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Obama brings relaxed style to presidency (Oval office dress code)
ChicagoTribune.com ^
| January 29, 2009
| Frank James
Posted on 01/29/2009 1:18:06 PM PST by mmanager
President Barack Obama has brought a more relaxed style to the White House, according to Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times, among other things going suit coat-less in the Oval Office and allowing others to do the same.
Obama critics will probably hold this against him and mark him down as disrespecting the presidency.
But the Oval Office is an office after all, even if it is the world's most famous one. At bottom, it is a work space albeit it holds an almost sacred place in the hearts of many Americans.
Most Americans probably won't begrudge Obama the comfort of being able to doff his suit coat in the Oval. They've got bigger worries these days.
Indeed, they'll likely accept the image of him in his shirtsleeves as evidence of an executive working hard to solve the nation's problems.
One of the story's most memorable anecdotes is actually not about Obama but former President George Bush and it was told by Dan Bartlet who was a senior adviser to Obama's predecessor.
(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Just another disrespectful scumbag. Dime a dozen.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:26:59 PM PST
by
freeplancer
(McCain Voters Catch the Lobsters-Obama Voters Eat Them)
To: a fool in paradise
Ouch! LOL, he didn’t wear that in the Oval Office did he. I doubt it.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:27:16 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(D1: Home of the golden tag line: 01/22/09 Obama hands the hope of the unborn to terrorists.)
To: mmanager
Mr. 0bama doesn’t respect the White House or America, so why should he have any standards that would show respect?
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:27:29 PM PST
by
pallis
To: mmanager
Relaxed style = Dress like a slob.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:27:32 PM PST
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: mmanager
Yeah...you'd need to keep your suit coat on if you turned down the thermostat and was doing your part in ‘energy conservation’ you hypocrite!!!
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:27:38 PM PST
by
top 2 toe red
("My Christmas prayer for our country, please God, make obummer a one termer." hdbc)
To: Nachum
Besides, good muslims never wear ties. These are just "pajamas". Casual dress code.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:28:20 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
To: mmanager
Suited Reagan = doofus
Pantsless Clinton = intelligent
Suited Bush = doofus
Jacketless 0bama = hard worker
To: mmanager
It annoys me more that the MSM thinks that this makes him better than President Bush. He’s one of us and Bush wasn’t. It’s just getting creepy how much they kiss his behind.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:29:27 PM PST
by
beandog
To: Beagle8U
Relaxed style = Dress like a slob. If "dress" doesn't matter, then he should have no problem with press photographers catching him in his daily work attire or making an address to the nation in less than a suit and tie.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:29:45 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
To: Tony O
You must have not read the article, George W did the same and they were criticizing him for it.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:30:14 PM PST
by
top 2 toe red
("My Christmas prayer for our country, please God, make obummer a one termer." hdbc)
To: mmanager
Obama brings relaxed style to presidency Yeah, because in this day & age of global love, we should all just loosen up.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:30:16 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: DoughtyOne
I don’t think they have palm trees at the White House.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:30:52 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
To: mmanager
People can’t be surprised by this! He’s shown zero respect for the Constitution, the military, veterans, conservatives and now the Oval Office. It’s his MO. This is how it will be be for 4-8 years. “He Won”.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:31:03 PM PST
by
albie
To: mmanager
Much ado about nothing. Again, we lament form over substance. There is so much more wrong with this infanticidal maniac, that we look petty by focusing on characteristics that don’t matter. Get a grip.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:31:23 PM PST
by
OriginalChristian
(If you can't get Life right, nothing else you think or say matters....)
To: Nachum
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:31:46 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
To: mmanager
I wonder if he will have any interns bring pizza to the Oval Office while he’s in it?
To: GeorgiaDawg32
blatant disregard for the office he now occupies.
the man has dissed the office..”
He also has the heat turned way up because “being from Hawaii, he doesn’t like to be cold”.
Tells us we cannot use energy, but he is the RULER, and he can do as he wishes.
For all of you who voted for the ONE—I hope you reap the folly of this action—the sooner the better.
To: Tony O
Ronald Reagan was so in awe of what the office stood for, he would only wear a suit and tie when spending time in it. And Obama's pre-teen daughters will be doing their homework on Lincoln's desk.
Malia Obama Calls Dibs on Lincoln's Desk (ABC News 11-26-2008 ABC News)
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:34:09 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
To: mmanager
0bamessiah turned up the thermostat in the Oval Orifice so he could work in shirtsleeves.
He’s killing Mommy Earth!
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:34:38 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Dissent is Patriotic. Palin 2012!)
To: ridesthemiles
20 years in Chicago and he doesn’t like to be cold.
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posted on
01/29/2009 1:34:41 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal immigration)
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