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 ...
"I have a rash, it won't go away and you gave it to me."
Good, I am glad the W.H. is unhappy. Better than bowing is kissing on the lips ! Better would be kissing @$$ !
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