Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Mike Pound: The honeymoon is wearing thin Times reporter: Tell me about the President-elect’s windbreaker.
Observer: It appears to be leather. Times reporter: Great. I’m going with that. Can I get your name? Observer: No. This is on deep background. Times reporter: Your secret’s safe with me. Apparently, Obama’s choice of attire is not going over well with people in the know. Some guy named Tom Kalenderian (and they thought Obama had a funny name), who is the menswear fashion director at Barneys New York, is the one who said that Obama’s casual clothes were a “bit of a disappointment.” Although he didn’t say why the clothes were a disappointment. I guess that sort of stuff is released on “a need to know basis” only. Obama’s choice of blue jeans has also come under question. The New York Times reporter wrote this about a pair of jeans Obama wore at a rally in late October: “His jeans are the loose, jingle-the-change-in-your-pocket type. He belts them at the waist ...” Again, a couple of thoughts. Thought No. 1: Do they actually make a style of jean that they call loose-jingle-the-change-in-your-pocket type? And thought No. II: Of course he belts his jeans at the waist. Where else would he belt his jeans? At the knee? As part of the story, The New York Times reporter contacted a woman named Stephanie Cutter, who according to the Times is a member of Obama’s transition team. Stephanie said, I’m assuming in response to a question, that she didn’t think Obama has relaxed his look since the election and that what he wears usually depends on what he’s doing. I thought that made sense. But I’m a little disappointed in Stephanie’s statement. What I would have preferred Stephanie say was something like this: WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I GOT CALLED OUT OF A MEETING ON NATIONAL SECURITY TO TALK ABOUT JEANS? HOLY *&%$. HE WAS TAKING HIS KIDS TO SCHOOL. HE WASN’T ADDRESSING THE UNITED NATIONS. HE WORE JEANS. AND A WINDBREAKER.. IT WAS COTTON. NOT LEATHER. NOW LEAVE ME THE *&%^ ALONE. OH, AND GUESS WHAT? I DO YOUR *&^$% CROSSWORD PUZZLE WITH A PEN.” I mean, if the honeymoon’s over, there’s no sense in being nice. 
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