Impeach Him!!!
Manolo says, the George Bush wears the Crocs! The Manolo is not the political person, but this is the last straw!
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June 12th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Please remember, the Manolo’s humble shoe blog is to be the place of refuge from the internet storm, not the place for the political debating and ranting.
Thus, the Manolo asks that your comments be polite, and that you remember that we are all brought together here in the spirit of comity, by our mutual love of the shoes. So please be respectful of those with whom you may disagree.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Is he wearing Presidential Seal *socks*!? Are these only for the Commander-in-Chief, or can mere plebians acquire a pair? Is there a full line of Presidential Seal-wear?
What are the odds of him having matching boxers?
June 12th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
OMG Chris, you are right! And look! is that Barney on his hat?
Damn I want those socks.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I even like the guy, but come on- just because you only have like 1 year and 1/4 left until you’re out of office doesn’t mean you should walk out of the house looking like this! Crocs! Reagan always wore a suit. And is it just me, or do those socks have an insigna depicting a smokable herb?
June 12th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
But…why is he wearing socks (as cool as they are) with what are sandals, anyway? They are a kind of sandal, right? Clog? Clandal? Sandog? I don’t know anymore, but I don’t think you’re supposed to wear socks with them.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Where’s Tony Soprano when you need him?
June 12th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Barney for President!!!
June 12th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
He’d look good in a kilt.
June 12th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Those are almost certainly Presidential Seal socks. A few years ago, Bicycling magazine was invited to send a mountain biker to ride with the President, and the article stated the President has been known to give out Presidential Seal socks and t-shirts reading “Peloton One” as souvenirs. The article concluded, if memory serves, “The man can hang,” which is mountain-biker speak for, “He kicked my (rear).”
June 12th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Oh Mary that’s scarey! This guy definitely got beat up for his lunch money every day of his high school life.
June 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
And with socks, with a Presidential Seal no less. Oh dearie - help us.
June 12th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Actually, I’ve seen others wearing socks with the crocs…ugh. I can’t believe GW is wearing those.
Also, if Reagan wore a suit ALL the time, he would have had a difficult time horseback riding with Queen E. I suspect this is a similar instance in which the Prez is doing some kind of outdoor activity….hopefully that explains it. He DOES look like he is about to go river wading, which is the only acceptable use of those shoes.
June 12th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Just curious. For what type of sporting activity would you wear the shirt he’s got on? It looks like it has epaulets or that sort of western stitching. And on magnifying this photo, it looks like he’s wearing a skort. Even without the crocs this is a train wreck.
June 12th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Dear heaven- and we wonder why the rest of the civilized world makes fun of the “Ugly American”.. One only prays his Mamma called and had a little “talking to” with him, as we say down south..
June 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I thought photos like this automatically came with black bars through the eyes.
June 12th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
She feels the Manolo has made public her anguish(not Paris Hilton anguish but still close)about her humiliation about wearing the Crocs in public and then published this picture which shows why the Crocs must remain a closeted item. The Peggye thanks Bush for not choosing lime green or pink and wonders if you can be impeached for wearing ugly shoes.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
At least he can wear his Crocs with a certain benign indifference. Sort of. And he does have Presidential Seal socks, and everything is of a white-gray-neutralish palette.
And behind him, it seems as if a giant beige Rubbermaid container is trying to cleverly disguise itself as a small tree.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Well, the flip-flops at the White House episode from a few years ago made this kind of inevitable, wouldn’t you say?
June 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Oh! And I think his hat is maybe from the Black Dog Tavern on Nantucket?
June 12th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Ahhhhh! I love ya!
June 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
to La Petite Chou Chou-
Reagan was always impeccable when out hacking - breeches and boots, and only on the most informal riding occasions would he trade his blazer for a solid color polo shirt. (Always neatly tucked it, of course.)
Perhaps it would be better to say that Reagan always dressed properly and appropriately for the occasion. And that Crocs are never proper or appropriate.
June 13th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Well of course. He also dressed like a cowboy sometimes too. I totally get your point, I was just being coyly difficult.
Why can’t Bush wear flip flops at the white house? He *does* live there….granted, he could be seen at any time so he should consider it wisely….nonetheless…
June 13th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Hmm I keep trying to post a link to my favorite pic of Reagan riding with Queen E but it doesn’t seem to let me…anyway I liked it, and I thought you’d get a kick out of it Ms Berry.
June 13th, 2007 at 1:19 am
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June 13th, 2007 at 1:24 am
There is no greater shoecrime than this: it makes every grandad’s calf-length-socks-with-sandals summer footwear look good by comparison.
Not only that, but BROWN Crocs and dark (but not brown) socks. Oh, the humanity.
