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Michelle Obama surprises Oscars by presenting Best Picture award
Reuters ^
| February 25th, 2013
| Tim Reid and Nichola Groom
Posted on 02/25/2013 7:31:49 AM PST by LucianOfSamasota
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To: JohnBrowdie
Those folks were White House Social Aides, who were already at the White House last night to manage the “State Dinner” for the Governors (who are in DC for their annual meeting). White House Social Aides are a small cadre of folks, about 40 or so, from all services. They do this thing on their own time, usually after their normal working hours. Their basic function is to welcome guests to the White House, mingle and execute the plan for many of the social functions from receptions to State Dinners. I used to be one in the two Reagan administrations.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:03:12 AM PST
by
USNA74
To: LucianOfSamasota
So much of a surprise that the camera were ready, the officer wait staff was there, the Oscars cut to DC.
Yep, such a freakin’ surprise it was.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:03:20 AM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: CharlesWayneCT
They certainly look like they benefitted from the ending of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:05:13 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: RetiredArmy
As of tomorrow, it will be 50 straight years of missing the Oscars for me.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:13:06 AM PST
by
cyclotic
(In a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep-Dan Bongino)
To: LucianOfSamasota
So much of a surprise that the cameras were ready, the officer wait staff was there, the Oscars cut to DC.
Yep, such a freakin’ surprise it was.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:13:59 AM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Lucky9teen; LucianOfSamasota; Mouton; skeeter; All
... Obama praised the work of the movie industry before announcing the Iran hostage drama "Argo" the Best Picture winner. ... "They are especially important for young people. Everyday they engage in the arts, they learn to open their imaginations ... and strive to reach those dreams." At least they finally stopped pretending that the "arts" media is not much else but a basic political propaganda tool for them, and that the youth is the prime target because they usually don't have enough information to form moral and economic political opinions, so they can be shaped by the media.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:15:57 AM PST
by
CutePuppy
(If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
To: LucianOfSamasota
Why were taxpayers paying 10 people overtime to be a brocaded human backdrop while Michelle read from a card?
What was their job, there? What vital function were they performing that it was worth a couple thousand taxpayer dollars to keep them there late into the night?
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:24:26 AM PST
by
Haiku Guy
(If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave)
To: USNA74
so, since we already had ‘em all dressed up, we may as well treat them like stage props?
sorry. they got treated like waitstaff.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:24:59 AM PST
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: UKrepublican
She is about as classy and dignified as a window women in Amsterdam. Don't insult the window-women of Amsterdam!
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:37:57 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: LucianOfSamasota
The hypocrisy of having a black 1st lady present the award for best picture when the category included the film Django Unchained is staggering even for the fascists in Hollywood.
To: JohnBrowdie
I don’t believe Argo won, the Obama’s cant’t tell the truth.
I want a recount.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:44:48 AM PST
by
bigmak007
(They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
To: JohnBrowdie
Actually, I found it a bit odd too - as when I was there the WH legal folks stopped our attending the Kennedy Center Honors event and all other events that involved the President outside of the WH (such as Fords Theater events). That scene last night seemed “outside the WH” for me — and likely an inappropriate use of the Social Aides. We were not there to be deliberately “in the pictures”.
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:46:40 AM PST
by
USNA74
To: All
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posted on
02/25/2013 9:59:30 AM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: cld51860
I normally don't watch the whole Oscar show, maybe snippets here and there - but I wasn't impressed with Seth McFarland - I didn't find his humor creative, clever or funny. It seems today's comedian's find their laughs through crudity, lewdness, obscenity and swear words. To me, anyone can be insulting and drop f bombs, but try being funny without doing that - then I'll give you credit. Also, why was Michelle Obama involved handing out an Oscar? Because she can? Because she wanted to? I had to turn the program off cause not a day goes by where one or the other Obama is on TV - talk show, guest shot, whatever.
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posted on
02/25/2013 10:06:55 AM PST
by
qwicwted
To: LucianOfSamasota
She said she wants Jay Leno’s job so perhaps this appearance is a resume builder.
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posted on
02/25/2013 10:14:11 AM PST
by
mom.mom
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