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Fashion article peeves Bush.

By Think Progress on Aug 17th, 2007 at 3:18 pm

Fashion article peeves Bush.»

bushThe Washington Post reports, “What really gets George W. Bush riled up? Calling him a fashion victim.” After Marques Harper of the Austin American- Statesman wrote a short style piece critiquing Bush’s choice of clothing when he’s down on the Crawford ranch, noting that lately “he’s opted to look more like ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ than a sweaty, tough ranch hand.” Harper said after the article appeared, the White House called to express its disdain:

Harper received a phone call that morning from White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino, who, Harper told friends, said the president read the article and was unhappy about the way he was portrayed.




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227 Responses to “Fashion article peeves Bush.”

  1. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Caption Contest:

    Chimpy: “Look ‘Riverdance’ - heh, heh”


  2. Zooey Says:

    Calling Mr Blackwell!!


  3. margaret Says:

    Does he practice walking around with his arms out like that? Trying to look like a tough guy.


  4. a patriot acting Says:

    Bit of a fluff piece, but I might as well contribute with this embarassing shot:

    http://www.littlerubbershoes.com/post/174


  5. myiq2xu Says:

    What would you expect from an administation where image is everything?


  6. Republicans Can't Govern. Says:

    If he doesn’t like THAT article, he should read what some intelligent commentators have been writing about his LEGACY. He’ll really be mad then!


  7. Justice Says:

    touchy, touchy, Georgie Boy. You got bigger problems than the way you dress. Figures you’d have Dana Liarino on the case. Slap on your codpiece and a ten gallon and chop some wood or something.


  8. MsJ Says:

    OH! SNAP!!

    Too bad this clown can’t pay attention to the things that matter.

    Christ, I bet he has a subscription to the National Enquirer, too.


  9. margaret Says:

    a patriot acting - oh my!


  10. WaltTheMan Says:

    Actually, it was read to him.


  11. Jay Randal Says:

    Bush is a redneck Texan, so he has ZERO class.


  12. Zooey Says:

    Comment by a patriot acting — August 17, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

    I think rubber shoes should appeal to bedwetters and piss-soaked trolls.

    But with socks….? Ugh.


  13. Michael C Says:

    Golly, times are tough. Even his fashion editor has gone off message. Why didn’t Harper obey the press release Dana sent?


  14. Kay Says:

    Caption Contest :

    “What the well-dressed Lying Chimp is wearing this fall…”


  15. trippin Says:

    What’s he pissed about? The article could have said the emperor has no clothes.


  16. RUCerious Says:

    Boo Effin Hoo.
    He’s an elitist snob, thru and thru. You can take the boy out of the mansion, but you can’t take the dufus to the ice cream parlor.


  17. dim wit Says:

    “sweaty, tough ranch hand.”
    Sounds like Mr. Bush is doing gay porn now….


  18. GSD Says:

    Chimpster, Texas douchebag.

    -GSD


  19. Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs Says:

    It’s no surprise that the libtarded media elite like Harper derogate Bush because they despise his casual way of dressing, his down-to-earth, straightforward demeanor, and his earnest sense of style. That’s why Bush dresses in jeans, with a cowboy hat, and in casual clothing: because he’s humble and unassuming. Now, the Statesman reporter, Harper, obviously demeans everyone (read: most Americans) for dressing casually because to him, only Armani suits and elitist types of Euro-fashions worn by the likes of unAmerican Nancy Pelosi are what suit his leftarded tastes. This derogation by Harper of Bush is just ANOTHER example in the long, relentless line of notoriety by the lib media. This includes personal attacks and ridicule of the president, which totally trespass against the lib media’s alleged duty: to be professional and not take partisan positions in reporting.


  20. trippin Says:

    “Bush is a redneck Texan.”

    No, he’s a Connecticut blue-blood preppy frat boy with a speech defect.


  21. Zooey Says:

    He’s an elitist snob, thru and thru. You can take the boy out of the mansion, but you can’t take the dufus to the ice cream parlor.
    Comment by RUCerious — August 17, 2007 @ 3:29 pm

    Look at the picture at #4. Geez…..


  22. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    **yawn**


  23. leporello Says:

    The President won’t listen to advice regarding the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, New Orleans, diplomacy, oil prices, turning the government into an arm of the republican party, global warming, among other things. Yet he has time to pay attention to criticisms of his fashion sense?
    Impeach Bush, Cheney and Gonzales and Save The Constitution!!!


  24. GSD Says:

    A Bush fluffer troll comes out of the woodwork to admire Chimpy’s manliness and his Harvard, Yale and prep-school every day guy style.

    These Bush trolls would have made great Saddam supporters…jumping around and cheering every time they saw him.

    It is pretty pathetic, more pathetic than some lame fashion article.

    -GSD


  25. Vet Says:

    Caption Contest: Where’s the shit? I got me some kickin’ ta do! Hey, yall, look at my belt. I’m a regular guy just like you. I got to go clear some brush on this here ranch o’ mine…

    PUKE!!!!!!!!!


  26. Brad Says:

    No hat. No cattle. No ranch.

    but he does have a ranch style home.


  27. Kay Says:

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    ***double yawn***


  28. RUCerious Says:

    Look at the picture at #4. Geez…..
    Comment by Zooey — August 17, 2007 @ 3:31 pm

    BWAHAHAH! No, you can’t go in the car. No, we’re not going for ice cream! Now go get a ball and bounce it off your head…


  29. squegeeboo Says:

    Caption contest
    “Got a little Captain in you?”


