Kery in Colorado: wearing a Carhart jacket....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

And SUIT PANTS?????

Sorry, but that really sucks.

This guys handlers have not got a fucking clue.

I'm embarased.

[NMDemDist2]

1. get over it, he does it a lot since he will put the suit jacket back on

when he's inside to give interviews to local media

since when are we the fashion police?

[madmax]

2. Do you think the people at the rally give a shit.

They are pumped. Lighten up Billy, whatareya - a fashion critic. :hug:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. No fashion critic.... but I have ran teams who think that Carhart is up

there with the bible as far as an outward statement as to what a man is or isn't.

this is a SE thing as far as I know, but it has the potential to al;ienate a lot of people.

We have to post the bad with the good here.

[madmax]

7. Must be an insider thing

I've never heard of the jacket before but, then again I'm no fashion queen :evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

9. I think its that yellowish light brownish one

[Dudley_DUright]

13. BP

He has been wearing that jacket outside for over a year (since before the primaries last year). It is a little late to be criticizing his choice of outerwear.

[JohnKleeb]

3. I really dont think anyone cares what he wears

It's the words man.

[montana500]

4. thats his lucky jacket

are you trying to jinx it?

[madmax]

6. Giving Billy Pilgram a new name.

Mr. Blackwell!! :*

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. In redneck circles, this is a MAJOR faux pas....

(lol)

Seriously, to many working men and women in the construction industry, this has the potential of pissing them off. It's like wearing Marine Bleues with a Minnie Pearl hat.

[stavka]

28. In realn redneck cicles they are voting for Bush, or not voting @all

[Swamp Rat]

35. It'a called a "circle-jerk"

Where all the jerks in the circle are first cousins. :D

[goclark]

41. Let's hear it for Bush in all his Funny Wear

Kerry is class all the way.
At first I was not use to his yellow jacket but now I like it.

Why don't we talk about Bush wearing over sized jackets, that must belong to someone else for the last few weeks?

What is he hiding under those jackets? Wires? OBL?

[Cat Atomic]

8. I have no idea what that is. Is it a brand name or something?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. It is THE chosen garb for construction and ag workers who are successful

and proud of their work.

[Cat Atomic]

15. lmao- I just found a pic. Well, I didn't have one as a lowly

dry wall monkey, but I just thought they were jackets.

[madmax]

17. Ah ha!!!!

Now I get it! They're snobs! :evilgrin:

[Ernesto]

18. As a retired UNION const. tradesman

who owns/wears the same jacket, I thought it looked fine on JK. What's the beef?

[Chelsea Patriot]

29. Everybody who's Anybody wears Carhart here in Chelsea!

I just bought a pair of Carhart jeans this afternoon at Dave's on 7th Avenue.

[Pirate Smile]

11. I love the jacket and don't give a sh@t about the pants. The

explanation above makes complete sense.

[phirili]

14. I have to get one of those Jackets!

[dogtag]

16. Is there something 'elite' about the jacket that

I've worn for years and still only costs about $60? What should he be wearing, pray tell? He's smart enough not to pose in a Stetson...that would be fodder for the phony rancher.

In addition to all the Kerry handicaps such as integrity, intelligence, the ability to articulate ideas, etc., he also has the curse of looking really, really good in clothes. Anything he wears just looks great on him. Poor man.

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. What's a Carhart jacket look like? Is it that orange field coat?

:shrug:

[Karenina]

20. E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-E-D

Naughty BP!!!! Bad, bad boy!!! :spank:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

21. LOL....

Hey, what can I say?

[Ardee]

40. hee hee

BP must have a thing about R's, heck he shorted KerRy in the thread opener...

[Philostopher]

22. If they're the same pants he's worn at both rallies in Ohio ...

they're not actually 'suit pants' -- they're Dockers. Business casual, in other words. I don't know what he wore in Colorado. In Springfield, he wore khaki-colored Dockers. Chinos/khakis with a barn coat aren't all that bad -- I see it plenty around here in the fall, guys who are middle-management dress like this often enough.

[Pepperbelly]

23. Sorry, BP but ...

who really gives a drizzly shit?

