National Review: Obama ‘frequently forgoes the necktie’…just like the Iranian regime does.
National Review: Obama ‘frequently forgoes the necktie’…just like the Iranian regime does.
One of the right wing’s favorite petty complaints about the Obama administration is over its dress code. Former Bush chief of staff Andrew Card has said that President Obama has brought a “kind of locker room experience” to the White House. The Washington Times yesterday published an account from an “observant source” who complained that “[f]lip-flops, tennis shoes, unbuttoned dress shirts with ties, and casual wear are now in style at the White House. Razors are out for men. Many male staffers seem to shave every couple of days.” Today, Andy McCarthy at the Corner takes another shot and in the same breath, invokes a comparison to the Iranian regime:
Derb, I’ve noticed that President Obama frequently forgoes the necktie — lately, even in public appearances. That reminded me — I have no idea why — that the Iranian regime has shunned the necktie ever since Khomeini pronounced it a symbol of Western decadence.
ThinkProgress has not yet found any correlation between how well a man does as President and how often he wears a necktie. And not surprisingly, the American public doesn’t think it’s a big deal either. But for the record, while President, Bush also occasionally ditched his tie:
Earlier this year, White House adviser David Axelrod responded to Card’s criticisms, saying, “We’re wearing short sleeves because we have to roll up our sleeves and clean up the mess that we inherited.”
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August 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pmFormer Bush chief of staff Andrew Card has said that President Obama has brought a “kind of locker room experience” to the White House.
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Well… it sure beats the kind of rustic, folksy “outhouse experience” Bush brought w/ him.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pmFirst it was the flag lapel pin.
Next it was working in the Oval Office without a jacket.
Now it is absence of next tie.
All lies.
At least, this president can tie his own shoelaces.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pmOr that unmistakable ambiance of “rolling in cow flops” that swatchie brings w/ him…
August 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pmWhen Bush wore the flight suit, that reminded me — I have no idea why — that Iranian pilots also wear flight suits.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pmNational Review: Obama ‘frequently forgoes the necktie’…just like the Iranian regime does too.
That is just pathetic.
Andy McCarthy, you are a sad case.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pmI think watchpoopy’s tapeworm has invaded what’s left of his brain.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pmwatchdog shrieked:
Bush did it! Bush did it! Bush did it! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
That was a hilariously stupid rebuttal even by your standards, watchdog. I suppose you’ll come back in five minutes and start whining that some “namestealer” was the one who really posted it.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pmI’m all for Republiscums wearing ties around their necks – as long as the other end is attached to a tree limb.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pmA Patriotic Anopheles Acting reports:
National Review frequently forgoes journalistic integrity…just like every other Right Wing media outlet does too.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pmwell, i for one, was immensely gratified to know that over 85%
of TODAY show viewers thought it was OK that michelle wore SHORTS
on her vacation last week in 100+ degree weather…
jeesh…
out to mow…
August 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pmwe finally had measurable rain yesterday…
Chyron HR says:
I suppose you’ll come back in five minutes and start whining that some “namestealer” was the one who really posted it.
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If that’s the case… then I reckon we’ll be served that chilled white whine purty darn often…
August 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pmI think watchpoop’s tapeworm has invaded the remainder of his brain.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pmOk, sorry for the double post. I thought it got lost in the WP ether.
More for watchpoop to vote down!
August 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pmThe point is not whinning that Bush did it too, it is now they criticize Obama for the same things that Bush did. So we have to ask why are things that were ok then are not ok now? My guess: racism.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:55 pmA Patriotic Anopheles Acting reports:
National Review frequently forgoes journalistic integrity…
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I think you misspoke…
Didn’t you REALLY mean to say:
National Review is a complete stranger to journalistic integrity…
There… better, no?
August 20th, 2009 at 1:55 pmThat reminded me — I have no idea why —
My guess is a chemical imbalance.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:55 pmfish floppin on the beach out of water.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:56 pmWingnut 101:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pmRelentlessly criticize President Obama regardless of the facts, hypocrisy, or projection involved.
Bush tortured people, just like the Iranians do.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pmGee… more than ONE down vote?
Good Lord… swatchie must have a… FRIEND… or access to a 2nd computer.
