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Related: About this forumWhen you show up to the WHCD without a tux because you don't play by the billionaire boy club rules.
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When you show up to the WHCD without a tux because you don't play by the billionaire boy club rules. (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Apr 2016
OP
Just checking: Did he have a handlebar mustache and pork chop sideburns? nt
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2016
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stone space
(6,498 posts)1. Dude's wearing a suit and tie.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)2. Most men in the audience were not wearing tuxedos. Good try though.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)4. There was a guy there in a denim jacket.
Now that takes moxie.
TheBlackAdder
(28,186 posts)9. Just checking: Did he have a handlebar mustache and pork chop sideburns? nt
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)11. He was bald. I only saw the back of him.
The camera stayed on him for awhile,he had something written on the back of his jacket.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)6. They have to do something to deflect attention away from the fact that the WHCD is establishment,
and one of the most establishment things in all of DC ... so why is Mr. Anti-Establishment there anyways?
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)3. It's a statement alright
How it's interpreted will be varied.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)5. Showing up naked would be a game changer....
actually, since I don't appreciate the drama surrounding what Hillary Clinton does or does not wear I'm not particularly interested in what Sanders wears either.
A suit and tie are appropriate, so you seem to set a fairly low bar
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)7. He should have worn no tie.
That would really have made a statement.
jillan
(39,451 posts)8. Lol at this picture - feeling the Bern is coming out of the top of his head.
Whoever made this meme probably could've found a better pic
Playinghardball
(11,665 posts)10. Nice!!
AzDar
(14,023 posts)12. Looking FOINE, too!
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)13. Essentially criticizing both to some extent
Larry gave more credit to Bernie than to HRC.
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)14. Most elected officials don't wear a tux to these types of functions
don't want the pictures of them looking like a rich fat cat