Wednesday, January 03, 2007

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Merrill Markoe: Why Bush's Suit Bugs Me So Much...

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From Merrill Markoe's Blog:

There is a reason why every picture of George W. Bush bears no physical resemblance to any other pictures you can find of burdened world leaders.

A casual perusal of photographs of other heads of state in times of crisis reveals men with lined faces who appear to have been sitting at long stressful meetings. Although all of our presidents, from FDR to Hoover to Kennedy to George HW Bush, have been expensively, and even nattily attired, their clothes still look worn. They look creased and disheveled from activity...

...That is not the case with this president.

Every picture of him, (not counting the famous one on the aircraft carrier) shows him wearing the most thoroughly unrumpled suit I have ever seen on a man who wasn't standing behind a podium introducing guests.

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