Oval Office dress: Obama, W, Clinton...

Oh give me an f**ing break. This is no big deal.

Someone needs to remind this guy Bush is no longer in office!

I think people need to stop caring about insignificant things like this. I don't care what the President wears in the Oval Office if he does the job correctly. Bush may have upheld a strict dress code, but I wouldn't exactly say that it helped him make better decisions.

did we elect a suit and tie or a person?

seems to me that people can be a little far off on the stuffy side when it comes to clothing.

i always found a tie to feel more like a noose around my neck - and they're not even functional.

i'm far more concerned about what Obama DOES than what he WEARS.

Just another misinformed Bush administration lackey driven by small minded ideology. Why are we not even barely surprised by this episode?

The man is working and in shirtsleeves, jogging suit or barefooted the word here is "working" so lighten up. My director takes off his suit coat and rolls up his sleeves when he enters his office. That means he's ready to dig in....

The big deal is not that he had his coat off, but that he had the heat turned up to 80 degrees when he said we need to turn ours to under 70. can you spell elitist ?

The big deal is not that he had his coat off, but that he had the heat turned up to 80 degrees when he said we need to turn ours to under 70. can you spell elitist ?

Typical republican tactic. Will Andy Card criticize Bush for doing the exact same thing?

I'd rather have a president in the Oval Office in his shirt sleeves working hard and solving problems and getting things done.
Unlike our former president who wore a suit, left the office at 5pm every day, took more vacation time than any other president ever did, and still screwed up every single thing he did as president.
He's the president. Why can't he just CHANGE the dress code for the Oval Office? He's the boss of his workplace after all!

These sons of bitches is complaining about what the President is wearing.......you know what they should do as well, put a leash on themselves and bark at a tree...bunch of idiots.

These sons of bitches is complaining about what the President is wearing.......you know what they should do as well, put a leash on themselves and bark at a tree...bunch of idiots.

These sons of bitches is complaining about what the President is wearing.......you know what they should do as well, put a leash on themselves and bark at a tree...bunch of idiots.

These sons of bitches is complaining about what the President is wearing.......you know what they should do as well, put a leash on themselves and bark at a tree...bunch of idiots.

These sons of bitches is complaining about what the President is wearing.......you know what they should do as well, put a leash on themselves and bark at a tree...bunch of idiots.

The pants are on and zipped, and there are no interns in the room, if we're talking about historical significance, here.

Who cares about the problems of our country as long as you follow the dress code. Maybe that is why we are in the state that we are in.
I heard that this idiot is the one that was sent out for cheese burgers at one of the sessions. Great to know that there are these idiots roaming around in Washington.
I hope they give this President a chance but I doubt it, they are more interested in their own agenda as the likes of Rush L., O'Rielly or whoever.
United States, I do not think so.

I'm told that alcoholics, both active and recovering, work very hard at maintaining appearances.

VeRY boring, let get back tothe TAX CHEATS.

Andrew Card needs something to do.
Something more important than making ridiculous commentary.
He obviously has too much time on his hands. . . . . .

The criticism was dumb, but this 'response' was down right idiotic.

How many years do we have to put up with the 'logic' of "Bush did it"? Who cares what Card says... obviously Obama supporters. Grow up and ignore him, that is what the comment deserves.

Regardless of what Obama wears, he is having a TOUGH time right now... let's worry about that! My god, he has resulted to fear tactics to pass a bill that only 38% of Americans think is a good idea! His own party is working against his agenda, and they are losing ground to the Republicans over this partisan wasteful bill that even the OMB has said (again) is WORSE than the possiblity of a depression in the long run!

Will the media stop at no lengths to defend Obama? Maybe they should be spending more time looking into the backgrounds of cabinets appointees instead? Might actually find something of substance there, folks.

Bush thumper Andy Card is a non-entity. Who cares what this lackey has to say about anything. In case you weren't aware Mr. Card your buddy Bush is not the President any longer.

I don't care if he is in a T-Shirt as long as he does a good job ! Thia is a non story

Great pictures of the Supreme-seated Bush and President Ford wearing only shirtsleeves while in the Oval Office. Was Bush all spiffy and wearing a jacket when he inserted the famous 16 word lie into his SOTUA? The pugs are petty and sore losers. Andy Card is a loser for making an issue about jackets. He wants to obscure the fact that this is the Bush recession/depression. Pugs throw mud filled with red herrings and boomerangs. Note to Andy and Dick--you and yours were voted out. You were all weighed and measured and found to be derelicts.

Quite a few times in life I have said stuff that has proven me to be a fool: having done so has assisted me in recognizing others when they are being a fool. Perhaps Andrew Card will now be in better shape to recognize fools in the future.

You lefties are great at changing the subject. The "point" of the story of Obama's jacket-less office is that he'd cranked up the heat how he likes it ("you could grow Orchids in there"). This from a guy telling the rest of us how to set our thermostats.

But, hey, when all else fails, Blame Bush.

Another Dubya crony lying about Obama. Geez. . .is that all Republicans can do--LIE?