  30. foolme1ns Says:

    PRESIDENTIAL SOCKS!!!!!!! Oh my god!!!!! Does he have the presidential seal on his underwear too????? Good lord, have mercy!!!!


  31. bobwurst Says:

    “Bit of a fluff piece, but I might as well contribute with this embarassing shot:

    http://www.littlerubbershoes.com/post/174

    Comment by a patriot acting”

    Yikes! And it looks like he’s wearing a skirt too.


  32. RUCerious Says:

    his earnest sense of style.

    Is that kinda like his “Ernest goes to camp” style???


  33. bobwurst Says:

    Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs whines about bush’s fashion sense being mocked, but I’d be willing to bet that it was howling about Edwards $400,000,000 haircut. As usual, republican trolls have two sets of rules.


  34. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    What’s with the mysogynist handle, there Chuck? Afraid of women by any chance?


  35. dim wit Says:

    Off topic, but is anyone else disturbed that there is a blog dedicated to rubber shoes (in a non-porn fetish way)?


  36. Hank Essay Says:

    Maybe if U.S. soldiers looked like East Coast-bred fake Western cowboys too, he’d care about their well-being….

    -


  37. RUCerious Says:

    I wonder if there’s a little coke vial with a preZiduncial seal on it.


  38. Rapture Says:

    I think the gay cowboy look suits him well,whats all the hubbub bub?


  39. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Caption contest
    “Got a little Captain in you?”

    Comment by squegeeboo — August 17, 2007 @ 3:35 pm

    Ooh, hard to beat - must do better.


  40. bobwurst Says:

    “Does he have the presidential seal on his underwear too????? Good lord, have mercy!!!!

    Comment by foolme1ns”

    Presidental gerranimals?


  41. Vet Says:

    #19 sums it all up. These rightards TRULY believe that Bush is just an average Joe, looking out for the good of them and the country. Sad…


  42. margaret Says:

    That’s why Bush dresses in jeans, with a cowboy hat, and in casual clothing: because he’s humble and unassuming.

    Comment by Libsmakemefeelinsecure

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    That’s GOT to be sarcasm!!!


  43. Jack Spratt Says:

    Is it not obvious after all this time that this fraud poses for all these pictures, just as he poses as a President?


  44. WaltTheMan Says:

    Comment by Jay Randal — August 17, 2007 @ 3:27 pm

    Actually W is a Conneticut Yankee.


  45. squegeeboo Says:

    TerrytheTurtle
    Ooh, hard to beat - must do better.

    Thats right, be amazed at my caption prowess.


  46. gummitch Says:

    Off topic, but is anyone else disturbed that there is a blog dedicated to rubber shoes (in a non-porn fetish way)?

    Comment by dim wit — August 17, 2007 @ 3:37 pm

    So you’d prefer a rubber shoe blog in a porn fetish way?

    And there’s always this site: http://tinyurl.com/2gb8v


  47. whiteyfresh Says:

    CAPTION CONTEST: “You put yer right foot in, you take yer right,oops, I mean left, uh-what? why is this game so HARD?


  48. Styve Says:

    Um…Dana…WE DON’T GIVE A CRAP WHAT MR. FAUX TOUGH-GUY THINKS!!


  49. RUCerious Says:

    Actually W is a Conneticut Yankee.

    Comment by WaltTheMan — August 17, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

    D’ya spose we could send him to King Arthur’s Court?
    Methinks Sir Lancelot would chop him into bitty coward chunks.


  50. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Caption Contest:

    Chimpy: “OK, Dick? Which foot now? Dick?”


  51. Vet Says:

    CAPTION CONTEST: “You put yer right foot in, you take yer right,oops, I mean left, uh-what? why is this game so HARD?

    Comment by whiteyfresh — August 17, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
    ———————————–
    We have a winner!!!!


  52. Richard Blair Says:

    “Does he have the presidential seal on his underwear too????? Good lord, have mercy!!!!

    I’ll be he has it tatooed on his right ass cheek. Or maybe on the small of his back so people can admire when he’s wearing his low riders.


  53. Nullie Bly Says:

    he should wear more brown shirts


  54. whiteyfresh Says:

    shweeeeet.
    :)


  55. che Says:

    Does he practice walking around with his arms out like that? Trying to look like a tough guy.

    That’s his way of asserting he is the Alpha Male. True alphas don’t have to assert, they just are.


  56. RUCerious Says:

    We have a winner!!!!

    Comment by Vet — August 17, 2007 @ 3:44 pm

    Second that ! That dope don’t hokey pokey


  57. Nellie Bly Says:

    More brown shirts…


  58. RUCerious Says:

    asserting he is the Alpha Male

    More like the Epsilon Faux Male.


  59. whiteyfresh Says:

    …maybe on the small of his back so people can admire when he’s wearing his low riders.

    Comment by Richard Blair — August 17, 2007 @ 3:44 pm

    The pres has a ‘tramp stamp?’ well, I guess that WOULD make sense-he’s been whoring himself out to Corporations, Cronies,and China for some time now…


  60. Conservatives Hate America Says:

    The President seems to care about all the right things, like fashion, and disregard all those unimportant things, like, oh, um the inundated destruction of an American city and the impoverishment of great swaths of this nation’s people.


  61. GSD Says:

    Yeah, humble people run around lecturing people about how they are ‘The Decider’.

    Really humble.

    -GSD


  62. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    So we can expect a Presidential season of ‘What not to wear’ coming to an idiot box near you.


  63. Justice Says:

    Bushie is NOT a Texan, he just plays one on his ranch. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. A privileged, spoiled, dumb rich white boy.


