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« on: March 05, 2014, 12:55:32 PM »
Which president was the most informal? By which I mean let's say appeared out of a suit as much as possible, dressed like a regular guy and generally didn't go with the formality and pomp and circumstance of the office?
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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2014, 12:59:06 PM »
Obama has got to be up there.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2014, 01:30:16 PM »
Jackson.
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 02:27:20 PM »
Dubya has to be high up there.  With all of his time excercising, being on the ranch and at Camp David and other opportunities that cropped up, he ditched the suit often, just not in the Oval Office.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 02:44:43 PM »
Carter tried very hard to act informally, but wasn't very natural at this.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Jefferson so far. He didn't act like a "regular guy" as understand the term now, but he shunned etiquette significantly.
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2014, 04:32:49 PM »
LBJ obviously.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2014, 05:38:03 PM »

He certainly was one of our more informal ex-Presidents.
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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2014, 06:29:33 PM »



Lazy hippie.
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2014, 09:49:21 PM »
LBJ's Ric Flair hair is one of my favorite things.
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2014, 09:55:35 PM »
Jim Carter.
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« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2014, 10:03:57 AM »
« Edited: March 07, 2014, 10:08:47 AM by Mordecai »

It doesn't compare to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_myjOr0OU

Edit: And this is pretty tame compared to some of the other things he did.
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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2014, 02:09:21 PM »
Jimmy Carter enjoyed making public appearances in sweaters and khakis rather than suits.
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« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2014, 03:52:31 PM »
Jimmy Carter. He kind of said he would be informal, cut back on the pageantry and pomp and circumstance to an extent, and wanted to be known as "Jimmy." Should have gone all the way and asked me to known as "Jimbo." Wink
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« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2014, 05:13:39 PM »
Maybe Kennedy or Clinton, or possibly Carter.

However, Obama has to take the cake for using the phrase "fired up and ready to go" repeatedly in his speeches.
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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2014, 03:29:39 PM »
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