The country & the NEWS MEDIA have more important things to think about than whether the president wears a jacket in the Oval Office. I could care less as long as he is working to fix this mess.

No one cares if they are working in their underwear as long as they are WORKING on the problems we face today!

Neck ties are nothing more than phallic adornments.

Don't worry, I'm sure Andy Card will issue his apology today. lol

Where's a pic of Jimmy Carter's sweater?

This only shows that they cannot find any dirt on the new President and cannot imagine saying something positive instead. This person should focus on the fact that Obama has done more in his first month, than any president I remember.

I'm at work right now and I'm not wearing any pants

Thank God this story was reported. I can rest a lot easier now.

Oh, hey....how are those Cabinet appointess doing? Has the Community Organizer been able to organize that yet, or is he still trying to organize his sock drawer?

You can take the boy out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the boy. What additional classy moves can we look forward to from this current abomination/ embarrassment of an administration--mandatory neck tattoos and gold teeth?

Andy Card: an insignificant man making an insignificant comment.

Unlike Bush who did little or nothing constructive while in the Oval Office (I suppose that gave him spare time to think of nonsense like dress codes), Obama has a TON of work to do with the mess he inherited from Bush. SO WHAT if he rolls up his shirt sleeves while getting to work on that mess?

Obama was not a confirmed alcoholic but was an admitted "partier" mixing cocaine and booze. Calling him an alcoholic goes too far.

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I'm told that alcoholics, both active and recovering, work very hard at maintaining appearances.

Posted by: Don | February 6, 2009 9:21 AM

Wow, I think Mark Silva should get a Pulitzer Prize for this. What a fantastic piece of work. Just fantastic. I'm sure his mother is very proud.

Hey, C'mon:

Clinton disbanded that tired old decorum for the Oval Office by readily removing his trousers to receive oral pleasure stimulus and for just plain old comfort in general.

Wait a minute...

"...Andy Card, a chief of staff for former President Bush, blasts President Obama for breaking the Bush dress code - jacket and tie in the Oval Office, please..."

The Bush dress code? Isn't Bush out of office? Seems to me that President Obama can make any rule he wants in HIS office while Citizen Bush is no longer relevant.

Andy Card is even less relevant than Bush. Why are we wasting any time with what this moron says. Put him in the closet with Rush and all his cronies and let's get back to the business of running this country.

Andy who?

God, look at that photo of Clinton. Does he look like a backwoods hick in that shot or what? And I voted for him. Twice.

beauty is, as beauty does.
the rest is nonsense and jealous prattle.

Don't we have better things to worry about??? Jeez...our economy is falling to pieces, and we are worried about whether or not Obama is wearing a suit jacket!!!

Substance over style -- a nice change.

We are in an economic crisis, and our paper prints this garbage? Tribune, c'mon!!!!

Only one thing matters as far as the Oval Office - that the people who work in it deliver results that contribute to a better life for Americans. If the president came to work dressed in only a jock strap, that wouldn't help the results much, but suit coat vs. shirt and tie is pretty much immaterial to results.

Only one thing matters as far as the Oval Office - that the people who work in it deliver results that contribute to a better life for Americans. If the president came to work dressed in only a jock strap, that wouldn't help the results much, but suit coat vs. shirt and tie is pretty much immaterial to results.

Did President Bush replace Andy Card with Josh Bolton because he wasn't enforcing the dress code strictly enough as Chief of Staff? After six years of front line experience in the West Wing the best piece of constructive criticism Mr. Card could offer President Obama is that he shouldn't remove his suit jacket in the Oval Office? That is truly sad.

This is why so many former-Republicans voted for Obama this time around. The Republicans are so busy sweating the small stuff that they have no clue what is really important to people. Bush wore a suit and tie most of the time but made bad decisions all of the time. We weren't fooled by the costume.

Nothing to report on? Maybe it's time YOU got laid off. Don't you have anything better to do?

I would rather have a comfortable President (especially in war times) as comfort will assess a problem logically instead of by impulse should someone be uptight.

I would rather have a comfortable President (especially in war times) as comfort will assess a problem logically instead of by impulse should someone be uptight.

did we elect a suit and tie or a person?
Posted by: graficgod
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We elected an empty suit.

So that's what Andy Card thinks. Gee. It's hard to imagine an opinion I could care less about.

Garficgod. I believe we elected "an empty suit."

Garficgod. I believe we elected "an empty suit."

The first post says it all.

The first post says it all.

Bush is gone. We don't care if Bush wore suits everyday that Andy Card was present. We don't care if Bush wore latex and Cheney wore leather with chains when Andy wasn't looking. In fact, I don't care what Obama wears as long as he is doing his job.

Perhaps if Bush would have removed the tie blood would have flowed to that head of his and we wouldn't be in the mess we are in. As long as Obama isn't wearing Daisy Dukes and halter tops I am fine with whatever he wants to wear.

Guess he should have donned a flight jacket and posed in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner.

Focusing on what you wear and not what you do.

Hard to believe the republicans were booted out of office

Glad to know sons of bitches isn't an obcenity. Mark Silva and Frank James are sons of bitches for wasting our time with this stuff. Is it any wonder the Trib is bankrupt?

