Does the man have anything better to do than pick on people in the press corps who don’t wear designer suits? Apparently not. I supposed we should be relieved that he’s paying attention to something. Or maybe these are just tired pick-up lines on his part. Who knows. (LAT):
Even as he talked about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and other weighty matters, President Bush on Wednesday returned to his occasional role as fashion critic to the White House press corps.Speaking of designer suits, Charles in the comments brought up the infamous lump on Bush’s back during the debate with Kerry that was first explained away as a “bad tailoring“:“If I might say, that is a beautiful suit…. And I can’t see anybody else that even comes close,” the president told NBC’s Kevin Corke, who was wearing pinstripes, in the course of a Rose Garden news conference that focused on North Korea-related diplomacy and the Iraq war. Corke responded that he would convey the president’s comments to his tailor.
…By the time Bush called on Jim Axelrod of CBS, the reporter felt compelled to start with a defensive comment: “My best suit’s in the cleaners,” Axelrod explained to the president. “That’s not even a suit,” Bush retorted, eyeing Axelrod’s sport coat and slacks.
Bush, who has suits made by Georges de Paris, the tailor to presidents since Lyndon Johnson’s time, has teased reporters about their appearance in the past. In June, he poked fun at CNN’s David Gregory for his loud pocket scarf. “Gregory, fine-looking scarf — not scarf, what do you call that thing?” said Bush. “It’s strong.”
In August, while discussing the war in Lebanon, Bush took note of a suit worn by Ken Herman of Cox Newspapers, saying: “By the way, seersucker is coming back.” Later in the news conference, Bush again referred to the suit, calling it “that just ridiculous-looking outfit.”
Asked about the president’s commentary, White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino called Bush “a personable man,” saying that “although he’s president and that’s a serious job, he does like to reach out to others in friendly ways.”
I guess we can add this to the list of ways Dear Leader brings a touch of class to each and every occasion…
“Joking” with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. There’s video as well.
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And of course don’t forget the times he’s picked on blind reporters with sunglasses and reporters in wheelchairs. What an arsehole.
Yeah. BIG-TIME arsehole.
(couldn’t resist. Needed to be said.)
In Bush’s defence, it really was a beautiful suit.
“I guess we can add this to the list of ways Dear Leader brings a touch of class to each and every occasion…”
I’m embarrassed for the American people that he was elected as President.
I am no fan of Angela Merkel, but I still wish she’d punched him in the nuts.
Hey, we didn’t elect him; his Daddy’s friends on the Supreme Court did. (And ken Blackwell helped out the second time.)
For some reason I find the glasses thing more distubing. Most of the others could be potentially explained away as pathetic attempts at humor or…I don’t know, whatever the hell attempted social interaction the backrub thing was. But just grabbing some woman’s shirt and wiping your glasses on it like she’s just…an object there for your convenience or something. That’s just creepy.
Mr Icke, what do you think of Bush’s lump on his suit?
David Icke: HE’S A REPTILIAN!!!
Georges de Paris must not like him very much, because odd lumps in his jacket notwithstanding, none of his suits fit him very well. If they’re actually supposed to be custom-tailored, his tailor’s making a fool of him.
Hee!
That lump on his back reminds me of The Puppet Masters.
Gdr, that’s right! I like the cheesiness of that movie (and the ’60s Outer Limits version that preceeded it), and I still didn’t make the “connection”… (Ha!)
Besides, I thought “Real Men” wore jeans, or overalls, or other “Blue Collar” stuff. Isn’t it all supposed to cater to the “working-class hero” set?
Only assholes in Management wear suits, and who can trust guys like that? It’s always the suit-wearing guys that are stealing the money, raping the land, ruining people lives…
So how come every dumb-ass, red-neck, trailer-dwelling, pickup driving idiot still votes for the Reichwing?….
Georges de Paris must not like him very much, because odd lumps in his jacket notwithstanding, none of his suits fit him very well. If they’re actually supposed to be custom-tailored, his tailor’s making a fool of him.
1. Surely not. What sort of animus could a tailor called “Georges de Paris” conceivably have against George Bush?
2. You are setting me up here for a classic Spike Milligan line.
GRYTPYPE: Now this chap has made fools out of the police.
NEDDIE: I disagree, sir. We were fools long before he came along.
All preznint’-hatin’ aside, is the White House still constrained to buy all their fashion from domestic designers? Nothing would appeal to me more than to have George Bush go all Koizumi on us in his last few years in office- long, permed hair, Armani suits…
hair-rock concerts…
passive foreign policy…
Oh, if only.
MikeEss: Coming from redneck country, I can tell you why they voted for Bush. Machismo. Remember that horrible song that came out right after 9/11 about how Merca’s going to kick ass in some Muslim country? That was the attitude that was rampant around here, and I know for a fact that all the rednecks I know voted for Bush because they thought Kerry was a pansy. And that’s all media spin, because all of us know who actually stood up like a man and did what had to be done, and who cut and run.
BTW, I’m sorry I got worked up about the rednecks. By many people’s estimation I would be considered a redneck (by birth if not temperment), and I also drive a pickup (no gunrack though…
speedbudget, I live a redneck, whitetrash part of Southern Califonia, and I know what you mean. I just saddens me when people who aren’t really that dumb do really stupid things like vote for Bush despite every piece of evidence that proves it to be a poor decision.
God I hope they will wake up and realize they’ve been taken on a ride…