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    Obama tartan

    Talk about jumping on the bandwagon - still I suppose it would be good for business - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7838208.stm

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    Hm... let us wait and see.
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    It would have to "change" so I guess he could make it out of flip-flops!!!
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    How about seeing President Obama in a kilt when he visits Scotland?

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    I wonder if any US President has ever worn a kilt?
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    Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
    I wonder if any US President has ever worn a kilt?
    I've posted this picture before, but this is the only Presidental figure that I've found that has worn a kilt.

    He was a child at the time, but this young lad is Franklin Roosevelt


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    Quote Originally Posted by Spartan View Post
    How about seeing President Obama in a kilt when he visits Scotland?
    He's already shown cultural sensitivity by wearing the cultural outfits of various places he has visited over the years. I could easily see him doing such.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Downix View Post
    He's already shown cultural sensitivity by wearing the cultural outfits of various places he has visited over the years. I could easily see him doing such.
    My wife and I were discussing that very same thing during the inauguration.
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    Kilt wearing in Scotland is, alas, a fairly minor activity most of the time and cultural sensitivity might not come into it, especially if the first minister is not a known habitual kilt wearer and neither are MSPs.

    If President Obama were to attend something like a highland games when visiting Scotland then the greater presence of kilts could be a good occasion to be "sensitive".
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    How cool, had no clue he had Scottish ancestry.

    Saw a LOT of tartans at the preinaugural program on HBO but they were scarfs and Pete Seeger's tartan shirt...but nice to see some.

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