Barack Obama promised change and on his first morning as president he delivered. He appeared at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office in his shirt sleeves.
It was part of the story Thursday on the front page of The New York Times – meant to show that Mr. Obama has brought a shift in presidential style and habits to the White House.
On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama loosened things up by conducting meetings and other official business in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. Images like this one have caused a stir in some Washington circles accustomed to the more formal dress policies of past presidents.
His top aides didn't try to conceal the new president's less formal dress code. On the contrary, the White House released a photograph of it.
It's only worth noting because for the last eight years, President George W. Bush made it a standing order that he and his staff would always wear their suit jackets in the Oval Office.
Well, if George W. Bush wore his suit jacket, Barack Obama had better do it, too. Why let small matters of changing a broken economy and foreign policy, etc., stand in the way.
Really, with all else that is going on, this is something we should worry about?
Obama is also foregoing the announcement, "Ladies and Gentlemen – the President of the United States," for meetings. This morning, rather than being announced, he breezed in with "Hello, everybody – good to see ya."
This Presidency stuff really is going to his head, isn't it? But quick, before we even consider what he says/does, did anyone check if he has on his flag pin? These things are the most important for the Leader of the Free World to consider.
He's also shirking his responsibilities to the U.S. Marine Corps Band. On the first day of his presidency, the band played "Hail to the Chief" everywhere he went. Ever since, the band's duties have been downsized to a single piano player who, instead of playing John Phillips Souza's martial music, runs through Cole Porter's "Night and Day" and Sting’s "Desert Rose," according to a CBS report.
This just proves Obama's mistreatment of the military. What will those poor band members do now? How arrogant is he to think he can decide such things?
Since I haven't posted that much, some readers may think I seriously think this is a problem. Not at all! I'm responding to the horrified gasps I've read from people who, despite their constant criticism of that "arrogant" Obama, are aghast that he would actually refuse the geegaws of the office.
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These are the same people freaked out about the talk of Obama replacing the bowling alley with a basketball court—as if John Adams had the bowling alley there when he became the first resident of the White House.
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