Former Chief of Staff Card: Might as well be saying, "PUT YOUR JACKET ON, BOY!"

[Montauk6]

At least one prominent former Bush official has the following message for President Obama: I don’t care if it’s warm enough to grow orchids in the Oval Office. Put your suit jacket on.

In an interview scheduled to run Wednesday night, Andrew H. Card Jr. told the syndicated news show Inside Edition that “there should be a dress code of respect” in the White House and that he wished Mr. Obama “would wear a suit coat and tie.”

Mr. Card, who was George W. Bush’s first chief of staff, becomes the first member of that famously buttoned-up administration to criticize the more relaxed Obama dress code.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/former-chief-of-staff-to-obama-put-your-jacket-on/

After 8 years of possibly and irrevocably bankrupting the nation as well as the unnecessary bloodshed, who's sullying the Oval Office...?

[Muttocracy]

1. ok, everybody paste in those photos of Reagan, Ford, and Nixon jacketless. nt

[trueblue2007]

2. I have one thing to say ... Andrew CARD is a ReTARD

[Montauk6]

4. A ReTARDlican?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[all.of.me]

7. Bwahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!

Great one!!!!! Save it for the next election! :rofl:

[OmahaBlueDog]

3. He could wear a T-shirt and sweats for all I care as long as he's competent

..but I forget that this is the party that gives Dingbat Sarah $150,000 to spend at Neiman Marcus.

[anonymous171]

5. Typical RWer. Would sacrifice his life to maintain the sanctity of the Oval Office.

But would gladly wipe his ass with the Constitution.

[lapfog_1]

6. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds....

That's the TREATY TABLE (used to sign the treaty that ended the Spanish American War, been there since Ulysses S. Grant was President).

Link to source photo: http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/treaty-room.htm

Bush treated it like he just picked it up at Office Depot.

Coat, tie? How about on the staff members? Not so much. Khakis and a sport coat are not "formal business attire" either.

[KittyWampus]

23. Thank You. Finds like this are gifts

[Karenina]

33. It's the media "BOY" thang...

The generals showed up on the first day to get the "BOY" back in line re: Guantanamo and Iraq. Now it's getting the "BOY" in line about the "dress code" others have NOT observed. Perhaps the "BOY" is to "arrogant" to realize that's just what he is to them. :evilgrin:

[calimary]

8. As your boss boy once said, andrew: WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK???

Excuse me, but did YOU win last November? Where's your Election Night victory lap? Did I miss your acceptance speech? Did I doze off on the reports of the rapt crowds surrounding you and pouring the love and admiration on you? Show me the money, 'eh?

Since when do we care what you think? And who the hell do you think you are whining like this? Some pre-K bully? Who selected YOU president?

Nobody, you say? Well, okay then. Go to the BACK of the room, sit down in the corner, and SHUT THE FUCK UP.

[opihimoimoi]

9. Card is passe...who cares what Obama wears as long as the mission is being adequately addressed

Fix the Bush Mess is the Mission...Repair what the "ReTardlicans" did in 8 years////

[madamesilverspurs]

10. Card should have stuck to

his assessment of junior from around '91-92. Back then he gave an interview in which he described W as "the Bush family joke." Instead, Card will always carry the stench of junior's tragically unfunny joke of a presidency.

[HardWorkingDem]

11. Tweety's reply to this was pretty good....he pointed out..

if he had to pick between a crowd wearing jackets and shirts and the crowd wearing suits were the crowd that blew up the economy, started a war on false pretenses and turned surpluses into a larger deficit than all previous presidents combined, he'd certainly pick the crowd wearing the shirts.

[Dr.Phool]

12. KO took it to him tonight.

When chimpy and Cheney were trying to talk Paul O'Neill into taking the Treasury Sec job, they yelled for Card to get them some lunch. Cheeseburgers!

They didn't come quickly enough, and chimpy berated his chief of staff to get their damned cheeseburgers! You're the chief of staff! get us our burgers!

I guess he was wearing a suit and tie that day.

You can read about it in "The Price Of Loyalty".

[WCGreen]

13. Like W had respect for the office...

As if...

[HughBeaumont]

14. "Everything's going according to plan, sir" Andrew Card?

ORLY?



THAT Andrew Card?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

15. I don't care if Obama comes to the Oval Office in shit stained boxers.

As long as he gets the job done.

[tanyev]

16. Is this all based on that ONE picture that was released?

How does he know Obama isn't usually wearing a suit and tie?

[spanone]

17. fuck andy card, he should go to jail with the rest of the bu$h* mafia

[Ganja Ninja]

18. This is the guy that use to fetch cheeseburgers for the boy king.

STFU Andy and get me a cheeseburger you asshole.

[ellacott]

19. On CNN they showed a picture of Bush in the Oval Office with no jacket

I've been trying to find that pic on the web.

Edited to add picture:

[Thrill]

27. Will Andy Card Apologize?

[ellacott]

29. I wish I knew how to contact him

I hope he does apologize but I don't think he will.

[WinkyDink]

20. It's really all about the dignity of the office:

[PylesMalfunction]

21. I'm shocked he even noticed Obama's lack of jacket...

especially since he never noticed that Bush was naked for the last 8 years. :eyes:

[WinkyDink]

22. PHOTO~~~Jacket-less Dubya:

[Peacetrain]

24. That just shows you how little these people like card have to offer..

all the problems we have to face, and they focus on jackets..

[RFKHumphreyObama]

25. Andrew Card is a cheat and a morally bankrupt fraud of the highest order

He has no legitimacy or credibility whatsoever to comment on any subject.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

26. So long as Obama keeps his pants on in the Oval Office, I don't give a shit.

[wndycty]

31. Hell Clinton didn't leave his pants on and we got years of peace and prosperity

:kick:

[zulchzulu]

28. Shut your PNAC piehole, Card

It's no secret you love a man in a uniform.

[peekaloo]

30. actually I've always thought of Card as a jacket off kind of guy.

:hide:

[hamsterjill]

32. Bush in the Oval Office

Like Bush was showing great respect for the presidency and the oval office by being plastered? Come on, Andrew!!! You must be pretty desperate for some publicity to stoop to something like worrying about what Obama is wearing to get your kicks.

I don't care if Obama sits naked in the chair. I care that he takes care of the mess that Card's boss left us all.

[backscatter712]

34. You're right. Card is doing racist dog-whistling.

In Card's world, if you're white, you get the alpha-dog positions, you get to take off your suit coat and put your feet up on the desk.

If you're black, you're just the hired help, you have to adhere to a strict dress code and do what you're told with a snappy "Yes, massa!"

He doesn't want Barack Obama as the example for African Americans, he wants Stepin Fetchit.

Stay classy, Card!

[HOLOS]

35. Pres. O could wear a superman costume if he helps the people...