Dress Code Fatwah!

[ColbertWatcher]

The GOP-controlled media has found their "issue" about Obama's trip.

Amazing.

(Road to the White House, July 21, 2008)

[polichick]

1. An affront to the Constitution - and all things good and holy!

[ColbertWatcher]

3. The Constitution doesn't say anything about nail polish! n/t

[polichick]

4. Dramatic license. :)

[polichick]

5. Freedom of expression??

[TomInTib]

8. They will have to scrape my nail gloss from my cold, dead fingernails.

There are a lot of women who are just crazy about a guy with a good manicure.

[spanone]

2. hearing andrea mitchell whine about access, i'm sure she'll do report on the dress code

schuster was trying to make something of nothing

[Kittycat]

6. Maybe they'd rather be arrested, as can happen if they aren't dressed

appropriately in that particularly country?

It's not about rights when you go in to places like Afghanistan - it's about protection and safety. Not just for the person that wants to dress outside of the confines - but to the people they're traveling with.

[trof]

7. I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Captain Angry]

9. This place has become notorious for that.

People post something off the top of their head, almost as if it were halfway into a sentence.

DU has become nearly unreadable. Usually you can avoid the forums with the problem, but it's pervasive now.

[hisownpetard]

10. Me, neither. (A hint would be nice.)

[spanone]

11. msnbc reported that obama campaign put out a dress code for the foreign territories

they would be traveling in.....iraq etc

[trof]

19. When I worked in the Middle East we had the same 'guidelines'.

No big deal.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. I'm sorry.

Apparently, one of the reporters on the TV said Obama has a "dress code" while on this world tour.

And the panel were shocked, SHOCKED! that someone would impose such constraints, and then they showed the list, which included women must wear stockings, but no nail polish.

It was really stupid to include on the news.

[spanone]

13. it shows how bored the press is...they were hoping for the great 'faux pas'

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Yes.

That was my sense immediately after hearing it.

They've already outlined the scene, and anxiously awaited the opportunity to say they were right, regardless of whether they were or not.

Talk about self-fulfilling prophecy.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. No thong undies visible, etc. Maybe the press needs those guidelines.

Americans are horrendously blase about violating local codes of acceptable behavior. And the newsmodels from FAUX need special tutoring on how much cleavage is considered permissible by their Muslim hosts. You're a guest over there, Cookie; try not to embarass your country.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. FOX Newsbunnies are exempt from the laws of their host country...

...because they say they are.

Also, they belong to no country, they wear no uniform (literally) and as a consequence, have no allegiances to any nation, except that of their corporation, should it see fit to become one.

[elizfeelinggreat]

17. horrors!

(sorry, I don't know how to post an image here ...)

eta: image worked

[LostInAnomie]

18. Surprisingly, the person I heard ranting the hardest about this was David Schuster.

On RTTWH, he said something to the effect that McCain has a great relationship with the press, but Obama's is kind of shakey. Obama's going to learn soon that the press does not like being told what to do. (Unless, of course, it's by Republicans)