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White House slams ad showing Obama-Chavez "kiss"
Reuters ^ | Nov 17, 2011 | Reuters

Posted on 11/17/2011 10:32:09 AM PST by mdittmar

An advertising campaign that depicts President Barack Obama kissing two male world leaders on the mouth drew a critical response from the White House on Thursday.

"The White House has a longstanding policy disapproving of the use of the president's name and likeness for commercial purposes," said White House Spokesman Eric Schultz.

The "Unhate" campaign for Italian clothing firm Benetton showed various world leaders kissing, including Obama lip-locked with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, a longtime Washington adversary.

The White House jealously guards Obama's image and objected last year when a garment company transformed a picture of him, in what appeared to be one its winter coats during a trip to China, into a billboard overlooking Times Square in New York. The advert was subsequently taken down.

Schultz declined to say if the White House would contact Benetton directly to express its objections.

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


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41 posted on 11/17/2011 12:07:23 PM PST by South40 (NO RINOS IN 2012!)
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42 posted on 11/17/2011 12:08:14 PM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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"I have a rash, it won't go away and you gave it to me."


43 posted on 11/17/2011 12:14:46 PM PST by South40 (NO RINOS IN 2012!)
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Good, I am glad the W.H. is unhappy. Better than bowing is kissing on the lips ! Better would be kissing @$$ !


44 posted on 11/17/2011 12:19:40 PM PST by CORedneck
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If you are talking about Larry Sinclair he is alive and well. Stories of his death were a hoax. His book is still for sale too.

Go here and you can get a paperback copy for $13.99 + S&H.

45 posted on 11/17/2011 1:51:42 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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