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Obama Puts Feet Up on Museum Piece Desk
Flopping Aces ^ | 06-11-09 | Mike's America

Posted on 06/11/2009 7:49:02 AM PDT by Starman417

No class! No class!

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Obama puts his shoes up on the Resolute Desk as he speaks by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu June 8, 2009 [Official White House Photograph]

In the Middle East, it's deemed offensive to show the soles of one's shows to a person and the fact that this is an official White House photograph, not a candid press shot, was thought to be a sign of disrespect.

As Don Surber points out, the Israelis have a lot more to worry about from Obama than just this photograph. Obama appears ready to toss them under the bus as he cozies up to the crazies in Iran and elsewhere.

The bigger issue for me is Obama's attitude towards the office of President, which he shows in the Oval Office by putting his shoes up on the Resolute Desk, a certified museum piece and part of the history we share with Great Britain.

A brief history of the desk is here. In short, it was made from timbers of a British ship that Americans rescued in the Arctic and refitted as a gift to Queen Victoria. When the ship was decommissioned the desk was made and presented as a gift to the President of the United States by Queen Victoria in 1888.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bho44; democrats; desk; feet; obama
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To: patriot08
Hussein and Mao-shelle

I've recently heard them referred to as TOTUS and FLATUS

21 posted on 06/11/2009 8:33:17 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (Obama: "Enough about me, let's talk about you...what do you think of me?")
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To: AppyPappy
Is that a hole in his shoe?

Nah, just a wad of gum spat out by little Sasha.

22 posted on 06/11/2009 8:39:39 AM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholics voted based upon the teachings of the church, there would be no abortion and no Obomba.)
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To: Starman417

Obama needs to go back to his barn he acts like a animal.


23 posted on 06/11/2009 9:07:02 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Saw the dog refered to as DOTUS
(not Michelle, the actual dog)


24 posted on 06/11/2009 9:51:24 AM PDT by patriot08
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To: Starman417

25 posted on 06/11/2009 10:00:54 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Where did you get this picture from?


26 posted on 06/11/2009 10:04:03 AM PDT by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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To: Starman417

27 posted on 06/11/2009 10:04:32 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Where did you get this picture from?


28 posted on 06/11/2009 10:05:24 AM PDT by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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To: KarlInOhio
I'm not defending Obama, but I'm sure worse things were put there during Clinton's term.

But they could all be wiped off.
29 posted on 06/11/2009 10:06:20 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: jveritas

I did a Google image search. One is from The Economist site and the other’s from Photobucket.


30 posted on 06/11/2009 10:07:15 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

OK. You won.


31 posted on 06/11/2009 10:08:43 AM PDT by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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To: BikerJoe

“I’m not defending Obama, but I’m sure worse things were put there during Clinton’s term.”

Amen. Think of the disgusting sanitation lurking in the Oval office during the SinkEmporer’s regime. :0(


32 posted on 06/11/2009 10:10:32 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 (1/20/2013: "Change We Can Believe In")
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To: Starman417

I wonder where Dumbo put the pen holder that was made out of the desk’s sister slave ship, Gordon Brown gave him?


33 posted on 06/11/2009 10:12:52 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

As soon as I saw Dumbo’s picture yesterday on Drudge, I knew someone would find one of Bush.


34 posted on 06/11/2009 10:16:28 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
I commented on this the other day:

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:56:46 PM · 79 of 90
Protect the Bill of Rights to Piranha
I have a serious issue with Obama in that picture. IIRC, it is the desk Bush used, JFK’s desk. It was given to President Hayes from Queen Victoria 1879.

It is a valuable desk.
It has great historical significance
It does not belong to him.
He is “borrowing” it from the American public.
I would not walk into someone’ home or office and put my feet on the furniture.

It is just one more example of how clueless this man is about the reality of life, good manners and common sense.

He has no class. He is trash.


I will hold Bush to the same standards (except the part about being trash and clueless. This isn't the determining factor.) It is not appropriate to put your feet on an historical piece of furniture if you do not own it.
35 posted on 06/11/2009 10:19:24 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Starman417
Both Bush and Obama should keep their freaking feet off the desk.

I wouldn't put my feet up on this plastic piece of crap I'm sitting at right now, because I don't own it. They certainly shouldn't do that to a historic object like that.

36 posted on 06/11/2009 10:33:23 AM PDT by dead
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To: Starman417; SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Twotone; ...

The list, ping


37 posted on 06/11/2009 10:44:20 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: AppyPappy
Is that a hole in his shoe?

Nah, just the Constitution.

38 posted on 06/11/2009 10:53:02 AM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (A society that doesn't protect its children doesn't deserve to survive.)
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To: beefree

or is that a hole in his head?


39 posted on 06/11/2009 11:20:09 AM PDT by peace with honor
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To: AppyPappy; beefree; kalee; billygoatgruff
Is that a hole in his shoe?

Probably.
Here is an older pic:
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40 posted on 06/11/2009 12:12:07 PM PDT by Bon mots
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