Posted on 11/27/2008 6:03:28 AM PST by Cecily
WHITE HOUSE (CNN) - Whoops! A picture of a Christmas tree is not the first thing you would expect to see on an invitation to an event celebrating Hanukkah, but that is exactly what recipients of invitations to this year's White House Hanukkah reception initially got in the mail.
The invitation sent to American Jewish leaders on behalf of the President and First Lady, requesting "the pleasure of your company at a Hanukkah reception," bore an image of a Clydesdale horse-drawn cart, carrying the White House Christmas tree, with a Christmas wreath-adorned White House in the background.
Mrs. Bush's press secretary, Sally McDonough, attributed the snafu to a "staff mistake" in not printing separate cards for the different White House holiday events, as has been the custom in years past. "Mrs. Bush is apologetic, It is just something that fell through the cracks," she said, referring to the role of the First Lady's office in sending out the invitations.
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It’s a HOLIDAY tree, not a Christmas tree. Therefore, no problem.
Seven years and seven months of “No good deed goes unpunished”
American Liberal Jews won’t care for they’ve forgotten their religion and history in their haste to vote for the Messiah Obama.
LOL! There ya go. Who can argue with that?
Here is the level of “INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM” that I’ve come to EXPECT from CNN (Chicken Noodle News).
Keep up the Great work, CNN, and you’ll find your stock ticker joining the NY SLIMES in the Junk Status.
Yeah, really.
I didn’t ask for any good deeds, nor do I wish to continue paying for even more of his good deeds.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Help me understand? Do the White House staff take down all the “Christmas” decorations on the evening of the Hanukkah party, or do the attendees attend the party in the White House already decorated for ‘the Holidays?” /rhetorical questions
It’s going to be so nice when Obama becomes our president - they’ll be no more mistakes, they’ll be no more problems, the world will finally be in perfect peace & harmony. /sarc
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Maybe they just lock the doors to the Blue Room during the Hanukkah party?
Dang,there goes the 30% of the Jewish vote.What’s next,
losing the 2% of the black vote!
I can’t for next year when Obama skips Christmas and celebrates Kwanzaa. Or Ramadan.
No, it’s a Channukah bush.
Let me see if I have this right. Jesus was a Jew. The Jews rejected him and asked the Romans to kill him. After wandering for 40 years in the wilderness and eating too much manna, they settled in Manhattan on the upper East side and opened up Wall Street brokerages. Later, the Jews that killed Jesus moved to Hollyweird and made disgusting anti-Christian movies and television shows that mocked Christ. The Jews are still waiting for their Messiah,.........oooooppps!, He’s here! he’s arrived! He is the One. The Zero! The Barry! Now Jews feel better. In related news, Iran wiped Israel of the map yesterday with nuclear weapons.
No, it’s a Channukah bush.”
A Chanukah bush delivered by a Clydesdale horse-drawn cart, the Bush family is just being “inclusive” (CNN should applaud their effort). The most amazing thing is that CNN actually had “Christmas” in their article (three times no less), guess it helps that they could use it derisively.
Next year only Kwanzaa will be celebrated in the White House.
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