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Obama's 50th Birthday bash: Stevie Wonder, Chris Rock, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, Herbie Hancock...
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | August 5, 2011 | Lynn Sweet

Posted on 08/05/2011 2:22:10 AM PDT by maggief

WASHINGTON--President Obama celebrated his 50th birthday Thursday night with a celebrity-filled bash, as entertainer Chris Rock reported on his Twitter feed: "Just left the Presidents birthday party at the White House. Herbie Hancock played, Stevie Wonder sang and yes they did the electric slide. A great night."

Daughter Malia, 13 just arrived home from summer camp in time for the Rose Garden party as she was joined by her sister, Sasha, 10, First Lady Michelle, grandmother Marian Robinson and their godmother, Eleanor "Mama Kaye, Wilson," who flew to Washington from Chicago on Air Force One with Obama when he returned from his Thursday fund-raiser back home.

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The guests toasted the President throughout the night. Also on hand to mark the Presidential milestone were former governors Bill Richardson and Tim Kaine, and Mr. Obama's staunchest allies in the debt battle--Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Senior White House staff also celebrated: Chief of Staff Bill Daley, Cecelia Munoz, John Brennan, and Valerie Jarrett. Mrs. Obama's former Chief of Staff, Susan Sher, flew in from Chicago, as did two of the President's closest pals: Dr. Eric Whitaker, University of Chicago Hospital Vice-President, and The Parking Spot President and CEO Marty Nesbitt. Campaign fundraiser Andy Spahn was spotted, too.

On the menu... There was "not a tie in sight" for the birthday dinner, according to one guest; men wore light summer-weight button downs and trousers, and women were attired in summer dresses--many taking their fashion cue from Mrs. Obama, and going sleeveless. Dinner was grilled chicken and steak, and Chicago-style hot dogs, with salad made with fresh greens plucked from Mrs. Obama's Kitchen Garden, as well as vegetable sides, accompanied by American wines. Tables were covered with simple gray cloths, and anchored by sprays of yellow flowers and greens. There was birthday cake, of course, and pie.

1 posted on 08/05/2011 2:22:14 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

I think I’m gonna be sick...


2 posted on 08/05/2011 2:27:51 AM PDT by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: maggief

It’ll take a lot more than this to make me dislike Stevie or Herbie.


3 posted on 08/05/2011 2:33:22 AM PDT by Chunga ("Woo hoo!! Palin/West 2012. Unbeatable!!" - Jim Robinson)
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To: maggief

Did they fly in the brother from Kenya?

Maybe send him a doggie bag by AF 1.


4 posted on 08/05/2011 2:34:13 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
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To: maggief

“with salad made with fresh greens plucked from Mrs. Obama’s Kitchen Garden”

Ewwwwwwwwww! Shaddup and eat your tainted arugula!


5 posted on 08/05/2011 2:34:13 AM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: maggief

I understand it was a $35,000/plate birthday meal,...for hot dogs and grilled chicken.


6 posted on 08/05/2011 2:35:57 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

That party was in Chicago, the day before.


7 posted on 08/05/2011 2:40:58 AM PDT by maggief
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To: equaviator
Typical narcissism - surround yourself with ass-kissing sycophants and bask in the glow from knowing they love you...
8 posted on 08/05/2011 3:08:05 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: Chunga
It’ll take a lot more than this to make me dislike Stevie or Herbie.

Yeah, but next time I put on "Headhunters" I'll be thinking Obama, no thank you.

9 posted on 08/05/2011 3:09:41 AM PDT by this_ol_patriot (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner)
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with salad made with fresh greens plucked from Mrs. Obama’s Kitchen Garden

It's about as much her garden as it is my dog's garden. Wonder how much it cost the taxpayers for those fresh greens?

10 posted on 08/05/2011 3:12:53 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Cvengr

If we had $35,000 more we could buy a house—outright! Disgusting that these people give so much money so this communist can further destroy our country. I hope they get theirs some day.


11 posted on 08/05/2011 3:15:58 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: maggief

Tom Hanks really turned into a leftist suck-up.

He is really Steven Spielberg’s little lapdog.


12 posted on 08/05/2011 3:39:31 AM PDT by ZULU (McConnell and Boehner are the Judas and Ephialtes of the 21st Century)
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Maybe if people stopped paying to see his movies?


13 posted on 08/05/2011 3:57:17 AM PDT by Always Independent
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To: trebb
The President was correct in his state of the union address when he said we face a deficit of trust. Everyday he does at least two more things to make sure that We the People have no reason to trust him.

Pies and Holidays for me but not for thee...

Check out Obama's Pie

MO PIE


14 posted on 08/05/2011 3:59:36 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Tainan

They didn’t invite the illegal auntie from Kenya who lives in gov’t subsidized housing.


15 posted on 08/05/2011 4:01:54 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: maggief

16 posted on 08/05/2011 4:06:11 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: equaviator
Obama's party--paid for, the White House said, by the First Couple--was closed press and not on his official schedule. Obama's team was not eager for pictures of the bash, coming as the stock market was plunging and a new jobless report comes out Friday morning.

How many of these "paid for by the First Couple" parties have The First Couple thrown now? What happens when the party bill exceeds the income of The First Couple? Food Stamps?

17 posted on 08/05/2011 4:15:16 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: equaviator

I can see Pelosi doing a “Marilyn Monroe” version of “Happy Birthday Mr President”


18 posted on 08/05/2011 4:32:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: Cvengr

I guess it’s true, “A fool and his money will soon depart” $35,000.00 to eat with someone who would throw them under the bus in a second.

So much for moooooochele and her diet, oh wait thats for everyone but the mac, the crybaby liar, daddy family.


19 posted on 08/05/2011 4:33:14 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: Always Independent

I refuse to buy a ticket to Spielberg or a Tom Hanks production.

Unfortunately, Spielberg is very good at his craft - so is that bastard Hanks.

Many Americans don’t see the connect between their ticket money and financial assistance offered to bastards like Obama by these leftist Hollyweird creeps.


20 posted on 08/05/2011 4:39:51 AM PDT by ZULU (McConnell and Boehner are the Judas and Ephialtes of the 21st Century)
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