The avant garde and chic among the construction and ag industries? Personally, I hardly notice clothes and have a hard time believing that anyone would give a shit about something like what sort of jacket Kerry wears with suit pants. Would someone who would give a shit bother to vote anyway?

[grasswire]

24. the only time...

...I've ever seen one of those jackets worn is in Montana. I don't much care for it because of its jarring color, but I figured there's a reason why he's wearing it. Probably to dispel a New England preppy image.

[grasswire]

26. Carhartt -- an old, fine company

Did a bit of research and found that the company was founded in Michigan in the 1800s to make clothing for railroad workers. The history is here:

http://www.carhartt.com/inside/legend.html

[BrotherBuzz]

25. That Carhart jacket is made in the USA!

and it is proving to be a very lucky jacket. As for fashion, I wear plaid on plaid, so what do I care.

[Ardee]

27. twenty five posts about a jacket

I own TWO Carharts, they wear like iron, are relatively inexpensive and say absolutely nothing about my political beliefs......in fact I was going to wear my LL Bean field jacket this afternoon but will now don one of the Carharts! :silly:

[DemBones DemBones]

30. Shoot, I thought it was an LLBean jacket he's been wearing.

But who cares? He does look good in his clothes. Not like a shaved chimpanzee.

[Ardee]

39. looks good ?

Heck, when you got as much money as he does you darn well better look good.......he doesn't shop at K-Mart after all.

Bush looks fine in his $5000 suits as does his opponent in his....common men both ,huh ?!? But we could make fun of the lifts in Bush's shoes and "they " can jibe about Kerry's iron clad hair.

I prefer to talk about foreign and domestic policy and why Kerry blocked that wind power project next to his estate in Mass. ....cant block the view of the elite now can we? (not a Bush supporter in case you are wondering)......just asking for a candidate I can actually relate to.....

[lumpy]

31. What a ridiculous post.

n/t

[jdj]

32. Bush in Texas wearing cowboy boots with pom-pons

the REAL fashion faux-pas.

[DuaneBidoux]

33. I just wish he'd get his ass back to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa

Throw in Ohio on his way to Florida. Colorado is going red sorry to say - don't waste the time and resources.

[Texasgal]

34. I think Kerry deserves to have his

name spelled correctly! *hint!

[GregW]

36. Who's Kery?

:shrug:

[MrSlayer]

37. What a ridiculous thing to be concerned about.

Who gives a fuck what kind of jacket the guy is wearing? It's cold there and Carhartt clothes are warm, end of story. Please spare us this nonsense.

[Redleg]

38. Thanks for the trivial fucking bullshit comment.

You sound like some of the media whores out there.

[Ardee]

42. I prefer BP's lack of relevence

to your lack of perspective and manners.....

[sangh0]

44. I prefer the lack of credibility

given the poster's animosoty towards Kerry

[Ardee]

45. well who would have guessed?

But I am surprised you would so openly support bad manners or neglect to use spell checker.......well not really surprised......

[AVID]

43. I love your sarcasm nt

[69KV]

46. Relax

Kerry's handlers know exactly what they're doing. I wear the same jacket myself. Carhartt is the outdoor clothing of choice for blue collar workers of all kinds. They started by making coveralls for railroad workers over a century ago. Kerry knows where the Democratic base is.

The Carhartt company has also traditionally been pro-union and all their U.S. plants are unionized through the UFCW, but check labels when you buy because some of their stuff has been outsourced the last couple of years. We can protect good jobs and make sure Carhartt stays a union company by looking for the Made In USA/UFCW Union label and only buying those.

[RetroLounge]

47. WTF???

:wtf:

RL

[OutsourceBush]

48. You mean this?

He's just fitting in, he looks fine! Relax, people dress like that there.

[BensMom]

49. Carhart

In Nebraska Carhart is the mainstay. It is the choice of every farmer/cow/horse person. That 60 dollar jacket will last for years. It is so popular the style has been copied by upscale clothing retailers in recent years and they have rolled out the "Barn Jacket" to a new crowd of shoppers.

http://www.hammacher.com/publish/71636.asp?promo=QSearch