Republicans are angry that Dems don’t dress up in Oval Office – because its more important to put on a coat and tie than actually LEAD the country to financial safety
Bush White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card complains:
I found that Ronald Reagan and both President Bushes treated the Oval Office with tremendous respect. They treated the Office of the Presidency with tremendous respect. And some of that respect was reflected in how they expected people to behave, how they expected them to dress when they walked into the symbol of freedom for the world, the Oval Office. And yes, I’m disappointed to see the casual, laissez faire, short sleeves, no shirt and tie, no jacket, kind of locker room experience that seems to be taking place in this White House and the Oval Office.
Is he kidding?
Actually, one of Bush’s 1st Presidential Acts was to make clothing more formal in the White House. Ahem, that seems so important in retrospect, doesn’t it? NOT.
Bush apparently REALLY LIKED TO DRESS UP.
The US is in the worst recession in its history, brought on by the intellectually challenged president who wore a suit in the Oval Office. Its not the clothes that make the man, Andrew.
While Bush wore that suit, his wealthy base, the ones who want suits and ties in the Oval Office, had their tax rate dropped a THIRD, to 17.2% under Bush’s ‘dress up’ regime.
The 400 richest Americans had their incomes double, under ‘dress up’ Bush.
Meanwhile, the middle class went to work in work clothes and paid regular taxes, not Bush’s ‘lowered taxes for the rich’.
Working middle class incomes did not DOUBLE under eight years of Bush.
So focus on the real issues, Andrew. Your President looked good (to you) in a suit, but he nearly destroyed our country while he was sitting pretty at his desk.
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We can’t do anything about it. All politicians, once gained their positions, tend to forget everything about their duties as well as their promises.