  64. Menehune Says:

    There’s just something about a guy who’s into fashion and coodpieces.


  65. UpFromTheSkies Says:

    Hey, #19, that’s some mighty fine Chimp Fluffing. What was the flavor of the Chimp droppings today?


  66. Namtillaku Says:

    Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. Let’s give him a big hand.


  67. BuckarooBanzai Says:

    Connecticut Cowboy. This guy is such a loser he has a press secretary call up the writer? Man. What a p**sy. If I was the writer I would have told Dana Perino to f**k off, that first amendment is a bi*ch ain’t it.


  68. whiteyfresh Says:

    do you like how its name(#19) links to the HuffingtonPost? WTF is up with THAT?


  69. Zooey Says:

    BWAHAHAH! No, you can’t go in the car. No, we’re not going for ice cream! Now go get a ball and bounce it off your head…
    Comment by RUCerious — August 17, 2007 @ 3:35 pm

    I knew that would be your reaction!! :-D


  70. dim wit Says:

    Comment by gummitch — August 17, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
    all right……Thats two f*cked up shoe sites in one thread.
    thats more than I can handle.


  71. BuckarooBanzai Says:

    My caption: “Karl, you got a real purty mouth. Now squeal I said!”


  72. Zooey Says:

    do you like how its name(#19) links to the HuffingtonPost? WTF is up with THAT?
    Comment by whiteyfresh — August 17, 2007 @ 3:54 pm

    It was saying stupid shit on another thread, while linked up to johnkerry.com. It thinks it’s clever.

    **eyes rolling**


  73. Empire Burlesque Says:

    It’s no surprise that the libtarded media elite like Harper derogate Bush because they despise his casual way of dressing, his down-to-earth, straightforward demeanor, and his earnest sense of style. That’s why Bush dresses in jeans, with a cowboy hat, and in casual clothing: because he’s humble and unassuming.

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    Humble and unassuming? WTF???

    Stop the train, noballs… Duh-bya is a privileged New England preppie from a family worth multiple hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars. The whole “working-man, Texas accent” nonsesne is just that - complete nonsense. This man’s entire presentation to the world is a sham, just like his presidency.


  74. RUCerious Says:

    #69 ~ reminds me of a certain Ruprecht in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”///


  75. FTD Says:

    Dammit Dumbya, in the next 30 to 35 days of your usual August and early September vacations, you have plenty of time to correct those fashion faux pas. Just ignore the terror memos and any large hurricanes that might be headed your way.
    Do we have to tell you everything, man?


  76. Vice President Bush Says:

    What do they think of the sock he stuffs down his pants?


  77. joseph Hill Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.


  78. toasterhead Says:

    Has he broken the record for Presidential vacation days yet?


  79. Jim Says:

    I don’t give a crap about what Bush wears. I care only about his actions as a public servant. In my opinion, he is one of the worst in our nation’s history.


  80. FunMe Says:

    NeoCON singing: And you can tell by the way I use my walk
    I’m a man’s man: no time to talk
    Music loud and men warm, I’ve been kicked around
    Since I was born
    And now it’s all right, it’s okay
    And you may look the other way
    We can try to understand
    The NeCon fake effect on man


  81. nanlichi Says:

    maybe on the small of his back so people can admire when he’s wearing his low riders.

    Comment by Richard Blair — August 17, 2007 @ 3:44 pm

    That’s so Jeffy Lube can remember who he is packing.


  82. DRxJ Says:

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    Funny. That’s not what your ex was saying as she coddled mine 12 years ago. No wonder she went lesbian directly after “eyeing” yours.

    (Sorry folks, but sometimes you gots to fight fire with fire)

    Back on topic:

    The Thief in Charge reads?
    Huh. Whoda thunkit?
    Well, at least he’s reading the important stuff, like fashion, and not bothered with petty stuff like suicide rates among army personal, or the bombings in Iraq.


  83. root Says:

    Cut the guy some slack. Its not easy getting dressed when you cannot see your reflection in a mirror.


  84. WC Says:

    This derogation by Harper of Bush is just ANOTHER example in the long, relentless line of notoriety by the lib media. This includes personal attacks and ridicule of the president, which totally trespass against the lib media’s alleged duty: to be professional and not take partisan positions in reporting.

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    Ha ha! Critiquing Bush’s clothing selection is a personal attack? Oh dear God. You’ve lost it.

    Anyone who purchases a Texas “ranch” months before winning the presidential election so that he can, in the eyes of America, look macho, tough, middle America, and “one of the guys” deserves what he gets.


  85. This Machine Kills Fascists Says:

    It’s no surprise that the libtarded media elite like Harper derogate Bush because they despise his casual way of dressing, his down-to-earth, straightforward demeanor, and his earnest sense of style. That’s why Bush dresses… [blah blah blah blah].

    Spewed by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

    Fool.


  86. sconset Says:

    He looks like he has a pair of culottes on–women wear them golfing. I can believe he has the seal of the US on his socks.

    This clown wears very expensive, custom made suits by a tailor a few blocks from the WH. I read an article about him–his suits are between $2500-4000 a pop. This same tailor made his father’s suits also.

    In that picture where he is sporting his crocs, he looks like a girl in a school uniform–maybe that was the look he was going for.


  87. nanlichi Says:

    Caption:

    “No you didn’t get me! You said Green Light! Mommy!!!”


