Political Leader Saddled forever with The World’s Most Famous Smiley

Once in a while some­body comes up with a descrip­tion of a pub­lic fig­ure that is so com­pletely apt that the vic­tim is stuck with it for­ever.  Usu­ally it hap­pens to sports fig­ures because sports writ­ers love to do it.  This morn­ing George will did it to the Minor­ity Leader of the Sen­ate, Mitch McConnell.

Will started with

Mitch McConnell, the tac­i­turn Ken­tuck­ian who leads Sen­ate Repub­li­cans, usu­ally resem­bles Samuel Beckett’s char­ac­ter Watt, who “had never smiled, but thought he knew how it was done.”

and fol­lowed that up with

McConnell of the Mona Lisa smile says Con­gress will pass some­thing because Obama will sign anything.

How long do you sup­pose it will be before pic­tures like this start show­ing up on McConnell’s door?

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Tags: George Will, Marcel DuChamp, Mitch McConnell, Mona Lisa, Samuel Beckett, smiley