Gotta be that.. a 2nd computer.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pmkaty says:
well, i for one, was immensely gratified to know that over 85%
of TODAY show viewers thought it was OK that michelle wore SHORTS on her vacation last week in 100+ degree weather…
August 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Thank goodness. The world will now stay on it’s axis!
:-D
August 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pmAll the attacks on President Obama will not change the Bush legacy. Bush is a complete failure and a alcoholic/druggie and a total embarrassment to all Americans. We know many Americans, Republican Party and the KKK members hate our President so all this is not necessary we get your point.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:58 pmI don’t care what any of them wear. I care about what they DO! If they work better in jeans, go for the jeans. Just get us some health care, some jobs, and govern this nation.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:58 pmTo equate the Obama administration to the Iranians is absolutely stupid. Obama won an honest election by a large margin. I voted for him, along with my fellow Americans because I wanted change. What he or his staff wears is irrelevant.
Obama uses Dijon mustard on his hamburgers, just like the French do.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pmBush was the installed puppet of a radical theocratic regime…
Just like Ahmadinejad in Iran…
August 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pmBut seriously, folks, I think we can all agree that the one thing most strongly associated with Islamic fundamentalist theocracies is casual dress codes.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pmIt’s a good thing, because there would be hell to pay if he wore loafers.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pmBush went without a tie because he didn’t know how to tie one.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:01 pmCan anyone explain the purpose of a neck tie? Other than some symbolic version of a noose?
And Andy, if you are going to complain about dress codes, why not include the President doesn’t wear pantyhose?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pmUh, what does a fargin’ necktie have to do with anything? Who would trust a smiling popinjay in a suit and tie? I mean, insurance salesmen, used car salesmen, most high-dollar preachers, they’re all a bunch of scalawags.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pmactually, i was surprised it was ONLY 85+%…
should have been 99+%…
that this and michelle’s shorts are an ISSUE for repugs is
August 20th, 2009 at 2:02 pmquite indicative of their own lacking… of most anything…
Obama’s secret service detail carry guns, just like the right wing militias do at Obama speeches.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:03 pmThe Right’s problem with the First Lady wearing shorts is she has nice legs and they can’t talk and drool at the same time.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pmObama breathes oxygen, just like terrorists!!!!
Obama is tall, just like Bin Laden!!!!!!!
Obama has hair! Obama has 2 feet! Obama had 2 hands!
JUST LIKE HAMAS!!!!!
Why can’t you libtards see that he is exactly like the terrorists?!?!?!?!?!
/snark
August 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Karl got him a clip-on
August 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pmSo let me see if I have this straight. Today we learned that the Bush administration raised Terror Alert levels to scare the American public in the hopes of improving Bush’s chances at re-election. We also learned that the Bush administration secretly hired Blackwater to execute targeted assassinations outside of combat zones.
And the National Review is criticizing our current sitting President for not wearing a tie — and somehow linking this to Iran?
I’d say it’s clear now. The National Review really does have its finger on the sphincter of american poltics. Long live the National Review!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pmDerb, I’ve noticed that liberals frequently forgo eating meat — lately. That reminded me — I have no idea why — Hitler was a vegetarian too.
Obama – no necktie = Iran, vegetarians = Hitler…don’t you just love the logic here…
August 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pmAnd neither did Hitler!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pmNational Review et.al. always more concerned with appearances than with substance…
August 20th, 2009 at 2:08 pmObama was born in the United States, just like all the other Presidents.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pmAndy McCarthy has nothing else to do. And this suppose to be news?: Obama foregoes the necktie? The necktie alert? And what does the necktie news has to do with the Iranian regime? No wonder the wingnut reporters that got in bed with the GOPs are getting sadder each day in the name of journalism.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:10 pmWatchdog,
You have been caught red-handed namejacking, which is a direct violation of the Terms of Service.
Do you think you should be permanently banned or do you think you are above the rules?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:10 pmWiz says:
Obama was born in the United States, just like all the other Presidents.