  88. Blackswell Says:

    ‘Floods’ and cowboy boots


  89. This Machine Kills Fascists Says:

    #4
    Bit of a fluff piece, but I might as well contribute with this embarassing shot:

    http://www.littlerubbershoes.com/post/174

    Comment by a patriot acting — August 17, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

    Oh sweet Jeebus, he’s wearing PRESIDENTIAL SEAL SOCKS with his high tech clogs.


  90. WC Says:

    Caption contest:

    “Make…my…day!”

    “Are my sleeves short enough? Do they show my “guns”?

    “Somebody call Brownie and get his opinion on my ‘look.’ He got good advice during that Hurricane Katrina thing.”


  91. Theresa Says:

    Caption Contest:

    I’m baaaaaad…. I’m Nationwide….

    My apologies to those other Texas boys, ZZ Top.


  92. Zooey Says:

    #69 ~ reminds me of a certain Ruprecht in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”///
    Comment by RUCerious — August 17, 2007 @ 3:59 pm

    Corks on the dinner table….


  93. Vet Says:

    This is the best Caption Contest EVER!!! I can’t stop laughing.


  94. WC Says:

    Caption contest:

    Bush: “Is the front of my shirt straight?”

    Aide: “No, sir, the part that is buttoned is crooked.”

    Bush: “I’m The Decider, and I say it’s straight!”

    Aide: “Whatever.”

    (Gosh, I wonder if Bush will cry when he reads our caption contests?)


  95. Zooey Says:

    This is the best Caption Contest EVER!!! I can’t stop laughing.
    Comment by Vet — August 17, 2007 @ 4:17 pm

    You must have missed “The Onion Ring Incident.” :D


  96. GSD Says:

    Chimpy is reading fashion reviews this summer instead of the Presidential Daily Brief that warns “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in America”.

    Keep up the lame work you useless putz.

    -GSD


  97. Yikes Says:

    That’s why Bush dresses in jeans, with a cowboy hat, and in casual clothing: because he’s humble and unassuming.

    LOL Oh damn I need to change my pants now.


  98. Vet Says:

    Caption Contest: That damn Laura! First she packs my pants that don’t fit…then she fergets to pack the iron. I gotta find me a quaint document to piss on!


  99. GSD Says:

    Crocs for a crock.

    -GSD


  100. Yikes Says:

    “I love these new fangled short sleeve shirts.”


  101. Zooey Says:

    (Gosh, I wonder if Bush will cry when he reads our caption contests?)
    Comment by WC — August 17, 2007 @ 4:19 pm

    Faiz will get a call from Dana Perino. :-D


  102. Yikes Says:

    “Look, my Tiger Woods impression.”


  103. Zimzone Says:

    Note his left arm is longer than his right.

    Common among Chimps & earlier primates, or those homo sapiens practicing frequent masturbation.


  104. WC Says:

    Caption Contest:

    “You think I look tough now. Just wait until someone on the Internets posts a picture of me wearing my Crocs.”


  105. The Crapture Says:

    Message to the president and Dana Peroxide: BOO F***ING HOO If that walking display of arrested development had his feelings hurt by a fashion critique. If that punk Motherf***er wants to portray himself as some kind of tough guy who claims to sleep well ins spite of all of the lies he’s told and families he’s helped destroy than he better act like his skin is thick enough to match his impermeable head.

    in short, he needs to grow the f*** up


  106. postxian Says:

    George W. Bush is a redneck in the same sense that Marie Antoinette was a shepherdess. You can dress him up, but he’s still a phony. And he knows it, hence the sensitivity.


  107. hellinabucket Says:

    caption:

    (left foot, right foot, left foot now scowl, left foot or was it right, damn)


  108. BuckarooBanzai Says:

    It’s the picture you don’t see that would be priceless. W raiding Laura’s closet for a little slip and some heels. A little lipstick. Then he’s off to Karl’s Guest Cottage.


  109. WC Says:

    Comment by Zimzone — August 17, 2007 @ 4:22 pm

    That or his Texas swagger is much exaggerated…


  110. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Caption Contest:

    Chimpy: “What? Tony, I left my codpiece on the bed, fetch it will ya?”


  111. LIL SERF Says:

    The jokes are pretty good in here today, but I have a question.

    Doesn’t ANYONE find it just a LITTLE disconcerting, that the White House Deputy Press Secretary is calling a fashion magazine in what could only be deemed a threatening manner, about an article in the free press about CLOTHING?

    Doesn’t ANYONE see a problem with this, or is it just me?


  112. socrates Says:

    He reads???


  113. Godless "Christian" Right Says:

    He looks like a macho boy to me.


  114. nanlichi Says:

    Remember that scene in BraveHeart when the King of England comes back to find his son playing dress-up and throws his lover out the window?

    Bush is overly concerned with fashion. But what would you expect from a cheerleader, now really?


  115. BuckarooBanzai Says:

    Caption Contest:
    “Dag, in this 100 degree heat, these damn sansabelt slacks have melted into the crack of my a**. “


  116. BuckarooBanzai Says:

    Caption Contest:
    “Freakin’ Secret Service…hiding my bike again!”


  117. tas Says:

    He doesn’t read newspapers. Liars.


  118. Tom Says:

    All hat and NO cattle. Yep, he’s our preznit. makes you sorta proud doesn’t it? Hand me that bucket will ya hon?


  119. WC Says:

    Faiz will get a call from Dana Perino. :-D

    Comment by Zooey — August 17, 2007 @ 4:21 pm

    I’m personally hoping for a 15 minute discussion on Fox with the headline at the bottom of the screen reading:

    “Is blog-based ridicule of President Bush’s wardrobe responsible for this week’s stock market volatility?”


