Somewhat lost in the discussion over where Barack Obama's All-Star Game first pitch landed were the rather aggressive pair of dad jeans the 44th President was rocking during the festivities.

While he claimed the reason for sporting his black White Sox jacket was that his wife thought he looked "cute" in it, he offered no explanation as to why he chose to wear a pair of pants that made him look like an assistant sales manager on a run to the Home Depot.

This isn't the first time Barack Obama's dungarees have made us do a disconcerted double take. After the jump, we've compiled photos of other jeans-wearing politicians in hopes of figuring out why we are never fully prepared to see a middle-aged man in a powerful position looking so casual from the waist down.

Obama's blindingly awkward jeans play a key role in what is one of the dorkiest pictures ever taken.
George W. Bush, amateur brush clearer, would have probably never become governor of Texas (and then president of the United States) if he didn't know how wear a pair of jeans. Yet this photo still displays the peril of wearing high-riding jeans in these low-riding times.
Dick Cheney looks fairly evil no matter what he wears.
Former flyboy John McCain generally looks pretty natural in jeans, although we'd like to see him wearing a belt.
How much do you want to bet that when Bill Clinton picked out those jeans with the trendy distressed look he was thinking about young tail?
Maybe the key to presidential jean-wearing is hiding them between a white stallion and a cowboy hat a la Ronald Reagan.


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