“Show me his gift certificate…” – Tom DeLay, August 19, 2009
Republican brainpower at work;-)
August 20th, 2009 at 2:11 pmWatchdog, I clicked on your comment even after it was already voted off the screen just so I could vote it down some more.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:11 pmNational (R)eview is full of c(R)ap
August 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pmAndy McCarthy frequently forgoes a brain, just like other Republicans do.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pmWho brought up the health care debate?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:13 pmThose wingers are just too clever for us.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:13 pmThis is what I call a “so what” story that is hardly worthy of attention by the National Review. It is a waste of paper when there are more important issues to discuss.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:13 pmI read someplace that Hitler really wasn’t a vegetarian and that’s really an urban myth. Don’t really care either way.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:13 pmMcCarthy has a point about Obama not dressing in “traditional” Presidential attire. Perhaps Obama should wear a white wig, a frilly shirt, knickers, and button shoes like Washington, Jefferson, and early Presidents did. McCarthy wouldn’t have any negative to say then, would he? Would he?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:14 pmClinton did it, too!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:15 pmThose same jerks at NR at no problems falling to sleep during the Iraq War buildup.
They have been wrong about everything.
They are just a bunch of trust-find repiggie bad boys and neo-con dingalings.
Screw them, and screw the teabagger trash.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:16 pm“So what” story!? No way! How can we expect a President without a necktie to handle the important issues? Why, we need to pressure him on his lack of protocol before we even BEGIN to discuss healthcare or those allegedly more important issues!
/snark off
August 20th, 2009 at 2:17 pmI remember a few months ago there was a similar controversy because Obama didn’t wear his suit jacket while sitting at his desk. Who care’s?! Ooh, once I saw a picture of a congressman wearing a polo shirt. He should be fined! (Sarcasm)
August 20th, 2009 at 2:17 pmWhat does Emerich de Vattel have to say about Obama’s casual dress?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:17 pm“The Washington Times yesterday published an account from an “observant source”
the moonies are now giving fashion advice? my, how they have come a long way from their mass wedding ceremony in central park in the 80’s. so, cancervatives, how does it feel to get the “news” from a fringe religious cult?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:17 pm#37
Stop pouting like a child Taylor. You’re immaturity is showing. Oh the other hand…stomp your feet some more. Scream real loud. Maybe Obama will hear you and do everything you tell him to. Tool.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:18 pmYes Obama occasionally doesnt wear a necktie because just like Khomeini he hates America. That makes so much sense..
August 20th, 2009 at 2:19 pmOK, maybe they did use “terorist threat levels” to frighten and control American citizens, but they looked sharp doing it.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:19 pmBe very scared, America! Your President doesn’t always dress like an undertaker. Or a corporate CEO. Evil times!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:20 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I for one dont think Bush or Cheney should wear a necktie, they wont go with the orange prison jumpsuits they should soon be wearing.
As for Obama, his not wearing one is obviously some super secret terrorist code to the Iranians that he’s on their side.
Pathetically desperate straw grabbing racist morans…..
Peace :)
August 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pmI’ve noticed a distinct lack of flag lapel pins among Republics.
Out of vogue?
Out of touch?
Unpatriotic?
Yup, that would be the Republic party…
August 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pmTiger Woods likes to wear red shirts during the final round of his golf tournaments — proof positive that he is a closet Communist.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pmThe really sad thing about this is that part of President Obama`s wardrobe is eventually going to have to include a bullet proof vest.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:23 pmThanks in no small part to fox,beck,limpo,hannity,orielly,savage.They incite violence and get their followers(rightwing extremists)all wound up and ready to snap. If any attempt to harm our president happens then the above mentioned should be held partially responsible.If anything does happen they will publicly denounce it as an isolated incident by some lunitic.
Behind the scenes they will be high fiving eachother.
This is not an issue of freedom of speech anymore,these talking heads are dangerous.
Aren’t suits and ties the “uniform” of the corporate army?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:23 pmclearly a case of cancervatives have nothing to go on when it comes to dealing with obama and his popularity so, they act like a bunch of queens sitting around watching “what’s not to wear”
August 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pmObama and his beautiful family have put the right to shame. that’s the only reason the right is crying.
I have seen enough scowling ugly white men in suits to last me a lifetime.
