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Trump aide Conway draws ire for kneeling on White House sofa
Yahoo News ^ | Feb. 28, 2017 | Maggy Donaldson

Posted on 02/28/2017 7:55:37 AM PST by Rennes Templar

Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway has come under fire after a picture of her casually kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office was widely shared on social media.

In an image captured by an AFP photographer, Conway appears on the couch with her shoes on as Trump poses for a photo with leaders of historically black colleges and universities.

Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens was among those taking aim at Conway, suggesting that aides under previous administrations would have elicited even greater outcry.

"If Rice or Jarrett had sat like this in Oval Office, conservatives would have screamed themselves hoarse for weeks. Now we own trashy," he wrote, referring to previous presidential aides.

Trump's predecessor Barack Obama repeatedly took flak for photos in which he appeared to be relaxing.

Critics also chastised Obama for unbuttoning the previous Oval Office dress code that called for a suit jacket and a tie.

The image of Conway trended widely on social media, with several Twitter users berating her for what they described as a lack of respect in the Oval Office.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: couchgate; doublestandards; kellyanne; kellyanneconway; kellyanneovaloffice; kellyannephoto; obamaphotos
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To: Rennes Templar
Reminds me of the Mark Twain movie where the (accidently exiled) prince gave his swordsman friend the right to sit in his presence any time because they were busy having adventures and it was more convenient. Then later in the Court the swordsman deliberately sits down casually to throw shock and awe into the Court!
121 posted on 02/28/2017 9:12:36 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: katana

Could have taken off her shoes while “sitting”. Doesn’t mean she didn’t have them with her out of view, like on the other side of the couch, putting them back on when she moved around.


122 posted on 02/28/2017 9:14:31 AM PST by PJBankard
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To: laplata

Yes, Obama put his dirty SHOES on the Resolute Desk—a priceless museum piece—and he smirked as he did it. Low class trash, raised with no manners, and the Fake News Media looked the other way.


123 posted on 02/28/2017 9:16:59 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Rennes Templar

Guys, guys...Remember the rule. Everything Trump doesn’t has a purpose! Kelly is the decoy. Trump now has a photo op of him and blacks and he will help them.


124 posted on 02/28/2017 9:19:05 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!)
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To: Rennes Templar

Bret Stephens has gone insane.


125 posted on 02/28/2017 9:19:23 AM PST by SoCar
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To: RooRoobird20

Obama will always be an Evil Scum.


126 posted on 02/28/2017 9:20:48 AM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: silverleaf

......yes, some hypocrite Fake News reporters need to be reminded of the perverted things Bill Clinton did with Monica, cigars, and the Oval Office sink.

The entire Oval Office had to be sanitized with bleach to clean up after The SinkEmporer.


127 posted on 02/28/2017 9:20:51 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Twinkie

Rather than actually report on the event with Black leaders and what that entailed, the MSM focuses on Conway’s feet on the couch. That’s how they are using “Censorship by Omission” with DJT.


128 posted on 02/28/2017 9:23:34 AM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

“They can all go pound sand or their empty heads against a brick wall. That’s my opinion, what’s yours?”

If that’s all they have to tantrum over, they should honk off and die.


129 posted on 02/28/2017 9:24:23 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: ssfromla

Markie Post and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason jumping on the bed in the Lincoln Bedroom.

-PJ

130 posted on 02/28/2017 9:27:45 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the first question.)
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To: PJBankard

There’s one photo at the linked story where they enhanced and blew up the shot to show that she was still wearing her shoes. So her bad and big deal. The easy retort to anyone that obsessed and anal is “OK, now show me how Bill and Monica treated the furniture ... or go FYS. Your choice, Francis”.


131 posted on 02/28/2017 9:31:30 AM PST by katana (It still hasn't occurred to them that Trump doesn't give a s***)
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To: Old Yeller

[What’s really upsetting the leftists is that Trump has a roomful of blacks that run the risk of being convinced to flee the Demoncrat plantation.]

You win the thread. That’s what this is really about.


132 posted on 02/28/2017 9:33:48 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Honestly, I have read all the comments so far, 129, and very few have found this behavior appalling. Why is it that everything Pres. Trump and his staff do is just ginger peachy? Personally, I think the way Mrs. Conway is sitting is disgraceful! Forget the shoes, just the fact that she is sitting with her legs at the knee gaped open with men in the same room and in clear sight of her is terrible from any perspective. Quit defending the indefensible.


133 posted on 02/28/2017 9:36:34 AM PST by berry65
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To: Rennes Templar

For later.

L


134 posted on 02/28/2017 9:37:31 AM PST by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: Rennes Templar

It beats kneeling in front of the Saudi Prince!


135 posted on 02/28/2017 9:37:48 AM PST by GilGil (E. Deplorabus Unum)
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To: berry65
Honestly, I have read all the comments so far, 129, and very few have found this behavior appalling.

I dont like it, but it is very apparent that she was positioning for a better picture, I doubt this will happen again. And no, I am not a "TrumpCanDoNoWronger".

136 posted on 02/28/2017 9:40:13 AM PST by Paradox ("Donald Trump", the biggest Strawman ever created.)
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To: All

You can vote for Hillary next time to make sure that the furniture will be treated with respect, aside from the stuff bill stains and staff steals..


137 posted on 02/28/2017 9:42:02 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: laplata

Only a Democrat can put their feet on the furniture, follow the rules...


138 posted on 02/28/2017 9:43:06 AM PST by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: Cementjungle

That picture provides context that the media was all too happy to omit. They wanted a picture of a clueless female narcistisstically engrossed in her cell phone, where it may have been the only place she could get a certain angle from.


139 posted on 02/28/2017 9:45:05 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: micha; castlegreyskull; rxsid; Bayan
Yes. It is very strange way to sit for a lady in the White House. There is something trashy about this chick. I have nothing against her, but she has no class. Looks like she came from a trailer park.

Everyone knows that Trump's inner circle is being targeted, and yet you are so readily buying the narrative that the Yahoo news is selling.
Check post #50 and post #90. she was getting ready to take a picture from a particular angle.

140 posted on 02/28/2017 9:47:40 AM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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