Enough with the Dress Code Posted by Ilan Goldenberg

All this grousing from the Bush administration about the new dress code in the oval office is just emblematic of everything that is wrong with the Bush administration - seriously misplaced priorities.   Here is what Andy Card had to say:

The Oval Office symbolizes...the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

So I guess we should pay respect to the symbolism of the Constitution while we trample all over it?  I'm glad Jon Yoo and David Addington were respecting the constitution by dressing in suits as they recommended torturing detainees and disregarding a justice system that has worked for more than 200 years.  I wonder if prisoners at Abu Gharib were glad that the constitution was being respected by suit wearing men in the oval office?  For the Bush team to claim that not wearing a suit is somehow damaging to our democracy is not just silly.  It is the definition of chutzpa.