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Former Chief of Staff to Obama: Put Your Jacket On
The Caucus —
... 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. According to Inside Edition’s Web site , Mr. Card also said:“The Oval Office symbolizes…the Constitution, ...
Bush Aide Says Obama Needs to Dress Up
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
In an interview with Inside Edition, former Bush White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card objected to President Obama's relaxing of the dress code in the Oval Office saying that he wished the president "would wear a suit coat and tie."
Said Card: "The Oval Office symbolizes...the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office ...
Bush Jacketless In Oval Office: Photo Uncovered After Bush Chief Of Staff Slams Obama's Informal Appearance (PHOTOS)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On Wednesday night, Card told "Inside Edition" that "there should be a dress code of respect....I wish that [Obama] would wear a suit coat and tie." Much has been made of Obama's informal appearance in a photograph taken on January 21st, the day after his inauguration. ...
Bush Jacketless In Oval Office: Photo Uncovered After Bush Chief Of Staff Slams Obama's Informal Appearance (SLIDESHOW)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... On Wednesday night, Card told "Inside Edition" that "there should be a dress code of respect....I wish that [Obama] would wear a suit coat and tie." Much has been made of Obama's informal appearance in a photograph taken on January 21st, the day after his inauguration. ...
Besides, Don’t You Want to Know What Obama’s Got Up His Sleeves?
Deceiver.com —
... habit, which is the reason he’s been seen in the Oval Office in his shirtsleeves. That would be fine by me, if it weren’t for the way he lectured us all on the campaign trail about being more responsible with our personal energy use. But some have complained on aesthetic grounds, saying that this jacket-optional policy is disrespectful to the office of president or something.
Take, for example, former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card. He told Inside Edition:
“There should be a dress code of respect. I wish that ...
Matthews: Card 'Getting A Bit Dainty' Over Oval Office Dress Code (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... On last night's edition of Hardball, Chris Matthews laced the "Sideshow" section of his broadcast with a toothy attack on former Bush Chief-of-Staff Andrew Card, who recently criticized the Obama White House for allowing persons to enter the Oval Office in shirt-sleeves. See, the Bush White House apparently had a hard and fast rule that everyone who entered the Oval Office wear a suit jacket. (A rule Bush himself ...
It's Not Because He's Black, It's Because He Doesn't Wear a Jacket
Politics Daily —
... A big, honkn' fuss has been made lately over Andy Card's call for a "dress code of honor." I guess he's moonlighting as a writer for Wheel of Fortune's "Before & After" category. You know, like "Grand Old Party Like a Rock Star." ...
Card's Canard: A GOP Mis-Sizzle
Open Left - Front Page —
... We all make mistakes, some more than others. But Republicans prefer the sizzle to the steak. And thus we have the inevitable: GOP mis-sizzles. Here's a good example from earlier this month. On Feb. 4, Inside Edition reported: ...
