MSNBC: "Biden wearing French cuffs and dressed to the nines"

[godai]

They were discussing the economy and put down Biden for being overdressed to impress voters. Chris Jansing added...yes, I was a little surprised by that. So, how was Palin dressed? No comments on that. $500 shoes, I believe. This is a ridiculous topic but they actually brought it up as a negative for Biden.

This is how we elect Presidents? It's insane. It will be monumental task to defeat the Repubs and their MSM conspirators. Yes, we can!

[supernova]

1. Joe Biden is always well dressed

It's not like it's a different habit for him.

:wtf:

[JohnnyBoots]

27. He's a US Senator for crying out loud. Why wouldn't he be well dressed?????

[KansDem]

47. And didn't Bush require is cabinet members to wear suits to their meetings?

...in contrast to the laid-back dress code for Clinton's cabinet? And didn't CorpMedia insist that this was because Bush was a MBA president who'd run his meetings like a corporate board-room? Wasn't this all part of the "the adults are in charge" image?

So now CorpMedia thinks Biden is too well-dressed? :crazy:

[K Gardner]

2. And "Palin is folksy and really connects to THE PEOPLE", calls her husband First Dude." Its scary

[jezebel]

7. I saw that. It is scary. Its like 2000 all over again. Oh Gbush is so folksy and you want to have a

beer with him. Vomit.

[lukasahero]

46. OMG

I saw "first dude" here earlier and assumed it was a DU snark. Are you telling me that it really, honest and truly comes from her? I think I'm going to be sick.

[K Gardner]

51. No. She really said it, says it everytime.

[Curtland1015]

3. Really? those ass hats brough THAT up?

Gimme a break. If we were discussing how Palin dressed it would be "sexist".

Screw those dicks.

[Epiphany4z]

4. They want us to talk about how

Sarah dresses...so they yell SEXISM!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. It's Biden's fault of course.

Next time he should come out wearing shorts and that tuxedo t-shirt. Then maybe at that point they won't have anything else to say and can go back to reporting on the issues.

[LiberalHeart]

6. Who was it who said that? The person was off camera. n/t

[godai]

13. I don't know the guy's name but I've seen him on before. n/t

[liberal N proud]

They are tabloid TV, Talk about anything but ISSUES

[gaiilonfong]

8. Chris Jansing another reTHUGlican SHILL

She was thrown out for a while, so why did they bring the heffa back?

She is an IDIOT

[lolamio]

29. She started out in the Albany, NY area as a newscaster...

She really isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. It's hard for me to watch her and take her seriously.

[El Fuego]

9. I think they meant to say Freedom cuffs.

[Mz Pip]

10. He was dressed appropriately for

a political sppech. What was he supposed to wear, an old KISS T-shirt?

Liberal media my ass.

[leftofcool]

11. Sort of like the comments on Hillary's clothes?

[sandnsea]

39. Gosh. Which apparently wasn't sexist

but rather, just the routine attack on Democrats that always happens. And if they mentioned Sarah Palin's clothes, then Gerry Ferraro would go back on Fox and attack the sexist media again.

[sabra]

12. CBS News: Bidens make almost no money each year from dividends or interest.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/12/politics/horserace/entry4445194.shtml

<snip>

Joint income between Biden and his wife Jill rose from $215,000 to $249,000 between 1998 and 2006. These numbers reflect the total of Joe Biden's Senate salary, his Widener University School of Law teaching salary, and Jill Biden's teaching salary.

The Bidens give little to charity. 2007, in which they donated $995, was their most generous year, though in other years Biden donated honoraria from talk shows which were valued at higher amounts.

The Bidens make almost no money each year from dividends or interest. They deduct only state/local taxes, mortgage interest and what he donates to charity. 2003 was the last year they claimed a dependent child -- their daughter, Ashley.

[firedupdem]

20. They are considered POOR based on what the other side earns.

That's nothing!

[azmouse]

14. The corporate media was implying Biden was an 'elitist'....

They have no shame.

[blondeatlast]

15. I want my leaders to be smarter than me; even in how they dress. I bet that suit was union made

by Hart, Schaffner, and Marx right here in the US of A.

[City Lights]

16. Such insightful commentary coming from the overpaid TeeVee talking heads.

Paid a six-figure salary to read words on paper.

GETV, keeping idiocy alive. What keeps Jansing's head from collapsing?

[blondeatlast]

23. They who make certain the makeup's perfect and the hair tousles "just so" reporting live from

natural disasters.

No joke, I've seen them being prepped to cover forest fires; just enough hair spray and a little more blush...

:puke:

[fugop]

17. How about Palin?

Did they mention the story about the tanning bed she owns? Oh, that's folksy, I guess.

[Orsino]

18. Here come the "earth tones."

So his outfit looks French?

[carpe diem]

19. if he had been dressed down...

they would have said he was being disrepectful to voters...it's all about bowling scores and orange juice and swiss cheese to these people...even with Wall Street shitting it's shorts, the still can't help themselves with the triva and bull shit...

[CoffeeCat]

21. Yes, the commentator...

...was clearly on the side of Palin. Then, the female pundit talked up Palin
and how she relates to blue-collar and average voters because her relatives
own a hardware store. Palin was described as "folksy" and they were praising
her style and her cutesy reference to her husband as "first dude." :eyes:

Then they mentioned that Joe wasn't at all like Sarah.

I thought...well, ok, there's another commentator there--he'll prop up the Dems.

Nope. He went off on Biden for his French cuffs and how he needed to appeal
more to the average voter.

This is so sick! So, it's about clothes? :eyes:

Biden gave a very information-rich speech, and he talked with authority about the
financial crisis. Palin read a bunch of lines that she doesn't intellectually
understand.

