Bush has worn the dictator jacket once before..

[Radio-Active]

notice the table cloth shirt he was wearing during the campaign..


President George W. Bush makes remarks to military personnel and their families at Marine Air Corps Station Miramar near San Diego, CA on August 14, 2003.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/militarysupport/photoessay/12.html

[Sequoia]

1. Commander in chief

Guess he needs that on there to remind everyone who's the boss. Moron. Brown shirt indeed!

[Columbia]

2. I'm really sick of this "dictator jacket" stuff

That is a Marine Corps tanker jacket that he is wearing. Yes, he may be a dictator WEARING the jacket, but to call the jacket itself a "dictator jacket" sullies generations of Marines who have worn it before him. It is bad enough that he looks like shit wearing it, has completely defaced it and insults the Marines in so doing. However, we don't have to insult those who also wear it who have no control over what * wears.

Just my $0.02.

[Mistra_Know_It_All]

4. I think its just symantics but I see where you're coming from

[ComerPerro]

5. He is not a marine, he does not have any right to wear a military uniform

And he certainly shouldn't be wearing one that says "commander in chief" on it, not with his record of failure.

I say, if Bush wants to play up the Commander in Chief role, then fine. Why not start by taking responsiblity for the poor planning, the lack of exit strategy, the failure to capture bin Laden, Abu Gharib (sp?), or the lack of basics like armor and weapons?

[Columbia]

8. Exactly

No reason to be calling it a "dictator jacket" however.

[lectrobyte]

6. it's not an attack on the jacket per se, it's the whole wearing the

uniform business. Seems something that Saddam or some other dictator would do. I sure don't remember seeing any other president in uniform like that.

[Columbia]

9. Then just say dictator in the jacket

[Radio-Active]

7. Do all Marine Corps tanker jackets

have the presidential seal, with "Commander-In-Chief George W. Bush" embroidered on them?

[Columbia]

10. Obviously not

Did you read my post?

on edit: If you look closely, the seal is actually a Marine Corps Emblem (Eagle, Globe, and Anchor) encircled by "United States Marine Corps"

[w4rma]

11. I'm sorry, Columbia, but you are wrong. What he is wearing is not a

Marine Corps tanker jacket. And even if it was, he's not a marine and therefore should not be wearing a jacket reserved for marines. In addition to that it says

George W. Bush
Commander in Chief

on it. With little patches of offical federal emblems remenicent of the way dicators wear various ribbions and honorary rewards.

It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket. It's a dictator jacket.

[Columbia]

13. Whether he should be wearing it or not is not the point

And it IS a Marine tanker jacket.



http://marineshop.safeshopper.com/23/744.htm?485

I've already said it is shameless that it has been defaced, however, calling it a "dictator jacket" is shameless as well.

And I think we can do without your little childish taunts.

[Radio-Active]

14. Bush's jacket is a different color

It also has the presidential seal on it. Seems to me they are very different jackets.

[SoCalDem]

15. His "Frenchie" tailor probably whipped it up to LOOK like a

real mariine jacket.. he is the "dress-up" pResident.::)

[Columbia]

16. It's the same, picture brightness level is different

It's the same jacket plus two patches (Marine Corps seal and US flag) and custom embroidery (GWB CINC).

"Bush, wearing a tanker jacket with a United States Marine Corps emblem on the right side and a Commander-In-Chief stitched on the left, thanked U.S. forces for making the sacrifices needed to make America safer."

http://www.cpp.usmc.mil/

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. We aren't insulting the Marines, just the guy who has co-opted the jacket

when he is completely unworthy of it.

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[tanyev]

3. That's why it didn't fit very well!

Put on a few pounds since last year, George?

[ohio_liberal]

12. Hmmmmm....

[SpiralHawk]

17. Olive Green is, like, not your color Dude

Why not try something with epaulets in crimson, with black lettering. Much more your kind of thing. Suave.

No charge for the fashion advice. I have a special this month for EMDs (Emerging Megalomaniac Dictators).

[Menshevik]

18. Does he have an entire closet

filled with military uniforms?

Here's the flight suit, here's the jacket...when are we going to see him in some BDUs?

[TrustingDog]

20. George is visiting thrift shops for his next outfit...

heh. kinda looks like FabioJesus.

[Jack The Tab]

21. MEMBERS ONLY, BABY!

No disrespect to the Marines.

Shrub can't pull it off. He looks like he's wearing a members only Jacket from the early 80's.

LOL

[da_chimperor]

22. Someone should make a parody jacket from that

'Asshole in Chief' replacing 'Commander in Chief', make the US flag upside down, and replace the presidential seal with the parody one I've seen floating around on the net with a vulture on it instead of an eagle. It's a hell of a lot harder than getting a t-shirt made, but I'd buy one.

Edit: Here's the seal courtesy of whitehouse.org



Damn, I love these guys.