Change.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pmGeorge says – Hehehe, neck tie, hehe, I’m running around scott-free from the neck-tie party I deserve, War Crimes…check…Murder…check….Torture…check, and here I sit…free as a bird…I don’t need to worry one bit…Obama loves me and Dick, we could have barbequed babies on the White House lawn and no one would have said jackshit about it…but I have my brownshirt troops attacking Obama if he even sneezes…my racist friends want to have a neck-tie party at these Town Hell Nazi gatherings…but we thought just bringing guns would be better…right Dick?
Dick says – I need ammo to shoot someone in the face…but first I gotta get liquored up.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pmObama also wears pants. Ahmejinedad wears pants. Hitler wore pants. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:25 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Which is what? That Obama is just like bush. Stow it.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
comments from watchdog are practically proof he’s about 11 years old and his mom is monitering his computer use. What a pathetic troll if otherwise.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:28 pmVoted down because it was inaccurate and divisive.
You can enlist the 3rd stage of trolling if you want which is playing the victim card but that doesn’t make it reality.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:29 pmTaylor Doose says:
August 20th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I’m not voting you down, but I would guess that others might vote you down, not because of your lack of support for President Obama, but because you are a rather whiny jerk.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:31 pmSuits are the uniform of corporate America.
Suits are always worn by undertakers.
Coincidence?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:32 pmwho gives a $hit what these nitwits have to say – and I see this is a topic the trolls can chime in – fools
August 20th, 2009 at 2:32 pmPersonally, I think neckties are about the stupidest clothing article men can wear. I’m not into daylong, personal strangulation. Maybe republicans should loosen or remove their neckties alltogether and let some oxygen get to their brains for once.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pm#75 – Taylor Doose says:
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“Voted down, because it wasn’t supportive of the new Dear Leader. Scary…sort of reminds me of the closed minds at FOX News. I’m just sayin’ … weird! Oh, wait…got it! I’ve stumbled upon the National Review site. silly me!”
August 20th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Taylor, you need to grow a slightly thicker skin than you apparantly have. Just because you had a comment voted down doesn’t mean that you’re going to be banned for life.
If you wanted that kind of treatment, try visiting any right-whiner website and say one thing supportive of Pres. Obama. You’ll be banned faster than a Republican congressman can swipe a bribe off the table before anyone sees it! ;-)
August 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pmIf Obama’s not wearing a tie, how can he handle that crisis call at 3 a.m.?
Ohhh, I’m so scared
August 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pmsnark
From above:
More McCarthyism….
August 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pm#83 Mr Evil
… or better yet, tighten them till they stop breathing, or hang themselves with them :)
August 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pmWhat does mcdonalds need with rope and shovels and pine?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pmTP, was it necessary to show eight pictures of bush? Now I have to tie one on. Thanks.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pm#83 – Mr. Evil says:
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“Maybe republicans should loosen or remove their neckties alltogether and let some oxygen get to their brains for once.”
August 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
If they were to do that, they’d be forced to acknowledge that their version of “reality” is about as far from the truth as anyone can get! They would suffer from reality-confrontation-sickness, and maybe even abandon their neolithic-era style party!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pmMy next stock buy will be in shovels and pine boards.
Gotta love that republican eliminationist humor. Funny as a tumor.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:38 pmWhite country guys I’ve worked with for years are coming to me now about Obama and what’s going on. These are basically good but dumb people trying to figure it out so they want to get my view. They want to trash him and all but they’re really hurting in this economy and want believe things will get better. I offer up a fact that directly affects us and they seem willing to have that as enough now. I have my hesitancy but they really seem to want to hope. Ya know? Obama can make real inroads in the South–no kidding. Never thought I could say that. I think Dean should really go after the Southern white vote. These aren’t the white trash at the town hall meetings showing their ass. They’re just quiet simple and dignified white men.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:38 pmWatching live OFA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/obamas-organizing-for-ame_n_264330.html
August 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pmwatchdog says:
Bush did it! Bush did it! Bush did it! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Also clicked into your comment to vote it down even further. Let’s set a record on this one, folks.
More correctly, “Bush did the same thing that Bush supporters are vilifying Obama for doing.” But as usual, it’s not even anything important like prosecuting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that Bush started. More like the “jackets in the Oval Office rule” that it turned out didn’t actually exist.
