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Do Dress Sneakers Belong in the Oval Office?
The New York Times ^ | 5/19/2023 updated 5/22/2023 | Guy Trebay

Posted on 05/27/2023 1:15:38 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken

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To: Wally_Kalbacken

These things have become super popular for daily office wear, especially among the younger crowd. Some are pretty wild with a full brogue upper. I can’t get past the white outsole.


21 posted on 05/27/2023 2:03:59 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

OBAMA sat at the Presidential desk with no suit coat-—his tie askew—his sleeves rolled up-—and HIS FEET ON THE RESOLUTE DESK.


22 posted on 05/27/2023 2:05:55 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

My first exposure to sneakers in the courtroom was when I had a case in the Federal District Court in San Diego as an ICE attorney. In walks the opposing counsel in sneakers. This was around 2000 or so I was dumbfounded. Things have surely continued to go downhill at a fast pace from there. No Fetterman appears on the House Floor in sweats and shorts.


23 posted on 05/27/2023 2:15:56 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: for-q-clinton

Africans do what they want. They always wear emergency sneakers just in case a basketball game breaks out.


24 posted on 05/27/2023 2:16:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Any pair of shoes they wear are “sneakers” because they’re being worn by liberal democrats.


25 posted on 05/27/2023 2:17:34 PM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

I don’t really care that much about the sneakers. I see several other things in this picture than don’t belong in the Oval Office...


26 posted on 05/27/2023 2:17:58 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (My tag line, optionally printed after the name on my post…)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Ronald Reagan always wore a jacket in the Oval Office. Out of respect for the office. “Mister we could use a man like Ronald Reagan again...” Maybe that is why God gave us President Trump.


27 posted on 05/27/2023 2:18:52 PM PDT by FatherofFive (I support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

I remember the big kerfuffle about a group of young women wearing flip-flops while touring the White House when Dubya was president.

What these clowns are discussing is far more important than their footwear, but where is the respect and decorum expected of “leaders”?


28 posted on 05/27/2023 2:19:40 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: CodeToad

Yeah, I am most definitely NOT a fan of the goofy sock craze. Don’t make statements with your clothing. Make statements with who you are on the inside.


29 posted on 05/27/2023 2:20:08 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: MinorityRepublican

JFK was a democrat, too.

Did Regan or Bush use the oval office as a brothel?

Not that I’m aware of. Don’t think Trump did either.

Seems to be a demonrat thing.


30 posted on 05/27/2023 2:23:56 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Old people should wear comfortable shoes all the time. Rigid dress shoes can cause your feet to be painful. Sore feet will make you miserable. These Young punk writers don’t have a clue.


31 posted on 05/27/2023 2:32:33 PM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect )
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

If you are a member of the oligarchy you can do whatever you want.


32 posted on 05/27/2023 2:54:01 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Reagan never took his Suit Jacket off in the Oval.


33 posted on 05/27/2023 2:56:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: FatherofFive

Reagan was a giant of a President.


34 posted on 05/27/2023 2:59:03 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: PrairieLady2

Harding did.


35 posted on 05/27/2023 2:59:33 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM!)
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To: for-q-clinton

I might raise an eyebrow if he was barefoot or in flip flops.


36 posted on 05/27/2023 3:00:19 PM PDT by dforest (Get kiryandil back on FR.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

JFK is forever emblazoned on fashion. He was the first to wear slippers with a tuxedo at a prestigious event.

Like all elite pigs his faux-pas has been turned into a decision that is so “above you lowly peasants” that the fawning media made is think it was actually the classiest move that fratboy asshole ever did.

The emperors new clothes, as it is.


37 posted on 05/27/2023 3:07:50 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
Sneakers in the Oval Office? Why not? Look at the Senate.


38 posted on 05/27/2023 3:07:58 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: lightman

He’s an embarrassment… Typical Democrat asshole


39 posted on 05/27/2023 3:57:49 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It is probably as close to waders they are allowed to wear.


40 posted on 05/27/2023 4:10:20 PM PDT by GingisK
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