  120. LIL SERF Says:

    During the middle of a war, with Americans dying in Iraq, possible revolution in Pakistan, threats of war with Iran, an impending recession where thousands of Americans are losing their homes, and a couple dozen other serious issues, our President is on vacation in Crawdad Texass, pulling weeds, and his Deputy Press Secretary is calling SMALL MAGAZINES and STRONG ARMING THEM over a freaking FASHION PEICE!!!!!!

    Does ANYONE see just a small problem with this?


  121. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Comment by LIL SERF — August 17, 2007 @ 4:26 pm

    In the context that this man has control of the deadliest arsenal of weapons in history and does so, yes. He is in the ‘bunker’ now… very dangerous times are likely.


  122. Zimzone Says:

    Buckaroo, good to hear from you!

    Caption:
    ‘Condi, I know you’re hiding in my bush!’


  123. Ranger Jay Says:

    “No, he’s a Connecticut blue-blood preppy frat boy with a speech defect.”

    So true. You left out “dry drunk,” though…

    He’s no more a Texan than Tony Blair.


  124. BuckarooBanzai Says:

    Caption Contest:
    “Someone up at the ranch house said there was a Cindy Sheahan here to meet me and talk about the war. I’ll show her.”


  125. Vet Says:

    Does ANYONE see just a small problem with this?

    Comment by LIL SERF — August 17, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
    —————————–
    I’m sure everyone here, except the trolls, see a HUGE problem with this. The picture is just too damn funny to pass up - plus a lot of us spend a LOT of time expressing our anger about the many, many, many problems with this regime every day on this site - so a little levity should be forgiven.


  126. Republicans Can't Govern. Says:

    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs

    Your signature hyperlink points to Huffington Post! Hahahahaha!!! I think I’ll click it and send Arianna a little ad revenue to fund her Progressive agenda!!! Wheeeee!


  127. WaltTheMan Says:

    Comment by socrates — August 17, 2007 @ 4:28 pm

    Read my #10.


  128. WC Says:

    Remember that great sitcom “Green Acres” in which Mr. Douglas would wear suits when he did farm work? The locals would give names to each suit, like “plowing suit” or “milking suit” based on what task he was performing.

    Which outfit is Bush wearing???


  129. LIL SERF Says:

    I’m scared Terry. Wall Street is in a crisis.

    And this President, the man who took a 1.6 TRILLION dollar surplus that Bill Clinton handed him, and SQAUNDERED IT, divying it up in TINY INSIGNIFICANT amounts, (300 and 600 dollars) and just handed it out to the people in his first few months in office and THEN, he took us into war spending 700 BILLION dollars that we didn’t have and counting, , this President, is wallowing away the hours pulling weeds in the squalor that is Crawdad, while the country collapses around him.

    I’ve been worried for a while, but for the first time, I’m actually scared.


  130. VerbalKint Says:

    #19 What a bizarre take.


  131. Mikey Says:

    I suppose he liked the way he looked in his cheerleader uniform. And #19, are you conservathugs so far up Bush’s ass that you have to defend his fashion sense too? Good god how pathetic.


  132. LIL SERF Says:

    Remember that great sitcom “Green Acres” in which Mr. Douglas would wear suits when he did farm work?

    Comment by WC — August 17, 2007 @ 4:37 pm

    Yea but Bush reminds me more of Mr Haney.

    :|

    Or Ebb.


  133. nanlichi Says:

    Oh yes, LIL SERF, there is much to be worried about. I think this fashion nonsense is very much part of the overall danger. Bush is and always has been inadequate. He has the thin skin of a coward. But he also had the money and connections to force people to like him and fawn over him. Now he has the power of the most powerful nation and he is the same weak little coward that can’t stand it when people make fun of him.

    He is concerned about his image of being weak. Like the old joke about the mute and the preacher and the stolen collection plate. “He says you don’t have the balls to pull the trigger!”

    I am afraid that Bush will do something very, very stupid before he is thrown out of office, just to prove that he has the balls to push the button.


  134. Republicans Can't Govern. Says:

    #132.

    Hahaha! I was thinking more of Arnold Ziffle.


  135. KELSO Says:

    I have that paper here in my recycle bin. It wasn’t just about Bush, there was fashion comments about LBJ and Reagan too.

    It was in the Life and Arts section, not exactly front page. I’m surprised that someone even read that article to the President that ‘doesn’t read the papers’.


  136. Theresa Says:

    Caption Contest:

    “Damn, I just hate that under arm sting I get after shaving.”


  137. RUCerious Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.

    Comment by joseph Hill — August 17, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

    You, sir, may bite me.


  138. LIL SERF Says:

    so a little levity should be forgiven.

    Comment by Vet — August 17, 2007 @ 4:35 pm

    Oh I’m not criticizing the levity Vet. I’m the first to crack a joke. Heck I encourage it.

    I just didn’t see any comments pointing out the absolute INSANITY of the WHITE HOUSE, calling a local magazine to pressure them over a freaking FASHION article during a time of so called war.

    But you guys are exceptionally funny today, which always makes my day.


  139. hellinabucket Says:

    venting is a good thing


  140. TerrytheTurtle Says:

    Caption Contest:

    Chimpy: “Why do I walk like this? Keeps the pit stains off my shirt, Poindexter”


  141. . Says:

    this is shure a sheer blouse…. do my nipples show?


  142. LIL SERF Says:

    He is concerned about his image of being weak.

    Comment by nanlichi — August 17, 2007 @ 4:39 pm

    You’re right.

