# Tansuitgate: can someone explain the issue? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061 "2020-07-11T21:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/41 "2020-07-16T20:10:59Z")
Don’t be ridiculous. I was pointing out the rank hypocrisy of the Right. I personally don’t give a shit about the color of someones suit. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/42 "2020-07-16T20:21:34Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Why are you so upset at McConnell because of his suit? Obviously you hate him and can’t find anything of substance to complain about so liberals go crazy at McConnell because of his suit. If you’re trying to be funny, well, stop. If you’re trying to argue an actual point with this approach, well, stop. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/43 "2020-07-16T21:17:52Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > His objection was that Obama was not taking ISIS seriously, he mentioned the tan suit because he thought it looked like he was on his way to a fundraising party. His objection as not to the tan suit but to the perception that ISIS was not a serious concern. > He said that Obama was not taking ISIS seriously because a week after an american was beheaded, at the press conference he said 1. most americans would care more about the economy numbers being revised, 2 he said his administration did not have a plan for ISIS. 3. the way he was dressed looked like he was going to a party. > Obviously he should not have mentioned anything about the suit because it is a stupid point, but he was not upset about the suit per se, and he was the only Republican who ever mentioned the suit. > It was not a scandal and no one treated it as a scandal. So it wasn’t the tan suit that was the problem, it was that Obama wasn’t concerned enough about ISIS, especially so shortly after a reporter was beheaded? Let’s see, which president was it who said, just a mere six months after 9/11 (when 3000 Americans were killed), that Osama bin Laden wasn’t really his top priority? I guess that was perfectly acceptable, either because W wasn’t wearing a tan suit when he said it, or maybe just because it’s OK when a Republican does it. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/44 "2020-07-17T10:00:19Z")
Trump also had a bunch of nothing-scandals that got the left foaming at the mouth, the problem is that he also has a ton of legit giant scandals, but that still doesn’t excuse “fish-feedinggate” from being something people on Gawker were legitimately angry about. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/45 "2020-07-17T12:33:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I agree with **Czarcasm**. Show the “honest” version. I see this part hasn’t happened yet after more than a day. Though I’m sure it was just an oversight and we’ll get this “honest” version any minute now. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/46 "2020-07-17T13:07:54Z")
Actually, it sounds to me like he was accusing Obama of recognizing that stuff that happens to foreigners halfway across the world is not as important to the average American as the American economy. Because no Republican ever has held that POV, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/47 "2020-07-17T14:23:46Z")
You are the one who brought up McConnell’s suit color. If you are not obsessed with suit colors, why bring it up? ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/48 "2020-07-17T14:25:49Z")
I gave the transcript, I would expect everyone to be able to read. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/49 "2020-07-17T14:26:06Z")
Pointing out the blatant hypocrisy that you are blind to. Now, back to your claim the video was edited, do you or do you not, have a link to the unedited version? And since you missed it, I did state that I don’t actually give a damn what McConnell was wearing. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/50 "2020-07-17T14:28:17Z")
What is hypocritical is for you to to criticize McConnell for wearing the tan suit while defending Obama for doing the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061/51 "2020-07-17T14:53:14Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > What is hypocritical is for you to to criticize McConnell for wearing the tan suit while defending Obama for doing the same thing.- STOP. Just. Stop. Quit. Cease. Desist. No more. Enough. The end. Go bake some bread or walk the dog. Take a nap. Something else. This equine has breathed its last and is starting to smell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tansuitgate-can-someone-explain-the-issue/915061.md?page=2)