No Flak Jacket Required

When this story first broke, I was too busy with work-related stuff to opine on it, but it’s something that shouldn’t be overlooked.

George W. Bush’s former chief-of-staff Andy Card was recently fuming over Barack Obama’s penchant for taking his suit coat off in the Oval Office. The former penis holder said:

There should be a dress code of respect. I wish that he would wear a suit coat and tie. The Oval Office symbolizes...the Constitution, the hopes and dreams and, I’m going to say, democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it’s appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the president.

Not only are we going through a recession, but Card’s boss took the United States into a war in Iraq under false pretenses and now Card’s biggest concern is what the current occupant of the White House is wearing in the Oval Office.

The Bush legacy keeps getting better and better.

By the way: Are the Republicans still trying to figure out why they lost big in the elections from 2006 to 2008? I think that I might have an idea why.

Reference

Silva, Mark. “Former Bush Aide Andy Card Says Barack Obama Should Be More Formally Clad in Oval Office.” Chicago Tribune. 9 Feb. 2009.

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