Posted on 11/25/2009 1:10:26 AM PST by onemiddleamerican
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama eats during a state dinner hosted by her husband President Barack Obama for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) in a giant tent on the South Lawn of the White House November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
A giant tent serves as the venue for a state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the South Lawn of the White House, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Kalpen Modi, actor and White House director of the Office of Public engagement, arrives for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Maya Soetoro-Ng, President Barack Obama's half-sister, arrives with her husband Konrad Ng for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
CBS News anchor Katie Couric (R) arrives with Brooks Perlin for a state dinner in honor of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Now this is a pretty gown:
Film director Steven Spielberg poses with actress Alfre Woodard, center, and actor Blair Underwood, right, as they arrive for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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I don’t like any of the clothes.
And doesn’t the White House have a State Dining Room or something? What’s with the tent?
Don’t they have rooms in the WH??? The tent alone must have cost a fortune.
Tent was nothing special. Plenty of large tent rental companies have them.
The State Dining Room only holds 140 people, and there were too many attendees for the room to hold them all.
Everyone else stopped eating but Michelle is still chomping away.
Finally a nice outfit, I think the Boob-belt is under the dress for this occasion.
Okay, thanks.
Well, fiddle-dee-dee, just call her Scarlet.
Kalpen Modi, actor and White House director of the Office of Public engagement[emphasis mine], arrives for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Kalpen Modi's screen name is Kal Penn. He left the cast of TV show House to join the Obama White House this past spring. Several Harold and Kumar movies are also in his resume.
Well, we had an ex actor as our president once; so I suppose we can have an actor as an Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
That was my favorite, too.
Barry to Indian PM...”Hey, Apu, how bout a pack of Kool menthols and a large cherry Slurpee”. PM to Barry...”Thank you, come again”.
LOL! THAT is an ugly gown.
Kalpen Modi works for Obama? When do we get the third installment in the series: “Harold and Kumar go to the White House”?
Wow, are any white people allowed in the White House any more? Where are the media calls for (white) diversity in Obama’s administration?
That’s a beaut!
The "tent" was actually a prefabricated BUILDING.....resembling a large greenhouse or conservatory. Flower-laden electrified chandeliers hung from the towering ceiling. Gorgeous, colorful tables with place settings fit for a king....heated, carpeted, liveried (uniformed) attendants catering to every need of the guests. After darl. the place resembled fairyland.....lacking only the mirrors to be reminiscent of a brilliant, glittering night at Versailles hosted by the King and Queen of France.
Apres Bush, le deluge.
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