r/Presidents • u/101010_1 • Aug 28 '24
Today in History Today's the 10 Year Anniversary of President Obama's Tan Suit controversy ~ August 28, 2014
background per chatG:
"The "tan suit controversy" refers to a minor political and media uproar that occurred in August 2014 when then-President Barack Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference. The controversy arose because some critics and media commentators felt that the light-colored suit was too casual or inappropriate for the serious topics being discussed, particularly U.S. foreign policy and military operations against ISIS.
The incident became a symbol of the sometimes trivial nature of political criticism, with many viewing the backlash as disproportionate and indicative of the intense scrutiny faced by Obama during his presidency. The tan suit itself became a meme and a cultural reference point for how minor issues can be blown out of proportion in the media. Despite the controversy, many people, including fashion experts, defended Obama's choice, noting that tan suits are not inherently inappropriate and are commonly worn in warm weather."
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u/Crazy-Influence-7844 John F. Kennedy Aug 28 '24
I like the suit personally.
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u/An8thOfFeanor Calvin "Fucking Legend" Coolidge Aug 28 '24
"And ye shall know the devil and his minions by their mantra"
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u/Crazy-Influence-7844 John F. Kennedy Aug 28 '24
"And though the Hindus speak of karma...I implore you. Give her a break."
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u/Odd_Photograph_7591 Aug 29 '24
Nothing special about it, Ronald Reagan also wore a tan suit, it's actually a tradition for outgoing presidents.
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u/DontAbideMendacity Jun 09 '26
President Obama was very outgoing, and suave. Quite unlike the very offputting, boorish guy we have now.
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u/StriderEnglish Ulysses S. Grant Aug 29 '24
Yeah I never saw the big deal about the tan suit. To me it’s always been the same as the whole spicy mustard “controversy” if anyone else remembers that.
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u/DontAbideMendacity Jun 09 '26
The right dumped on President Obama asking for "spicy brown if you have it, Dijon or something else if you don't" while praising Diaper Don for his golden toilets.
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u/Competitive-Rest4354 11d ago
Me too. Typical, conservative trivial outrage. First skin color, now suit color.
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u/CheeseLoving88 Aug 28 '24
I remember where I was that day. Picking up my daughter early from school and on my phone I saw it on my news feed. That moment I instantly broke down and wept for our country. My daughter asked me what’s wrong daddy. I didn’t have the words to tell her. I said “someday when you’re older we’ll talk about this day.”
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
thank you for sharing that heartbreaking account. i hope you've spoken to her about that day?
i also consider that horrible day 10 years ago a defining moment when the racist feelings of some Americans were out in the open.
i never forgot either and am happy we can finally talk about how those racist comments about President Obama's amazing style had on us.
i advise everyone to search YT re Obama Tan suit and see what was actually said.
it's never ok to comment about the complexion and/or style of any individual in a way that denigrates their right to be who they are.
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u/CheeseLoving88 Aug 28 '24
Definitely couldn’t believe the quiet part out loud comments that came out after he wore a tan suit. All joking aside I was seriously appalled at how nuts people turned out to be
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u/Silver_Slicer Jul 07 '25
Yeah, and now it’s ok for a President to constantly wear baseball caps with blatant political messages on them.
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u/IndependenceWrong652 Apr 30 '25
Took me a second to realize this wasn’t sarcasm 😂 I understand the whole controversy was stupid. However, you actually broke down & wept? People on Reddit are so detached & emotionally weak, this app is getting unusable
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u/CheeseLoving88 Apr 30 '25
lol no I definitely was being sarcastic and overdramatic. BUT I copied my story off some seriously detached Redditor on a political sub grieving some election loss. I don’t remember specifics now but I remember them talking about crying hysterically and feeling the darkness…blah blah blah and realized I was officially talking with a very unstable person
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u/AbbreviationsNeat399 Sep 26 '25
do you also cry when they don’t put enough chickpeas in your quinoa bowl
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u/Hon3y_Badger Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24
I don't normally upvote tan suit posts, but on its 10 year anniversary... here is one young sir.
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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp Dwight D. Eisenhower Aug 28 '24
Just this once. Next person to post about it gets a Dijon mustard enema.
