Posted on 05/19/2020 1:11:59 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever
The unveiling of presidents official White House portraits by their successor has been a long-held tradition until now. Barack Obama is refusing to participate in the ceremony for the unveiling of his portrait, NBC News has learned.
Republican presidents have done it for Democratic presidents, and vice versa, noted NBC News. Even when one of them ascended to the White House by defeating or sharply criticizing the other. True enough, Barack Obama hosted the ceremony of the unveiling of George W. Bushs official White House portrait, despite Obama ascending to the office by being a harsh critic of the 43rd president. George W. Bush similarly hosted the ceremony of Clintons portrait unveiling. Bush had been a critic of Clintons during the 2000 campaign, promising to restore honor and dignity to the office, sullied by Clintons sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton hosted the ceremony for George H.W. Bush, whom hed defeated in the 1992 election.
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his portrait should be hanging in every Post Office and police station.
That’s good!
That’s OK
It will make a good ugly dart board....
and who holds a special ceremony for a new dart board ???
Arent I the cheeky one ...
:)
How bout on those things in the urinal?
Dumbo has always been a tempermental little fag.
So true to life...
The PIOTUS...the Poison Ivy of the United States...
:)
He can’t face Trump now that he knows that Trump knows what Obama tried to do to him. How could he possibly show his face and why on earth would Trump give a darn about this “tradition” or want Obama anywhere near him or his family. Have friends and family at the thing and have a pleasant time.
No his portrait should be in the Sheriffs office...
Why would Trump want Obama anywhere near himself or his family after what Obama had done to him? I misread and thought it was going to be Trump’s portrait.
“The official portrait is distinct from the presidential portraits hung in the Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery, where the Obamas portraits premiered in 2018, with the former president painted by Kehinde Wiley and Michelle Obama painted by Amy Sherald.”
Obama and Hitlery probably won’t participate in Carter’s funeral, either.
I don’t blame the president. Why bother pretending?
These people known as the Dem party hate our guts!
You can grin, spin and kiss ass all you want to,(ie GWB) then you get someone like Nancy Pelosi making rude, snarky wisecracks at the president’s expense while she’s on the air.
Nancy is not pretending to be civil anymore, nor is Obama, still badmouthing the USA on the sly.
I would hang it in the janitor's closet.
“Back to the jungle”
Maybe theres a bath house in DC that will store his portrait
They’re hanging it in the Janitor’s closet.
Too many kissed his black side of his ass for too long
And still the Petulant Child shows his true colors
Pun intended
It's a mystery.
I misread and thought it was going to be Trumps portrait.
That won't be until Trump leaves office himself. I imagine the whole unveiling ceremony is dead from here on in.
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