I started reading this story about the White House dress code because of prurient interest in the Obama administration. I'm curious about how the President thinks, and what he takes as important.
But the most amazing part to me was the story about the Bush policy. President W. Bush spent 15 minutes chewing out a staffer for showing up to the oval office without wearing a coat and tie on a Saturday. Now that Obama is permitting a more relaxed dress code, they are horrified.
Their shock would be more believable if their insistence on discipline in clothing had carried over into competency in work. If "Brownie" had been as efficient a manager as he was a dresser, then New Orleans would still be a gleaming city instead of a gaping wound. It's a singular example of the Bush administration's focus on image over reality, style instead of substance. Honestly, I don't care if everyone in the White House is wearing muu-muus or bathrobes, so long as they get the work of governing done well.
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