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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAugust 28, 2014: America's most unspeakably horrifying day of shame
Last edited Wed Aug 28, 2019, 09:41 PM - Edit history (2)
Obama's Tan Suit Steals the Spotlight at Press Conference
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement from the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington, August 28, 2014. LARRY DOWNING / Reuters
Aug. 28, 2014, 5:01 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 28, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT
President Barack Obama held a press conference Thursday where he discussed important world issues, such as U.S. strategy for dealing with ISIS and growing tensions in Ukraine. But it was the president's outfit not his words that captured the attention of many viewers.
As soon as the president stepped up to the podium sporting a tan suit, jokes began to fly on Twitter.
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U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement from the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington, August 28, 2014. LARRY DOWNING / Reuters
Aug. 28, 2014, 5:01 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 28, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT
President Barack Obama held a press conference Thursday where he discussed important world issues, such as U.S. strategy for dealing with ISIS and growing tensions in Ukraine. But it was the president's outfit not his words that captured the attention of many viewers.
As soon as the president stepped up to the podium sporting a tan suit, jokes began to fly on Twitter.
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I've been waiting for this day. Joe.My.God remembered too:
Its The Fifth Anniversary Of Obamas Tan Suit Day
August 28, 2019
The Washington Post reports:
August 28, 2019
The Washington Post reports:
Ronald Reagan wore tan suits during his presidency. So did Dwight D. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. But on Aug. 28, 2014, when President Barack Obama showed up for a White House news conference dressed in beige, the light-colored suit became a matter of national import.
Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) fumed that the suit pointed to a lack of seriousness on the presidents part, cable news shows held roundtable discussions, fashion critics and image consultants weighed in, and TV news reporters conducted man-on-the-street interviews to find out what the people of Northeast Ohio thought of the controversial look.
Five years later, however, Tan Suit Gate has taken on a different meaning, coming to symbolize the relative dearth of scandals during the Obama administration.
Five years ago today, Barack Obama wore a tan suit, the biggest scandal in presidential history. #FYC
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{edited} The shame has clearly become part of the nation's collective unconscious. DUer demmiblue also remembered. He posted before I did:
In August 2014, a scandal like no other rocked the Obama presidency to its core...
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August 28, 2014: America's most unspeakably horrifying day of shame (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2019
OP
I'm still embarrassed that Trump's staff doesn't dress in clean white suits
struggle4progress
Aug 2019
#4
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)1. Selective outrage is an authoritarian strategy...
If you control what people get angry about, you control the people.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)2. Yep
demigoddess
(6,641 posts)3. i thought he looked good !
struggle4progress
(118,294 posts)4. I'm still embarrassed that Trump's staff doesn't dress in clean white suits