Republicans when Kamala comes out smiling in a tan suit

Conservatives: This bothers me. Better use AI to make fake images of Sexy Kamala doing something to make me even angrier.

Also conservatives: go away I’m 'bating!

Thats what I am at two am when I wake up with a boner and a craving for cheese.

This is some pro level trolling. She’s gonna give some of them aneurisms.

I know Obama was unjustly ostracized for wearing a tan suit, but I honestly (I’m European) don’t know why a tan suit is a bad thing? Is it frowned upon for some reason? Do tan suits have a backstory (before the Obama thing) that I should know about?

Honest question.

It was absurd nonsense; yet one of many examples of how the far-right in our country will manufacture outrage just to justify their existence.

There was another incident wherein the far-right went after Obama used Dijon mustard on something.

The far right was reaching for anything at all they could personally attack Obama with. The only things they ever came up with was the tan suit and him asking for Dijon mustard. Compare that to any recent Republican candidate.

Don’t forget not saluting a military officer. Even though, as a non-military civilian, he shouldn’t be using military salutes anyway.

Obama knew from a young age he wanted to be in politics, so he lived his life as neatly as possible towards that objective, including graduating with honors from top American schools and leaving a manicured political track record of his path.

Republicans wanted so hard to hate on him but they couldn’t find anything. He ran an excellent presidency, he spoke very carefully with great charisma, and his background was pristine.

That’s why any controversies about Obama had to be fabricated. Republicans attacked him for the mustard, the color of one of his suits, how he rode a bike, how he was physically fit and very good at basketball (an urban sport). They fabricated claims on his birth certificate. They blamed him for stuff that happened on someone else’s watch (why didn’t Obama keep us safe on 9/11? Why didn’t he prevent the economic crash of 2008?)

They attacked him with that nonsense because they couldn’t find anything else to attack him on.

You forgot the terrorist fist bump he shared with his wife.

Drone killing non combatants on the reg under obama was cool with you?

Because I guess to be presidential you have to wear dark colors when talking about serious topics? It was very stupid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy

But to be clear, because OP was asking.

This was complete bullshit. The hero of the Conservatives, Ronald “Let’s trade Missles for Hostages with the Iranians and use the proceeds to Defy Congress in Nicaragua” Reagan wore tan suits.

Look up “terrorist fist jab” and then subsequently realize that racists don’t use thoughts or logic, only hatred and idiocy.

They did the same thing when he rode a bike with… A bike helmet on.

A tan suit is frowned upon by regressives if the occupant is black. Same as using mustard. And greeting anyone too casually.

Tan suits are very slightly less formal than navy, grey, or black. That’s literally it. Completely a case of idiots looking for a reason to be mad and justify their preexisting biases.

It’s fantastic and I’m loving this 🍿

I hope she posts herself putting Dijon on a burger as a follow-up

It’s not actually the color of the suit they’re having issues with.

There’s a really bad birthday suit joke/pun here somewhere. Best to back away and avoid it.

so you think you will next time or nah?

I can never understand the kind of slime that finds it in them to not just begrudge someone for how they express their own joy and laughter, but to feel confident in voicing that begrudgement like it’s indicative of anything but their own complete defectiveness as a morally sound human being.

It’s simple psychology really. When someone is so angry or sad or hates themselves so much, seeing other people being happy and/or succeeding reminds them of their own pitiful existence.

I’m no psychologist, but I believe they call it envy.

Envy also being one of the cardinal sins of Christianity

Sinning is the favourite pastime of Republicans. The only part I haven’t been able to pin down is whether they prefer greed or wrath

I don’t know. When I see throngs of joyful MAGA cultists, and that smug grin of their dear leader, I feel a certain level of disgust myself. It’s certainly not envy.

They’re happy because they adore him and what he symbolizes (white supremacy, misogyny, Christian nationalism, homophobia, etc.) - he’s happy because they adore him, and he’s a raging narcissist.

Those things disgust me, and so their happiness disgusts me.

So conversely, their hatred of Kamala & the DNC’s joy could be because they hate what the left symbolizes, in their view.

Not just envy imo. There are plenty of people in my own circle that I’m envious of, but am nothing but thrilled for them over their well deserved success.

We’re seeing the bastard child of envy and hatred… they want what she has, but more than that, they want her to suffer.

What strikes me is how this is really just the smallest example of how deeply weird US politics is.

It’s been going around for as long as I can remember it at this point.

I remember when I was a kid the news was trying to mock Obama over “mom jeans” of all things. I still don’t get it.

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