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One More Question... (Top Obama speechwriter under fire for "groping" Hillary cutout)
Washington Post ^
| Dec. 5, 2008
| Al Kamen
Posted on 12/05/2008 11:46:38 AM PST by cdchik123
Edited on 12/05/2008 11:58:52 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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Question No. 58 in the transition team vetting document for the Obama White House asks that applicants: "Please provide the URL address of any websites that feature you in either a personal or professional capacity (e.g. Facebook, My Space, etc.)"
Question No. 63 asks that applicants "please provide any other information ... that could ... be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the President-Elect."
For a while there this afternoon, President-elect Barack Obama's immensely talented chief speechwriter, 27-year-old Jon Favreau, might have been pondering how to address that question.
That's when some interesting photos of a recent party he attended -- including one where he's dancing with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of secretary of state-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and another where he's placed his hand on the cardboard former first lady's chest while a friend is offering her lips a beer -- popped up on Facebook for about two hours. The photos were quickly taken down -- along with every other photo Favreau had of himself on the popular social networking site, save for one profile headshot.
Asked about the photos, Favreau, who was recently appointed director of speechwriting for the White House, declined comment. A transition official said that Favreau had "reached out to Senator Clinton to offer an apology."
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho2008; facebook; favreau; hillary; sos
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:46:38 AM PST
by
cdchik123
To: cdchik123
Nice to see the adults are in charge now.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:47:43 AM PST
by
Faith
To: cdchik123
His top speechwriter is under 28?
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:47:59 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: cdchik123
Favreau had "reached out to Senator Clinton to offer an apology."Watch the hands Jon!
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:49:26 AM PST
by
John123
(The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
To: weegee
Homeboy better stay out of FT. Marcy Park or he won’t see 29.
To: weegee
"His top speechwriter is under 28?" No wonder Obama's speeches are full of nothing of substance.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:49:53 AM PST
by
avacado
To: cdchik123
Check out the comments and hear how the 0bama-nuts are trying to downplay the photo.
Geez, it’s not as if the guy said nice things about Strom Thurmond at his birthday party or anything.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:52:16 AM PST
by
FormerLib
(Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
To: cdchik123
This is embarrassing on so many levels.
Personally, I'm embarrassed that our country voted for the nincompoop who hired a guy like this to be his chief speechwriter.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:52:34 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(America didn't turn away from conservatism, they turned away from many who faked it. - Mark Sanford)
To: cdchik123
But it is the Republicans who are disrespectful of and marginalize women, don’tcha know...
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:53:55 AM PST
by
gridlock
(QUESTION AUTHORITY)
To: cdchik123
Here’s the real outrage in the article:
“Last March, John McCain aide Soren Dayton forwarded an anti-Obama YouTube video to his private Twitter feed linking Obama with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, leading to his suspension from the campaign.”
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:54:23 AM PST
by
Williams
(It's The Policies, Stupid.)
To: Antoninus
Personally, I'm embarrassed that our country voted for the nincompoop who hired a guy like this to be his chief speechwriter.
I know! You'd think he'd have better taste and grope a cut-out of some really good-looking woman.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:55:09 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: Antoninus
Personally, I'm embarrassed that our country voted for the nincompoop who hired a guy like this to be his chief speechwriter. Agree. For all his faults, George Bush brought dignity back to the Presidency. Now we slide back to depths that make the Clintons seem somewhat mature in comparison.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:56:35 AM PST
by
Faith
To: Faith
"Nice to see the adults are in charge now. "
Yep...all the obama crowd wants is to party, uh, excuse me, I meant to say, "Paaahhhhhhtayyyyyyyyy".
This pic is going to be hard to sidestep, with the dude on the right wearing an "Obama Staff" shirt.
I wonder if Bill is going to bequeath the name "slick willie" to Obama, or would that be racist?
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:56:43 AM PST
by
FrankR
(“Turtle up”, economically, for the duration of 0bamanation.)
To: cdchik123
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:57:12 AM PST
by
keats5
(Merry Christmas fellow FReepers!)
To: Faith
Always a classy bunch, weren’t they? (sarcasm)
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:58:36 AM PST
by
GVnana
("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
To: cdchik123
Investors are gonna love this.....
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:59:26 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: gridlock
The article details a McCain worker’s allegedly offensive youtube posting, but mentions the case of two Edwards bloggers without any specifics - that they posted anti-Catholic blogs.
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posted on
12/05/2008 11:59:59 AM PST
by
Williams
(It's The Policies, Stupid.)
To: cdchik123
The article said — A transition official said that Favreau had “reached out to Senator Clinton to offer an apology.”
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Ummmm..., inquiring minds want to know “where was he reaching?” LOL...
To: cdchik123
Al Gore goes for the real thing.
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