The Ugly American
Cheney Criticized for Attire at Auschwitz Ceremony: "Vice President Dick Cheney raised eyebrows on Friday for wearing an olive-drab parka, hiking boots and knit ski cap to represent the United States at a solemn ceremony remembering the liberation of Auschwitz."
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm no fashion-plate, but I know better than to dress like a camper when I attend a funeral. The Auschwitz ceremony was the equivalent of a funeral. Some 11 million dead and our vice president shows all the dignity and decorum of a man on a fishing trip.
The article mentions that Mr. Cheney dressed better for his own inauguration. Yup, that's one of the first things I recalled. Makes me feel bad that I was thinking about who the U.S. would send to the event and thought that the Veep would be a good choice. Nope, we should have sent Colin Powell. That would have been one last chance for the administration to show something that the White House has lacked since G.H.W. Bush -- class.
