Comments on: Oh Noez

By: afghanistanica

afghanistanica — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:05:52 +0000

Well, all those pictured above are good sports, unlike Jaques Chirac at the G8 meeting in Alberta, Canada where he was the only leader who refused to wear the cowboy hat. Clinton tossed his on with a grin and winked at the media.

I suppose being pictured in a cowboy hat in some French tabloid was on Chirac’s mind?

By: Dr Anonymous

Dr Anonymous — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:27:19 +0000

“If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed,” she said.

“Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely.”

I refuse to believe that anyone’s dumb enough to believe that this is a tenable defense.

By: ptr » Tidbit: Presidential Perspective

ptr » Tidbit: Presidential Perspective — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:52:38 +0000

[...] Sepoy at Chapati Mystery proved me wrong. He’s got a picture of Hillary and Chelsea matching matching. Posted by [...]

By: ADM

ADM — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:58:44 +0000

I like the longer tunics that Bush and Putin are wearing, myself.

By: Desi Italiana

Desi Italiana — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:23:45 +0000

Obama looks quite handsome like that. Though not the same dress, it reminds me of the Tuareg men who I think are really hot.

By: lapata

lapata — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:58:53 +0000

Well if we’re all making a grab for it, I *need* one of those hats Hill and Chelsea are sporting.

By: Frandroid Atreides

Frandroid Atreides — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:22:49 +0000

Photomontage for the win!

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:21:57 +0000

Beat me to the punch! Well, I dibs the hat that Bill is wearing, though the wreath of flowers looks like honolulu airport quality. What are they handing him, some kind of scimitar or something?

By: sepoy

sepoy — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:22:19 +0000

Can I just state, for the record, that I really, really want that jacket Bush is wearing? I would wear it every day to class.

By: Principled Profit » Ethnic Fashions and the Presidential Race

Principled Profit » Ethnic Fashions and the Presidential Race — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:14:33 +0000

[...] to this despicable racism on a blog with the unlikely title, “Chapati Mystery.” Click on this link for pictures of George W. Bush in a Chinese jacket, Bill Clinton in a turban and … The Obama picture is there as well. You may even want to bookmark it; no doubt, we’ll need it [...]

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:45:35 +0000

I don’t understand why anyone should even feel compelled to defend himself on the charge of being a Muslim,

the “charge” (and it is an accusation, mind you) isn’t simply that he’s a Muslim — though there’s plenty of folks out there who would consider that a strike against him, too — but that he’s a crypto-Muslim, a wolf in UCC clothing, that his Muslim “blood” is a taint that even thirty years of Christian worship can’t really clear (especially those liberal Christians, who aren’t really all that Christian, if you get my meaning)…..

Oh, what’s the use?

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:39:01 +0000

It would be a great response, if they weren't also responsible for distributing the picture, then firing the person who distributed the picture, suggesting that someone in the Clinton campaign thought it would be harmful to Obama and someone else in the Clinton campaign didn't want to be responsible for something that might be seen as divisive and underhanded.....

By: Red

Red — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:34:00 +0000

I think the Clinton Campaign had a pretty good response.

he accusation was dismissed by Mrs Clinton’s campaign manager Maggie Williams.

“If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed,” she said.

“Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely.”

Evidence above

Also Laura Bush in a headscarf

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/1744437066_7a9536cb1e.jpg

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:31:02 +0000

I don’t understand why anyone should even feel compelled to defend himself on the charge of being a Muslim, if ‘charge’ is even the appropriate term (I don’t think it is), as Obama has been made to feel he should. Surely defending yourself implies that it’s something negative? I guess I can’t fault him for wanting to clarify the truth but if so many people weren’t so backward anyway it wouldn’t make a difference. I don’t care what he believes in as long as he’s better than the monkey we’ve currently got masquerading as a president. That anyone would hope to benefit from the bigoted notions of others is truly sad but in no way surprising. Time to get back to those ‘real issue’ thingys now…

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:05:35 +0000

I can’t believe I clicked through…. ugh. (and I mean that in the most professional historical sense of the word.)

By: Akbar

Akbar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:03:44 +0000

while talking about superficial and frivilous, might take a detour from reality through the color of their costumes and skin to the color of their eyes(US Presidents)

http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/6a8aac43-a680-4370-995e-ddebd808430e

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:33:02 +0000

New Slogan for Obama: First American President who won’t look like an idiot in local culture garb.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:08:39 +0000

You left out my favorite.