That was a lame insult when it was coined. It did not get better with age. I recommend that you read Act One, Scene Four of Edmund Rostand's Cyrano d Bergerac. It hits the art of insults "On the Nose!"
MAR-A-LAGO MARTYR OF THE DAY
JOHN EASTMAN; THEN: HE WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THE TANGERINE TRAITOR'S POLITICAL PLAN TO SUBVERT THE CONSTITUTION AND EFFECT A COUP D'ÉTAT. NOW: HE ASKED FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON AND INVOKED HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION 100-TIMES.