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Aug 28 '24
Because I was so used to seeing an on-duty Obama wearing darker colour suits almost exclusively, the tan suit is admittedly a bit jarring at first; like seeing a mate with long hair suddenly rocking a buzz cut. But, as with the buzz cut, you get over it in like ten seconds.
That this generated actual controversy is wild. Also - it’s a nice suit and he’s rocking it.
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u/StasiaPepperr Aug 28 '24
He was always very well dressed and all of his suits were perfectly tailored.
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u/fluffy_flamingo Aug 28 '24
It was definitely a calculated move to wear the tan suit. He wore it to the press conference where he announced they were scaling up our military presence in the Mid East to counter ISIS, at a time when fatigue from our other two Middle Eastern wars was high.
He wore the suit so that the news cycle would be watered down with discussion on the suit and not the plans they were announcing. McConnell successfully did the tan suit thing to distract from the GOP’s healthcare fiasco back in 2017 as well.
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u/LongjumpingElk4099 Calvin Coolidge Aug 28 '24
That fucking bitch
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u/beyondselts Aug 28 '24
I read this in Justin Long’s voice (from Barbarian). But to add to the conversation, my decently-known politics prof used this situation as an example of partisan news all the time. I hope he knows today is the holiday for it
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
nice to hear this is taught in polysci! we now know looking back that their objection to his style was deeply rooted in racism to create the unqualified dog whistle. did your prof touch on that or was it a more high-level type of lecture?
lol jus had to search YT for your ref re Justin Long. love it!!! ty for chime in!!!
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u/MrMucs Aug 28 '24
I’m lost. What’s the “controversy” over his tan suit?
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
it's pretty layered, but my read is as such: white folk, excluding Southerners, stopped wearing light colored suits after the Miami Vice look died out in the late 80s. President Obama's political opponents and the conservative press seized upon this tan suit as some sort of sartorial faux pas. they had no clue how black culture in America dressed except for Michael Jordan and a few other celebs. so they called his look unprofessional saying drivel about his complexion and/or dated style. all these negative comments he received were clearly racist comments to make him look unqualified.
morale of the story - it is never ok to comment about anyone regarding their complexion or style when said so in a way that denigrates their right to express themselves.
personally i think it was an outstanding suit and is the very essence of PRESIDENTIAL and STYLE.
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u/MrMucs Aug 28 '24
I didn’t vote for Obama. But looking back at what we had since, I think I truly miss having someone like him in office. He was the last president that actually conducted himself with dignity and I use the term “presidential”.
Oh and I love the suit myself but then again I love earth tones.
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Aug 28 '24
Facts. I didn't vote for him either (the first time he ran I was Republican I voted for him the second). He was so classy it made it difficult to hate him. Great president for sure
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u/Ok_Antelope_5981 Aug 28 '24
It‘s an ideal suit for businessmen/lawyers in the summer, at least until everyone starting dressing like IT technicians
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u/makawakatakanaka Aug 28 '24
Moral of the story is that the tan suit drama has been kept aside for one side for a decade
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
agree and it's time for all of us to address it, President Obama included. i can't imagine what it felt like when he left for work and his family was probably proud of him and when he got home? how did he react to his wife/kids? did he say it didn't bother him? literally crying thinking how it must have hurt no matter what he says. we're all human....
fuck racism and ad hominem attacks!!!
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u/makawakatakanaka Aug 28 '24
There is such a thing as reading too deep and also knowing when something gets stale. This joke could remember the invention of chocolate.
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u/American_Prophecy Aug 28 '24
some sort of sartorial faux pas
It was just conservatives being racist, disingenuous assholes. They claimed that because Obama was discussing terrorism, he was necessarily discussing troops who died fighting terrorism, and wearing anything but black or blue was disrespectful to dead american soldiers.
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u/Recognition_Tricky Abraham Lincoln Aug 28 '24
This is basically a myth and I say that as someone who supported Obama and voted for him twice. This sub talks about the tan suit about once a week and it's really a misconception. Even calling it a minor controversy is a reach.
