Flip Flop Flap at the White House

Well after all, the KING resides there.

well someone needs to treat the west wing with more respect than bill clinton did. i wouldnt dare enter such a place without being properly dressed. its a matter of respect for the history of the building.

Don't the flip-flopping sneaker wearing American citizens pay for these government buildings ???

That's wonderful. I can't begin to say how fed up I am with the appearance of people, today.

They look like proverbial slobs, almost all of the time, no matter where I go.

this is the wing where Abe Lincoln,FDR and Teddy, Kennedy and Reagan to name a few did there job. This is the most historic office in our country and respectful clothing should not even be an issue.(it's a given)

So if I wear flip flops and jeans I guess I don't have to pay taxes! Wooo Hooo...that 30%+ has been killing me. Maybe now I can get rid of these student loans that the government was ever so kind to give me...=D

Tom- Thank you for your comments! I agree with you totally!

I would rather take a president who lies about sex than a one who to please his father, sends hundreds to their deaths by making war. Now before all right wingers jump up and down, Iraq did not create 911. Please, only republicans would be stupid to believe that. Iraq was one of the most secular countries in the middle east. I know saddam was a devil, but we took one devil to put more in. There are 100's of devils created because of the iraq war.

bush will be remembered as the worst president since Nixon. No, actually nixon was better.

"Those not appropriately dressed and wearing the following will not be allowed to tour the West Wing: jeans, sneakers, shorts, mini skirts, t-shirts, tank tops, flip flops"

They forgot:
Unsightly people, Out of fasion clothes, no less then $5,000.00 in wallet, blah blah blah

Now, now people.... No need to bash any president... Although it is a bit amusing. This would have never been able to fly in the (Bill) Clinton White House... No miniskirts? fuggedaboutit! The (Hillary) Clinton White House may add a ban on blues dresses....
And to one poster above, Lincoln never worked in the West Wing because it didn't exist then.. Taft was the first, and it's burned and been remodeled since then. FDR was the first to sit in the current Oval Office. Just a fun fact from a White House history buff...

Respect for our history is the center of this discussion - not democrats and republicans. I see nothing wrong with dressing appropriately when visiting our nation's sacred halls. People from all over the world visit the White House. Let's at least show them we have respect for our heritage, if not the current occupants. Leave politics out of it.

Tom, I too thank you for your comments...except for the monitoring...not really into the monitoring thing. Also, we'd have to be nieve to think that Bill is the only President that has been "hummed" in the West wing.....he's just been the only one "caught".....God Bless America!

Come on. Get over it. Bill Clinton beat GHW Bush...find something else to gripe about...gettin' awfully tired of hearing that record...I'm surprised Clinton wasn't somehow responsible for the rise of Adolf Hitler, the sinking of Titanic, or the fall of Rome. If all you can think about is Bill or Hillary Clinton I suggest you find a life and get some serious counseling. Enough is enough!

I wonder if those rules applied to Jeff Gannon when he visited the Oral Office?

Anyone who thinks respect begins and ends with whether or not one wears jeans...gets the government he/she deserves.

Listen up: ANYONE who has enough respect for this government that he/she chooses to spend his/her summer vacation traveling to the nation's capitol to see this democracy's center DESERVES to see it.

Or what's next - put a dress code sign on the Statue of Liberty? Give me your tired, oppressed - but well-dressed?

I think White House staff and visitors SHOULD follow a dress code, and am actually surprised that one is needed. These aren't tourists - they are people who work there, or have appointments. I wonder, though, if those who have offended were ever told directly that their dress was innapropriate or was the sign a surprise signing-statement kind of thing? What happened to common sense?

Also, for you posters who have to make snide Clinton comments every chance you get - He's been gone from the WH for more than 6 years, so get over it already!

The way you look and dress announces the outcome other people can expect from you. It also announces how you feel about yourself. White House staffers need to clean up their act and dress to reflect the seriousness of their job. Furthermore, university studies have proven that you are less productive in casual attire than in business attire. We might get more and better work from government employees if they didn't dress in such a careless manner. Visitors hurl an insult at our government and to the office of President of the United States when they dress so sloppily in hallowed premises.

Perhaps it is no coincidence that we are losing jobs to overseas firms. Our production decreases each year, while that of many foreign nations goes up.

Sandy Dumont

HOW DO VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS OBTAIN TICKETS TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE? DOES ANYONE KNOW? THANK YOU!!

I also agree that one should be dressed appropriately. And I too am dissappointed in how we dress today. Flip Flops were meant once for showers or at the beach. Not to wear into the White House, restaurants, churches, hospitals, etc. They are so tacky and once again, fashion enthusiasts will label them trailor trash shoes.
The sound of these shoes alone drive others up a wall that have to listen to them on a daily basis.
Hopefully, FF will be a thing of the past. Ladies, we can move on to more classier images. And for the sandal wearing men....no pedicures, no open toed shoes.

I love it! And talking about restaurants.. let's put some dress codes on that. I am sick of dining beside someone with dirty, nasty feet in sandals. Several times I have just got up and left, it made me sick!!
So, I can fully understand the White House and it's restrictions. It is not Club Med folks.