Former White House Chief of Staff, Andy Card:
And yes, I’m disappointed to see the casual, laissez faire, short sleeves, no shirt and tie, no jacket, kind of locker room experience that seems to be taking place in this White House and the Oval Office.
Everything about the Bushies was superficiality and pretence. Pretending to be cowboys. Pretending to keep American safe. Pretending to give a shit about New Orleans. It stands to reason that the White House dress code would be a thing for them.
If the Bush administration had been more concerned with not violating the law than with not violating dress codes, they might've had a better run.