Here's some perspective for our conservative friends.....

Five Years Later, Obama's Tan Suit 'Controversy' Seems More Ridiculous Than Ever

I think about the Obama tan suit fiasco of 2014 all the time. The country collectively spent the last few days of August that year lambasting him for a sartorial choice at an August 28 press conference, and everyone was weirdly personally offended by it. The internet and cable news shows went into a full-on freakout.

Yes, the suit was ill-fitting and in a shade of tan that makes me want to take a nap. But with 20/20 hindsight, the public outcry was beyond bizarre. People were actually calling it unpresidential! New York Rep. Peter King went so far as to say that Obama's tan suit meant that he didn't care about national security threats. Even Esquire had some harsh commentary.

Little did we know that four years later, the next president would be known for making creepy comments about finding his own daughter attractive and being investigated for allegedly colluding with Russia. A fun, stress-free time for everyone.

At this point, the common refrain of, "Can you imagine if Obama did this?" comes up so frequently during the Trump era that it just sounds like white noise. But that the tan suit is one of Obama's most memorable controversies speaks volumes about how much we expected of him while he was in office. The amount of chaos Trump has caused since becoming president is so egregious that his overly long ties and poorly tailored suits are the absolute least of anyone's worries. Obama's tan suit is still laughably bad, but I would honestly be fine if he had worn a T-shirt every day if it meant we had a somewhat competent president now.

To say that Obama had a flawless presidency is to gloss over his penchant for drone strikes and unpopular immigration policies, to name a few. As far as personal "scandals," though? The suit was pretty much it, which makes the attention it drew even more insane.

If the next president is semi-normal and doesn't start trade wars with tweets, we should let him or her wear whatever the hell they want.

http://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/five-years-later-obamas-tan-122000913.html



Much needed perspective.

A quick search in the TT showed no interest in tan suits except for lefties.

Righties have no fashion conscience.

 I remember in middle school when the big thing was Clinton engaging in oral sex in the oval office.

 It was a huge news topic in the US and I recall a news program where they asked an official in Ireland what he thought of Clinton's situation and he said he wish he had Clinton's impeachment problems.  This was right around the time the IRA was conducting bombings frequently, he was referencing those issues.

T And T Garage wrote on 08/28/19 at 12:51:55:

LOL  Can't stay on topic can you!  

T And T Garage wrote on 08/28/19 at 13:07:53:


That's a pathetic example and nothing remotely about that puts anything into perspective. If someone illegally taps into the electrical line of your middle class suburban Chicago house you don't judge them with the perspective of a poverty stricken inner city in India. Likewise a nation where a university professor would have been fired for using his position of power to get oral sex in his empty classroom from a 22 year old student, doesn't judge its disciplinary actions against an elected official against a nation trapped in a cycle of religious violence.

Geez fellas, get a little perspective.....

If you're actually trying to make sense, you've failed.

That's because you've got the comprehensive level of a grape.

T And T Garage wrote on 08/28/19 at 22:33:14:


Oh my... you're serious?  Don't have nothing so make it up, pathetic.

MnSpring wrote on 09/02/19 at 17:12:55:



One is deserving of the ridicule, one is not.