Some Audience Members Told Not to Wear Ties for Bush Speech George W. Bush came to Indianapolis for the picture. And in that picture, the White House wanted ordinary people.
"These are V.I.P.'s right, ordinary people aren't up on stage behind the president of the United States when he's speaking but the trick is to make V.I.P.'s look like they're ordinary people," said Bill Bloomquist, political scientist.
That's why everyone sitting behind the president wearing a necktie was instructed to take it off.