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"Fashion can be a truly great equalizer--as the old saying goes, &amp;quot;We all put our pants on one leg at a time&amp;quot;--so it shouldn&amp;#x27;t really surprise anyone that when the president hit the beach in Hawaii over the holidays, he wore flip flops, just like the rest of us. And yet... A few uptight journalists are upset over President Obama&amp;#x27;s choice of footwear. His photo made the cover of today&amp;#x27;s New York Post under the headline, &amp;quot;Should the leader of the free world dress like this--even on vacation?&amp;quot; I&amp;#x27;d be happy to answer that one for them: Um, yes. The Hawaiian-born president was back in his home state buying ice cream cones for his daughters just off the beach--should he have been in a pair of oxfords instead? Come on. Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! The Post says, &amp;quot;Scooting around Hawaii last week, President Obama broke one more historic barrier by setting a new benchmark for the limits of presidential casual wear. He was wearing flip-flops. Historians agreed it was the first time they could remember seeing the leader of the free world snapped in a public setting, wearing nothing more than a flimsy strip of rubber on his feet.&amp;quot; They have all kinds of experts weighing in to confirm that this is, in fact, the first time we&amp;#x27;ve seen a president&amp;#x27;s toes, and mention that--say it ain&amp;#x27;t so!--he was also snapped in flip flops when he was a candidate back in 2008. He may be the president, but he&amp;#x27;s also a human being, and I can&amp;#x27;t think of a more appropriate choice of footwear for a casual afternoon on the beach. If he were giving a State of the Union address in a pair of Tevas, that would be one thing, but I have to say, this ranks right up their with the media going crazy over Michelle Obama&amp;#x27;s shorts for very, very silly things to be upset about. What do you dolls make of the president wearing flip flops on his vacation? Do you think it&amp;#x27;s totally fine to see some presidential toe cleavage, like I do, or do you think his position demands a bit more decorum in the wardrobe department? Discuss! PLUS... - President Obama warns the Jonas brothers to stay away from Sasha and Malia AND! - Poll: President Obama is still lighting up. Does this bug you? What&amp;#x27;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section? Sick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#x27;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#x27;re as eager as you are to get read of these pests. Meanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!-- and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us. More Ways to Get Glamour: Download Glamour onyour iPhone or iPad! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). One more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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