Posted on 05/19/2010 7:16:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama Wednesday deployed the full pomp of a White House state dinner for only the second time, honoring Mexico's President Felipe Calderon with a sumptuous menu and elaborate decor.
The White House was also road testing unspecified extra security measures, after the inaugural Obama state dinner last year for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was marred when a socialite couple gatecrashed the festivities.
Key members of the US-Mexico community were expected among 200 guests at the glamorous black-tie gala evening at the White House, as well as actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Eva Longoria, and Mexican billionaire business mogul Carlos Slim.
R&B Diva Beyonce topped the entertainment bill for the dinner, taking place in the East Room of the White House, with the action later moving to a luxury marquee on the South Lawn of the presidential mansion.
The marquee, the size of two-thirds of a football field, decked out in elaborate black decor and nightclub-style lighting, featured a stage and baskets of flowers and models of Monarch butterflies dangling from the ceiling.
The Monarch butterfly migrates from Canada, across the United States each year to Calderon's home state of Michoacan in Mexico.
Beyonce was to be supported by Rodrigo y Gabriela, a flamenco-celtic rock band famed for cover versions of heavy rock bands like Led Zeppelin, and the US Marines Band.
The menu mixed Mexican flavors -- with a starter made of Jicama, a turnip-like vegetable popular in Mexico served with oranges, grapefruit and pineapple -- with Obama's own heritage -- a Hawaiian Opah fish from his home state.
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The entertainment tent at the White House in Washington, DC is ready for the State Dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderon. President Barack Obama Wednesday deployed the full pomp of a White House state dinner for only the second time, honoring Calderon with a sumptuous menu and elaborate decor. (AFP/Tim Sloan)
With our money
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch as White House Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall slips and falls on the steps of theWhite House North Portico as they prepare to welcome Mexico's President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala for a state dinner in their honor at the White House in Washington May 19, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
I was wondering what happened to my blue curtains!
The East Room at the White House in Washington, DC is ready for the State Dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderon. President Barack Obama Wednesdaydeployed the full pomp of a White House state dinner for only the second time, honoring Calderon with a sumptuous menu and elaborate decor. (AFP/Tim Sloan)
The full pomp of state dinner? No big deal. Honoring our enemy to the South while treating our allies like dirt? Now THAT bothers me. The fact that Obama is treating Calderon like this tells me everything I need to know about both of them.
The fact that Desiree Rogers was seen earlier on the steps with a jug of mineral oil is purely coincidental.
Whoopi Goldberg was there. One of Obama’s personal heroes , she has had 7+ abortions, one of which she did on herself at age 14.
A real class act that one.
I know I couldnt wait to rub shoulders /s/ with one who has murdered 7 of her own children. The people who associate with her just love her. That should tell you what they are.
Shouldn’t the title read “ American taxpayers pay for the Obamas to turn on the glamour “ ?
I didn’t know that about her, just remembered she’s an (ex?) junkie. With a foul mouth.
7 pregnancies....doesn’t seem fair...
How nice that we roll out the red carpet for Calderone and insult the Brits. Pfft!
It isn’t a real Mexican ‘state dinner’ unless everyone gets a round of Montezuma’s Revenge.
Here’s hopin’! :)
Whoopi Goldberg was there. One of Obama’s personal heroes , she has had 7+ abortions, one of which she did on herself at age 14.
I don’t believe that Its BS
Who would sleep with her gross
Venturer: “That should tell you what they are.”
Maybe I’m being a bit over the top, but I think this country is in a political war between immoral, evil people and the forces of good. Keep in mind that evil people rarely admit to being evil, because like all people, they use self defense mechanisms to justify themselves.
I think we are seeing battle lines in a spiritual war. On one side we have those who admire abortion, homosexuality, envy, class and race warfare, etc. They literally appeal to the worst in humans. On the other hand, we have people who believe in individual liberty, personal morality, and the rule of law. While falling short, we aspire to do what is good and right.
Did they remember to invite a few of the VIPs hanging around at the local Home Depot parking lot?
And Netanyahu has to use the servant’s entrance.
Well, it sure is different than when Bill Clinton had Mexican Ambassador Jorge Montaño waiting in the other room while he and Monica were having fun. Times change. I wonder if the Mexican President Calderon will remember that his Ambassador had to WAIT, trying to get the NAFTA deal done while Bill was oh...so busy.
Hey, mrs. nobama...give me back my shower curtains! Glamorous...I think not. How could one so filled with hatred married to one who hates this country (you pick who is who) ever be glamorous?
Who would sleep with her? For starters, Frank Langella and Ted Danson...oh and her three husbands.
She saw them in the window and just had to have them!
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