Lots of politicians take off their ties from time to time in the last few years. It’s not just Bush, Obama and Ahmeninejad.
Frankly, I think it’s none too soon. The necktie is an accessory that technically became obsolete around the time that buttons were invented and people could keep their shirts closed without an extra piece of fabric. If it weren’t for that goddamn Beau Brummel guy, they would have gone out of style over a century ago.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:42 pmOT
Healthcare forum online with Obama right now. HERE
August 20th, 2009 at 2:42 pmBush frequently tortured people.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:42 pmJinx, bzb!!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:43 pmSo, the next time Obama does wear a tie, how would the National Review report it?
“Obama pretends to like symbol of ‘Western decadence’”
August 20th, 2009 at 2:43 pmThis is all just code words and their base knows what they’re saying. A white man can look professional without a tie but not a black man. That’s what the racists are communicating to each other without coming right out and saying it. “See, he’s lazy just like every other n ……” And then they’ll turn around and call him racist.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:44 pmI think it should be noted, watchpoop’s first comment on this thread just might be the stupidest comment the watchpoop has ever submitted.
And that’s saying a lot, given watchpoop’s prodigious body of work in this area.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:44 pmI know my last comment wasn’t that coherent but it’s something new to me with what’s happening so I’m still trying to figure it out. But they’re totally willing to finally listen to me.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:45 pmBush/cheney shouldn`t be wearing ties,they should be wearing a noose.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:45 pmbuffalo nickel says:
I disagree.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:46 pmBush/Cheney along with their sycophants would look VERY good in neckties….of the hemp kind, with the other end tied to trees or lamposts.
Here’s a headline that’s true, but one that NR would not print :
August 20th, 2009 at 2:48 pmBush/Cheney ‘frequently tortured innocent people’…just like the Iranian regime does.
FYI — Obama took off his jacket, but he’s wearing a shirt shirt and pretty blue tie. I don’t know what Michelle is wearing.
I know this stuff is super-important. ;)
August 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pmBush did it, Bush did it!
As in setting up a new federal law enforcement agency to gain tighter control?
As in pushing through a law to abrogate Constitutional rights so they could wire tap without warrant?
As in providing the US with a means of spending billions of dollars on private contractors to perform duties previously performed by the military (as in hiring mercenaries)
Wow, and he did it all while wearing a tie.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pm@ 97 :D
August 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pmNot that I ever talked about Obama much or democrats or anything like that but they just know I’m different from what they’ve heard from the MSM radio hate.
It just struck me how that they now want to believe and hope.
C’mon Obama!
August 20th, 2009 at 2:49 pmYes, but can he do this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knhErtMjC8k
August 20th, 2009 at 2:55 pmTAKE BACK AMERICA says:
“yawn” more non-news.
Go polish your flag pin. And how’s that “taking back America” working out for you?
Heh.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:55 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I wont have anything less than single-payer.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:57 pm@ 106 LMAO so hard I got a cramp in my stomach :D
August 20th, 2009 at 2:58 pmZooey says:
FYI — Obama took off his jacket, but he’s wearing a shirt shirt and pretty blue tie. I don’t know what Michelle is wearing.
I know this stuff is super-important. ;)
Yeah. But if it was really, really, really important, it would be in the National Enquirer.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:58 pmmvaunhalen says:
“I remember a few months ago there was a similar controversy because Obama didn’t wear his suit jacket while sitting at his desk.”
You are absolutely correct! And guess who made that point…that’s right it was Andy Card. Same dooshbag, same divisive MO, same party of NOTHING!
August 20th, 2009 at 3:01 pmHI TAKE BACK AMERICA
August 20th, 2009 at 3:02 pmStill no answers….
I think Michelle looks nice in “a short skirt and long jacket”…Actually she looks nice in pretty much anything…
August 20th, 2009 at 3:04 pm#104 – TAKE BACK AMERICA says:
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“”yawn” more non-news.”
August 20th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
As opposed to the fabricated “terror” news from 8 years of another Lying Pres. Bush?
August 20th, 2009 at 3:05 pmTAKE BACK AMERICA says:
“yawn” more non-news.
