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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 family—with the faces slightly pixilated to comply with the country's aforementioned privacy laws concerning minors—in 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 photograph—obviously altered—depicting 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: RummyChick

Looks real.


341 posted on 09/27/2009 6:18:53 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: Snurple
And WITH eyebrows. Makes all the difference.

Just shaving the brows produces a very weird effect. Reminds me of Satan in The Passion of the Christ.


342 posted on 09/27/2009 6:18:57 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: machogirl

No. Re-wall paper everything with the following design:

mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm


343 posted on 09/27/2009 6:19:26 PM PDT by melancholy (Hey Marxists, don't Crap & Tread on me. Zer0's defeat is now in progress.)
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To: Flavius

Yeah, I think so too. He plays a creepy bad guy.


344 posted on 09/27/2009 6:19:29 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: mojitojoe

Will cactus flowers do? ;P


345 posted on 09/27/2009 6:19:49 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: mojitojoe

Mojitojoe,...you are on a roll tonight! Way to go! Thanks for being soooooo creative! You are appreciated.


346 posted on 09/27/2009 6:20:06 PM PDT by NorwegianViking (Organizing for America)
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To: AnAmericanMother

That woman defiantly gave me the creeps. I saw a pic of her with all her hair....a really beautiful woman.


347 posted on 09/27/2009 6:21:20 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: mojitojoe

I remember that seen from Caddyshack. That guy must be one of those few people that can almost pop out their eyeballs.


348 posted on 09/27/2009 6:21:23 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: Nathan Zachary
I never thought I'd say (write) this:

Michelle looks fan-fan-fantastic from the chin up! she looks younger here.
Amazing that a little bit of black lipstick and eye paint can transform her into a beauty. The hairstyle works also.


349 posted on 09/27/2009 6:21:40 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: machogirl; All

Good grief! WHY are they dressed like that??? They look HORRIBLE. At first I thought maybe they were Muslim-adoptees or something... GawdAlmighty! WHY would anybody appear in public looking like that, and WHY especially would “heads of state” allow their “children” to look so GHOULISH??? Not only disgusting, but distressing, to realize that people the world over have so little common sense and such HORRENDOUS TASTE!


350 posted on 09/27/2009 6:21:41 PM PDT by LiberaMa
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To: Never on my watch

ROTFLMAO!!!


351 posted on 09/27/2009 6:21:42 PM PDT by rae4palin
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To: VastRWCon

He doesn’t seem to care for us “whiteys”.


352 posted on 09/27/2009 6:22:44 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: mojitojoe
Can you do something with this one? It's my favorite:

My best friend in high school was a HUGE Dark Shadows fan . . ..

353 posted on 09/27/2009 6:23:07 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Snurple
Yep, she was intended to give everybody the creeps, and she did an awfully good job.

(did you see the maggot? it was very quick.)

354 posted on 09/27/2009 6:24:01 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: melancholy

Catchy little tune.


355 posted on 09/27/2009 6:24:17 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: AnAmericanMother

On the dead horse/mules head?


356 posted on 09/27/2009 6:24:58 PM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: LiberaMa

One of the new Wonders of the World.


357 posted on 09/27/2009 6:25:25 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: machogirl
Photo of Obama and Spain's First Children Causes a Stir

Big deal. The Infanta Elena: Duchess of Lugo, Infanta Cristina: Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, and Felipe: Prince of Asturias are all in their early 40s, they can appear with anyone they choose.

358 posted on 09/27/2009 6:25:29 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Hello, Mr. President we honor you today For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say "hooray!)
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To: machogirl
I’ll have to check that out at Sephora.

Have you purchased anything online from Sephora? If so, are the colors pretty accurate? There is only one in my town (just looked it up - wasn't sure there were any), but it's really difficult to find a child-free hour to spend in a store on makeup.

Online always seems like an iffy proposition for makeup, though.

359 posted on 09/27/2009 6:25:34 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney: Would you buy a used car from this man?)
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To: mojitojoe
I thought the same thing.

LL!
....a picture, says a thousand words...
and this; is (delightfully) short / concise


360 posted on 09/27/2009 6:26:55 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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