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Turns Out, Bush Didn't Always Wear His Jacket

After Obama is ripped by ex-White House official, HuffPo digs up photos of informal Dubya

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 6, 2009 2:23 PM CST

(Newser) – After a former White House staffer ripped Barack Obama for being under-dressed in the Oval Office, where President Bush required a suit and tie, the Huffington Post has photos of Bush jacketless in, you guessed it, the Oval Office. “There should be a dress code of respect,” Andrew Card told Inside Edition. “I wish that (Obama) would wear a suit coat and tie.”

Says Anya Strzemien: “Turns out that going casual in the Oval Office is a long, time-honored tradition that pre-dates the Bush administration: JFK did it. Gerald Ford did it. Ronald Reagan did it. Jimmy Carter did it. Clinton did it (a lot).”

Bush always wore a suit and tie in the Oval Office. There was never a picture of him that was seen by the public in which he wasn't wearing a suit and tie, a Reuters correspondent says.
Bush "always wore a suit and tie in the Oval Office. There was never a picture of him that was seen by the public in which he wasn't wearing a suit and tie," a Reuters correspondent says.   (AP Photo)
I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President, former White House staffer Andrew Card said of informal photos of Obama.
"I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President," former White House staffer Andrew Card said of informal photos of Obama.   (AP Photo)
The Oval Office symbolizes ... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy, former White House chief of staff Andrew Card said, pushing a strict dress code.
"The Oval Office symbolizes ... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy," former White House chief of staff Andrew Card said, pushing a strict dress code.   (AP Photo)
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COMMENTS
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bacimom
Feb 8, 2009 9:08 PM CST
A little respect for the people and their constitution, and less for an obtusely shaped room might have been more appropriate from the Bush Presidency
jaguarj
Feb 8, 2009 8:08 PM CST
That's probably exaggerted too!! Orchids need humidity more than heat.
Guest
Feb 7, 2009 6:44 AM CST
Bush should have taken his necktie off, it must have cut the blood to his brain off.

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