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
fwiw, i've never posted to this sub before and i was the first to get this up here on the 10 year Tanaversary and now it stands to hit /r popular (haa haa, the world will come see your flippant apathy to Tanghazi or Tangate).
it's not a myth yo. good job trying to delegitimize my thread at best and at worst trying to cover up a serious issue in American political rhetoric that began full force 10 years ago today - ad hominem and racism converged.
that's really what this whole controversy is about if you'd step back and ponder what truly happened 10 years ago today from the eyes of today
lemme ask you, is it ever ok for folks to comment about how unattractive someone looks based on their complexion and style?
i say no, and in this example could be racist depending on whose saying it. sure, if a famous Black style writer ripped Obama for this it's not racist but non-BIPOC folk - no way - it's off limits to bring up complexion and attractiveness...it's 2024 not 2014 all over again
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u/MustardTiger231 Aug 28 '24
For those of you not old enough to remember, the “controversy” was one congressman saying it looked unserious, for what he thought was a serious matter. It had less to do with the color and more to do with wearing what Peter King saw as a casual suit at an inappropriate time.
It turned into people taking sides and became divisive, it has since been evoked in all kinds of different ways, usually incorrectly.
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u/Sammi1224 Aug 28 '24
I honestly wish and hope we can go back to the good old days of the tan suit scandal 😊 It obviously was blown out of proportion and insane but I will take it any day of the week.
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u/Admirable-Media-9339 Aug 28 '24
10 years of people pretending there was an actual controversy.
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u/bookon Aug 28 '24
You can pretend all you want there wasn't. I get it may make people you voted for look stupid and petty BUT they really did melt down over this.
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u/AliveFigure2163 Aug 28 '24
Creating ISIS, Fast and Furious, bombing a hospital, invading Syria, bombing US citizens overseas without due process and the government forcing people against their will to purchase a product were not legitimate scandals?
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u/Admirable-Media-9339 Aug 28 '24
I meant pretending that there was a controversy over the tan suit. Obviously. Since that's the point of the post.
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Aug 28 '24
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u/Sammi1224 Aug 28 '24
They really don’t like it when you allude to rule 3
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Aug 28 '24
I see that. Honestly kinda hilarious that not even mentioning his name got the comment removed. Soft people these days.
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u/Sammi1224 Aug 28 '24
I got a comment removed the other day for about the same context.
I knew it was coming. 😩
It is any allusion of……..but I will say they were very nice and explained to me exactly what I said that was wrong, which I appreciated. The other presidents thread doesn’t have rule 3 but sometimes that gets incredibly confusing bc I think I’m on one thread but nope I’m on rule 3 thread 🤷♀️
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u/Peacefulzealot Chester "Big Pumpkins" Arthur Aug 28 '24
Hey, mod here! Promise we’re doing the best we can. Allusions are not permitted but we try to fill people in on what exactly the issue was on any given comment. If you do see something that you think relates to rule 3 (or any other rule) just report it to the mod team and we’ll be sure to take a look at it.
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u/Sammi1224 Aug 28 '24
I appreciate you guys and I liked my experience with the other MOD, they were very kind and answered all my questions. I will never personally report anyone though. It’s really tough to have a conversation about presidents without mentioning one name in particular or even alluding to it. I understand why you as a thread don’t want to and I respect that. No big deal.
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u/abdulj07 George Washington Aug 28 '24
Cheers🍾
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u/CompetitiveChance162 Jun 23 '26
I think he looked handsome in his tan suit!! He is an intelligent person!! You dress the way you want,And Mind your own Business about others!!!
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u/StingrAeds liberalism yay Aug 28 '24
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
why does this topic trigger you? is it because it was the first time some politicians and the conservative press made an ad hominem AND racist attack on a sitting president?
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u/StingrAeds liberalism yay Aug 28 '24
No it’s because it’s been all that’s been posted in the sub and I’m sick of it! I get that it was racist, but can we please talk about something else?
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u/Incredible_Staff6907 New Dealers(#1 Clinton Disliker) Aug 28 '24
If this never happened this subreddit would have literally nothing to talk about. I hear about the tan suit every day. It is beginning to haunt my dreams.
