Mrs. Bush speaking in Gaston Hall at Georgetown University on Dec. 4, 2006, with "IHS" on pediment behind her. (White House photo)
Posted on 04/17/2009 6:03:46 AM PDT by NYer
As First Lady, Laura Bush spoke at Georgetown University in front of the same "IHS"--a symbol for the name of Jesus--that the Jesuit school covered over when President Barack Obama spoke there on Tuesday.
On Dec. 4, 2006, Mrs. Bush spoke on the same Gaston Hall stage that President Obama used for his speech on Tuesday. Mrs. Bush was speaking to announce a partnership between the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council and Georgetown University. The event was captured by a White House photograph that shows the IHS on the pediment directly behind the podium where Mrs. Bush is speaking.
Joining the then-First Lady on the stage were then-Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, then-Afghan Ambassador to the United States Said Jawad, and Georgetown University President Dr. Jack DeGioia, who introduced President Obama on the same stage on Tuesday.
The official photo of the event was discovered by National Review Online Editor Kathryn Jean Lopez and posted on NRO's "The Corner."
The IHS symbol behind Mrs. Bush would have been seen in the same place during Obama’s speech had it not been covered over by Georgetown.
In a written statement to CNSNews.com on Wednesday, Georgetown Associate Vice President Julie Green Bataille said that the IHS symbol had been covered over when "Georgetown honored the White House staff’s request to cover all of the Georgetown University signage and symbols behind the Gaston Hall stage."
In the statement, Bataille also said: “The White House wanted a simple backdrop of flags and pipe and drape for the speech, consistent with what they’ve done for other policy speeches. Frankly, the pipe and drape wasn’t high enough by itself to fully cover the IHS and cross above the GU seal and it seemed most respectful to have them covered so as not to be seen out of context.”
Covered up during Obama visit
Hat tip to Patrick Archbold at Creative Minority Report.
I know I’m being an obnoxious nitpicker, but “IHS” is not the name of Jesus. The abbreviation doesn’t even refer to the name of Jesus, but rather to the Cross.
Aside from that, if Infanticide Obama wanted a blank view behind him, why didn’t he choose to speak at a location with a blank wall? Surely Georgetown has less-decorated presentation spaces, such as a large, modern lecture room or an auditorium for musical or dramatic performances.
Never mind, I’m wrong about that first point. I should have looked it up first.
I venture that a small minority of Americans, if m\not Christians themselves know the IHS is Jesus’ “monogram”. Obama was deliberate in his removal of the IHS. I wonder if they covered up icons of Jesus at the church he went to on Easter?
Cover up Jesus, Obama is coming to speak.
Wow, what a crazy world we live in.
Sorry Tax-chick, but “IHS” is a transliteration of the first three letters of Jesus’ name in Greek - iota-eta-sigma. Same as today’s rendition of Joseph as “Jos.”
Not only is he anti-Christian, he’s a trashy redneck.
You don’t get invited to someone’s house, only to criticize and redecorate their home !
Sorry, had already started typing before your 2nd post!
Well, they covered up the Georgetown seal and the other content of the sign beneath the pediment, too. Maybe he can’t see his teleprompter if it reflects a busy background ... or maybe he thought everyone would ignore him and look at the walls, if they had the option.
Most respectful of whom? As the saying goes -- "You've got to serve somebody" and Georgetown seems to have chosen its master.
What I get for being hasty.
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If you look at the logo in the old pictures, you see that the IHS logo includes a cross. This is what the muslim-lover Obama was hiding, lest it offend his friends whom he just recently assured that “we are not a Christian nation.”
That's an excellent point! It clearly shows the arrogance of this man and his staff to usurp the Holy Name of Jesus.
Good point. Moslems find the cross terribly offensive.
The Obama team REQUESTED that it be covered....read DEMANDED .....The Bushes wouldn’t have THOUGHT of doing that, nor should they have....they are CHRISTIANS...Obama is NOT....OBVIOUSLY!
Obama and his entire staff are worthless jerks.
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