Bill Clinton's costume for his NH speech: All I can think when I see it is...

[Goblinmonger]

I mean, could he pander any more ridiculously?



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[KittyWampus]

1. Why? Two entirely different outfits.

[Goblinmonger]

3. Do you know the song?

Did you listen if you don't. He doesn't look all "lumberjacky" to you?

[KittyWampus]

6. Quite well. I watched it when it was on TV the first time. SO?

You have a problem with flannel plaid shirts?

I buy one for my brothers every Christmas.

[elias49]

12. Hahaha! OMG! Do you have trouble with flannel??

Satire, right?
I mean, he's just one of us.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. Is your brother's net worth ~ $80 million?

I have flannel shirts, some of them plaid. I even used to have a red and black one similar to that, although with thinner stripes.

They are work shirts.


A guy worth 80 mil (who's wife is worth an additional 31 mil) should not be wearing that shirt out to a public event.


It is more of a costume than an outfit.


When have you ever seen him dress like that before?

[Nitram]

29. At what level of income are we not allowed to wear plaid shirts, Johnny?

Just askin'.

[Motown_Johnny]

34. Anyone can wear them, when it is appropriate to do so.

A public speaking event is not an appropriate event to do so.


Remember, this guy gets paid hundreds of thousands of dollars an hour to do this for other rich people.

Donning this costume for the yokels is inappropriate.




Not a strong attempt to turn this around on me, it really did fail badly.

[okasha]

67. They're winter shirts, Johnny.

And that's not exactly a white-tie event.

Props to Goblin, though. Her opponents have stopped obsessing about Hillary's pantsuits and focused in on men's wear.

Hey, let's hear it for equal-opportunity absurdity!

[2pooped2pop]

11. It's totally lumberjacky

Lol and since the shirt looks brand new, probably not something he actually wears but shows that he thinks the people there are yokels. He thinks they will think he's just like them.

[Motown_Johnny]

27. The blue jeans look new too.

I wonder if he has some new Timberland boots on also?

[thereismore]

2. "He is one of us." nt

[Ferd Berfel]

7. I wonder if anyone will buy it - LOL

and I wonder how the working people of NH feel about NAFTA ?


Hope someone asks him. ANd then asks him how he feels about the NAFTA on steroids TPP that his wife helped concoct

[Motown_Johnny]

31. one of us

?w=400&c=1

[840high]

40. Just like Hillary.

[DrFunkenstein]

4. The Same Outfit He Wore When Picking Up $153 Million For Speaking Fees

Wall Street loves a good salt of the earth lumberjack.

[KittyWampus]

10. What outfit was Sanders wearing when he did his thank you video for his PAC's?

[elias49]

13. You slay me Kitty!

Doing your Stephen Colbert!!

[Buzz cook]

5. Shades of election 2000

when Al Gore was criticized for his choice of clothing.

[KittyWampus]

8. When you have to stoop to Maureen Dowd's level for an OP like this

you might want to get some perspective.

[Goblinmonger]

14. Did Gore pander so obviously with is clothing?

What's next? Hillary in FUBU?

[bettyellen]

32. FUBU? Wow, have you not seen a black person in fifteen years, LOL?!?!

Holy shit, you ought to be embarrassed. Just wow.

[Goblinmonger]

36. That's the point, betty

Her wearing that would be as embarrassing as him wearing flannel because he's in NH.

Sorry I didn't slow down for you on that one.

[bettyellen]

41. If Fubu is what jumps into your mind, I think it slowed down quite a while ago.

Took a wrong turn somewhere. Sad that you'd suggest such a thing, actually. Fucking tone deaf.

[Goblinmonger]

43. OK. Here it is one more time

Bill Clinton is fucking tone deaf. Bill Clinton is pandering with his costume. Bill Clinton looks ridiculous.

Here is how I tried to highlight that:

What if Hillary wore FUBU. It would be fucking tone deaf. It would be ridiculous.

Or are you being deliberately obtuse?

[bettyellen]

46. The suggestion that Hillary would wear FUBU is what is tone deaf and ridiculous.

Repost it in the AA group for shits and giggles. Might be an eyeopener for you.