Andy McCarthy:
You had better take your beef to the source, otherwise you come across as being a whiny 10 year old.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:06 pmThe republicans are so jealous that they have to resort to and stupid bullshit point they can no matter how dumb it makes them look when the facts are pointe out. Wow is that Bush with Putin and Merkel without a jacket? Oh my God I can’t believe the President would meeting with foreign leaders without a tie. It must mean we Bush is like the Irianian leader too. Can’t we find a leader who doesn’t agree with the Iranians? Apparently it doesn’t matter if they are Republicans or Democrats, they all seem to agree with the Iranians.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:07 pmbzb says:
@ 106 LMAO so hard I got a cramp in my stomach :D
August 20th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Sorry!!!
At least nothing went up your nose, right? ;)
August 20th, 2009 at 3:15 pmSlappyBastinado says:
There have always been dispicable people who thrive on making a profit from human tragedy. You are such scum.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:16 pmWow. Most of America lives in casual clothes, both for work and business. The only bunch that thinks suits are important are the rich types.
Ever see a farmer work the fields in a suit? A machinist make a part? A carpenter build a house? Yeah, and your plumber always wears a tuxedo when they clear a drain.
Most of America is about working so how come wearing a suit has come to stand for a President?
Or anyone who works for a living?
August 20th, 2009 at 3:17 pmI wrote that wrong. I didn’t mean “listen to me.” Just listen to another perspective which I’ve really never really expressed but they knew I had. That sorta deal.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:21 pmThe pettiness and nitpicking obscures any important message that the conservatives can articulate.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:24 pmTAKE BACK AMERICA says:
“yawn” more non-news.
Indeed. I wonder why the National Review chose to feature it.
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dbadass says:
I think Michelle looks nice in “a short skirt and long jacket”
Dammit, now I’ve got that Cake song stuck in my head.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:36 pmThe people that think about the similarities of Iranian leaders and US leaders because of wearing or not wearing a tie are stupid. This is a non-issue and I’m amazed anyone would actually waste the time, as I id, in reporting on this story much less think about these things.. get a grip!!
August 20th, 2009 at 3:37 pmThese critics just kill me. None them are half the well rounded man President Obama is. He’s so above it all.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pmTo tie or not to tie. That is the question. Whether to hold that a piece of silk about one’s neck will dictate the intelligence with in, ah, that is the rub.
And if one chooses to not have the rub call for the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, is this less of a calling for a man?
August 20th, 2009 at 3:48 pmHealth care reform is badly needed. Look, President Obama isn’t wearing a tie!!!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:08 pmCorporations are running the government. Look, the President is black!!!!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:09 pmI am sure they would point out another famous tie wearer.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:16 pmThis blatant use of hyperbole once again proves that they have no legitimate criticism to offer. We should see all of these crazy statements as green lights to procede with an unabashedly liberal agenda. They’ve got nothing.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:17 pmmangy cur says:
this comment has been voted down
by -36 votes
BWAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!
Got to be a WORLD record.
ROTFLMFAO!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:29 pmAnonymous observant source….
…PASS!!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:29 pmWhy is the Nationall Review not supporting our constitutional right to bare necks?
August 20th, 2009 at 4:30 pmOh Jeebus; spare me the hypocritical whining of mangy Reichwingers!!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:31 pmBush is a closet liberal? Or is he a soul brother?
August 20th, 2009 at 4:32 pmAh, so neckties are a sign of “Western decadence”?
So not wearing one could be a sign of rebellion?
Hmm. I’m going to counter all that with the scientific idea that Andy McCarthy wears his neckties too tightly when looking at the big picture.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:35 pmAnonymous Observer
National Enquiresque
Tabloidal Twittering
Okay, here is the FIRST picture of a president with no TIE [[Or shoes?]]
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00105/BUSH-PROTRAIT-REUTE_105301s.jpg
There were a few raised eyebrows, however, at the first portrait of a tie-less President to hang in the National Gallery.
Heh
August 20th, 2009 at 4:35 pmA tie less picture of a tie-less dent hanging in the National Gallery.
Blasphemy! What is an uncouth locker room painting doing destroying the integrity of the national gallery?