    Any REAL man like he’s trying to pretend to be would have just shrugged it off and said “SO?”.

    But not Bush.

    He brings the full weight of the White House down on a small newspaper to silence the fashion critique.

    Its BIZARRE. I mean really BIZARRE.


  143. WC Says:

    Hahaha! I was thinking more of Arnold Ziffle.

    Comment by Republicans Can’t Govern. — August 17, 2007 @ 4:40 pm

    Arnold could turn on a TV all by himself, which is a hell of a lot more than this President, who must have aides produce a DVD of the day’s news for him to watch, can do.

    Maybe Bush is like the Monroe Brothers, who were incompetent and could never finish any project they started. ‘Cept they were much more comical.


  144. LIL SERF Says:

    Hahaha! I was thinking more of Arnold Ziffle.

    Comment by Republicans Can’t Govern. — August 17, 2007 @ 4:40 pm

    Yea but wasn’t Arnold the pi…..

    :o

    aahhh, I see.


  145. WC Says:

    Comment by LIL SERF — August 17, 2007 @ 4:46 pm

    I’m actually surprised that Mom and Pop Bush haven’t chimed in once again to say how upset they, too, get when someone is critical of their boy.


  146. Wayne Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.
    Comment by joseph Hill

    Print the list out, fold it neatly, hold it in your right hand, then shove it all the way up your posterior elbow deep. Leave it there with your head.


  147. Republicans Can't Govern. Says:

    A pig that can turn on a television. Now that’s comedy, people!


  148. . Says:

    howdyou like my velcro belt buckle?


  149. BushEtAlAreScum Says:

    Like any good narcissistic sociopath, the Great Fascist Chickenhawk has his priorities well in order.


  150. WC Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.

    Comment by joseph Hill — August 17, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

    Good.


  151. LIL SERF Says:

    You guys are right. Bush is more like Arnold. At least their vocabulary is similar.

    Cheney’s Mr Haney, because he’s always selling us something he claims is working that is completely broken.


  152. Wayne Says:

    He brings the full weight of the White House down on a small newspaper to silence the fashion critique.
    Its BIZARRE. I mean really BIZARRE.
    Comment by LIL SERF

    “That makes sense to me, don’t it?”
    ~ George W. Bush, 2006-06-06


  153. LIL SERF Says:

    Here’s Haney Cheney;

    “today and today only I can offer you my new fangled super charged 100 percent biodegradable terrorist discomboobalator,….. for the low low price of only 650 billion dollars…. tax not included…”


  154. Fred Says:

    I can’t believe this… he READS???


  155. KELSO Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.

    Comment by joseph Hill — August 17, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

    Is it for quality assurance purposes?


  156. Damian Says:

    It’s no surprise that the libtarded media elite like Harper derogate Bush because they despise his casual way of dressing, his down-to-earth, straightforward demeanor, and his earnest sense of style. That’s why Bush dresses… [blah blah blah blah].

    Spewed by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    ROTFL!

    “Media elite”, “derogate”, and “earnest sense of style” — bahahahahahah!!!


  157. OxyCon Says:

    Dana Perino must be so proud of her job as Bush’s fashionista police chief.


  158. upside00 Says:

    Does he practice walking around with his arms out like that? Trying to look like a tough guy.

    Comment by margaret — August 17, 2007 @ 3:22 pm

    What you are seeing is the patent-pending Waco Texas Redneck Swagger. It is performed by anyone from the vicinity of Waco and/or have attended Baylor U.


  159. Mikey Says:

    I’d think that his mom should be the one pissed off. Do you really think Bush dresses himself?


  160. Wayne Says:

    Is it for quality assurance purposes?
    Comment by KELSO

    probably like the message we SHOULD hear every time we make a phone call now.

    **click*click** This call may be monitored or recorded to insure the highest quality of your Patriotism.**click*click**


  161. LIL SERF Says:

    And by the way, while the economy is falling on its ass, Americans are dying in Iraq, and Pakistan is facing an overthrow that will put nukes in Bin Ladens hands, and Bush is off walking the runway in Crawdad, Russia and China are as we speak, performing ANOTHER series of joint tactical war games, this time in Russia.

    The Chinese Russian alliance is getting ready to defend Iran, and maybe even to drive us out of Iraq.

    Watch.


  162. KELSO Says:

    I hate it when the derogate stuff too.

    lol


  163. W Says:

    MommaBabs says Garanimals never go out of style


  164. War4Sale Says:

    Boo-hoo!!!

    It would be nice if American journalists had the balls to tell Dumbya’s lackeys to go Cheney themselves, but courage is in short supply in the corporate media these days.


  165. hellinabucket Says:

    Comment by LIL SERF — August 17, 2007 @ 5:04 pm

    The rod up your butt must have a rod up it’s butt.

    Thanks Steph.


  166. Hudson Says:

    Bush was a *male cheerleader* in prep school/college. At least his father (hardly a paragon of macho) played baseball.

    I don’t understand why the Dems haven’t worked the cheerleader angle as a response to the ridiculous haircut/fashion jibes thrown out at Gore, Kerry, Edwards, etc.


  167. LIL SERF Says:

    The rod up your butt must have a rod up it’s butt.

    Thanks Steph.

    Comment by hellinabucket — August 17, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

    ???


  168. ac Says:

    Caption contest:

    Let me see ya take a walk with me.

    Just walk with me.

    Take a walk with me. C’mon,

    And make your neck work.

    Now freeze.


  169. trippin Says:

    CAPTION CONTEST:

    “Karl was right: these boots keep my knuckles from draggin’ when I walk.”