Now we can start calling Obama "the empty shirt and tie."

Love the picture of Bubba Bill Clinton in his jammies. Where was Monica in the.....oh, right!

We are in an economic crisis, and our paper prints this garbage? Tribune, c'mon!!!!

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Yep, and you read it and bothered to post on it too, buddy.

Gotta love the self-righteous posters (and Andy Card)!

Wearing a suit coat at the desk all day is a waste - and it isn't good for the coat (wears the elbows, ruins the press - and think of all the wrinkles in the back. Card clearly doesn't value good clothing.

Good Lord, if a guy can't take off his jacket in his own office, where can he? How many hours does he put in in a day to have to be stuck in a suit coat???

Don't we have bigger concerns to worry about. Our nations economy is in near collapse so lets concern ourselves with this nonsense.
I don't care it people show up in bathing suits to work as long as they do a good job.

Andy Card was a dipstick when the Cheneybush regime was in office & he's a dipstick now. Lump him with the convicted drug addict liar Rush Limbaugh and ignore them both.

I'm not a fan of Obama but since when does he have to abide by the rules set by President Bush. Each President sets their own work rules. What about that picture of Bill Clinton? Is he in his pajamas while doing a radio message? More importantly, which one of his bimbos is under the desk? He is such a pathetic human being.

I think it would be perfectly ok if President Obama wanted to walk around with fishing gear on whatever makes his job happy as long as he puts jobs back into this country. Maybe some of our congressmen would like to donate some of their warm clothes to the people who are in tent cities so they could be warm at night. Also some good foods like red, yellow and green peppers. How about fruit. Foods that are nutritous so they too will want to have a job too. This comment is for our President, his cabinet; also for God and our country.

If it were anyone but The one The only The great your e-mails would read differently. Fools!

I'm not a fan of Obama but since when does he have to abide by the rules set by President Bush. Each President sets their own work rules. What about that picture of Bill Clinton? Is he in his pajamas while doing a radio message? More importantly, which one of his bimbos is under the desk? He is such a pathetic human being.

I'm not a fan of Obama but since when does he have to abide by the rules set by President Bush. Each President sets their own work rules. What about that picture of Bill Clinton? Is he in his pajamas while doing a radio message? More importantly, which one of his bimbos is under the desk? He is such a pathetic human being.

"I think people need to stop caring about insignificant things like this."

That's all the wingnuts have. Be assured that over the next 8 yrs these chuckleheads will continue to proffer similar bs to the media, which will continue to lap it up, since covering Obama doing the hard work of cleaning up Bush's mess doesn't make for as fascinating copy....

Andy Card is like the new Mr. Blackwell. Touche, Andy!

Republicans are the spawn of Satan, plain and simple.

Let's get this straight. Bush wore shortsleeves in the Oval Office. Carter wore shirtsleeves. Ford wore shirtsleeves, Obama wears shirtsleeves. And Clinton went in there with his fly unzipped. Just the facts. He looks a little like the guy on the RedGreen Show, eh?

I'm pretty sure I've seen a photo of FDR holding an informal press conference in the Oval in shirtsleeves - with reporters perched sacriligeously on the edge of the very desk of majesty.

Just another example of the hypocrisy of the Bush administration. I was totally ignoring this issue, and then a friend sent me this blog. I think that you paid this much attention when you were the Chief of Staff, Mr. Card.

So, the REAL scandal is about how Obama cranks up the heat? I suppose you want him to ride the bus to work, too. HE'S THE PRESIDENT. If he can do his job better with seven pet monkeys and a foot fixer in the oval office then who cares?

Not to mention it was that glorious hero of the Republican party Ronald Reagan who REMOVED Jimmy Carter's solar panels from the roof of the white house. Nice example.

Much like any royal family, a dynasty controls by setting dress and behavior codes. Then belittles it’s subjects by insisting they themselves be called by their proper names and giving the subjects stupid nicknames.

Didn't J. Edgar Hoover, back in the Nixon Admin., wear a thong and a tutu?

Andy Card?
Talk about yesterdays dried up dog t#%d in a suit.

Clinton: zipperless trousers, internes must wear blue dresses at all times.

FDR, Truman, Ike , JFK...etc. all observed the coat and tie rule.

Sort of like the Ivy League colleges up to about 1970.

Barack needs to tweak image just a little bit, to insist on the respect that the Royals do in England.
He's not just a political icon now; he is also the personification of the United States of America (among other things), the Head of State, as Elizabeth II is of England.

And, as Arthur Miller might have said,

Respect must be paid.

And LBJ actually dropped trow to show off his enormous, uh, johnson.

Dress code? I'll show ya a dress code!

pumpkin heads. suit or no suit as long as he do the job we need. thats all.

Let me see: Clinton - no tie and budget surplus, Bush - suit&tie and man-made crisis after crisis. What is my choice, Mr. Card? Yeah, you're right: Obama can wear shorts if he need it as long as people can get jobs and pay bills.

Andy Who??