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June 13th, 2007 at 8:51 am
I don’t know about the Black Dog Tavern on Nantucket - I’ve never been there, but it looks like a scottie dog to me - don’t they have a scottie dog? The good news about this outfit is that it doesn’t look like any head of state is with him, so he’s not inflicting it on some unsuspecting visitor and we can’t hear him speak. He seems like a likeable person - personally - but I can’t bear to hear him speak, so painful.
June 13th, 2007 at 9:33 am
http://nouglyshoes.blogspot.com/2007/06/suz-10n-and-people-wonder-why-rest-of.html
June 13th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Yet another reason NOT to wear them. Thank you Manolo!
June 13th, 2007 at 9:45 am
As the editor and publisher of Scottish Terrier and Dog News, I would just like to state for the record that there is nothing wrong with the Scottie baseball cap. Why, I would wear it myself with a casual sandal and no socks.
Totally agree, however, that the crocs and socks is an abomination.
But GWB has sung Crocs’ praises before in one of his offical radio addresses. Said the company brought lots of jobs to Colorado.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/11/20061104.html
We get the Scottie scoop.
June 13th, 2007 at 10:12 am
From your lips to God’s ears, Manolo…
June 13th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Calm down and don’t be so hysterical. Nobody’s impeaching Bush, so give it up…not a chance.
Do you ever have anything original to say, or do you always blindly follow the seditious liberal mantras?
June 13th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Following in the footsteps of Mario Batali. So wadsyouseproblem?
June 13th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
People like you…
June 13th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
if Reagan wore a suit ALL the time
Reagan’s axiom was that he wore a suit in the Oval Office.
GWB is out in a driveway.
June 13th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
The crocs are appropriate footwear for some activities, and as the Peggye says, we may all be grateful that he has selected a sedate neutral color rather than lime green, hot pink, etc.
Those shorts, however, are unforgiveable. The horror! The horror! He does have pretty good legs (particularly for a guy his age) but those things are so voluminous his legs look like sticks. Short sticks, given the dark socks. Glaaggghhh!
June 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I hate seeing older guys in shorts, no matter who they are. But it just seems wrong to see the president wearing them. I get that he’s athletic and everything but it doesn’t work for me.
And I just hate crocs on principle and refuse to even try them on. :)
June 13th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
The Scarlet Quill points out that those are not just any baggy shorts as the Manolo’s tio might purchase at Walmart, but a Texas cutoff version of Hart, Shafner, & Karl Marx dress gabardines. Definitely chic and unimpeachable.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
I suppose it is good that we have a president who does not have to have expensive consultants for everything and poll everything.
On the other hand, this is why most politicians have expensive consultants and poll everything, to avoid moments of self-revelation like this one.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Lance, the Manolo has politely asked all of us to refrain from any sort of political ranting or debating. However, it seems that you have chosen to disregard this request with your snide comment about “liberals”.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Just a guess but he is probably going out to ride his mountain bike. I dress almost exactly like that when I am driving to where I ride; black (biking) socks and sandels, shorts like that and a baggy/loose shirt. I change into my cycling jersey and shoes when I arrive.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
I wear socks with my Crocs when gardening.
And in the winter when it’s cold.
My feet love my Crocs. I don’t blame him for liking them and wearing them with socks at all.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I do believe the shirt is a western cut with the shoulder area in a contrast color (or is it “colour” on this site?). Looks like one with snaps instead of buttons.
So the cowboy from Texas who owns a Scottie, drives a pickup, and probably mucks around and gets dirty from time to time is faulted for his socks and shorts.
Sigh. The Manolo should have paparazzi hanging out in his driveway 24/7. The president is human, even though some do not believe that. He does normal things.
The cool thing he doesn’t care what y’all think. :-)
June 13th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Except that normal people don’t wear Crocs.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
One of the best Reagan photo-opsever, which unfortunately I haven’t found on the Internet. I remember seeing a newspaper clipping of the Gipper - he’s wearing the usual formal suit, and carrying a surfboard under one arm.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
way to fuuny socks and like flip flops on wow. what a combo
June 13th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
There is only one solution: George Bush should engage the Manolo as a wardrobe consultant. Thus will horrors like this be avoided during those casual and/or athletic presidential moments.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The socks are definitely cycling socks. If they are available check DeFeet. He’s probably wearing Crocs because he is probably getting ready to go mountain biking. As a cyclist, I can attest the last thing you put on are the shoes because they are very uncomfortable for walking. I bet the shorts are “baggy
” type cycling shorts. The shirt doesn’t make any sense, but maybe he hasn’t changed into that yet.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
it’s the impersonator - sox are the giveaway
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June 13th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Calm now. It is the Albanian national costume. Recall the Greek military pleated skirts. Of course he is feeling happy about receiving such a thoughtful gift from his recent trip with all its happiness, and the presidential socks proove it. The crocs? Eh, they have just arrived in the Balkans????
