Joyless schoolmarm Barack Obama unceremoniously decided to axe murder history’s last remaining awesome thing, the “ha ha, look at all the heads of state dressed up as goofy commoners” party time photo-op traditionally held each year for leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. But this year’s meeting is in luscious Hawaii, which makes aloha shirts and coconut bras officially too much sexy fun to appear to be having while Earth’s various economies burn. Of course the President of Serious couldn’t just say this, so he announced instead that he is Too Cool for silly shirts.
From the LA Times:
“I got rid of the Hawaiian shirts because I had looked at pictures of some of the previous APEC meetings and some of the garb that had appeared previously, and I thought this may be a tradition that we might want to break,” Obama said. “I suggested to the leaders — we gave them a shirt, and if they wanted to wear the shirt, I promise you it would have been fine. But I didn’t hear a lot of complaints about us breaking precedent on that one.”
GAH, evil peer pressure! Poor Hu Jintao, he packed his grass skirt for nothing. [LA Times]
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Obummer.
Harry Truman weeps.
FTW!!!
Should have given them coconuts for their leadership skillz.
Yo blalah, none Maui Wowie?
Those guys in hawaian shirts are like Mittens in his plaid shirts- totally fake
Or Lamar Alexander in that red campaign shirt of his?
I don' like you laughing at my Bush, ya see, he get's the crazy idea you're laughin' at him……
Can you smoke the grass skirts after you wear them?
Shouldn't they all be wearing barrels?
And pretty soon they'll all be adding signs that say, "Needz Werk."
That is a less than lovely bunch of coconuts.
That don't impress me; you want to impress me with your acts of ostentatious faux-austerity, you hold your fucking meeting in the Cherry Hill Travel-Lodge Conference Center. You can have the banquets at the adjoining China Buffet. There are plenty of hookers to be found, in bad weather, they gather under the I-295 overpass.
prommie:
You wouldn't have an address to share, would you?
What does one call a group of hookers?? A gaggle?
From now on we can call them an "APEC" of hookers.
Na, it's a "Silvio" of ladies of negotiable affection…..
A "Bunga/o" of hookers, more like it.
congress
Well played.
I don't know, but at least we all know what an assemblage of pedophiles would be called: a Sandusky. And why wasn't Pedo-Bear there at the epic showdown saturday between the Cornhuskers and the Cornholers?
A "vector?" A "lesion" of hookers?
ROTFLMAO @ "Lesion". I'm partial to a "scab" or hookers.
How about the Cherry Hill Conference Center in the Maryland suburbs of DC? It's part conference center and part RV park. Nice enough place but staying in double wides will certainly induce a bit of humility in the attendees.
Yes, let's have dignitaries from a bunch of Pacific nations fly to the Atlantic coast for their meeting.
Do I detect a hint of sarcasm?
Depends. What day is this again?
Everyday, at least for you.
I'd like to officially invite Barack Obama to sleep on my couch during his next state visit to the UK. There – saved you a few $s.
What no dress like a doofus day? Impeach him now.
Not only that, but Obama and friends had to listen to a 45 minute set consisting of variations of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE
Truth is funnier than fiction!
What a pair of brass truck nutz on this guy!
An awesome combo of guts, an angelic voice and mad guitar skills!
Makana, my new hero, he get 'um!
Just another case of Obama imposing Sharia law on the rest of the world. What's next, no drinking at summits?
Angela Merkel says, "Where's my backrub?"
"I thought this may be a tradition that we might want to break,” I would like to see a tradition broken. The tradition of having multiple wars every generation.
Me thinks the tradition of selling out to lobbyists could go as well, too, also…
No Hawaiian shirts? What's next, will Obama discourage the world leaders from also wearing pastel shorts, white kneesox pulled up all the way with sandals, and fanny-packs?
Throw in a camera.
He'll discourage their bunga bunga parties.
Today, we are all swag-less, non-Hawaiian shirt wearers not having our photos taken, and not headed out to a Vegas junket.
Who knew Barack would be such a buster?
I was going to go with "Today they came for…" but I happen to agree with Mr. Obama on this one. After the way they went after Harry S Truman for wearing his aloha shirt down in Key West – and that was before party photos surfaced on Facebook – ya just can't be too careful!
Well, maybe they could just sit on wicker chairs, like Harry and these other two guys, and soak up some of that Hawaiian sunshine.
Or they could sit and play the piano at a nice south-sea-themed bar, and stare at Lauren Bacall's gams, like Harry here in that other picture. http://www.otrcat.com/harry-s-truman-speeches-p-4…
When you're a bona-fide World Leader, there's no limit to the fun you could have on your day out with the guys.
Speaking of Harry, sometimes I wish he'd come back.
Harry was over at the Senate getting his drink on when he ascended to the Presidency.
May have been the only President sworn in with a snootfull. They sobered up Andrew Johnson before Lincoln died.
There is no bigger joyless prick than a recent ex-smoker.
You won me with that. The statement is as real as the law of gravity.
It's not a law. It's only a theory that's out there.
The problem is that when we start, we believe that we are bigger than the addiction.
The standard Republican uniform of dark blue suit, white shirt, red tie, and flag lapel pin should apply.
Next it will be the black pants, white shirt, and dog on the car roof, required by Mormons.
Do they ever check to see where the flag pins are made?
So he won't wear one of those Guy Fawkes masks when he visits an Occupy camp, I take it?