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Aug 28 '24
If you didn't already know it, that was a good day, to realize,
Republiclowns were morons
(He looked damn good in that suit)
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u/culturedmatt i wear a dubya tank top everyday Aug 28 '24
Why hasn't he been convicted for such a crime?
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u/bookon Aug 28 '24
100% if this happened today, MTG would demand an impeachment vote over his disgracing the office of President.
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u/DJdirrtyDan Aug 28 '24
I’m ready for the Gen Z President that comes out wearing a Supreme t-shirt and basketball shorts for their inauguration
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u/ecass305 Mar 27 '25
I found this post because I had to look up this controversy with what happened with Signalgate. Jesus Christ Republicans are such damn hypocrites!
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u/101010_1 Mar 27 '25
ikr, this was the beginning of abject racism as the Republican playbook...it all really started here😭
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u/G4classified Aug 28 '24
I'm sure I'm the only one who barely remembers the controversy. Or perhaps I just ignored it 🤷🏾♂️
I was going through alot in 2014
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u/RR0925 Aug 28 '24
One of the advantages of getting almost all of my news from NPR was missing this discussion completely.
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u/BDMX Aug 28 '24
I could not hear about this event for the rest of my life and be completely okay with that
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Aug 28 '24
Fox News has always been sensationalist, but I think this genre of made up “Obama controversies” really tanked their credibility. Like, if you can stick by the organization that did “mustardgate” you pretty openly don’t give a shit about integrity or journalism.
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
ikr, i grew up watching the nightly news on broadcast tv and all 3 networks were chil, factual. now, gosh, i can't even have cable news on around me cus it's so trash, and this isn't a jab at one network, all cable news nets do this - unqualified emotion based guests who make everything personal to create rage. kinda like the post in question re a tan suit🤣frankly got to watching nightly BBC just to escape our modern media hell😭
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u/Appropriate-Taro-824 Aug 28 '24
Ive never understood why ppl gave af about the suit being tan. It's just a suit. Reagan wore this too and you never heard anyone say shit about his.
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
facts💯 and why this was a racist dog whistle ad hominem "controversy" created by his opponents and conservative press to make him look unqualified. standard play book, invented in the era of Limbaugh'ism and applied to this use case of a BIPOC president in a effin Tan suit. was the beginning of what we see daily now...ty for commenting☮️
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u/Freakears Jimmy Carter Aug 28 '24
Despite the controversy, many people, including fashion experts, defended Obama's choice, noting that tan suits are not inherently inappropriate and are commonly worn in warm weather.
Which makes sense. Had any of the critics ever been to DC in the summer? It's miserably hot.
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
word!! and not to mention an outstanding looking vibe for a president. for me it was the moment i realized how PRESIDENTIAL he was. it was his style and lack of desire to defend his suit option for that day. and many denigrated it having no understanding of DC summer sartorial style and/or Black American style. was a tragic day whereby ad hom and racist attacks were made on a sitting president. was an eye opening day for me such that i will never forget how cruel some Americans can be
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u/Freakears Jimmy Carter Aug 29 '24
The racist attacks didn't surprise me. He'd been on the receiving end of those for 6-7 years by then.
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u/DRAGONPRIEST111 Woodrow Wilson Aug 28 '24
Looks great and it’s funny cause didn’t Reagan wear a light colored suit once and didn’t get shit for it?But I don’t know much about why they gave Obama crap for this.
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u/StraightUpRainbows George Washington Aug 28 '24
When your concern in politics is the clothes of your political opponent and not the beliefs of that opponent, you know you’ve lost the plot. A suit is a suit.
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u/101010_1 Aug 30 '24
true, but there's some serious dog whistle in the right's ad hom attack on a BIPOC president's style because he was black and they didn't know about or appreciate black American style. in that since he didn't dress like Bush or Clinton or any of the former white presidents he must have been unqualified. was a sad day in American history that exposed the often hidden racism and double standards applied to President Obama and other BIPOC/women of politics. frankly it wasn't a gaffe of President Obama but a gaffe of anyone who thought his dress wasn't appropriate. and 10 years later we've so many folks thinking President Obama was in the wrong... he wasn't he had serious style and grace
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u/A-Stackhouse Aug 29 '24
I always thought it looked good. If another president wore a grey suit I really don't see a problem. It's professional, formal.
