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Bill Clinton portrait in National Portrait Gallery has shadowy reference to Monica Lewinsky
NY Daily News ^
| 2/28/15
| Nicole Hensley
Posted on 03/01/2015 6:39:09 AM PST by Libloather
**SNIP**
The countrys 42nd president was terrified to be painted by Shanks, who has done portraits of Princess Diana and Pope John Paul II. But he hid all fears with a relaxed smirk and bold stance. The work now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
When Clinton was not in the room, Shanks says he set up a mannequin sporting a blue dress he likened to Lewinsky.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; lewinsky; monica; portrait
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"He's probably the most famous liar of all time, Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News.
Not any more, Nelson. The *Bubbamobile was last seen being run over by the Hussein Express.
To: Libloather
Wearing that blue shirt is priceless.
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:47:38 AM PST
by
allendale
To: Libloather
A stupid, contrived pose.
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:50:38 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: rlmorel
I've never seen Billy's hands in that position... plus that look on his face is definitely not Clinton.
This is Clinton's usual hands at work---and the look that shoulda been captured on canvas.
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:57:22 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Libloather
Is that the tie Monica gave him?
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:57:41 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Libloather
LOL - his face looks like a cross between Ted Koppel and Ted Kennedy - w a little bit of Der SchlickMeister thrown in.
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:57:49 AM PST
by
time4good
To: time4good
slight adjustment - his face and hair - whole head - reminds me of Koppel.
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:59:21 AM PST
by
time4good
To: Libloather
Interesting portrayal and very Clintonesque.
It's reminiscent of someone standing at a urinal, which is what Slick Willie's presidency was to American morality and the end of virtue.
Those Calvin window decals were more humorous and blatantly direct, but that portrait conveys a similar message.
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:59:26 AM PST
by
GBA
(Just a hick in paradise)
To: All
"Did somebody say Colombian prostitutes?"
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:00:36 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Libloather
Looks more like that Nightline guy...
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:02:36 AM PST
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
To: Liz
LOL! That pic is worth a thousand words!
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:03:41 AM PST
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
To: Liz
Who is the woman in that pic?
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:04:08 AM PST
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: jpsb
She looks like Elizabeth Hurley.
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:06:00 AM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
To: time4good
Yep.....looks like koppel to me.
To: jpsb
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:09:26 AM PST
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: CaptainK; rfreedom4u
thanks, she is vary pretty.
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:11:10 AM PST
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: time4good
That's It !! slight adjustment - his face and hair - whole head - reminds me of Koppel.
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:11:36 AM PST
by
onona
(Obama's entire term reads like a John Semmens post.)
To: Libloather
The Clintons hate the portrait, Shanks said.Perhaps there is some schadenfreude in that statement.
The article also says there is an unsubstantiated report that the Clintons tried to have the portrait removed from the National Gallery.
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:12:31 AM PST
by
upchuck
(The current Federal Governent is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V.)
To: Libloather
One finger is bent and the other is pointing to the scene of the crime, so to speak
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:13:50 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
To: jpsb
It would be nice to have an edit function, where one could correct spelling errors. Oh well maybe someday.
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posted on
03/01/2015 7:16:43 AM PST
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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