Tea Party protestors aren’t the only ones wearing Brooks Brothers
By: J.P. Freire
Associate Commentary Editor
08/04/09 2:19 PM EDT
Today Robert Gibbs dismissed the sparks at the Specter-Sebelius health care town hall as manufactured outrage, claiming “the Brooks Brothers brigade . . . appears to have rented a similar bus and are appearing at town hall events throughout the country.” While yes, some of those protestors can be accused of being fashion-forward (and others just don’t care), it’s strange that Gibbs would analogize wearing that particular label with being inauthentic. Perhaps he doesn’t recall that Brooks Brothers had a press release earlier this year praising Obama for wearing one of their suits during his own inauguration. (h/t Amanda Carpenter)
I’m a manufactured protester.
My Government made me into one.