  170. Gregor Samsa Says:

    Test


  171. hellinabucket Says:

    a comment from a radio show.


  172. Anon Says:

    Consider himself lucky to be able to express his view. In the future, if he’s seen wearing prison garb, he won’t have an easy time complaining to the fashion police.


  173. Bruce Says:

    He should invite his pants down to meet his shoes.


  174. I.B.Leary Says:

    Caption contest: “Hey look Laura! Ima Moonwalkin!”


  175. celtic cynic Says:

    And why is this important, other than to ridicule the so-called press and the so-called president???????


  176. LIL SERF Says:

    Caption Contest: “I call this my ‘Walter Brennan stride’… heh heh


  177. bcinaz Says:

    All Belt Buckle - No Conscience.


  178. ORION Says:

    Caption Song: I wanna Be A Cowboy

    I Wanna Be A Cowboy
    Boys Don’t Cry

    Riding on the range,
    I’ve got my hat - on,
    I’ve got my boots - dusty.

    I’ve got my saddle
    On my horse.
    He’s called….T-t-t-t-t-trigger
    Of course.

    I wanna be a cowboy
    and you can be my cowgirl
    I wanna be a cowboy
    and you can be my cowgirl
    I wanna be a cowboy

    (woman’s voice)
    Riding on the chuck wagon,
    Following my man.
    His name is Ted,
    Can you believe that?
    Camping on the prairie
    Plays havoc with my hair.
    Makes me feel quite dirty,
    Though we all do sometimes

    I wanna be a cowboy
    and you can be my cowgirl
    I wanna be a cowboy
    and you can be my cowgirl
    I wanna be a cowboy

    Looking like a hero,
    Six-gun at my side,
    Chewing my tobacco.
    Out on the horizon,
    I see a puff of smoke.
    Indians on the warpath,
    (Indian voice) White man speak-em with forked tongue.
    Or not.

    I wanna be a cowboy
    and you can be my cowgirl
    I wanna be a cowboy

    My name is Ted,
    And one day I’ll be dead yo yo


  179. Tracy Says:

    #44

    Comment by WaltTheMan — August 17, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

    The people of Conneticut have nothing to be proud of considering their pathetic laws that protect children from child predators. George Bush being born in that state should be considered one of their prouder moments.


  180. JSG Says:

    He’s unhappy about the way the article portrayed his lack of fashion sense… but typical GWB, he isn’t unhappy enough to do anything about it (aside from bullying people into ignoring it).

    Remember, as the God-Emperor, GWB makes no mistakes. The mistake lies in all of us, instead.


  181. upside00 Says:

    Wonder if he dresses any different now than when he was snorting. Probably avoided darker clothes back then…. showed less overflow.


  182. pakaal Says:

    Bush has been quoted as saying he doesn’t read newspapers - which I always assumed was the reason why he seems so woefully underinformed on national and world issues. But lo and behold, it turns out he does take note of Harpers Magazine fashion commentary. Perhaps we can rephrase the Iraq war etc., in terms of “ill-fitting suits” and “fashion suicide” or something so he can understand what’s going on over there? Just a thought.


  183. RUCerious Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.

    Comment by joseph Hill — August 17, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

    OK, Get it right, that’s

    Ragnar Ulysses Cerious,
    666 Devil’s Food Cake Court
    Hades, Earth.


  184. Jeannie See Says:

    Wait a minute…..He’s more upset about an article about his choice in clothing than he is about the article where he proclaimed himself that not only could he not speak french but that he didn’t speak english very well????


  185. RUCerious Says:

    he does take note of Harpers Magazine fashion

    Nah, some flunky in the basement saw this article, figured he’d score some brown nose points, sure enough, it worked.


  186. ronjazz Says:

    yeah, the people of Connecticut are real proud of the Deserter-In-Chief’s cheerleading career. Texas can have that fool, they have the room and the attitude for him.


  187. Cerico Says:

    Too bad we just can’t call up bush and say we are unhappy with the way he governs. Thats a bit more important than fashion.


  188. ronjazz Says:

    Which outfit is Bush wearing???

    Comment by WC — August 17, 2007 @ 4:37 pm

    The shiteating ignoramus one, as usual.


  189. ronjazz Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.

    Comment by joseph Hill — August 17, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

    and promptly lost by Michael Brown.


  190. KiP Says:

    Actually W is a Conneticut Yankee.

    Comment by WaltTheMan — August 17, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

    That reminds me of the King of the Hill episode when the gang teases Hank for being born in NYC. I imagine some real Texans regard W in a similar manner…


  191. jack jett Says:

    I thought he looked like a guy in a 70’s gay porn film.

    He probably would consider that a compliment.

    It is nice to know something that gets his (pet) goat.

    jack jett
    http://www.jackejett.com


  192. ac Says:

    Bush noticing that article on his fashion sense is so gay….

    gay, gay, gaydie, gay.


  193. ac Says:

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that!


  194. wmholt Says:

    You would think that he would be too busy for this type of concern.

    No, wait, that’s Dick Cheney that’s busy. I’ll bet Dick takes only 10% of the vacation time that Dickless does.


  195. upright left Says:

    “sweaty, tough ranch hand.”
    Sounds like Mr. Bush is doing gay porn now….

    Comment by dim wit — August 17, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
    Because of a comment by a gay reporter? ;)


  196. Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Says:

    Bush’s next saturday address:

    “We are not amused. We demand that the miscreant who spread this sedition be arrested at once! We will countenance no criticism of the royal cowboy garb.”


