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Wax models of Oval Office, Obama unveiled in Vegas ( at Madame Tussauds)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/15/10 | AP

Posted on 02/15/2010 12:03:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge

LAS VEGAS – A wax museum on the Las Vegas Strip is unveiling a statue of President Barack Obama in a replica of the Oval Office just in time for Presidents Day.

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The museum says the Oval Office model is its only replica of the room west of the Mississippi River. It says the model of Obama standing behind his desk with his arms folded cost $300,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: madametussauds; obama; ovaloffice; vegas
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1 posted on 02/15/2010 12:03:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

How can they tell the difference from the wax model in D.C.?


2 posted on 02/15/2010 12:04:40 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: NormsRevenge

The dummy would be more competent. Did the museum get TARP money for this?


3 posted on 02/15/2010 12:05:07 PM PST by Frantzie (TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
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To: NormsRevenge

Imagine it has the narcissitic head tilt?


4 posted on 02/15/2010 12:05:32 PM PST by sarasota
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To: NormsRevenge

Is that in the scary section?


5 posted on 02/15/2010 12:06:07 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is there a wax teleprompter?


6 posted on 02/15/2010 12:06:53 PM PST by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: BitWielder1

Not sure , but they have Kathy GRiffin on the home page , that’s scary enough for me.

http://www.madametussauds.com/LasVegas/Default.aspx


7 posted on 02/15/2010 12:07:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this the same Las Vegas that Obama villifies?


8 posted on 02/15/2010 12:09:20 PM PST by rod1
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To: NormsRevenge

Needs a few wicks.


9 posted on 02/15/2010 12:09:30 PM PST by Leg Olam
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To: NormsRevenge
The museum says the Oval Office model is its only replica of the room west of the Mississippi River.

How are they going to break the news to the Ronals Reagan Libary that their Oval Office Display doesn't exist?

10 posted on 02/15/2010 12:09:30 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Are his big feet on the desk?


11 posted on 02/15/2010 12:09:52 PM PST by albie
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12 posted on 02/15/2010 12:10:23 PM PST by iowamark
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To: Fresh Wind

I don’t see one, remember he is wax, who needs a teleprompter when you’re wax. ;-)

He is in the World Icons group.

http://www.madametussauds.com/LasVegas/OurFigures/WorldIcons/BarckObama/default.aspx


13 posted on 02/15/2010 12:10:40 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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Geez, I didn't recognize him without his teleprompter!
14 posted on 02/15/2010 12:11:44 PM PST by skimbell (5.56 be our friend)
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To: iowamark

No my job, man!


15 posted on 02/15/2010 12:11:53 PM PST by pennboricua
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To: NormsRevenge

Wax museums creep me out.


16 posted on 02/15/2010 12:11:56 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (I'm Ellie Light!)
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To: iowamark

It would have been more life-like if they would have inflated him with air.


17 posted on 02/15/2010 12:13:37 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (The liberals are asking us to give Obama more time. Is 25 to life enough?)
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To: NormsRevenge

i hope they don’t have more than a phone on his desk as that is all i have ever seen on it in the pics....


18 posted on 02/15/2010 12:14:24 PM PST by tatsinfla
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To: NormsRevenge
The museum says the Oval Office model is its only replica of the room west of the Mississippi River.

The Truman library in Independence, MO, has a full size Oval Office replica.

19 posted on 02/15/2010 12:14:34 PM PST by iowamark
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s as close as BO/BS will be welcome in Las Vegas.


20 posted on 02/15/2010 12:15:33 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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