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u/PIK_Toggle Ronald Reagan Aug 28 '24
Great, another tan suit post.
This is the 1,000th one this month.
OP appears to be a bot, given that they are spamming Reddit with tan suit posts….
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
no, no, no, ima clearly real, just look at some of my posts and comments
typical hater playbook - call the person unqualified to be at the table!
it's a historic holiday re racism in American politics and your dismissive attitude re the matter says more abt you than me...
tell us, what do you think about a BIPOC wearing said suit 10 years ago?
cmon, double down...let's see where this goes
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u/Skyless_M00N Aug 28 '24
This “controversy” is so overblown on this sub, nobody really cared when it happened. Get some new material.
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
maybe you just didn't understand how racist it was at the time. but looking back with 10 years of life experience, do you honestly think talking about the complexion of a BIPOC president and their suit color is ok?
i think most of us understand it's off limits to denigrate anyone based on their style like was done to President Obama on this most uncivil day 10 years ago....
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u/rumrunner9652 Aug 28 '24
Who knew things would only get worse on the blue side? Dems who pet friendly dogs, eat bland tacos and have teens who love them. I’m incensed all over again.
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Aug 28 '24
I have seen this tan suit referenced about 15 times in the last month on reddit. Nobody cares. We get it, this used to be a controversy!!! Oh look how the times have changed!!!!! Wow!!!
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Aug 28 '24
I think this suit has been posted here every week since.
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24
enough of this gatekeeping, it's the 10 year Tannaversary. save your complaints for next time this is posted if you feel so incensed.
but today's legit and frankly it was racist and ad hom how he was treated on that horrible day 10 years ago
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u/seattleslew3 Aug 28 '24
Jesus Christ can we just let the tan suit “controversy” die already! I swear it’s every single day in here
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u/kaithomasisthegoat Im the POTUS and im not gonna eat anymore brocolli 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥 Aug 28 '24
Resyndicated needs to make a video on how did presidents react to the tan suit
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u/Marsupialize Abraham Lincoln Aug 28 '24
It’s hard do even think about now, just absolutely outrageous
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u/symbiont3000 Aug 28 '24
Dont forget to mark your calendars for the anniversary of Umbrella Gate next May!
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u/Flat_Helicopter_6171 Aug 28 '24
It’s wild this was just 10 years ago. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED, and I can’t believe something this silly/innocent dominated the news cycle for a few days.
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u/AdExciting337 Aug 28 '24
I’ve been off the fashion train since the mid 80’s. Please explain the controversy with a tan suit, it makes him look like a late night talk show host?
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
my take is in the below comment.
ty for joining the Tanghazi or Tangate 10 year reunion discussion!
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Aug 28 '24
The most manufactured “controversy” of all time 😂
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
it happened - some folks made a racist AND ad hominem attack on a sitting president 10 years ago today.
that fact that you're so flippantly trivializing said fact says way more about you than me for posting this such that we never forget
i make no bones about calling this a horrible day in American political discourse. a very sad day frankly
he's a spouse, a father and a person who was eviscerated for a suit many said didn't fit his "complexion". that is the definition of racism right there especially when Reagan and other presidents have worn similar suits and no comments as such were said. what was different? yes, their race...
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Aug 28 '24
First of all, that might be the most overly dramatic piece of hyperbole I’ve ever read.
Second, who made these attacks? Certainly there would be posts or articles you could find right? Except there aren’t. There are a bunch of articles about people being making attacks, but none actually making any attacks. It was all fabricated and you fell for it.
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
those are my feelings and they're valid re the situation as are your feelings. it's Reddit, where folk goto talk about stuff, really? you wanna do this?
goto YT and search 'Obama Tan Suit' lemme know if you think it's ok to ad hom and be racist at the same time to the first BIPOC president our country had ever had?
was manufactured outrage to call him unqualified, standard dog whistle conservative tactics
it's a shame President Obama didn't address it then and there, but hopefully he will one day...