June 13th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Sacre bleu! He is such a cowboy, this George Bush. Dressing like individual, like he do not care what we think! Quel cowboy!
June 13th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
It’s a pretty dismal political scene, pitting Crocs with socks (R) v. Birkenstocks (D). I will vote for the first one to show up in black Converse high-tops.
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June 14th, 2007 at 3:28 am
No different than alot of American tourists I encounter…
June 14th, 2007 at 11:44 am
“And that Crocs are never proper or appropriate.”
Why the hell do they make them then. Is he wearing the only pair sold?
June 14th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Have you ever tried to walk in bike shoes? The cleat on the bottom makes it quite perilous. Crocs ARE very light and easy to carry.
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June 15th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Yet another reason to impeach Bush? Geez, how many do we need?
June 15th, 2007 at 7:01 am
God bless America, where we judge people by the clothes they wear!
June 15th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Nothing to say that hasn’t already been said - LEAVE THE POOR MAN ALONE! WHO CARES?? I love crocs. They’re the most comfortable shoes I own. There’s a time for expensive, uncomfortable, pretentious, beautiful shoes and a time to just be comfortable.
Thanks for posting this picture, though. I think it’s adorable.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:49 am
I THINK IF THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS TO WEAR THAT IS HIS BUSINESS.
MAYBE HE HAS A SORE TOE.
PEOPLE ARE TOO QUICK TO JUDGE OUR PRESIDENT. I DONT AGREE WITH
EVERYTHING HE DOES POLITICALLY BUT LEAVE HIM AND HIS SHOES ALONE,
AFTER ALL HE WASNT WEARING A SUIT WITH THEM.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Just a beautiful picture..WHAT A PRESIDENT! they should have it engraved and put on a three dollar bill!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Just a beautiful picture..WHAT A PRESIDENT! they should have it engraved and put on a three dollar bill!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Actually, The President’s “I don’t care what you all think about me” is the only thing I honestly like about him.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Well, I thought I was a bit sick this morning, but I feel better now. At least, at the very,very least, I don’t look like that when I leave the house. Ithink I’ll buy some “Dopies”….aren’t they the new Croc ? But, perhaps I’ll just go with a decent sandal that made from natural stuff and won’t give me smelly feet….Rubber and plastic UURRGHH!! YUK.YUk. 8PPPP
June 15th, 2007 at 11:50 am
GET A LIFE YOU HATE MONGERS!! TALK ABOUT REAL ISSUES, NOT SILLY GOSSIP!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
he looks great. love ya
June 15th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
now I really like him……why did you have to show those cool crocs, he probably cooks in them like mario battalia and I do.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
we love crocs. God Bless the president and mario battalia, who started wearing them first.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Oh what the hell—in this day and age wear what ever the heck you please.I WEAR DESIGNER CLOTHING, but if I want to wear ghetto fabulous, I DO,this is my choice.the youth of this country changed the what is proper and what is not
June 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
To those who criticize our President’s footwear, get a life!
June 15th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Crocs are only ugly until you have had them on your feet for 30 min.
They mold to your feet with the warmth and become ….heavenly!!!
You either forget…..or don’t give a hoot if they are weird looking. If your feet are happy….you are happy.
I LOVE MY CROCS….and have them in many colors.
GW looks just a wee bit dorky with those silly sox and Crocs. Black is not a fun color for CROCS. He should have red ones and get some USA Jibbits to go on them like the kids have.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Oh, please. Whatever did cyclists do before the almighty Crocs arrived to rescue them from having to walk in cycling shoes to get in and out of the car?
June 18th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Photoshop…what a gullible crowd
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June 24th, 2007 at 2:16 am
Interesting comments. I feel that I understand the man’s clothing choices much better after reading them. Thank you, people.
With those socks, I think white or yellow Crocs would be better.
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July 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 am
As long as he wasn’t wearing white ones after Labor Day, I think he will be okay. He is of that “certain age” where waistlines begin to move either up under the armpits or down under the belly. So let us cut him some slack.
July 5th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Those seem like appropriate shoes for a lame duck.
July 10th, 2007 at 5:34 am
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July 19th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Looks like he has a trip to Walmart on his mind, and dressed appropriately…..
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September 19th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Hey, I am a card carrying Democrat and go nowhere without my Crocs, except of course up the escalator of my local mall.
September 20th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
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