# Senator accuses Obama of trading in hard hat for "Hipster Fedora." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397 "2012-02-29T22:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/1 "2012-02-29T22:09:10Z")
Orrin Hatch today accused Obama of abandoning the working class and donning a “Hipster fedora and a double skim latte.” Here’s the story: > **[Senator Accuses Obama of Wearing 'Hipster Fedora' and Drinking 'Double Skim...](https://www.gawker.com/5889431/senator-accuses-obama-of-wearing-hipster-fedora-and-drinking-double-skim-lattes)** > > According to Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, "President Obama has traded in the hard hat and lunch bucket category of the Democratic Party for the hipster fedora and a double skim latte." Fair enough. \[tips hipster fedora and raises double skim latte... I wonder if he’ll also grow a beard and start drinking PBR ironically. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/2 "2012-02-29T22:30:00Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Orrin Hatch today accused Obama of abandoning the working class and donning a “Hipster fedora and a double skim latte.” > > Here’s the story: > > [http://gawker.com/5889431/senator-accuses-obama-of-wearing-hipster-fedora-and-drinking-double-skim-lattes](http://gawker.com/5889431/senator-accuses-obama-of-wearing-hipster-fedora-and-drinking-double-skim-lattes) > > I wonder if he’ll also grow a beard and start drinking PBR ironically. I’d _pay_ to see President Obama in a Hipster fedora. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/3 "2012-02-29T22:36:59Z")
There’s no way a 77-year-old guy from Utah came up with that line, but it probably did come from someone unhip in his office. I don’t think hipsters drink stuff you get at Starbucks. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/4 "2012-03-01T00:31:04Z")
President, I served with Jack Abramhoff, I knew Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Abramoff. > [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > I’d _pay_ to see President Obama in a Hipster fedora. [Is that a fedora](http://tomdiaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/obamaholder-weed-nation-train-has-left-the-station-will-the-states-be-able-to-catch-up/obama_smoking_joint/), I can never distinguish between types of hats. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/5 "2012-03-01T00:39:56Z")
I think that’s a Panama, but that’s even cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/6 "2012-03-01T00:43:11Z")
I’d hope he wouldn’t have to don a double-skim latte. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/7 "2012-03-01T03:00:43Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > [Is that a fedora](http://tomdiaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/obamaholder-weed-nation-train-has-left-the-station-will-the-states-be-able-to-catch-up/obama_smoking_joint/), I can never distinguish between types of hats. > [@pravnik](#): > > I think that’s a Panama, but that’s even cooler. Yeah, it’s a Panama. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/8 "2012-03-01T03:45:58Z")
He can’t be a hipster without a beard. If he had a beard he’d be Wyatt Cenac. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/9 "2012-03-01T05:53:50Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Yeah, it’s a Panama. But originally from Ecuador 😉 ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/10 "2012-03-01T06:21:36Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > But originally from Ecuador 😉 I know, actually. I’m still kicking myself for only buying a fedora there and not grabbing a Panama, too. Fedoras are too hot in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/11 "2012-03-01T08:26:25Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > He can’t be a hipster without a beard. If he had a beard he’d be Wyatt Cenac. Hee! I’d pay to see Wyatt Cenac in a Hipster fedora, too. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/12 "2012-03-01T15:48:00Z")
Obama was a Jeremy Lin fan before he was Jeremy Lin, so he’s a basketball hipster. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/13 "2012-03-01T16:37:26Z")
Hipster fedoras are the ones with the narrow brims, right? Maybe we should take up a collection and send him a fez. Fezzes are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/14 "2012-03-01T18:33:43Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > [Is that a fedora](http://tomdiaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/obamaholder-weed-nation-train-has-left-the-station-will-the-states-be-able-to-catch-up/obama_smoking_joint/), I can never distinguish between types of hats. > [@pravnik](#): > > I think that’s a Panama, but that’s even cooler. > [@appleciders](#): > > Yeah, it’s a Panama. A hat can be both a fedora and a Panama hat. “Panama” refers to the material it’s made of and “fedora” refers to the shape. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/15 "2012-03-01T18:54:05Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Hipster fedora **BAND NAME!** Too soon? Come on it’s been like forever since anybody did that. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/16 "2012-03-01T19:27:33Z")
Obama publicly drank a PBR on his 2008 campaign, and bloggers were debating whether that was working class or hipster of him. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/17 "2012-03-01T22:12:52Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > Obama publicly drank a PBR on his 2008 campaign, and bloggers were debating whether that was working class or hipster of him. Depends if it was ironically or not. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/18 "2012-03-01T23:23:39Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Hipster fedoras are the ones with the narrow brims, right? I think those are called “pork pie” hats. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/19 "2012-03-01T23:34:12Z")
The fedora favored by hipsters is the [trilby.](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/4077711239_3030391111.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397/20 "2012-03-02T05:09:38Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Obama was a Jeremy Lin fan before he was Jeremy Lin, so he’s a basketball hipster. Yeah, but he’s still a Lin fan after Lin became famous, so doesn’t that wipe out his hipster cred? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-accuses-obama-of-trading-in-hard-hat-for-hipster-fedora/614397.md?page=2)