[Goblinmonger]

47. You don't like The Onion, do you? n/t

[bettyellen]

49. Don't flatter yourself.

[Buzz cook]

58. If you were serious you might read this link

http://howhegotthere.blogspot.com/2009/12/chapter-5.html

In Krugman’s correctly scornful assessment, the press corps turned the Bush-Gore race into a "campaign about clothing!" In recalling the campaign through this lens, Krugman most strongly evokes this “month of Wolf,” in which ludicrous claims about Gore’s wardrobe entered the public discourse–and stuck. (Naomi Wolf told Al Gore to wear earth tones! Sadly, there’s much more below.) During this episode, the press corps behaved as it did throughout this campaign; as a group, they used bogus facts about consummate trivia to advance pre-conceived tales about character. In this case, the trivia concerned this candidate’s clothing–his boots, his suits, his polo shirts, the number of buttons on his suit jackets (three). The height at which he hemmed his pants. The way he wore casual clothing to some events, business attire to others.

You might read the whole book, or read the original real time critic of campaign 2000 here.
http://www.dailyhowler.com/archives_00.shtml

But I'm betting snark is more important to you.

[Fumesucker]

9. Your pain...

He feels it.

[Fairgo]

15. and it feels like flannel

and it smells like bacon.

[840high]

42. I wonder if the price tag

is still on that shirt.

[beam me up scottie]

16. Just have to post this:

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. I tried to do that with a chainsaw once... sounded like a sick heifer. nt

[beam me up scottie]

25. #thingsnottotrywhendrunk

[cherokeeprogressive]

28. LOL. Dead on. nt

[Fumesucker]

48. Chainsaws can talk as well as sing, those lads sound a bit like Nazareth to my ears

[beam me up scottie]

51. LOL! That is funny. And they do sound like Nazareth, don't they?

I got to see them play when I lived in PA.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. Is he on his way to Texas to cut some brush with W?

[elias49]

21. He forgot his bolo tie.

[Uponthegears]

18. Actually

I thought Lamar Alexander (REPUBLICAN -Tennessee) and his good ol boy pick-up when he was running for the REPUBLICAN nomination a few years back. . . which, oddly enough, is the same thing I think of when I hear Hillary talk about her political goals.

[Tanuki]

19. Yeah, because he never wore a plaid shirt before

Oh, wait.....
http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2014/06/jed-dekalb/19-731x1024/

[Goblinmonger]

37. Plaid =|= flannel

Or are we supposed to no think down-to-earth lumberjack when we see him in his NH costume?

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. I'm trying to imagine Bill Clinton saying "New Hampshuh". nt

[corkhead]

22. All I think of is this;

I think the Brawny dude is one of the Koch Bros.

[Fawke Em]

69. Which is conveniently owned by Koch Industries.

Own it, Bill!

http://www.boycottkochbrothers.com/

[southerncrone]

26. But we Tennessseans are reminded of someone else...

Lamar Alexander--(R-TN)

[southerncrone]

33. Alexander wore the same shirt when he campaigned for gov back in the 70s.

He walked across the state wearing this shirt. I'm sure Bill remembers, since he was next door in Arkansas at the time.
Can't help but wonder if this isn't some sort of wink-wink message across the parties.

[Uponthegears]

35. Yep

[Punkingal]

65. That is exactly what I thought of...I remember it well!

[Fawke Em]

70. I used to have to interview him weekly as a student journlist for "The Beacon" when that prick

was using my university as a stepping stone.

I can tell you he never once wore plaid in the University of Tennessee's inner administrative sanctum.

It was one of the few times I really had to struggle to stay impartial.

I once spent a whole day with Fred Thompson riding around the Great Smoky Mountains when Congress was considering making park-goers pay a user fee (it was rejected) because I was writing a story on the legislation and his visit (when I was working professionally). While my politics were not in the same ball park as his, he was, at least, a nice and considerate guy. Lamar was just what I called him in my title: a prick.

[southerncrone]

79. Thanks for confirming my suspicions on these two.

Alexander royally screwed up the state education system & used it as a springboard to a cabinet position in HW's administration.
Sorry your tenure at UT was tainted by his smug prickness.

Thompson actually practiced law for a significant number of years, which requires the ability to connect w/other people on a human level. While Lamar only practiced for 3-4 yrs, spending the majority of his professional life in DC. That probably just increased his prickness. LOL

[NanceGreggs]

30. Now THIS is an important issue ...

... and should spark lengthy discussions among those seriously interested in this election and its outcome.