Teh Absolute Horror!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:39 pmHow pathetic that the right wing Ministers of Stupidity would choose to malign President Obama for his dressing down on occasion. I suppose that the wing nuts are expecting Christ to arrive for the Second Coming dress in a tuxedo. Perhaps they will not join in on the trip to Paradise because it’s not formal enough. Oh, I forgot that so many of them won’t be invited along.
August 20th, 2009 at 4:40 pmDoes anyone else remember those pictures of our dear leader, george w bush, at the Beijing olympics where he was stoned out of his mind?
August 20th, 2009 at 4:43 pmI don’t believe he was wearing a necktie then.
When you’re in the 24/7 business of smearing, “reminders” aren’t needed. It’s all about the smear, all the time. It becomes second nature – AS IF he had no idea why! Can you say “guilty conscience,” anyone?
William F. Buckley, Jr. must be rolling in his grave in light of the cesspool that National Review has become under Rich “Sarah Palin Makes Me Want to Wank” Lowry.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:15 pmI wouldn’t care if all of all Congress worked naked, if they would just pass that damned public option.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:46 pmYou guys forgot the picture where Bush is frenching the Saudi prince He took the tie off for that one, too.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:16 pmHow dumb do you take us for, Ms Terkel ?
In your lame attempts to whoop us all into a frenzy, you conveniently omit some facts that we’re to assume you figured we had missed.
As dumb as Mr Card’s much discussed “locker room experience” remark may have been, Mr Card referred specifically to the Oval Office, not the “White House”. Not only is there no mention of the Oval Office in Ms Terkel’s lazy post, she cannot even supply a picture of a casuallly-dressed President Bush on the White House grounds, so she uses pictures from campaign rallies and summit meetings.
It’s as if TP has become Total Propaganda, and Ms Terkel its Goebbels.
Shame that true voices of dissent like WatchDog have to deal with nit-picking whiners trying to have him permanently banned. Shame also that it is you very same crybabies who are the True Voice of The Left.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:00 pmUm…the Oval Office is IN the White House?
And we’re not talking about just the White House–we’re talking about “public appearances”, as suggested by Andy McCarthy. Ms. Terkel is pointing out the hypocrisy of that comment by showing the fact that Bush also did his work without a tie.
Oh, and thanks for the Nazi comparison. You stay classy.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:27 pmTo The Oh So High and Mighty Purple State-
Your hero Terkel clearly says that Card ” has brought ‘a kind of locker room experience’ to the White House” when Mr Card was specific about his critique to the Oval Office, not to the rest of the White House grounds, not Crawford Tx, not Camp David. Terkel has diluted Card’s dumb comment to encompass more than for which it was intended, which was the Oval Office, you buffoon.
According to your hero Terkel, Card thinks that Obama should have been in jacket and tie the other day at the Grand Canyon. Sounds stupid, right?
Disingenuous journalism = Propaganda. Any way you slice it. You’re embarrassed for Terkel and you know it, Purple State. Noble of you, though.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:41 pmLorne Woo says:
As dumb as Mr Card’s much discussed “locker room experience” remark may have been, Mr Card referred specifically to the Oval Office, not the “White House”. Not only is there no mention of the Oval Office in Ms Terkel’s lazy post, she cannot even supply a picture of a casuallly-dressed President Bush on the White House grounds, so she uses pictures from campaign rallies and summit meetings.
Here is a pic of Bush in the Oval Office without a jacket. Awaiting your apology.
Bringing up Card’s comment was relevant, because it’s a similar line of attack, in going after what Obama does or doesn’t wear as being sufficiently businesslike. You can nitpick all you want, but fact is that the similarity of the criticism is noteworthy, and was therefore noted.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:45 pmYou stay classy.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:46 pmAside from these photos of Bush – and there are numerous others – on my mind is indelibly imprinted the image of dumbya, going to New Orleans 4 days too late, standing there in his spotlights, (operated by the generators he brought in) with an unbuttoned shirt that looked to many like he buttoned it crooked. And in case anyone should forget, not only was he 4 days too late, but thost generators he brought with him to the darkened city were taken away as soon as he finished speaking.
He was also tie-less when he praised Michal Brown – you’re doin’ a helluva job, Brownie.”
