Reply #60: I have interacted with him

[MADem]

...back when he was SECDEF. He is NOT sartorial, but neither is he stupid. His wife has that "quasi-military wife" talent....good organizational skills, ability to multi-task, appropriate graciousness, skill at having the right outfit for the right occasion (she is mean, but she does have those talents, and they are important in that sphere). He, on the other hand, always looked like an unmade bed until she snatched him up and corrected him, but he always had the "right stuff" on, even if the shirt tail was hanging out, or the shirt wrinkled, or the tie askew.

I'm sure she weighed in and told him to change his outfit. She was wearing a fur hood, fachrissake--she'd want to MATCH. And I am guessing he dug in his heels and said NO. And, still, other scenarios notwithstanding, I think that this rebellious behavior was directed foresquare at his BOSS, the idiot he has supported this last four years, who is ANGRY at him right now, and who is punishing him by making him go to memorial services in the cold.

I never met the weecowboy, but I did meet Darth Dick. I really do think I am right about this. Think about it: the only one who really looks bad, in the BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, is the United States. No one on the world stage is worrying about petty partisan American politics, and they got a better view of this event than we sure as hell did--you have to figure that many countries carried the event live on TV--all we get is a few cheesy pictures.

His outfit REFLECTS ON HIS BOSS. He is sending a message, about, and to, his BOSS.

Of course, I COULD be wrong, but I do not think so....