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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Why Does Obama Want Female Reporters To Dress Modestly In Israel?

Yesterday we learned that Obama had issued a “dress code” to female reporters traveling overseas with his campaign encouraging them to, among other things, dress conservatively while in Israel and Jordan.

Today the Neocon Express posts some pictures showing that Israeli women themselves don’t exactly dress conservatively.

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So what’s Obama’s beef?  Is he a prude?  Or is he just clueless as to what things are actually like in Israel?

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Zsa Zsa on July 22, 2008 at 11:48 am

Thanks Rob for providing a pic of how they SHOULD dress.

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Ken McCracken on July 22, 2008 at 11:50 am

Because he does not want to offend Muslims and Hamas, people backing him in the current election cycle and many of who will probably vote for him (illegally).


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Neiman on July 22, 2008 at 11:50 am

I am so happy when I see your name at SAB Zsa Zsa, I miss you when I haven’t seen your comments, you are one of my favorite people.


No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman on July 22, 2008 at 11:51 am
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I’m wondering why you didn’t use the Maxim pic.

brenarlo on July 22, 2008 at 11:56 am

I’ve got a sudden urge to defend Israel more vigorously.

FlyOnTheWall on July 22, 2008 at 12:02 pm

cooties!


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The Whistler on July 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm

the women of Israel wander around throwing up death metal signs, in rasta hats (where’s that odd rasta hat guy? he’d get a kick outta that. his kinda girls.), in bikinis, with ‘sex’ scrawled on their stomachs in capital letters? sounds like san francisco.


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Sparkie Arbuckle on July 22, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Thanks, Neiman!

Zsa Zsa on July 22, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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Not to defend Obama, and at the risk of showing may age and being a real kill-joy, may I say the following? If the reporters are what they purport to be--professionals in their chosen profession--perhaps Obama is of the opinion they should be in appropriate attire for their work. Like it or not, respect is not only earned, it is often a result of a first impression--an impression that may be hard to undo if it is negative.

Halatbis on July 22, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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Not to defend Obama, but I’m assuming that he’s not meeting in Hippie Country of Israel and actually visiting either embassies or the really hardcore places (the Wailing Wall). Hippie Country, Israel does indeed exist, and the ladies probably served long enough (mandatory draft of a few years) to earn it.

Bob on July 22, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Nice scope rob.


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goon on July 22, 2008 at 01:09 pm

Actually, that picture is of a “Love Parade” in Tel Aviv--if you don’t know what that means, look it up.  It doesn’t speak to everyday life there.

Reality is that although the vast majority of Israelis, I’m told, are irreligious and can tend to do some immodest things, there is also a vocal minority of Orthodox and ultra-orthodox who WOULD be offended if Obama’s entourage showed undue skin.  So the campaign is not that off base here, IMO.

Bike Bubba on July 22, 2008 at 01:15 pm

Y’all have missed the most obvious reason for Obama’s commandment about female dress… Michelle!

If Mrs. Barack Obama catches him looking at some scantily attired young female, black or white, or even hears about it, his skinny ass is toast!


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Bat One on July 22, 2008 at 01:22 pm
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Bah, his next memo will require all female reports to “stay in the kitchen.”

Sorry, I’m trying to channel Geraldine Ferraro.

Rob B. on July 22, 2008 at 02:37 pm
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How do you know those women are actually Israelis?  I didn’t read the post yet, but knowing Poof, I doubt it specified.  I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

Hannitized on July 22, 2008 at 02:54 pm
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Just read the post, and there in deed was no proof that the girls Poof posted were in fact Israelis.  They could have been Americans, in Israel.

This is so bogus it’s almost laughable, if it wasn’t so pathetically transparent.

Hannitized on July 22, 2008 at 02:56 pm

Because Americans in Israel aren’t allowed to go to the soda fountain in civilian clothes and a fully automatic M16 by their side, as Israeli soldier girls are.

Hannitized, you seriously need to read more.  The mayor of Jerusalem is an “out” homosexual, and two of the world’s biggest “love parades” bear witness that a large portion of that nation is not Orthodox in the least.  While I tend to agree with Obama’s request for female reporters in light of the Orthodox, our host is correct to note that large proportions of Israelis are most emphatically not.

Bike Bubba on July 22, 2008 at 03:23 pm
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Not to defend Obama, but I’m assuming that he’s not meeting in Hippie Country of Israel and actually visiting either embassies or the really hardcore places (the Wailing Wall). Hippie Country, Israel does indeed exist, and the ladies probably served long enough (mandatory draft of a few years) to earn it.

I don’t doubt that women dress more conservatively in the “respectable” parts of Israel, but I’m sure the female reporters of Obama’s entourage don’t need a dress code for that being old hands at attending those sorts of places.

Remember that Obama’s dress code warned them not to wear open-toed shoes and to wear stockings.  Israel’s population, as we’ve pointed out here, is simply not that strict.


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