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He definitely looks smarter than the mustachioed lard with the pink necktie. Is it ALIVE?
Only in the USA!
This article needs to give some cultural context. I read it all and I still don’t understand why there was a controversy.
Is it because tan is considered less formal?
The people who complained about it are racist/bigotted and don’t like Obama because he’s black. At the time it wasn’t really socailly acceptable to be publicly racist so they would make a big deal out of other stupid random shit directed at him. They would not have cared at all about the tan suit if Obama was white.
No. Fox “News” just found nothing factual to criticise. So they complained about his clothing instead.
Obama being elected broke a lot of R’s brains and them and Fox News were looking for anything, anything to cast aspersions on him for. Early on a Fox news commentator called a fist bump he shared with his wife a ‘terrorist fist jab’. Just absolutely silly people.
controversy
if any other president had worn it, it wouldn’t have been controversial - but everything is controversial when the president is black and the GOP is racist as all fuck
I understand that, but there must be something to base it on? A reason why it could possibly be seen as somewhat not OK to wear tan in this context?
He was talking about serious things and tan is an unserious color. It’s never okay for a president to act unserious unless he’s a white male Republican, in which case it’s fine.
Racism is the context, the justification, and the motive. It’s not really much more than that.
I understand that Republicans are racist and use racism as a weapon. But “tan is an unserious color” is the kind of context I was looking for and helps me understand what they’re even basing their attack on. Thanks!
I think because tan = white and a white suit seems like a pimp or smth?
It’s a good example of how conservatives will say anything to chase their desired effects.
And so much of that simply to keep their base’s sense of outrage / specious superiority burning.
I’m so sick of people who wear suits. In general.
right? If you wear a suit my opinion of you immediately drops by 20%
Just do 1950’s men’s fashion or something, that looks “”“professional”“” but also like an actual normal person.
Birthday suit?
Sick cause you got no drip?
Nah, I got my drip when I wear my suit. That is why they call me
Sounds like a job for Comacho
Obama has plenty of things to hate him for, hundreds of war crimes, betrayal of the workers in favor of the banks, support for torture but conservatives mild freakout about this has allowed liberals to pretend this is the worst he did and to ignore the many reasons he deserves a guillotine for his many crimes.
the many reasons he deserves a guillotine for his many crimes
Dude get a grip, this is absolutely bonkers and just a stupid as fuck take.
I wish he was president right now.
He would be funding genocide with poise and grace!
I also wish I had a shit sandwich instead of diarrhea soup garnished with gonorrhea pus, but that doesn’t make the shit sandwich good.
Thank fuck I don’t get my politics from South Park.
Obama was objectively a good president. Probably one of the best since Jimmy Carter.
God leftists are insufferable.
Oh support imperialism, torture, brutality against refugees, bailing out the banks, you also oppose abortion rights and “leftists” are insufferable.
Are you going to pretend Obama was against woman’s choice now?
No just stating the fact he didn’t care enough despite promises to enshrine roe v wade or even attempt to when he had the option.
Yeah he didn’t come to my house to clean my bathroom once during his term either.
Dude he’s messing with you
Your country unlocks a palette swap for your best fighter and you complain, smfh
Demorebpublicans wanted this, it drew attention from Obama’s genocidal warmongering.