[elias49]

38. Meh. It goes to authenticity.

It's an issue. Important? Not so much. But an issue.

[NanceGreggs]

52. Someone's choice of shirt ...

... "goes to authenticity" and is "an issue"?

Okey-dokey!

[elias49]

53. OK. Play ignorant.

I can't talk to people who pretend ignorance.
Bye.

[NanceGreggs]

54. I plead "ignorance" ...

... of the idea that shirts go to the "authenticity" of the wearer.

Your mileage apparently varies - greatly.

[okasha]

68. Yeah.

Several inches of snow on the ground, probably unheated gym, warm shirt and boots--

OHMYPEARLCLUTCHINGGAWDHOWTONEDEAF!!!!!!

[XemaSab]

63. fauthenticity

n/t

[Goblinmonger]

39. Bookmarking your response

for when you cover something as equally important with Sanders, Nance.

And I don't think I said anywhere that I thought it was important or serious. That should have been obvious when I linked to Monty Python.

[NanceGreggs]

50. I've never posted anything ...

... about Sanders' wardrobe. Nor would I.

[lumberjack_jeff]

44. Hipsterjack. Neither a lumberjack nor okay. n/t

[roguevalley]

45. It will work when he comes to Alaska. :D Oh wait. No one comes to Alaska.

[matt819]

55. Maybe it's because I'm in southern NH

But I can honestly say I've never seen an Granite Stater wear that particular lumberjack shirt. Maybe it's a northern, lumberjacky king of thing to do.

[quickesst]

56. I think...

He looks pretty damn sharp myself. The OP? Not so much.

[DefenseLawyer]

57. I remember when Lamar Alexander ran for president

That was his schtick. He wore a red flannel shirt everywhere. Needless to say he won the election in a landslide.

[treestar]

59. It's cold there

He's dressing casually.

Geez, this is dumb.

[azurnoir]

60. It was so the little people could relate to him better

cause ya know everyone in NH dresses like that ya know

[moondust]

62. Just an average, regular, down-to-earth, no-frills, backwoods

MULTIMILLIONAIRE!!!!!! YEE-HAW!!!!!!

[azurnoir]

64. wonder if he likes to cut brush too?

[Vinca]

61. That's exactly what I said to my husband when we were watching coverage of it.

It's like Bill comes up to our neck of the woods - let's call it Hickville, NH - and it's mandatory he wear a checked, flannel shirt. It cracks me up. I said he probably refers to it as his New Hampshire primary shirt. LOL. The other day I noticed Chelsea was wearing green and black checks. They must have a "country" stylist.

[HereSince1628]

66. Who cares about the shirt? What's he got hanging in the back of his pants?

Can't be Depends, because they aren't supposed to show.

[MineralMan]

71. What? I have the identical shirt.

Its a Woolrich flannel shirt. I wore it yesterday. It's a very popular item with us geezers in Minnesota. I got mine for Christmas from my wife. I don't see the problem.

[Goblinmonger]

72. Of course. But you are not a multimillionare former president

who very rarely wears a flannel shirt unless you are trying to go all folksy for the fine people of NH.

[Tanuki]

74. Flannelgate!!! Flannelghazi!!!!!

[GusBob]

75. Fella came into our office recently

I happen to know he is a multi millionaire. Owns businesses, hotels and property across the nation. He was wearing the flannel and the denim. He likes to stay under the radar.

I wear it too. It's comfortable. And warm

[edgineered]

73. Don't say you see it if you don't. If you don't, here's help:

Back in the day we flannel wearing locals would head up to the ski slopes at Hunter Mountain. We would wear slacks, button up shirts, and nice shoes. We were going out after making sawdust all week, or doing whatever. Those driving up from the city would do the opposite; they wanted to look like they belonged. The role reversals were comical - anyone dressed like a lumberjack was a joke to us, just as certainly were we to them.

[longship]

76. Sartorial political arguments are utterly worthless. nt

[Mike__M]

77. Which is why, from May to October

when the majority of stories that even mentioned Sanders included some variation of the combination "rumpled suit" and "no chance to win," it must have been a coincidence.

[longship]

78. Funny! Regardless sartorial arguments are worthless.

It's either Sanders' rumpled suits or Hillary's unicolored pant suits. Either way we would lose to the GOP's tailored Italian suits.

That is why sartorial arguments are worthless.