  197. maryhaze Says:

    the bigger the buckle, the smaller the……….


  198. tr Says:

    bush would look a lot better in prison garb.


  199. Doc Rock Says:

    Second the motion


  200. Zooey Says:

    names of those making these comments are recorded for future reference.
    Comment by joseph Hill — August 17, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

    Just make sure you spell my name right, ok?

    That’s Z-0-0-E-Y, of the San Diego Zookeepers — not the San Francisco Zookeepers.


  201. upright left Says:

    That’s his way of asserting he is the Alpha Male. True alphas don’t have to assert, they just are.
    Comment by che — August 17, 2007 @ 3:46 pm

    According to Ludeman and Erlandson, alpha males tend to fall into one of four types:

    Commanders. Intense, charismatic leaders who set the tone, mobilize the troops and infuse an organization with energy without necessarily getting into details. (They cite George Bush, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump as examples.)

    From CNN, the most trusted name in news!

    http://www.cnn.com/ 2007/ US/ Careers/ 04/ 16/ cb.alpha/ index.html


  202. Sharon Says:

    You all are the greatest….I managed to laugh with out spitting untill I got to the #197 by maryhaze, should of known better,,” the bigger the buckle the smaller the” made me spray my monitor with coffee..Good one..

    For the tiny black hearted little troll’s that are keeping score I am weighing in..Be sure and make triple copies, you know how good(not ) home land security is and the justice dept with gonzo in charge will “not recall”..Please let heir leader in charge of brush (only) he dresses and act’s like a sniveling bumble, is the worst president ever and only 26% of the other lousy dressers like him…Blessings all.


  203. RUCerious Says:

    All true American Cowboys should be filing a defamation of collective character suit against this phony ass puke.
    For willfully inflicting irreperable harm to the image of their group.
    Treble damages, not payable in Paraguayan currency.


  204. Sharon Says:

    Good one RUCerious…I think the wacko girlie man that hold’s hand’s with princes in dresses should dress up in a burka…It would suit him better and we woulden’t have to look at his ugly beak and phoney dress up..Blessings


  205. BlackSheep1 Says:

    You have got to be kidding me.
    Dude, the cat in CD’s bar set puked up better looking stuff than that photo.


  206. LIL SERF Says:

    Caption Contest; “when I find that horse I’m waterboarding him”


  207. david Says:

    Let me get this straight: Out of all the articles about the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, Global Warming, Subprime mortgages, and the erosion of civil rights in America, the president reads one about how he’s dressing down on the ranch and that gets him so riled up that he has his people complain.

    What the….? Is this idiot living in a bubble or what!!!!


  208. Rich Says:

    Like anyone gives a shit about what Perino has to say about anything.


  209. W Says:

    -I take up a lot of room…my brain doesn’t


  210. daver9 Says:

    three things…
    1. remember when Stevie Nicks had her “people” call David Letterman and told him to stop making jokes about her? Yeah, cokehead crazy at the time.
    Same deal with boy George.
    2. Robert Caro’s book on Lyndon Johnson described the Texas Johnsons as men who could “strut sitting down.” LOL!
    3. the idiot son thinks he’s staring in his own movie, but he’s a worse “acting president ” than Ronnie R.. In conclusion Bush is the worst kind of politician, he wanted to get elected to “be somebody”, not “do something.” Horrible Horrible human being.


  211. Rich Says:

    Reagan was a much better president that Bush by many orders of magnitude.

    When the budget got out of balance, Reagan raised taxes, Bush won’t.

    When Lebanon turned bad, he got out. Bush won’t get out of Iraq.

    Reagan had no foreign policy fiasco anywhere near as bad as Iraq.

    There really is no comparison


  212. Kuycha Says:

    Hey, Dana Perino, how do you spell sychophant?


  213. Kuycha Says:

    PS - Hey Rich, when you say “Reagan was a much better president that Bush by many orders of magnitude…”, you do know that Ron Jr never became President…

    If you’re talking about his dad, the dottering old fool who tried to “trickle” us to death, he was just a lying old gasbag surrounded by evil puppeteers. Bush is just an evil, lying dumbass - and his puppeteers just as eveil and almost as dumb.


  214. withasigh Says:

    Bush reads newspapers?


  215. Solitaire Says:

    I just can’t understand why Deputy Secretary Dana Perino thought that Bush’s reaction to the article should be reported to the author. Is this a customary thing to do? If not, what in the world made Perino think the author cared about Georgie’s comfort level?
    What is that all about? Is that a veiled threat?
    Very odd.


  216. Rich Says:

    Kuycha

    “If you’re talking about his dad, the dottering old fool who tried to “trickle” us to death, he was just a lying old gasbag surrounded by evil puppeteers. Bush is just an evil, lying dumbass - and his puppeteers just as eveil and almost as dumb.”

    I think your point of view risks understating just how bad Bush is. He is the most incompetent and prevaricating president ever. He is impervious to reality and the country has suffered as a result.

    I am not arguing that Reagan was a good president, but he was nowhere near as bad as Bush. It’s not even close, and their respective records demonstrate that.


  217. Lora Says:

    That’s why Bush dresses in jeans, with a cowboy hat, and in casual clothing: because he’s humble and unassuming. Now, the Statesman reporter, Harper, obviously demeans everyone (read: most Americans) for dressing casually because to him, only Armani suits ……are what suit his leftarded tastes.
    Comment by Libsaregirliemenwithnoballs — August 17, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

    Oh, yes, Bush, the guy who tells the super-r