Dear Barack Obama, Lose The Blackberry!

Dear Barack Obama,

Here's a fashion don't: wearing your Blackberry during a meet-and-greet with troops, as you did in Kuwait on July 18th.

Really? Besides looking cumbersome and a little nerdy (a look we normally endorse--big time--but not in this case), it also just seems downright silly. Were you expecting a call? Don't you have a gaggle of staffers handling your urgent messages? Did you not get the memo that said disconnecting once in a while is always in fashion?

Otherwise, you've been looking great these days. Keep up the good work!

Love,
Your friends at Huffington Post Style

Comments

[midknightryder13]

Considering this is the 21st Century, how many people even NOTICE whether or not someone is wearing their cell or PDA? I doubt anyone blinked twice. Or even once, for that matter.
I don't have the kind of life where I NEED anything more than a cell phone (and even IT has more functions than I use regularly), but I feel undressed without it -- after having one for 10 years.
And who says he's expecting ANYTHING? Further, I'll wager many of the troops use one -- if not on the line, then CERTAINLY in off-duty hours.

[ksyellowdog]

My life is on my Palm Treo. I find it comforting that he's able to wear his so he has some degree of control over his schedule. Isn't it reassuring to have someone who has a clue and is self-assured enough to carry his? He may well be expecting a text from the girls, or from the boss.