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Summery seersucker well-suited to senators (US senators stage bipartisan seersucker suit day)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| June 23, 04
| BOB DART
Posted on 07/02/2004 4:08:08 PM PDT by churchillbuff
WASHINGTON — Are y'all set for the sartorial splendor of today's summer seersucker spectacle in the U.S. Senate?
"It's a Southern thing," said Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), organizer of the bipartisan show of stripes. "But it has spread far and wide — from sea to shining sea."
On the Senate floor, the cool, crisp cotton fabric will be the fashion order of the day.
And the seersucker suits will cross gender as well as party lines. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has arranged for women senators to join their male colleagues in this rite of the season.
"Things have been pretty tough in the Senate lately. She thought it would help to inject a little levity," said Howard Gantman, Feinstein's press spokesman.
Lott, who favors white bucks with his seersucker suits, coordinated the celebration. It was originally scheduled for last Thursday, he said, but some of his female colleagues asked for a delay. More tailoring time was needed, he surmised.
"We've done this a couple of times before," Lott said. "Those of us from the Deep South have always worn seersucker suits in summer. But senators from other parts of the country like them, too."
Seersucker suits are favorites of veterans like Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and newcomers like Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.), ("perhaps the best dressed man in the Senate," opined Lott, who is no fashion slouch himself).
In past decades, Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy and the late Rep. Claude Pepper (D-Fla.) were among the capital's seersucker enthusiasts.
There's a good reason. Though coats and ties are de rigueur on Capitol Hill, summer highs average near 90, with humidity to match.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: fashion; sartorial; seersucker; seersuckersuits; senators; theerthuckerthuit
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To: churchillbuff
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:09:52 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(I want to die in my sleep like Gramps -- not yelling and screaming like those in his car)
To: churchillbuff
A bump for civilization and tradition.
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:19:13 PM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("My theory of the Cold War is that we win and they lose." Ronald Reagan, 1977)
To: churchillbuff
4
posted on
07/02/2004 4:27:52 PM PDT
by
Paul Atreides
(Didn't your father tell you that unnecessary excerpting will make you go blind?)
To: Paul Atreides; freedumb2003; churchillbuff
Homer J. Simpson:Mmmm, "summery seersucker."
(Opens mouth, makes grotesque gargling noises, as tongue slides out of cheek and he begins to drool unceasingly.)
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:41:14 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
("Sanity is a madness put to good use." (Santayana.)
To: churchillbuff
I think our senators are just so stinkin' cute, don't y'all?
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:46:46 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
To: nothingnew
Well, I can tell ya' one thing:
Barbara Mikulksi sure has shaped up!
Yowza!
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:48:27 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
("Sanity is a madness put to good use." (Santayana.)
To: lavrenti; Fedora
Thanos:HA! HA! HA! The field is once again clear. I will now begin to resume plotting my nefarious schemes to take control of the universe! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:51:13 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
("Sanity is a madness put to good use." (Santayana.)
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:51:38 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
("Sanity is a madness put to good use." (Santayana.)
To: churchillbuff
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:51:46 PM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
(Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
To: churchillbuff
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:54:04 PM PDT
by
CyberCowboy777
(Veritas vos liberabit)
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:57:06 PM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
(Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
To: Momaw Nadon
Well, it's certainly a refreshing change of pace from Barney Frank!
Barf!
That dude is as obnoxious to look at as he is to listen to.
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:57:15 PM PDT
by
The Scourge of Yazid
("Sanity is a madness put to good use." (Santayana.)
To: The Scourge of Yazid
As always, ye shall be thwarted. Just not right now. Lord Lavrenti must do the laundry and prepare for his date with destiny.
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:17:18 PM PDT
by
lavrenti
(I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
To: NYC GOP Chick
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:18:32 PM PDT
by
lavrenti
(I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
To: lavrenti
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:20:18 PM PDT
by
NYC GOP Chick
(Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -- RIP, President Reagan)
To: NYC GOP Chick
Same place where I got the other suits.
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:21:02 PM PDT
by
lavrenti
(I'm not bad, just misunderstood.)
To: lavrenti
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:22:09 PM PDT
by
NYC GOP Chick
(Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -- RIP, President Reagan)
To: lavrenti; The Scourge of Yazid
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:23:37 PM PDT
by
NYC GOP Chick
(Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -- RIP, President Reagan)
To: The Scourge of Yazid
Mmmm. Summery Seersucker. Arlll...
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posted on
07/02/2004 5:26:58 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Fairness is fiction.)
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