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April 14, 2004
Tiegate
There's a lot of talk around the blogoworld (I don't say blogosphere) about the tie Bush wore last night. I, too, noticed it right away. It was herringbone or something that caused those irritating moiré effects on television.
Matt says everyone -- even he -- knows not to wear that kind of tie on television, and Wonkette gives a rundown of everyone's theories.
I hate to say this, because it makes me sound a little wingnuttish, but I bet they did it on purpose. Matt is right, everyone who has anything to do with television on a regular basis known that certain kinds of clothes just don't work. Certainly the people who handle the president of the United States know theses things. And purposely putting a distracting tie on the guy is exactly the kind of thing Karl Rove would do. It's effective, it's subtle, and you have 100% deniability plus the ability to paint those who would suggest it was intentional as whackos.
So they win on both sides. If you accuse them of distracting the public with hypnotic ties to draw attention away from the jabbering coming from the tie-wearer, you're a liberal conspiracy nut; and they also win because it worked. Any precious few seconds of attention taken away from his words is a victory for them.
Posted by ahecht at April 14, 2004 3:27 PM
Previous Comments
Anthony - I think you've crossed the line and officially have entered the domain of "whackos"
(Notice I don't say whackosphere) Usually it takes a little longer in life to achieve that status. Perhaps you've been on some kind of accelerated plan ??? Drugs? Sex? RocknRoll?
Now your ravings can be simplified by one comment: "Oh well, he's just a whacko."
Posted by:
Anthony at April 15, 2004 7:38 AM
Conspiracy theories like this one only push the left further left, and the right further right. The end result is the same exact amount of votes for and against W.
Last time I checked there were a lot of *actual* ways to show what a creep Bush is.
Respectfully submitted ... (You whacko!)
Posted by:
Jim at April 15, 2004 9:03 AM
Okay, okay. I was mostly kidding about the tie thing.
Still, I don't think it's a "conspiracy theory." It's an understanding that people who handle the national (and international) media appearances for the most powerful man in the world are not ignorant of basic television dress codes. They're just not.
Is it possible that he just picked his tie out that morning himself and no one noticed? Sure. Is it likely? No.
Anyway, I don't base my criticism of Bush on his wardrobe alone. I also think his haircut is stupid.
Posted by:
Anthony at April 15, 2004 9:49 AM
At the risk of entering the W-Domain (did you ever notice that GWB's middle name starts with the same letter as Whacko?) methinks:
1) we knew you were kidding
2) that tie was a conscious decision and Karl Rove had something to do with it
3) The worst part of it is every day when I wake up this guy is still the President.
Kidding aside, Athony, I appreciate that you continue to bring lots of stuff to my attention. (I obviously can't depend on Luke anymore)
Yeah, the guy gets engaged and falls off the face of the ... blog.
Posted by:
Anthony at April 15, 2004 10:42 AM
