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17 April 2007

Are you wondering what Greg wore when he met Bill Clinton? →[More:]Well now you know.

post by: mullacc at: 11:59 | 25 comments

Who is Greg?

This would be like wearing an NRA shirt to visit George W. Bush. It's ridiculous and inappropriate, regardless of your political beliefs. It's disrespectful.

posted by LoriFLA 17 April | 12:10

Who is Greg?

Dunno.

posted by mullacc 17 April | 12:11

It's disrespectful.

How so? Honest question.

posted by danostuporstar 17 April | 12:14

It's disrespectful.

I beg to differ. I'm of the view that it's our duty as citizens to mercilessly mock all politicians of any stripe (activists included) just to keep 'em honest. Anyone with the hubris to belive that they're fit to ~~rule~~govern needs to be taken down a peg or two.

posted by jonmc 17 April | 12:19

This is not what LoriFLA meant, but look at all the other guys in the picture- they're wearing collared shirts and jackets. Remember the hub-bub when some sports team wore flip-flops to the White House? COME ON PEOPLE! HAVE SOME SENSE OF FASHION MORES!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:19

He looks way too pleased with himself.

posted by iconomy 17 April | 12:29

It's inappropriate dress for the situation and it's smug, idiotic really. This guy was disrespecting the current president of the United States in front of the former president of the United States. I doubt Bill Clinton found it humorous. I'm not a fan of GWB, but wearing this type of shirt to meet a former president is tactless.

posted by LoriFLA 17 April | 12:30

He looks way too pleased with himself.

That I'll agree with, but that's the disease that afflicts 99% of the under 30 population.

posted by jonmc 17 April | 12:32

I get the inappropriate dress part, but I expect Bill puts "president" in mental scare quotes when referring to GWB just like the rest of us.

posted by danostuporstar 17 April | 12:34

You're probably right dano.

T-shirt guy should have respected the office even if he doesn't respect the person that sits in the chair.

posted by LoriFLA 17 April | 12:40

I totally get what you're saying, Lori, and I agree in principle. I find it hard to respect what The Office has turned into, though. GWB has turned it into something that, for me, isn't respectable at all.

I don't see this as any different than holding up a protest sign as the motorcade passes, really. He's just standing in front of the wrong motorcade. It's sort of like preaching to the choir (while wearing a clown suit).

posted by mudpuppie 17 April | 12:56

George Bush hasn't done a single thing in his entire life that's deserving of respect.

posted by interrobang 17 April | 12:56

It's just so lame. Am I supposed to give the guy a cookie or something? OMG You communicated your political views in a sneering, ironic manner without having to do anything hard or meaningful! Hurray for you!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 12:58

Greg, I believe, is just some guy with a blog. He also has a brother (Jeff) with a moderately well-known web-design blog. I'm not proud of knowing this.

posted by matthewr 17 April | 13:00

George Bush hasn't done a single thing in his entire life that's deserving of respect.

Well as much as I am horrified by his stealing the 2000 election, and his presidency, I hesitate to say something like that.

He sobered himself up (allegedly), and, from the mess he had made of his earlier life, I have to respect that, even though that is the reason for him being president today, as opposed to being in a bed somewhere dying of cirrhosis of the liver.

Wait, what am I saying?

posted by danf 17 April | 13:03

It's sort of like preaching to the choir (while wearing a clown suit).

Hee.

Am I supposed to give the guy a cookie or something?

He got to meet a former president. He posted a picture of it on flickr. You're not supposed to do anything.

posted by danostuporstar 17 April | 13:05

Well good, because I just ate all the cookies.

::burp::

Meanwhile, I live in NYC and I still haven't met either Clinton! Boo!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 17 April | 13:05

I don't know about disrespectful, but it's certainly ballsy. I wonder if the Secret Service agents were keeping an eye on him.

I find it hard to respect what The Office has turned into, though.

However, this I cannot abide! While the UK-version will always have a special place in my heart, the US version of The Office has certainly done enough to merit respect! I mean how can you not love Rainn Wilson as Dwight?

posted by mullacc 17 April | 13:10

I was wondering what incredibly douchey kick-to-the-scrotum-deserving-face face Greg made when meeting Bill Clinton.

Now I know.

But I think if people want to wear a stupid t-shirt bearing anot-very-clever-or-insightful comment from an overrated rapper while meeting a former president, that is their choice and right. I don't quite get the concept of "disrespect." This isn't a monarchy and Bill Clinton isn't the Pope. Wearing a t-shirt instead of a suit doesn't make you any less of a citizen in this country.

posted by drjimmy11 17 April | 15:44

The only way it is possibly disrespectful is that Bill, even if he privately finds it funny, would have to make sure to steer clear of making any comment whatsoever on the shirt, in order to avoid controversy. So in that sense it's kind of disrespectful to him and his wife, who would no doubt get caught up in the controversy.

But I'm sure he has met people wearing dumber shirts before.

posted by drjimmy11 17 April | 15:48

That I'll agree with, but that's the disease that afflicts 99% of the under 30 population.

And NOW jon has stepped over into official old-geezer-hood.

I mean how can you not love Rainn Wilson as Dwight?

I saw him on Leno the other day, and he was surprisingly charming! I never expect that actors can, well, act. I guess "actors" like Tom Cruise and so on (who can really only play themselves) have ruined me.

posted by muddgirl 17 April | 15:58

I just think it's kind of dumb that this guy thought he was doing anything BA by wearing this in front of B. Clinton when Kanye said it live on Nat'l television.

posted by viachicago 17 April | 16:56

This isn't a monarchy and Bill Clinton isn't the Pope. Wearing a t-shirt instead of a suit doesn't make you any less of a citizen in this country.

Of course. Agreed. I'm not arguing that Greg is any less of a citizen. I'm saying wearing this shirt to meet Clinton is tasteless.

A T-shirt may be fine to meet the pope or the queen, or the president. But a political T with an insulting, tasteless message is a little over the top in a formal situation where dignitaries are present -- a former president of the US. I would imagine it would make others feel uncomfortable, probably even Clinton. And if I were to make a guess, Clinton wouldn't get a chuckle out of this shirt. If anything, he probably found it stupid.

We show respect for the deceased, even if they don't deserve it. Wearing this shirt is kind of like bad-mouthing the dead. There's a time and place for this kind of shirt and this meeting wasn't it.

posted by LoriFLA 17 April | 17:17

When I met Jimmy Carter I had on a t-shirt and a hole-y cardigan. He did not give a shit and was just as pleased to shake my hand as anyone else in the room. (Of course, I didn't realize I'd actually be meeting him beforehand.)

posted by fluffy battle kitten 17 April | 19:58

I could be wrong, but I think the guy talking to Clinton is Jesse James Garrett, who earlier in the week gained some small measure of AskMe fame by putting a live electrical socket in his mouth.

posted by matthewr 17 April | 21:25

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