Majority of Americans disagree with Andrew Card: Jacket and tie not necessary in Oval Office.
Majority of Americans disagree with Andrew Card: Jacket and tie not necessary in Oval Office.
Last month, former Bush chief of staff Andrew Card criticized President Obama for not requiring a jacket and tie in the Oval Office, claiming that it brought a “kind of locker room experience” to the White House. Obama Senior Adviser David Axelrod hit back at Card recently, saying that “[w]e’re wearing short sleeves because we have to roll up our sleeves and clean up the mess that we inherited.” According to a new Fox News poll, 68 percent of Americans agree with Obama and Axelrod:
But when Obama decided to ditch the suit coat in the Oval Office some people took offense, such as former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card who said there should be a “dress code of respect” in the White House. The public is a little more button-downed about it: 68 percent are okay with a more “relaxed and casual” dress code, while 26 percent think a coat and tie should be required in the Oval Office.
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Andy sure cuts a fine figure of manhood there in his “charlie-brown-goes-to-the-flea-market” getup.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:58 pmThe public is a little more button-downed about it: 68 percent are okay with a more “relaxed and casual” dress code, while 26 percent think a coat and tie should be required in the Oval Office.
Hmmm. 26%. Why does that sound so familiar?
February 19th, 2009 at 3:59 pmThey could all be in thongs just as long as they run this country better than the last Administration.
okay, not all of them in thongs…that was a disturbing image….
February 19th, 2009 at 3:59 pmAndy Andy Card should never go anywhere in shorts or without his bra. Quite the moobs!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:00 pmcaption…
“Have you seen my mom?”
February 19th, 2009 at 4:01 pmDude has some serious man-boobs! ROTFL! Seriously, America is in too much hot water to worry about this shyte!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:03 pmWell, when you consider the “brag sheet” of all that went on in the West Wing during Card’s tenure, perhaps the dress code is about all he’s got.
Personally, I wish the current staff would turn the heat down a couple of notches and put on sweaters if they find jackets and ties too constricting — from a conservation standpoint, not because I give a rip about what they wear. But that’s a small nit to pick, and winter will give way to A/C weather soon.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:05 pmAndrew Card really needs to stop playing the Mr. Blackwell of the Beltway role.
We’re talking about a guy who was basically a chimp in a business suit under Bush.
Then again, you could apply that saying to the whole administration.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:06 pmOh dear lawd! At least I know why Andy Card usually wears a suit and tie. To cover up his manboobs and his THOs!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:07 pmYIKES!
I think this poor country has many, many more important things to discuss – not Card’s stoopid opinion about sleeves and jackets. And then to enlist a poll to determine if the newly poverty stricken citizens care one way or the other. I mean, we lost tens of trillions of wealth the last few months and this is what is getting airplay? It is truly no wonder this country is doomed. We care about things which don’t matter, and ignore issues requiring attention.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:08 pmgummitch Says:
The public is a little more button-downed about it: 68 percent are okay with a more “relaxed and casual” dress code, while 26 percent think a coat and tie should be required in the Oval Office.
Hmmm. 26%. Why does that sound so familiar?
Haha, thought the same thing. It’s all the people who still think Bush was a good presidunce.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:08 pmWe could just start referring to that fraction of the populace as “The Quisling Quarter”, which would be fun, because none of them would know what that means.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:10 pmIt is incredibly obvious that the only way Andy would possibly get a little respect is if he was dressed like an undertaker.
Personally I vote for large burlap sacks, a few rocks and a bridge drive by.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:10 pm..while 26 percent think a coat and tie should be required in the Oval Office…
Yeah, and that’s exactly what that non-thinkning 26% got in the Oval Office:
a coat and a tie AKA an empty suit.
Empty f***ing head, too!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:11 pmtombaker Says:
We could just start referring to that fraction of the populace as “The Quisling Quarter”, which would be fun, because none of them would know what that means.
Awesome!!!
Seriously though, what do you think that 26% “slice” breaks down into as far as age, ethnicity etc?
I’m thinking, 75%+ of the 26% are 65 or older. 98% of them are white. Porbably 60% are men. See the trend?
February 19th, 2009 at 4:12 pmThis should read “buttoned-down”, not “button-downed”. I think that in order to address the public, one should be required to pass a basic English grammar test. I heard another brilliant “newsperson” the other day talk about “runner-ups”.
Aargh!! The stupid, it hurts. Don’t even get me started on syntax.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:12 pmThey should bring back buckled shoes, monocles, knickbockers and powdered wigs. Then it would be reaaaally formal and therefore efficient and effective.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:13 pmDRxJ Says:
Oh dear lawd! At least I know why Andy Card usually wears a suit and tie. To cover up his manboobs and his THOs!!!
YIKES!