After Biden spoke, the commentator said, "That was Joe Biden, trying to tie John McCain
to George Bush."

Trying? McCain voted with Bush 90 percent of the time. He is tied to the Bush camp and
the facts bear that out. But never mind the truth--it's just Joe Biden "trying" to
make the connection.

WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE MEDIA IN THE PAST WEEK????? It's like watching "The Body Snatchers." :crazy:

[Skidmore]

22. Palin wasn't exactly dressed in bibbed overalls and a flannel shirt, was she?

We need surrogates to call the press on this. Who was that John reporter guy anyway? I've seen him before and he always sounds like he's being paid by the Republicans.

[dennis4868]

24. what about McPain's wife

wearing her $300,000 dress...i did not hear anything from MSNBC about that.

[jojo54]

25. give me a break!!!

Joe dresses impeccably, because he's got a REAL job, helping REAL people!!

edited to add: He looks a hell of a lot better than Palin!!

[spartan61]

26. Could someone please repost the viewer feedback e-mail address

for MSNBC? I want to write to them and let them know how disgusting it was having to listen to Chris Jansing talk about the way Biden was dressed for his speech in St. Clair Shores, MI. This is what she gets paid to say when our economy is in free fall? I am so sick of their all Palin all the time and nasty digs against the Obama/Biden campaign. So much for impartial journalism.

[City Lights]

34. Here...

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Send 'em a howler! :hi:

[spartan61]

38. Thanks!! This time I will bookmark these addresses

so I can continue to write to them. I hope others will too.

[AspenRose]

28. OH GMAFB

When Cindy McCain wears earrings worth more than the house we just sold....

[Nye Bevan]

30. Absolutely outrageous

Everyone knows that you are only supposed to comment on *women's* clothes and shoes, not men's. (see Bright Orange Pantsuit).

[AspenRose]

32. It's ALL ridiculous

[CatsDogsBabies]

31. Why is dressing nicely negative

When I was young, we didn't have money, but my parents were always conscientious about proper dress. Biden is a U.S. Senator and candidate for VP - he should dress well - it shows respect for the office.

[TooRaLoo]

35. Exactly.

NOT dressing nicely is something that a repug would get onto their son about.

[TooRaLoo]

33. I really didn't even notice what he was wearing.

But I was listening to him more than I was watching.

[demokatgurrl]

36. Oh for fuck's sake

he probably has had those clothes for years. And imagine the criticism if he went out in tattered or casual clothes.

[Overseas]

37. This is why I don't watch most of the news chat shows on corporate media.

To remember how very intensely slanted they are, check out Stealing America: Vote by Vote. It refreshed my painful memories of 2004. We were here at DU, getting reports from the field of all kinds of election anomalies while the news channels were talking about how smooth things were going. Until very late at night when there were long lines in Democratic precincts still waiting to vote.

www.stealingamericathemovie.com

The movie gives an excellent overview of the several techniques Republicans have used to suppress the number of Democratic votes counted. It has a few very effective charts and graphs to show the statistical improbability of all the glitches happening to favor the Republicans.

But those TV clips were intense. Trying so hard to pretend the results were valid. Clips from the 2000 election and others too.

[WinkyDink]

40. The operative word was "FRENCH". I wish I were kidding.

[jillan]

41. What about Palin's HAIR? I cannot relate to anyone with hair like that.

She reminds me of someone that is stuck in 1970, Farrah Fawcett hairdo days.

She needs to move into THIS CENTURY!

[Debi]

43. Isn't her 'updo' a French Twist???

:crazy:

[Jane Austin]

42. They obviously don't know the story of the

nuts-and-bolts cuff links his mother improvised for Joey to wear to a dance.

That guy is the White House correspondent for Reuters and I've sensed a lot of negativity from him toward Dems since the first time I saw him.

[Debi]

44. Here it is...thanks for bringing it up!

http://www.progressivepuppy.com/the_progressive_puppy/2008/08/best-joe-bidens.html

[Jane Austin]

48. The rest of that story is, I believe,

that someone gave him a pair of Sterling Silver nut-and-bolt cufflinks that he wears all the time.

[1corona4u]

52. Yes, his sister Valerie did.

[Straight Shooter]

45. Has MSNBC forgotten this ballyhooed photo of bush "reviewing" the SOTU speech?

It's the first thing I thought of when they mentioned "French cuffs." By the way, was Biden wearing gold cufflinks with the initial "B" on them? *snort*

French cuffs were once considered to be more formal than button cuffs, although they are seeing a resurgence in the business environment. Traditional dress required that French cuffs be worn with a tie and jacket. However due to the emergence of business casual, French cuffs are now being worn without tie or jacket. French cuffs are generally preferred for formal black tie events.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cuffs

[AtomicKitten]

49. Following that line of reasoning, we should applaud McBush being alert enough to wear pants.

[jberryhill]

50. I suck at ironing... which is why I prefer french cuffs - no buttons /nt

[anonymous171]

53. Biden should do all his events naked.

That should satisfy the GOP media.

[Barack_America]

54. Yeah and the outfit Cindy McCain wore at the RNC could've bailed out Lehman Bros.

What's the point?

[arewenotdemo]

55. Stupid fucking country

Good thing Mencken isn't alive today to witness it. He'd probably kill himself.

[graywarrior]

56. Christ. another $400 haircut bullshit waste of time.

[Jennicut]

57. Isn't Joe like the least wealthiest Senator? Style does not have to be ultra expensive

Also, Joe does not own a tanning bed or any (thankfully) ugly ultra expensive puke yellow-orange dresses. He has always had style but you don't have to have tons of money to have style. And this is the stupidist topic ever by the MSM.