Card tells Obama he's not respecting the office of President

[BirminghamExaminer]

Andrew Card, former chief of staff under bush has slammed Obama for not wearing a jacket in the oval office. Seeing Obama in his shirt sleeves makes me think he's actually working but I guess the former Bush staffers aren't used to that.

[saltpoint]

1. The very, very first guy I'd go to for advice on protocols would be

Andrew Card.

(insert 'sarcasm' emoticon here, the size of the Louisiana Purchase)

[Xipe Totec]

2. Card is disrespecting the President of the United States n/t

[madaboutharry]

3. What a stupid thing for Card to bring up.

This comment just reminds everyone how the Bush White House was a Potemkin Village. It was all a facade. It was all for show. What an asshole.

[BirminghamExaminer]

7. Exactly

[Johonny]

45. Are these people so petty?

[wiggs]

48. It's part of a serious and ongoing effort to

paint Obama as arrogant and at the same time incompetent. Unfortunately, my radio lands on various talk shows during AAR commercials and it's clear this is a concerted, deliberate effort. Look for more of the same.....

[chelsea0011]

4. Is that Andy, "Go Get Us Some Coffee" Card? I laughed at Thomas O'Neil's book

that at his first meeting at the WH after being appointed Treasury Secretary that he couldn't believe it when Bush sent the Chief of Staff out for coffee.

[Captain Hilts]

5. By those standards so did FDR, Reagan, GHWB and Clinton.

A pitiful attempt to burnish GWB's shoddy legacy.

[Jokerman]

6. And not a single bruise or scrape on his face!

I mean, didn't bushboy teach us that getting falling down drunk and then lying about it was "presidential".

[Bleacher Creature]

8. Because authorizing torture and illegal wiretapping respects the office.

[KansDem]

29. Sure. As long as you do it in a spiffy suit!

With your jacket on, of course!

[Bleacher Creature]

41. What if the person who is tortured dies? Would a tuxedo fix it?

[TNOE]

9. Why don't all these guys just get off the stage

and STFU. We're sick of all of them - what more will it take for them to realize that? More signs of all their narcissism.

[BirminghamExaminer]

11. Exactly

Do we really need to hear from Cheney about how Obama's doing in his first two weeks of office and then hear a moron like Card complain about Obama's attire. The GOP are desperate and it shows.

[peacetalksforall]

10. My gosh, what would Andy say if Obama wore a sweater or

sweatshirt? He would need smelling salts to revive him?

I will always associate 'suits and ties' with crime after eight years of it.

[terisan]

24. Actually Obama probably should wear a sweater and turn down the thermostat.

[polmaven]

43. What do you suppose he thought

when President Bartlett wore JEANS on weekends, as did Josh and other staff! Probably thew coffee at the TV!

[peacetalksforall]

46. I read 'President Bartlett' and asked myself now how did I not know that the

word was out and around that Bartlett ran George.

Then I thought - the comma is missing.

Then I thought - not many people call George, President.

Just some fun.

[bdamomma]

12. oh crap it just never stops, what total BS!!!

oh, I guess if you don't wear a jacket work is not being done, god, I hate these people.

[lpbk2713]

13. Obama is not an Elitist.

Anyone can wear a suit or even a tuxedo if they want to just to put on a show.

Obama is a man of the people.

[Deep13]

25. That is now clear to me.

I was afraid he might be, but it doesn't look that way now. He's elite as in top-quality, but not elitist.

[Mist]

14. Hey Andy, why don't you show "respect for the office" by getting our new Prez. some coffee? nt

[MNDemNY]

15. Card can blow chunks.

:puke:

[sweetpotato]

16. Tell Card he's irrelevant now

In fact, he became irrelevant when he quit the Chief of Staff position.

Who cares what he says?

[BirminghamExaminer]

17. the media who else?

[tsuki]

18. I'd rather he respect the Constitution of the United States, you

f**king traitor.

[Lyric]

19. Where's that picture of Bush with his feet propped up on the Oval Office desk?

'Cause that's SO respectful.

:eyes:

[Pirate Smile]

20. This is such a perfect example of the shallow, superficial crap that BushCo thought demonstrated

respect.

Actually respecting the Constitution, Presidential powers, the different branches of government, treaties, laws and traditions followed since General Washington became the first President, etc. - that stuff was not important and easily trashed by them.

It is truly staggering what clueless idiots the Bush Administration was full of for 8 years.

[terisan]

21. Hey Card they are still wearing their Rep ties-but they should lower the thermostadt

and wear warmer clothes.

[Mari333]

22. jesus christ who gives a flying fuck??? nt

[Deep13]

23. What a fucking idiot.

Appearance trumps reality with them.

[rurallib]

26. George W was nattily attired as he led us into an illegal war,

ignored the effects of Katrina, allowed the Justice Department and the EPA to be dismantled, sold off national forests, allowed businesses to rob us blind and in general allowed or led the demise of America. With that coat on George W. could do pretty much what he wanted and look very presidential.

[calimary]

27. Hey, card - bite me.

Besides, who cares what you think? YOU worked for a war criminal. And stuck by him. What does that say about you - and the way YOU are disrespecting the office of President of the United States?

[ogneopasno]

28. Who cares what he thinks?

[Ganja Ninja]

37. Why is anybody paying attention to this guy?

I never heard of him before he went to work for Bush and what he has to say now matters to me about as much as Joe the Plumber's mumblings.

[JBoy]

30. They said that about the first President to stop wearing a powdered wig, too.

[lapfog_1]

31. Form, not function...

and it showed when they were running things.

[liberal N proud]

32. But Obama does respect his position and what it means to America

Card's boss only respected the room.

Can we just run a country and not worry about what someone wears in the room?

[Deep13]

39. "It's just a goddamn piece of paper," ...

...something Obama would not think, much less say.

[liberal N proud]

42. I should have also said Obama respects the citizens of the United States

Card's boss thought we were all his peasants.

[mwb970]

33. Flags, flag pins, jackets....

Always the symbol, never the substance. That's our Republicans!

[Ian David]

34. First off, there are pictures of Bush in The Oval Office without a jacket. Secondly...

You wanna talk about respecting the office of President?

[WI_DEM]

35. And Bush respected the office of the presidency! Give me a break.

[LynneSin]

36. Well if you base the standard on what Bush did for 8 years, perhaps Card has a point

but since Bush has the approval rating of a rabid skunk perhaps Card should just STFU.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

38. As if W

showed any respect for the office. He lied every time he opened his mouth. Started an illegal war which has been going on for fucking ever. Has driven the financial debacle like a run away train. Humiliated all of us every time he spoke publicly. Okayed illegal wiretapping, waterboarding and Guantanamo Bay. Called the Constitution "Just a goddamned piece of paper" - Set the bar so low that only an ameba's fart could squeeze underneath it and spent more time on vacation than any other president, ever....

Andrew Card can go fuck himself.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. In the big scheme of things this seems SO important, doesn't

it. Man without a coat. Man who lies us into a war where thousands upon thousands die.

[gratuitous]

44. Consider the source

Card, along with Alberto Gonzales, paid the hospital visit to John Ashcroft, trying to get him to sign off on the White House's warrantless wiretaps and surveillance.

What was that about "respecting" things again, Andy? Wotta laugh.

[Lugnut]

47. Yo Andy!

Unlike the waste of air and skin that occupied 1600 for the past eight years President Obama is not a facade. Want some cheese for that whine?