Obama mocks nation's unemployed with brightly colored vacation wear at economic summit.Obama alienates world leaders and puts American textile jobs in jeopardy.
There aren't any American textile jobs.
(correction: I did just buy some US made sheets, so there is a glimmer of hopey)
Kind of adorable that you think facts still matter.
As did I… organic even…
I think the official try-out forums for Fox Editorials are on Red State.
Oh, you're applying for a Daily Show writing position? Carry on.
Needs more Illuminati…
Jimmy Buffet wept.
"Margaritaville" is Bohener's favorite Karaoke song…
"Blew out my flipflop. Stepped on a poptop. Cut my heal. Had to cruise on back home."
Complaints from Hawaiian shirt makers about the job – killing Obama administration in 3…2…1…
Manaka also does a mean version of Led Zepplin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBuR9ykZT24&fe…
voice of an angel
I heard he offered to take them on a tour of the hospital where he was born. Now THAT is funny.
But he's in Hawaii, not Kenya.
No Hawaiian shirt day? He's History's biggest Monster.
Oh, those costume pics were a veritable gift: What's the hardest thing about liberating the children of Iraq? Getting the bloodstains out of the clown suit.
W's clown suit is precious. Was Tony Blair dressed like a bass drum?
Without Silvio Berlusconi it just won’t be the same anyhow. It’s not like Angela Merkel is going to step up and be the new class clown.
Oh please. That will always be Sarkozy's job.
AKA "Sarkoléon" as Le Canard Enchaîné calls him.
He'll probably be out of a job on the next go-around, I hear. Too bad it won't be Segolene replacing him.
This is all because Merkel refuses to wear anything that's not 100% velvet. (Really, go check — this is literally true.)
The Germans believe inter alia that a well-upholstered chancellor is their best defense against hyperinflation.
Aloha shirts pau, brudda.
What's next? A ban on red reindeer sweaters with little gold jingle bells at the WH War on Xmas party?
So without the shirts… it'll just be a bunch of folks in only coconut bras?
If we're lucky, Sarkozy will bring the missus.
Except Steven Harper, who is going the full monty.
First swag, now hawaiian shirts. Why does Obama want to put Chinese slave laborers out of work?
It's terrible. It's not like they have food stamps in China to fall back on. I mean, it's good. We should be like them. I think?
You know who else got rid of the Hawaiian shirts at Summit Meetings???
Tom Selleck?
hubba hubba
Hirohito?
HITLER!
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Bill Daily as Bob Hartley's friendly but inept neighbor, airline navigator Howard Borden?
You're all WRONG! The correct answer is King Kamehameha V
!!!
McKinley?
Vladimir Putin? (but that's a trick question, since he has removed all shirts from his wardrobe.)
We all knew that Barry was #TEAMWARREN and not #TEAMJIMMY
This lack of travesty is a travesty.
Do you know who else refused to wear goofy shirts?
Gypsy Rose Lee?
Yo mama?
That's what she said…
Kernel Kaddafy?
Bummer, First Dude.
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Wow- he has just turned around my wavering support for him. Those of us who believe world leaders should try to tone down the "I did bong hits in the limo" look salute you.
I am all in favor of the APEC leaders having to wear heavy wool suits the whole time they are in Hawaii. Perhaps they can all go for a walk on the beach, Richard Nixon-style.
What a bummer! Now the wingers won't be able to forward emails of Obama partying in a Hawaiian shirt when he could be cutting taxes, creating jobs and nuking Iran.
Fortunately they didn't kill the plan to play "Margaritaville" at the closing ceremony.
But, world "leaders" can't drive 55!
I guess that leaves out prime minister Spicolli.
I would have been so impressed had he then added, "We'll be wearing these cheap Kenyan shirts instead."
BTW, Wonkette, I can't believe you didn't go with the photo of the costumes worn at the summit in Thailand:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-19-ape…
What would have been the local native garb if this had been held in San Francisco instead?
Assless chaps. I'm holding out hope that Romney will win in 2012 and make this happen.
Hu's on grass?
Why does Obama hate Hawaii?
"Cuz they pretend to be a state he lived in?
I'm sorry Barry. I can take a lot and put up with all of the, "you're just supporting him because he is a Democart", crap I get from the in-laws, but this is the last straw. Anyone who won't wear an aloha shirt is just a dick, and doesn't deserve my vote.
Every party needs a pooper that's why we invited you, party pooper, party pooper!
aren't Hawaiian shirts for fat guys anyway?
HEY!!
Let's arm-RASSLE!!
Not in Hawaii.
So, the cool kid is really just the geek that had cool friends, huh?
TOGA, TOGA, TOGA, TOGA!
If it was solely up to him, they'd all be in sackcloth and ashes.
White presidents can get away with that shit, but if a brother dresses up in a turban and robes just once, the dumbfucks start clinging to their guns and religion!
http://www.tz-online.de/bilder/2009/01/28/63198/6…
Eggzactly why Obama wants to kill this tradition. Next meeting might be in Saudi Arabia, India, or some other place where headgear is traditional, and the racist mouth-breathers will go ballistic as soon as the photos come out. (The dumbfuckwingnuts can't tell one turban from another, and don't much care what religion a "raghead" actually subscribes to.)
So… today is everyday?
Sorry, I'm too damned sober for that much zen.
Thanks for making me google Ed Hardy. Funny, I asked 19 y/o son if he heard of Ed Hardy, and his response was "hu'h?
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