For the second time in as many weeks, Andrew Card has thrown a little temper tantrum. Last week, he threw a fit on the conservative Michael Medved show. Yesterday, the little peev complained to Bill O’Reilly’s old haunt, Inside Edition:
In an interview scheduled to run Wednesday night, Andrew H. Card Jr. told the syndicated news show Inside Edition that “there should be a dress code of respect” in the White House and that he wished Mr. Obama “would wear a suit coat and tie.”
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According to Inside Edition’s Web site, Mr. Card also said:“The Oval Office symbolizes…the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I’m going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it’s appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.”
Mr. Card went on to add that, while he would not criticize Mr. Obama for his appearance, “I do expect him to send the message that people who are going to be in the Oval Office should treat the office with the respect that it has earned over history.”
There is such condescension in Mr. Card’s voice and words that, I have to wonder, would Mr. Card have “offered the same advice” to Bill Clinton, if it was Bill Clinton who succeeded Bush. For Clinton also had a more relaxed dress code in the West Wing than Bush did. Yes, I AM saying Card’s remarks sound almost racist. Who the f*ck cares if you take a jacket off while working at your desk? And how does not wearing a jacket while working at your desk offend the Presidency, the Constitution of the United States, Democracy, and hopes and dreams?
For Chrissakes, it is what you do in the Office and not what you wear in the office that matters.
Petulance, thy name is Andrew Card.