Posted on 12/03/2009 3:28:41 PM PST by Lucky9teen
U.S. President Barack Obama (R), First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha (2nd L) and Maila (R) take their seats for the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse in Washington December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
LOL....
One small victory out of many, many defeats this year.
“What’s to caption? They look like nice family photos to me.”
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Same here. Certainly he’s proud of his daughters. They’re lovely.
Muslims celebrate Christmas?
OK - now THAT’s a funny caption, I have to admit! Well done.
I heard there is no Christmas
In the silly Middle East
No trees, no snow, no Santa Claus
They have different religious beliefs
They believe in Muhammad
And not in our holiday
And so every December
I go to the Middle East and say...
“Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry -——— Christmas
Put down that book the Koran
And hear some holiday wishes.
In case you haven’t noticed
It’s Jesus’s birthday.
So get off your heathen Muslim -—
and -——— celebrate.
Heh. :)
Welcome to the First Family-Family Feud Game! First question for the Obamas: "Name something you'd throw under a bus."
Welcome to the First Family-Family Feud Game! First question for the Obamas: "Name someone you'd throw under a bus."
Nice catch. Those poor children are bundled up for a blizzard.
MO wearing her holiday boob belt.
burn baby, burn........America is NOT a Christian nation!!!!!
Michelle flab hangs from her arms instead of by the chimney with care......hoping the George Bush excuse will still be there
OBAMA: "Okay, buddy! Just why the @#$% are you pointing at my wife and laughing like that...?"
MICHELLE: "Tiger! NO! Don't tell him! NOT HERE -- !!!"
Come join in the fun. ;)
At least for part of the family
It makes people look so petty when they have to attack them over a white house tradition.
Gosh that looks like a brand new one!!!!
Oy. Not again.
I guess we should just keep using McCain’s strategy in the 2008 elections.
Petty? Noooo, THIS is petty:
Obama refused to be photographed with F-22
How petty can the White House get in setting up Barack Obama’s photo ops? According to Foreign Policy, petty enough to refuse to be photographed with America’s most advanced fighter. The Obama administration successfully killed further production of the F-22, and when visiting Elmendorf AFB in Alaska — where F-22s are the pride of the base — the White House insisted that the Air Force move an F-22 out of the hangar in which Obama gave a speech:
When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska’s Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hanger[sic]. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn’t want Obama speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end.
“White House aides actually made them remove the F-22-said they would not allow POTUS to be pictured with the F-22 in any way, shape, or form,” one source close to the unit relayed.
Stephen Lee, a public affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was parked in the hanger[sic] and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House’s behest.
The airmen there took offense to the Obama aides’ demand, sources told The Cable, seeing it as a slight to the folks who are operating the F-22 proudly every day. They also expressed bewilderment that the White House staff would even care so much as to make an issue out of the fact that the F-22 was placed in the hanger [sic] with the president.
This is unbelievably petty and unnecessarily political. After all, one can agree or disagree on the strategic decision to stop building more F-22s without turning the system into some sort of bête noir. The US has 187 F-22s defending the nation, and thousands of men and women flying and maintaining them. The crews that operate the F-22 take justifiable pride in their performance, and it would make sense for them to display their latest and best fighter platform as representative of their efforts.
Instead of acknowledging Elmendorf’s pride, the White House instead turned it into a political football. Will Obama now only be pictured next to military equipment of which he personally approves? No one would have assumed that before this incident because the choice of equipment for such appearances would have seemed too inconsequential for anyone to notice.
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