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. Bush’s 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 Clinton’s portrait unveiling. Bush had been a critic of Clinton’s during the 2000 campaign, promising to restore honor and dignity to the office, sullied by Clinton’s sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton hosted the ceremony for George H.W. Bush, whom he’d defeated in the 1992 election.
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> Was the portrait inspired by Homer Simpson? <
Oh, my. You just might be right.
By the way, this whole Obama portrait thing illustrates just how pathetic the American press is. The press is supposed to be a watchdog, a bulldog even. But Obama knew that no matter how ridiculous his portrait might be, the American press would not criticize it.
Obama could have been seated naked on a turtle while shoving an orange into his ear, and the American press would have praised the portrait. But I don’t know about the British press!
I recall that it was painted by some little-known Black artist. ...Appears to have been his first attempt at painting something without using a spray can on a brick wall.
Whining little brat.
Weed it ‘n weep.
WINNING!!!!
He was a blight on our country. Trump should say he wasn’t going to attend in any case.
I hope it's poison ivy!
Yes, kind of like the White House Correspondents Dinner- Haha!
Eric Cartman should be singing “Poopin’ in the woods....”
His portrait should be hanging in every garden center in the Rodenticide section.
Too bad they’re not poison ivy vines.
That is Obama’s official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Different critter. The official White House portrait has not been unveiled. Thus a portrait “unveiling”.
The ‘six finger’ scumbag.
Probably his Mommy, Valerie Jarrett won’t let him out of the house.
Lol.
Whoever painted that had to be a Republican.
Perpwalkaphobia.
Not going to be unveiled anytime soon either.
There was an earlier article that said Trump refused to participate in such ceremony.
Bathroom my foot! Throw the damned thing in the dumpster! After it’s unveiled of course!
True. This portrait has been satirized so often that it makes people laugh just to look at it. Embarrassing.
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