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Photo of Obama and Spain's First Children Causes a Stir
Washington Whispers ^
| 9/25/09
| Alex Kingsbury
Posted on 09/27/2009 3:47:38 PM PDT by machogirl
Photo of Obama and Spain's First Children Causes a Stir September 25, 2009 04:53 PM ET | Paul Bedard, Alex Kingsbury | Permanent Link | Print
By Alex Kingsbury, Washington Whispers
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was in for a rude shock if he thought the same privacy conventions that shield the children of public figures in his home country would extend to the United States. Zapatero brought his wife and two daughters along on his trip to New York for the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly, and on Wednesday he and his family posed for a photograph with President Obama at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The photo caused a huge stir in Spain because the public had never before seen an image of its leader's children, ages 13 and 16, who appeared in the photograph sporting slightly gothic attire.
The photo, credited in the Spanish press to White House photog Lawrence Jackson, was posted on the State Department Flickr site, according to sources. Conservative news outlets in Spain prominently featured the photograph of the Socialist leader's familywith the faces slightly pixilated to comply with the country's aforementioned privacy laws concerning minorsin their papers and on their websites. The conservative El Mundo newspaper put the photograph on Page A1. The liberal El Pais, meanwhile, ran a detailed explainer about why it was not publishing the offending image.
After a request by the Spanish government, the White House removed the photograph from the State Department website. But it was too late. Many Spanish in-boxes today were flooded with a series of E-mails with the photographobviously altereddepicting the two teens as members of the Addams Family, the band KISS , and J. R. R. Tolkien's troll-like Orcs.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bhoun; boo; hailcaesar; inbreedingroyalty; joszapatero; obama; spain; unsummit; zapatero
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To: BAW
What's wrong with that?
281
posted on
09/27/2009 5:43:50 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(You cannot reap the benefits right now of the planning ahead you didn't do in the past.)
To: livius
I was going to ask you if this is
normal in political families in Spain, to let your kids dress like this at an official function.
The only way I'd let my kids out dressed like that is if they were going to a Hallowe'en party . . . . and I thought Spaniards were fairly formal, at least in polite circles.
282
posted on
09/27/2009 5:44:56 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: machogirl
Can we add this to the list of how Obama was going to restore America's image abroad after 8 years of Bush?
- Returns the bust of Churchill to England.
- Give cheap gifts from the White House Gift Shop to Britain Prime Minister's children.
- Give cheap DVDs in the wrong format to the British PM in return for thoughtful gift made from historic slave ship.
- Give iPod to British Queen loaded with Obama speeches.
- Give mis-spelled novelty item to Russia.
- Bow to Saudi King.
- Refuse to dine with the Prime Minister of France.
- Does not demand that Queen of England attend Normandy invasion commemoration, knowing that she was in the war.
- Supports ousted former leader of Honduras over legitimate Constitutional government.
- Refuses to comment on riots in Iran after stolen election.
- Renegs on missile defense treaty with Polaand.
- Renegs on "Just War" in Afghanistan.
- Caught checking out the young women in Italy.
- Embarrasses Spain by showing Goth children of Prime Minister.
I'm sure I missed a few countries in this list.
-PJ
283
posted on
09/27/2009 5:47:02 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
To: AnAmericanMother
She's trying to emulate Michelle.
284
posted on
09/27/2009 5:47:49 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: bruinbirdman
To: savedbygrace
Probably in relation to these winners:
To: LucyT
287
posted on
09/27/2009 5:49:33 PM PDT
by
Sparko
("Barack Hussein Obama He said Red, Yellow, Black or White All are equal in His sight. Mmm, mmm, mmm")
To: machogirl
It is Frangipani scented. You’ll like it but it’s better to get it from Benefit. Sometimes at Sephora it smells old. If you get it there, get it at the store where you can smell it, not online.
288
posted on
09/27/2009 5:50:13 PM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
To: jimbo123
LOL! Obama and Jose Zapatoes are married to trannies.
WTF is with those kids? They look like Satan worshipers.
289
posted on
09/27/2009 5:51:03 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Do we want ACORN running America's healthcare?)
To: Political Junkie Too
Don't feel bad on any accidental omissions. At the rate this clown is committing gaffes, the Speed Of Light is easier to measure.
On 01/21/2010, the List will fill several DVDs. By 2013 (if we all live that long), the List will need to be stored on Jupiter.
290
posted on
09/27/2009 5:51:09 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: machogirl
OMG, are leftists all from Fashion Planet Zorch?
291
posted on
09/27/2009 5:52:21 PM PDT
by
FastCoyote
(I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
To: Nathan Zachary
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Dude! You're killing me!
292
posted on
09/27/2009 5:52:35 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: cripplecreek
Right, back then it wasn’t goth but more like “angsty rebellious teenager who probably just discovered existentialism”.
To: paulycy
LOL! God that is funny. The “wives” are scarier than the freepin kids.
294
posted on
09/27/2009 5:53:10 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Do we want ACORN running America's healthcare?)
To: Right Wing Assault
Lol, maybe it was “Dress as your favorite Harry Potter character” day at the UN!
To: RummyChick
I know, I thought the same thing. But I took into account the fact that they're super liberals like Obongo, so I determined they were fair game.
296
posted on
09/27/2009 5:55:36 PM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
To: machogirl
Is this for real??? Okay...I’ll bite...
First of all, if they didn’t want pictures of the daughters taken, why did they pose for pictures?
Secondly, the mother doesn’t look any better than the daughters. She is wearing the same clothes.
Is this really for real???
To: AnAmericanMother
I was watching some videos from the 70’s on youtube last night. (music) forgot about those sideburns. haha
To: mojitojoe
LOL!
Dude! You are brutal. Keep it up!
299
posted on
09/27/2009 5:57:24 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: machogirl
300
posted on
09/27/2009 5:57:26 PM PDT
by
Flavius
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