Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh

Andy Card had some critical words for the new, less buttoned-down dress code policy in the Obama White House (emphasis in original):

On Thursday, the New York Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote about how President Obama had brought “a more informal culture” to the White House, noting that he had already abandoned “an ironclad rule of the George W. Bush administration” that required a “coat and tie in the Oval Office at all times.” Later that day, former Bush White House chief of staff Andrew Card told conservative talker Michael Medved that he felt the new dress code showed a lack of “respect” for the Office of the Presidency:

CARD: 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.

I guess being responsible for over 4,000 Americans dead and tens of thousands more maimed, as well as having caused the deaths of at least 100,000 civilians by invading a country that did nothing to harm us and using manufactured intelligence to get Americans on board; trashing the Constitution; torturing people in a network of secret prisons around the globe; collecting the phone calls and emails and faxes of the entire population of the United States; politicizing the Justice Department and setting the President of the United States above the law; and allowing a major American city to die from neglect and callous indifference, are all very respectful of the Office of the Presidency — as long as you’re wearing a suit and tie while you give the orders.

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