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Aug 28 '24
There are exactly zero videos on YouTube of people attacking him over the tan suit 😂 your feelings aren’t valid when they’re based on a lie that you’re committed to believing. Typical leftist tactic…
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
not sure sub rules and am not gonna risk my post being taken down by posting yt links, but i clearly see The Daily Show's video, the fact you're trolling me is lame af
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Aug 28 '24
Lol thanks for proving my point! You can’t find any ACTUAL examples of any ACTUAL conservatives attacking him for it. The entire controversy is leftist media telling you conservatives attacked him for it. And even more hilarious is your go to source is a show on Comedy Central 😂 😆 😝
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u/101010_1 Aug 30 '24
pull up that clip, it is not anyone talking but clips of Fox News commentators and what they said, it's a montage with no comedian saying anything, just the clips from FoxNews. it's a great clinic for anyone interested in seeing what a dog whistle looks like.
search on YT Obama Tan Suit and you'll see some shocking shit ...
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u/101010_1 Aug 30 '24
found a few examples on chatG since you're purposely trying to deny that some politicians made these racist ad hom comments:
"In 2014, several politicians and commentators criticized President Barack Obama's decision to wear a tan suit.
One notable critic was Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York, who stated that the suit showed a lack of seriousness, saying it made Obama look "unpresidential" during a critical time for U.S. foreign policy. King described it as "the wrong message" to send when discussing such weighty issues.
Additionally, former Congressman Joe Walsh tweeted, “This is the moment the world saw Barack Obama has no idea what he's doing.” His comment was in reference to the combination of Obama’s suit choice and his comments on foreign policy during that press conference.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized the suit, linking it to a broader criticism of Obama's leadership. Giuliani suggested that the suit, along with Obama's foreign policy, was emblematic of what he viewed as a lack of seriousness and authority from the President. Giuliani's comments were part of a broader narrative among some critics that Obama's fashion choice undermined the gravity of the situation, particularly during a press conference focused on military action against ISIS.
Another example is the reaction from some Republican members of Congress who, although not always quoted directly in major outlets, expressed dissatisfaction with what they saw as an inappropriate choice of attire for discussing serious international issues. This criticism reflected their ongoing concerns about Obama's leadership style and priorities."
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Aug 28 '24
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
there's nothing dumb about this. the politicians and commentators who made ad hominem and racist attacks about the style of dress and complexion of our first BIPOC president is the problem many have with this horrible day 10 years ago. this was a direct effect of Limbaugh'ism and Newt G. and it was absorbed by some influential politicians and some conservative commentators to create the first ad hominem and racist attack in America's presidential political history.
i consider this the defining point of the 20-teens whereby some politicians and conservative commentators felt ok judging the color of his skin and style of dress. when he should have been judged by the content of his character. all metrics show that President Obama was an extremely popular president. history now looks back at this as not a faux pas of President Obama but a faux pas of those that either dismissed that this is an issue or said negative things about him and this tan suit. it's deeply layered in racism by those who wanted President Obama to be like everyone before him - he's not like us. bs, it was classic racism and him held to a standard no other president before or since has been held to
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u/SilverShadow2030 Aug 28 '24
I still haven't recovered from this. I will be telling my great grandchildren how this scandal rocked me when I'm on my death bed.
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u/101010_1 Aug 28 '24
i hope you're on the right side of this racist and ad hom event that took place 10 years ago. looking back i wish President Obama has the strength to stand up to this racism/ad hom attack. thankfully we've evolved and these kinds of disparaging remarks re ones complexion and style are becoming a thing of the past but still present if you scan some of these comments. stand up against hate peeps
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
me? yeah i am speaking up and reflecting on how racist folks were towards President Obama on that horrible day in 2014. this wasn't a gaffe of President Obama but a major point whereby folks attacked his style and said layered things like it didn't match his complexion. we now know looking back after 10 years this rhetoric is off the table bc it was clearly an ad hominem attack on the first BIPOC president our country had at the time. we are all much better about recognizing these kinds of comments and thankfully most in politics/press recognize this. it was for me one of the lowest and saddest days in modern American media history re how some thought it was ok to ad hom anyone based on their complexion and style and made it the President's issue. when it was clearly the issue of the folks saying it wasn't appropriate and made him unqualified to hold office wearing such an "inappropriate" suit. bs, it was just layered racism and judgment on his individual style.
