At yesterday's gathering of world leaders in southern Poland to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the United States was represented by Vice President Cheney. The ceremony at the Nazi death camp was outdoors, so those in attendance, such as French President Jacques Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin, were wearing dark, formal overcoats and dress shoes or boots. Because it was cold and snowing, they were also wearing gentlemen's hats. In short, they were dressed for the inclement weather as well as the sobriety and dignity of the event.The vice president, however, was dressed in the kind of attire one typically wears to operate a snow blower.
[...] wearing an olive drab parka with a fur-trimmed hood. It is embroidered with his name. [...] a knit ski cap, embroidered with the words "Staff 2001." [...] hiking boots -- thick, brown, lace-up ones.
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Just last week, in a frigid, snow-dusted Washington, Cheney sat outside through the entire inauguration without so much as a hat and without suffering frostbite. And clearly, Cheney owns a proper overcoat.
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The vice president might have been warm in his parka, ski cap and hiking boots. But they had the unfortunate effect of suggesting that he was more concerned with his own comfort than the reason for braving the cold at all.
WaPo article
Picture here.
And they call the rest of us anti-semitic when we complain about Israeli policies and practices.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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