Posted on 02/09/2009 10:49:47 AM PST by TaraP
Much ado about very little, IMO. Reagan dressed casually while working in the Oval Office. So did GHW Bush and W Bush. And of course, x42 did too. There are bigger fish to fry that what 0 is wearing.””
NObama made many speeches during his campaign about how we couldn’t keep our thermostats at 72, drive what and where we wanted, etc.
Now he sits in the Oval Office, not being respectful of same, with the heat turned waaaay up.
His staff excuses that with “he’s from Hawaii and he likes it warm.
What a putz. A total PUTZ.
And how is he not “dressing right” or showing “Pride for his Office”? Were all the other Presidents who took their suit jackets off in the Oval Office also being disrespectful? If so, why? How is a shirt and tie disrespectful? And why does this rule only apply to Obama?
Can't argue with that!
When he is in the Public Eye it matters, just not for him for all Presidents.
So it matters for all Presidents? So you think Bush, Reagan, et al were also being disrespectful of the office? I’m just trying to clarify here because I’m detecting a distinct whiff of hypocrisy.
As I said Obama has just become President of the USA..He needs to show more respect for his office and one way is in his dress....Yes after he has been there for awhile it might be a different thing..
If you were to hired for a Job and during the interview you showed up in a Tie and Jacket which was expected of you, would you then show up in the next week in a tied dyed shirt?
He needs to make an impression for a bit longer than 2 weeks
SOMEBODY had to be in there with him - who took the picture? :-)
duh
As befits a man commonly referred to as “The Great Communicator,” words were sometimes not even needed to convey a principle or feeling. Several associates have recollected the experience of James Baker, Reagan’s first Chief of Staff, entering the Oval Office in shirt sleeves and neatly placing his suit coat on the back of a sofa opposite the President’s desk just a few days into Reagan’s first term. No words were spoken, no verbal reprimand tendered, but the look Reagan shot Baker told him that the formers respect for the Office of the President demanded certain rules of comportment and decorum. From that day forward, no one – not even President Reagan himself – entered the Oval Office without jacket and tie. Such was the reverence Reagan wished all to show the office looked to as the Leader of the Free World.
Reagan Proved That Presidential Words Matter
http://www.snow.edu/publicr/speeches/reagan.shtml
“BASH”???? What Andy Card said was definitely NOT a “bash”. What they are saying is “don't criticize the One”; adulation only is acceptable.
Question did George Washington where suit and a tie?? How about Thomas Jefferson?? What about Abe??? There are more important things to worry about that than this..
I have nothing but contempt for people that wear suits to work!
It would please me if they made suits illegal to wear at any time by anyone!
When we had a dress code be it in the workplace the schools, church..People acted and presented themselves as respectful.....
The Dress Code failed in School and so did the Kids..
The Dress Code failed in the workplace and you had a multitude of Sexual harrassment cases...
Common sense dictates a way of dress shows how much you care about yourself and others who percieve you.
He’s a Democrat. Maybe we should just be thankful that he’s keeping his pants on and fly closed and not telling us all to wear a sweater.
I don’t give a rats ass how anyone percieves me and I consider anyone that wears a suit a phony con man!
I’m over 70 and there was never a dress code in school except shirt, pants, and shoes.
Well not if your an Auto Mechanic or the Mail man...
Well maybe you don’t realize how Kids dress today???
Some school banned *Gang Attire* that also consisted of pants, shoes and a shirt.
I have contempt for people who have contempt of people who wear suits to work.
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