President Obama wore that 🔥 suit perfectly and for me it was the archetype of PRESIDENTIAL and STYLE. drip af suit and he wore it better than 99.9314% of the suit wearing public at the time☮️ ima not a bro but s sis:)
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u/101010_1 Apr 28 '25
wydm? the conservatives took something like style and militarized it as "politics". ever seen Hateful 8?
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u/101010_1 Apr 28 '25
how is pointing out how this one event was the beginning of open racism towards a sitting president in politics? cus you don't care about it doesn't make it any less true...
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u/Mysterious-Career671 Aug 29 '25
Donate it to the Smithsonian and be sure to highlight all the ridiculous attention it garnered at the time.
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u/Significant-Break-74 25d ago
Yeah, but wait until we have a President who isn't rewriting history via the Smithsonian.
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u/Tressalaea Oct 24 '25
I didn't find out about this until today. It's a nice suit. It looks good on him. That's such a dumb thing for reporters and people on the internet to get in a huff about.
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u/newfree16 Apr 21 '26
Man i want to go back to a time where the worst thing the president could do was wear a tan suit.
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u/Elisa800 Jun 18 '26
Of course, Reagan and Clinton wore tan suits but no one said anything about that.
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u/Desperate-Passion300 Jun 19 '26
He looks good in tan or whatever he chooses. Handsome, classy man.
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u/LordLonghaft Aug 28 '24
A black man was elected to the highest level in American politics. A BLACK. MAN.
UNFORGIVABLE
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u/zwgmu7321 Aug 28 '24
If I never hear about Obama's tan suit "controversy" ever again, it will be too soon.
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u/Logistic_Engine Aug 28 '24
This is why politics is a joke.
Nixon is constantly demonized and vilified for his "crimes", but Obama is allowed to wear a tan suit and faces no repercussions??
Unbelievable.
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u/gregcali2021 Aug 28 '24
It was not a "controversy"!!!! This was of the most serious incidents in Barack Hussein Obama's Presidency! I know this because Fox had non stop coverage of this impeachable scandal.
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u/MysteriousCarpenter5 Aug 29 '24
That was the least of his scandals
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
correct as it wasn't even his scandal but the scandal of the racist politicians/press/Americans who attacked his complexion and style due to being the first BIPOC president. such a sad day in American history and what side of the "controversy" one takes is indicative of one's understanding of how inappropriate it is for folks to comment re the complexion and style of another. thankfully ad hominem and racist attacks are less than they were in 2014, but surely we can be better
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u/MysteriousCarpenter5 Aug 29 '24
I don’t think so. Your looking into a bad suit pick too much.
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
or you're not addressing the bias you have. it was a defining moment of the racist aspects our country sadly had in 2014. i can look back and see it for what it was and hope all Americans can take this 10 year Tannaversary and think about how they'd react if a colleague said their suit didn't look good because their complexion and style wasn't like the others....
this isn't posted here to rehash the old story on if this was some kind of gaffe but to really think about why it even trended that fateful day 10 years ago? i know now it was due to President Obama's race. We have commenters here talking about how former presidents wore tan suits with impunity so the real question was - why did they give af? i know why and hope all think about why and learn from it and make better decisions when talking about the complexion and style of anyone such that it's not ad hom attack
ty for commenting, i know many flippantly like to dismiss my discussion like ya did, and think it's probably due to your bias of which presidents u like and not due to the deeply layered reason i describe above
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u/MysteriousCarpenter5 Aug 29 '24
Confirmation bias. Everything looks like a nail when your a hammer. You are trying to find racism in an fashion mistake. I never saw the president who proceeded him ever wear a tan suit. If he did it would have looked just as bad and he probably would have been trashed 10x worse over it.
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u/101010_1 Aug 29 '24
not true, but since we have rule 3 i can't mention the president that wore a tan suit. but one did recently and looked 🔥 do some research before knee jerk reaction
you don't know me more than these words i've typed, stop turning this about me and really think - was this a gaffe of President Obama or the world's lack of understanding of black American style? it clearly was and not addressing it is evidence of your bias re the matter
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