Andy’s “milkshake” made Dick Cheney realize the gay gene really existed in him all along.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:13 pmArghh.. Not those man boobs again!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:13 pmSome days you can only measure your success by how trivial your complaints get.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pmAgreed Tweed – you nailed the skew on that batch, and it would also fairly describe the historical Quislings.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pmI’m on-board tom. Great term you just coined.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:16 pm26 per cent are getting GOP kick back money. Remember Clothes Don’t Make The Man as we have seen for 8 years with the Bush Administration. Now Card is doing this best to protect Bush and Cheney but he to will be indicted let’s see if Bush/Cheney speak up for Card. Remember Libby was left hanging and will go to jail.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pmDon’t talk about taxing sin you’ll make republiscum heads explode at the thought of another tax.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pmTweedster Says:
They should bring back buckled shoes, monocles, knickbockers and powdered wigs. Then it would be reaaaally formal and therefore efficient and effective.
Damn right. Have you ever watched scenes in a British courtroom? Robes, wigs, the whole bit. We need a little more seriousness like that!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pmcaption:
“i haven’t changed my underwear in over two weeks.”
^
February 19th, 2009 at 4:21 pmI don’t care if they wear Toga’s as long as they actually get things done.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:24 pm68 percent are okay with a more “relaxed and casual” dress code, while 26 percent think a coat and tie should be required in the Oval Office.
Shocker. You mean the same 26% who have blindly supported every move Bush has made for eight years? *rolls eyes*
February 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pmI once had a boss who was too stupid to even realize who was doing an effective job in the building. So, since he didn’t know good work when he saw it, he focused on little things that even HE could understand:
What time you arrived
How you dressed
What time you left
If you had your paperwork submitted by a certain deadline
Effective leaders know how to lead effectively
February 19th, 2009 at 4:30 pmIneffective leaders “boss.”
For RepuBillys, perception is always more important than reality or actual results
For RepuBillys, murdering 100’s of thousands (Iraqis) and looting over $6 trillion in generation-theft deficit with (0) nothing of substance, benefit or improvement to America to show for it is “great leadership”
- as long as you look good (as the policy with most large crime families) while doin’ all the “Criminalizing“…
February 19th, 2009 at 4:34 pmMyOwnPeace… I have a question for you. Since you obviously know it all, was this the owner of the business and were they profitable?
Sounds like whining to me skippy…
February 19th, 2009 at 4:36 pm…26 percent think a coat and tie should be required…
Mmmmm, I wonder who these “sticks up their butts” are…
….the same who approved of “the failure in a suit and tie” Bush?
Me thinks so….LOL….Losers.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:36 pmSaint Augustine,
I knew someone would bring up “sin tax”, although my money was on dbadass to step up. Truth is, if there were a sin tax I’d have been broke my whole life.
Broke…but smiling. Heh.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pmWhy is America broken? Because for the past 8 years these morons have focused on the shallow, superficial stupidities and left the important things go to hell in a hand basket.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pmHey Krystalviews… absolutely no doubt. I mean this 2 or 3 trillion that the President is gonna spend, is sooooo worth it. We absolutely NEED that frisbee golf course. How come the Republicans don’t see that!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:42 pmHmmm. 26%. Why does that sound so familiar?
Henceforth known as the New Permanent Minority Party of Backwood Thinking Regressives, aka, the GOP base.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:43 pmAfter stealing over $6,000,000,000,000 in generational-theft from our Kids and Economy and still “war spending” over $20,000,000,000 per month for a non-war, surprised the RepuBillys have not yet pounced on the chance for more “pretend outrage” at Obama:
For wanting the White House “tropical” which may increase the heating bill by about $500 per month
That additional frivolous complaint would fit their deranged hypocrisy policy perfectly
February 19th, 2009 at 4:45 pmKhamron Says:
Hey Krystalviews… absolutely no doubt. I mean this 2 or 3 trillion that the President is gonna spend, is sooooo worth it. We absolutely NEED that frisbee golf course. How come the Republicans don’t see that!
Your attempts at sarcasm are lacking. Please desist. Frisbee golf will create more jobs than any tax cut given to the wealthy.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:46 pmI mean this 2 or 3 trillion that the President is gonna spend, is sooooo worth it.
Referring to your beloved Idiot-Boy-King who’s unfortunately already cost the U.S. this much and more?
February 19th, 2009 at 4:49 pmWasn’t Andy Card one of the thugs of the Bush Crime Family that lied us into an unnecessary war in Iraq? I thought so. He should take a seat and await his trial.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:51 pmKhamron, don’t run away from your snide remarks, we accept you as the idiot you prove yourself to be, but the question is: can you accept yourself?
February 19th, 2009 at 4:51 pmCaption:
Bota bags Rule!
