# New Clinton Presidential portrait unveiled? What do you think? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145 "2006-04-25T14:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/21 "2006-04-25T19:39:42Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > He also looks way thinner in the portrait than he is. Then, not now. He is about that thin these days. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/22 "2006-04-25T19:41:29Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [Pic here](http://www.nypost.com/photos/news042506007.jpg) “Hello sailor!” ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/23 "2006-04-25T19:49:55Z")
Well, it looks like Clinton. On the other hand, it looks like Ted Koppel, too. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/24 "2006-04-25T19:49:57Z")
His nose and cheeks seem a bit ruddy, too. Makes him look like an old alky, like a young W.C. Fields. Clinton was one of the more handsome presidents we’ve had in a while, this portrait doesn’t do him justice. ---
**Author:** ![TonyF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@TonyF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonyF)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/25 "2006-04-25T19:58:32Z")
Dude… am I tripping out? His … arm. It’s bloody gigantic. Diameter of his _head_. It’s like he got a robotic appendage attached. He’s become President Bionic Arm. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/26 "2006-04-26T02:45:28Z")
> [@TonyF](#): > > Dude… am I tripping out? > > His … arm. It’s bloody gigantic. Diameter of his _head_. > > It’s like he got a robotic appendage attached. He’s become President Bionic Arm. Now that you’ve mentioned it… _damn_, Bill’s got the arms of a world champion weightlifter. One of them, at least :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/27 "2006-04-26T02:58:06Z")
You know how to tell the difference between a portrait of Bill Clinton and a portrait of Ted Koppel, right? Koppel has his pants on. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/28 "2006-04-26T03:01:12Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Kind of cool, laid back, confident looking. Nice head tilt. I likes it. Yeah, I’m with you here. Probably not the best it could be, or the most presidential, but then again, he \*was \*different. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/29 "2006-04-26T03:01:32Z")
Ted Kopple could hang that over his fireplace and nobody would ever know. “Nice tie!” ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/30 "2006-04-26T03:04:48Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Is that a newspaper he’s holding? No, an intern’s dress. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/31 "2006-04-26T03:08:05Z")
It looks like he’s pretending to be Jack McCoy from _Law & Order_, with the messed up hair and the open jacket. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/32 "2006-04-26T09:17:00Z")
I think it looks more like Darrel Hammond playing Clinton than it does Clinton. There’s the nod to the boomer crowd with the peace sign flash on the hip. All in all, too laid back for a presidential portrait, IMO, but again, he _was_ different. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/33 "2006-04-26T11:09:55Z")
Don’t care for his, but quite like hers: [Link](http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1761436,00.html). Can anyone find a better version of hers? I’d like to look at it more carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/34 "2006-04-26T12:17:47Z")
can’t help thinking the newspaper is a deliberate snark at GWB, who’s notorious for not reading one himslef. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/35 "2015-03-02T21:09:33Z")
**:massive bump:** I remembered this thread when I read the article today. [The artist is now claiming that the shadow seen in the background is a reference the Lewinsky scandal.](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/artist-claims-left-hidden-reference-162900201.html) Well, it’s a vague reference at best. Still, very odd. \*No giggling at the phrase “massive bump” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SJL4041](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@SJL4041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJL4041)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/36 "2015-03-02T21:27:27Z")
So the shadow is a reference to the Lewinsky scandal; did the artist mention the reason for the Incredible Hulk-sized bicep? It looks like the painting was unfinished and they got that old Spanish lady to touch up the arm. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/37 "2015-03-02T21:34:39Z")
> [@SJL4041](#): > > So the shadow is a reference to the Lewinsky scandal; did the artist mention the reason for the Incredible Hulk-sized bicep? It looks like the painting was unfinished and they got that old Spanish lady to touch up the arm. Or why it’s in a portrait of Ted Koppel. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/38 "2015-03-02T21:36:59Z")
I wonder how the Clintons feel about that. If I were the artist I probably would have kept that information to myself a while longer. I do like the idea of including a hidden reference in every Presidential portrait. Imagine the possibilities! Dubya’s portrait could have a place where invisible WMD’s magically appear if you scratch it with a penny. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/39 "2015-03-02T21:37:38Z")
If he wanted to paint in a shadow of Lewinsky the shadow would be on it’s knees. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145/40 "2015-03-03T16:46:57Z")
Here’s _People_’s coverage of it. Not a very good portrait, I think, subliminal messages aside: [http://www.people.com/article/bill-clinton-portrait-monica-lewinsky-dress-artist-says](http://www.people.com/article/bill-clinton-portrait-monica-lewinsky-dress-artist-says) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-clinton-presidential-portrait-unveiled-what-do-you-think/354145.md?page=3)