’s the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics.
Roger Stone
American soldiers wore khaki uniforms during World War II. Men’s khaki trousers became fashionable after the war, as homecoming GI’s decided to continue wearing the soft, comfortable pants in their civilian capacities.
Roger Stone
A Brooks Brothers button-down with an unfastened collar, rolled-up sleeves, and jeans makes for a comfortable, casual look.
Roger Stone
If you’re more interested in looking like a hipster, a jazz musician, or a young hunk, I’d recommend the pork pie. It has a narrow brim and a flat top.
Roger Stone
If you have to drag somebody to register, they’re not highly motivated.
Roger Stone
A 527 doesn’t have a wife. It doesn’t have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn’t like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It’s the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics.
Roger Stone
I do a lot of referendums. They can’t talk back. They don’t have wives. They don’t have friends who tell you how to run the campaign. They are supported by special interests, so there’s a lot of money in them.
Roger Stone
Money is speech. It’s incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you can only give $2,300. His free speech rights are different from yours, thus violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. It’s absurd.
Roger Stone
Trump is the toughest guy I’ve ever met, and I’ve known some killers. His movement is bigger than the Republican Party, and he knows it.
Roger Stone
Nothing ruins the lines of a suit or blazer and makes you look more like a doofus than when your pockets are crammed with stuff – a wallet, a cell phone, keys, a calculator, a calendar, pens, etc.
Roger Stone
If you’re not controversial, you’ll never break through the din of all the commentary.
Roger Stone
Never wear a seersucker suit straight off the rack. It’s going to look shapeless and droopy. If you’re going to sport seersucker, whether a jacket, trousers or a full suit, have it fitted. A nice, custom, tailored fit makes all the difference in the world.
Roger Stone
The John McCain tactic of praising Obama as a great American and great senator ‘with whom I disagree’ is a loser. You’ve got to call him out as what he is – a fraud and a disaster.
Roger Stone
Nothing shows both polish and utility like the nattily tucked pocket handkerchief or ‘pocket square’ in the breast pocket of a man’s blazer, sport coat, or suit jacket.
Roger Stone
The dress hat took a nosedive after the dashing JFK showed up at his inauguration bareheaded. Suddenly, a chapeau was no longer de rigueur for any man leaving the house.
Roger Stone
The ascot connotes informality. It is something one might wear at a cocktail party in one’s own flat but is not something you wear out in public.
Roger Stone
You can’t wake up one day and say ‘I’m for gay marriage,’ and wake up the next day and say ‘I’m against it.’ Wake up one day and say, ‘I’m pro-choice,’ and the next day wake up and say, ‘I’m pro-life.’ There’s no credibility there.
Roger Stone
What sets seersucker apart from other materials? It’s the ‘coolest’ material to wear in hot and humid weather. ‘Coolest,’ as in temperature, and ‘coolest’ as in hip, baby! There is nothing like it.
Roger Stone
There are a few things a true gentleman cannot live without. The black silk knitted square-bottom tie is just such an indispensable item. No true gentlemen would be without one.
Roger Stone
Every man’s closet must contain a trench coat. It’s hard for any gentleman not to look dashing when clad in this swashbuckling style.
Roger Stone
There is nothing – nothing – worse than seeing ankle or a hairy calf when a man in a suit or trousers sits down.
Roger Stone
In this business, if you don’t pay your debts you’re finished.
Roger Stone
The reason I’m a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.
Roger Stone
The proper navy blue blazer can be single or double-breasted and looks best in a three-button style. The proper blazer requires side-vents. Italian versions can have no vent at all, but I find this a bit fast.
Roger Stone
In 1981, when he ran for governor, I confiscated the needlepoint belts of New Jersey’s Tom Kean. It’s a patrician look that is right for the Vineyard, Nantucket, Darien, Greenwich, Charleston and Savannah.
Roger Stone
I am a Reagan Republican.
Roger Stone
Let’s be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush.
Roger Stone
I get blamed for things I have nothing to do with.
Roger Stone