Hey everybody, it's "Dress like a commoner day"

[SoCalDem]

Republicans are so predictable:)

[Solly Mack]

1. Except that shirt is probably tailor made

[Barack_America]

2. Shirtsleeves up, boys.

Boehner couldn't help but do up those collar buttons though, and that'll cost him "commoner points" for sure.

Hopefully they all remembered to have the help skip today's shoe shine session.

[joeybee12]

3. I want to b-slap that disgusting row of mugs...

and then do it again.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

4. why focus on their appearance

and not their message?

sP

[Solly Mack]

5. Their choice of dress is part of their message.

Clothing is often used to convey a message...an idea. A means of being approachable and identifying with your audience.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. i understand...i get what they are doing

but all politicians do it...so why focus on it now?

sP

[blondeatlast]

14. should we not discuss irony, hypocrisy, and enjoy a laugh

while we do so?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

19. no...i don't think so...

both sides do it...seem hypocritical to point at it when pubs do it and praise it when the Democratic Party members do it...

sP

[blondeatlast]

21. Then maybe you shouldn't have participated in this thread.

I don't care for those who "supervise" DU discussions without being offered that authority by the admins.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

32. i am not supervising...

any more than you are...this is just a little shallow to me. i think focusing on what is in that document as opposed to what is on his back is more beneficial...

so, go tell someone else what threads they should and should not participate in...supervisor-extraordinaire.

sP

[Quantess]

40. The point is the irony of the image they are trying to portray.

Clearly, they are trying to appear as though they are hard working, "regular Americans" who "roll up their sleeves and get to work". Could anything be further from the truth?

To me, this is much more relvant than say, Sarah Palin's choice to wear open toed high heels in winter, or her big hair. This is more relevant than John Boehner's skin color.

It is manipulation. Subliminal propaganda.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

41. i agree with your points about Palin and Boner...

it IS relevant, but it is a common tactic. all pols do it...they are chameleons and that is a terrible insult to chameleons but it is the best i could come up with with my cold-addled brain.

sP

[Solly Mack]

23. Same reason we focused on it when Bush did it after Katrina.

and his dressing to convey the message that he's working hard for the people...when he so clearly wasn't and never did.

to point out the hypocrisy between the message and the reality....

Pointing out the tactics used isn't a bad thing.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

35. i just see all politicians doing it...

that is all...

sP

[Solly Mack]

39. Politicians, sales people, for job interviews. Everybody...for one reason or another

But I think - and I'm just speaking for me - that pointing out forms of manipulation isn't a bad thing. Especially this particular kind of manipulation.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

43. ok...it's cool... (not that you need my approval)

the banana in you sig picture relegates my argument to irrelevance. :-)

sP

[Solly Mack]

44. Don't let the banana hear you say that.

:)

[blondeatlast]

8. Because it's part of the message. They are trying (unsuccessfully)

to portray themselves as working class.

The hypocrisy cries out for exposure.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. all i am saying is that ALL politicians 'dress' for their message

why point at it now?

sP

[blondeatlast]

16. Why not? nt

[ProdigalJunkMail]

17. all i am saying is that ALL politicians 'dress' for their message

why point at it now?

sP

[ProdigalJunkMail]

18. looks like the FB problem is hurting here too :-)

[SoCalDem]

27. you better check..maybe it's up again

:)

not everyone here is a Facebookie.. (not me anyway)

:hi:

maybe a walk outside..you seem tense..

stage management & phony appearances go hand in hand with politics, to be sure, but republicans are not even subtle..it's funny to me.. maybe not you.. but there is room here for all kinds of threads.. even those of which you do not approve..

[ProdigalJunkMail]

34. eh...must be too much coffee

thanks for the smiles...and i wasn't saying we shouldn't be talking about it...but merely are a side-note to the bigger picture...

sP

[SpiralHawk]

29. It is soooo calculated, soooo phony, soooo republicon....

What a pack of Pharisees...they are all in proletarian 'uniform' no doubt because one of their black-ops occult mindf*ck researchers thought it would help the little people to imagine that the 'elite' RepubliCronies are just like them...

[ProdigalJunkMail]

36. but that's just it...it is not a pub tactic...it is a politician tactic...

they all do it...

sP

[SpiralHawk]

45. It's particularly peculiar for Republicons to do it

not their usual schtick...therefore, worth noting their blatant attempt at maniupulation.

'Everybody does it' lameass whimpout excuses just don't cut it in this instance.

[SoCalDem]

46. Tanman usually dresses very well..I think this is the first time I have seen him

without a suit-coat.. He's usually in golf-togs or the $1k suits:)

[butterfly77]

37. Can't we do both?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

38. both would be perfect...

but i guess i am expecting too much to find both in one thread...no biggie...my caffeine intake must be too high today as i am apparently being overcritical.

sP

[DJ13]

6. Its hard to dress down wearing $200 slacks and $500 shoes

:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

28. He probably hired someone to scuff up his shoes a bit

:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

7. Working class heroes to a one:

[onethatcares]

20. they should sing "working class hero" a time or two

I would like to think folks aren't fooled by this shit, but I can't. Remember * in New Orleans? Then the lights went out, the set got rolled up and on to more fucking the people of the United States they went. All while wearing blue open collar dress shirts with rolled up sleeves, like they've ever worked a day in thier lives.

[SoCalDem]

26. The Manly-man gallery has most of them captured for posterity

http://socaldem.smugmug.com/Humor/Bush-sportsmanmanly-man/2219343_iJFi5#122694927_TaSWg

[onethatcares]

31. may I?

Many times I have to deal with the "miss me yet" fools. Some of your pix are what I need to counter it.

[SoCalDem]

33. Help yourself.. Don't miss the Freaky Feet & Loopy Leg gallery

:)

and of course there's What Would Laura Wear.. that's always good for a laugh

[handmade34]

9. so funny

:rofl:
like they have a clue....

[SoCalDem]

15. I especially like the one on Tan-man's left.. the tongue..

:)

[blondeatlast]

24. Ha! I missed that at first. "Workin' hard" he is! nt

[blondeatlast]

11. Yeah, "no-tan" boy--let's see those hands up close.

Remember Trading Places?

[spartan61]

12. Isn't that always the way that GWB

dressed when he wanted to make the country believe he was "working hard."

[SoCalDem]

25. Ah yes.. his collection of blue checkered shirts

see them here

[onethatcares]

22. I guess "Contract on America" was taken several years ago by newtie

and I agree with the post further down about tongue boy.

[AnArmyVeteran]

30. Hilarious!

[TheCowsCameHome]

42. "The check is in the mail, I won't co........" - This is right up there with those lies

Nice try, Boner.

[hughee99]

47. They're just stealing the idea from Kerry's '04 campaign

http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_pages/0001-0408-2822-3541.html

[tech9413]

48. I don't see no Marlboro Miles tee and jeans w/a hole in the knee

He doesn't look like he spent the day cutting up a downed tree with another days work to go. That tan doesn't look like what I get spending day after day in the sun to make sure the vegetables were enough to last through the winter.
Those palms look pretty soft for a working man, no sign of blisters or cuts. Looks like just another poser.

[SoCalDem]

49. He probably does not own a tee shirt..

Most likely sent out a staffer yesterday to buy him the shirt he wore today