Posted on 11/22/2009 7:32:21 PM PST by markomalley
What's the hottest ticket in the nation's capital? An engraved invitation to Tuesday's White House state dinner, the first hosted by President Obama.
He and the first lady will honor India's prime minister. But in a departure from the traditional venue -- the elegant State Dining Room -- the Obamas will gather with a few hundred VIPs in a huge, heated tent on the South Lawn.
The guest list for the black-tie gala remains a closely guarded secret. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will certainly be there. Several notables are good bets, such as Oprah Winfrey and Chicago hotel billionaire Penny Pritzker, as are top Obama aides David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett and Rahm Emanuel.
Dee Dee Myers, who served as President Clinton's press secretary, said the lobbying by people seeking an invite has probably been relentless.
"The first [state dinner] is always the most dramatic," Myers said. "First impressions are important. That's your A list, that's your top game right there. By the time you get to the eighth state dinner, it'll be a lot less important."
The gargantuan tent affords a bigger crowd than could fit in the State Dining Room, which holds 140.
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They are BUILDING A DAMNED ‘tent’ for dancing when millions of Americans are OUT OF A JOB?!!!
Michelle Obama’s toxic veggie nightmare: White House organic garden polluted with sludge
A nor’easter would do the trick.
I wonder if arugula makes the cut?
-—”A huge heated TENT for a state dinner, and at this time of the year, no less!! LOL, what weird people are planning state functions???”
So much for vain attempts to reduce their Carbon Footprint...!
Oh but Cap & Trade is all about making OTHER people conserve energy, not the Obama Regime and Rahmbo’s cronies.
They hypocrisy of these creeps is staggering.
WAAAAIT a minute...
Max Baucus, the loyal Montana Dem Senator who authored this Health Care bill in the Senate WAS NOT invited? Max has no excuse but to come home and explain himself to us his constituents? Where is his REward, I wanna know, I really do.
I mean, Louisiana got REwards for stalling and my homeboy Max brings us nothing? This is SO bogus.
Something’s SO not Right with this picture.
If these vegetables really were fresh vegetables from a late November garden in D.C., fresh collard greens would indeed be one of the very few viable choices.
But that's all hooey. I highly doubt that any of the vegetables come from the White House grounds — the choice of chefs is probably another disaster if they are truly going to try to make a vegetarian Indian palate happy (a circumstance which I doubt in the strongest possible way; it's far more likely that some trendy and inedible slop will be served without any regard to the guest of honor's personal tastes.)
Wonder where the "relief facilities" will be located???
This is a joke, a state dinner outside, in a tent, in November, for the Prime Minister of India!
Surprised Biden is brave enough to show his face after what he said about Indians. I guess Obama tasked him with bringing the slurpees.
EVERY State Dinner comes off without a hitch...this one will be no different.....HUNDREDS of people besides Michelle will see to it.
Michelss has a BEEHIVE??? WHERE??
Well if the Indian Prime Minister is a Hindu he will probably serve steak to him. That would pretty much screw that up. He’ll do something to diss the guy since Indian is, on the surface anyway, one of our allies.
There is no way in he** her toxic garden is big enough to supply veggies for all the guests. This is just BS. The country is slowly sliding into the sea, people out of work by the millions and these a**hats, who continually lecture us on what WE THE PEOPLE have to sacrifice, are spending money like water. Remember, this is a “state” dinner so the taxpayer is fully responsible for all of it.
Shame on them for having this extravaganza in the midst of a recession and double digit unemployment!
Puff Daddy just had a 3 million dollar 40th birthday party bash. At least he earned and paid for it.
Puff Daddy just had a 3 million dollar 40th birthday party bash. At least he earned and paid for it.
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