Oh, the list goes on — but the whole topic is so stupid — this is just another lame attempt by some rightwing doofus trying rile up the mouth-breathers who are wathcing his show.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:02 pmFor the trolls who are tsk-tsking — there are also many photos of Bush in the OVAL OFFICE in shirtsleeves.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:03 pmYes, ElBruce. We all remember the picture just like we all remember Card’s stupid comment. Wasn’t hard for you to find, was it?
It would be nice if Terkel put in that effort, no?
So Marie, since you brought it up, should President Bush have been in Jacket/Tie in New Orleans?
Who’s tsk-tsking now, Marie?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:14 pmHow about Bush drunk as a skunk at the Beijing Olympics. Proud moment.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:15 pmHere is the point I think we are trying to make; it really doesn’t matter what ANY President wears. Clothes do not make the man or the President; it is the President’s policies that need to be put under the microscope, not his threads.
Suit and tie are appropriate for international affairs, and I think it shows stature at the right time, but what right do we have to criticize what people wear when they are doing their work?
I don’t care if the President–Democratic, Republican, or any other Party–wears a spinning bow tie, clown shoes, or a solid-gold coat of armor. If he gets the job done at the end of the day, that is all that matters to me. If his policies irk you, then criticize his policies, not the clothing he wears when he implements those policies.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:24 pmLorne Woo says:
Yes, ElBruce. We all remember the picture just like we all remember Card’s stupid comment. Wasn’t hard for you to find, was it?
It would be nice if Terkel put in that effort, no?
Perhaps you should re-read the post at top. You seem to have grossly misunderstood what you read, and are frankly embarrassing yourself. Not only do you not know what you’re talking about, the rest of us are rapidly losing the ability to grasp your sputtering howls of outrage over something-or-other, as well. All I can make out is that you bitterly loathe Amanda Terkel with every fiber of your being… wait, are you one of those stalkers from the Factor? You are, aren’t you?
August 20th, 2009 at 8:26 pmWorn Loo – I have a nice tie I’d be glad to loan you – as long as you promise to hang yourself with it.
You’ve got a very long way to go to beat CrotchDog’s -45. Knock yerself out.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:23 pmLorne Woo says:
We know how dumb you are. That would be very VERY stupid. Lets say galactic level stupid. Glad I could help
August 21st, 2009 at 12:38 amBy using the Nation Review’s wonderful equation (as demonstrated by UCSBKitty), we discover that Lorne Woo is actually quite important. Let me explain.
Lorne Woo = ignorant, self-righteous moron = George W. Bush = President of the United States = Important Job = IMPORTANT! Lorne Woo for prez 2012!
August 21st, 2009 at 6:54 amAgain, nothing substantial or meaningful coming from the right. It’s always superficial, petty gripes. Pathetic!
August 21st, 2009 at 12:30 pmThe National Review is so conservative that they think napkins are a socialist takeover for bibs. Dab a little more over there sirs, you have egg on your faces.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:49 pmdadgumit- -ya’ll got some great pics of Bush, keep up the good job.
One nation Under God
August 21st, 2009 at 7:47 pmlokidog says:
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I’m all for Republiscums wearing ties around their necks – as long as the other end is attached to a tree limb.
i’m a conservative AKA repub. you wanna tried to put that neck tie on me, boy
August 21st, 2009 at 7:55 pmYes, let’s prove that Republicans aren’t all obnoxious, macho-obsessed idiots by acting like…an obnoxious, macho-obsessed idiot.
I mean really…THAT’S your response? “Try to put that neck-tie on me, boy” (if you’re wondering why it looks different, it’s because I ran it through an English translator)? How old are you, 5?
See, this is why liberals and conservatives have such a hard time debating. Liberals, while attempting to stick to the high road (key word “attempt”; even the best of us have our bad days), often cower and end up backing off out of either fear, ultimately coming off as “spineless”. Conservatives, on the other hand, seem to have no trouble taking the low road (as demonstrated by the video of the woman yelling “Heil Hitler” at the Israeli man), and come across as little more than childish.
Moral of the story: If you don’t have anything significant/decent/contributing to say, then sit in the corner while the adults have their conversation, k?
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 am