February 19th, 2009 at 4:52 pmHey Khamron, since you’re so clever and know everything why don’t you contact Andy Card and tell him to put on his mansierre.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:53 pmActually, the added heating cost of maintaining a “Tropical” air temperature in the White House is balanced by less energy to cool it (higher temp setting) in the summer months
February 19th, 2009 at 4:56 pmBank kept 52000 secret Swiss accounts for US taxpayers, IRS says
MarketWatch – 1 hour ago
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — UBS AG kept as many as 52000 secret Swiss bank accounts for US taxpayers and the firm should turn over information on all of them, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.
well ok then…
February 19th, 2009 at 4:56 pmAndy Card ( and the rest of the crew like him) acts both awfully arrogant and like he (they)has (have) a broomstick shoved up his (their) a#*. They simply cannot understand simple things, like the fact that the American people would rather have the folks in the oval office do good work than just look good.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pmShayne
Mansierre ? LOL
heeeeeee heeeeee
February 19th, 2009 at 5:06 pmWhat is laughable about this statistic is that probably 92.7% of the 26% who stand firm for the coat and tie dress code don’t actually own a coat & tie.
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
February 19th, 2009 at 5:07 pmfrom ron suskind’s book, “the price of loyalty”:
“Go get me Andy Card,” Bush said to one of the Secret Service agents. Card, the designee as chief of staff, entered from an adjoining room. Along with Cheney, Card was running the transition, and he had a long history, having served every Republican President since Ronald Reagan took office. He is stolid and jovial, a man of solid, loyal character.
Bush looked impatiently at Card, hard-eyed. “You’re the chief of staff. You think you’re up to getting us some cheeseburgers?”
Card nodded. No one laughed. He all but raced out of the room.
O’Neill watched it all, not sure if he was seeing correctly. When he ran Alcoa, he had a rule if he was considering buying a company, and he bought many: See how the CEO interacts with the receptionist, the secretary, with whoever is at the very bottom. It’s a sign of how the boss values the people around him. It’s a character issue.
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memories, memories.
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February 19th, 2009 at 5:10 pmI agree with comments made previously that the press and everyone else for that matter should have much more important things to discuss than a dress code. But I do think that there should be a certain level of respect that an administration should have for tradition and a country’s history. The oval office has been home to all of the great presidents and should not be taken casually or approached with a laid back attitude. I would like to see a certain level of respect Obama has for the office and history, especially in his first few weeks on the job.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pmsecret service agents are go-fers?
February 19th, 2009 at 5:28 pmBro.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:49 pmKhamron Says:
MyOwnPeace… I have a question for you. Since you obviously know it all, was this the owner of the business and were they profitable?
Sounds like whining to me skippy…
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why don’t you ask the guy
in the picture?
he went around the white house tea bagging
in that outfit.
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or don’t you care?
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February 19th, 2009 at 6:01 pmWe all know that the GOPers are all for show – they are the potemkin party – a facade. They want you to think they are dignified as they work, but they are merely acting the part.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:41 pmThere is nothing dignified about destroying America and demoralizing its people — the main goal of the GOP.
hey card!!! you can dress up a low down dirty dispicable lieing sack of weasel turds in a suit but its still a low down dispicable lieing sack of weasel turds do ya feel me?? oh wait get your hands off me they smell like a low down despicable lieing sack of weasel turds heheheh
oh by the way my moobs are MAGNIFICENT
February 19th, 2009 at 6:48 pmCard belongs in prison for complicity to treason and war crimes.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:18 pmThat’s right LTdan. We libs just want to be naked. And we want everyone in the White House to work naked. We want you to keep your clothes on.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pmLTdan Says:
you libs just want to be naked
Not sure what is wrong with being naked. I think a clothing optional white house would be great. As long Ted Kennedy wasn’t allowed in.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:00 pmYou want to tell us about the traumatic experience you had with a hippy, LTdan. Did you see one?
February 19th, 2009 at 9:25 pmHere is a series of photos of Bush, Kennedy, Ford, Reagan, Carter, Clinton and Obama, all in the Oval office, none wearing jackets.
Case closed.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:03 pmLTdan Says:
You are just pathetic beyond belief.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:55 pmKhamron Says:
MyOwnPeace… I have a question for you. Since you obviously know it all, was this the owner of the business and were they profitable?
Sounds like whining to me skippy…
Sorry, TOOL (since we’re assigning “nicknames”), but your assumptions prove that it is easy to make an A$$ of yourself by doing such.
February 20th, 2009 at 8:45 amThe “business” was a school – he was a principal – and later relieved of duties for failed leadership.
I don’t care if the president is wearing his b-day suit, as long as he is a competent and effective leader, then that is all that should matter.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:42 pmObama is going to do what he always has that is what he damn well pleases.
March 28th, 2009 at 10:08 pm