Obama Chic - White House Cocktail Parties, page 1

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It’s Wednesday night at the White House, and the era of the cocktail party has returned.

Only eight weeks into the Obama administration, the president and first lady have already hosted their fair share of social events. Indeed, White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has announced that the Obama administration plans to make Wednesday night social events a tradition.

So ... in the midst of this economic crisis when the country and government has no money, Wednesday night has become party night at the Obama White House. Does Obama EVER work????

And what the heck kind of spin is this?

“It’s not so much a cocktail party necessarily,” Katie McCormick Lelyveld, press secretary to first lady Michelle Obama, told FOXNews.com. “It’s a gathering that takes on the shape of the week’s agenda. The driving force is to reserve time Wednesday evenings to have at hand to use for whatever is at the top of the list of priorities that week.”

How the heck is partying down with Stevie Wonder something that 'takes the shape of the weeks agenda'?

Just call it what it is .... an expensive cocktail party in the White House which will take place every Wednesday evening and which will be paid for by the US tax payers.

Let them eat cake.

Awe....but Obama isn't our public servant ( <-- I'm reasonably sure some Obama proponents will object to my use of that term on the grounds it is racist when applied to him ), he's our new best friend....er.....hero....er.....savior....er.....royalty....

Whatever.



[edit on 20-3-2009 by loam]

reply to post by awake_awoke

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Oh yea, Obama has taken a vacation every weekend since he has been in office, oh yea wasn't he just in Cali last night and appeared on the Jay Leno show?

Whatever, he spend the first month and half of his presidency talking about how dire this crisis we are in is and everything else. Meanwhile he hires Earth, Wind, and Fire to perform at the White House along with Stevie Wonder.

Not to mention he is in all an outrage about AIG bonuses and doesn't want to expand government and on and on and on.

So he feels bringing back Cocktail Parties to the the White House is a good idea, while China our biggest creditor is threatening to cut us of and to watch out for their investments.

Also the CBO just came back and said the deficit this year is going to be a trillion more than what was projected, oh and Obama is going to cut the deficit in half in four years when he TRIPLED it in less than a month.

You keep drinking that Kool-aid and keep your head in the sand but if things keep going like they are going and one day when you wake up and bread is 10+ dollars a loaf I don't want to hear about how it was all Bush's fault. Because at this point Obama is driving the final nails in our coffin.

Your tax money at work - Wednesday night parties at the White House


Freedom Watch

Today, Freedom Watch began an investigation of the Obama White House’s reported excessive partying at The White House, with the likes of Stevie Wonder and other high priced entertainment stars. In what in recent weeks has become more like a “high priced night club,” Barack and Michelle Obama have been throwing taxpayer funded parties nearly every night with their “friends” and supporters, with Michelle Obama even exhorting them not to “break” White House property.

Today, Freedom Watch filed document requests with the General Services Administration to determine how much taxpayer money is being used for these "soirees", as financial markets collapse, homes are foreclosed and as Rome burns."

White House Nightlife

"It was right to criticize corporate execs for using taxpayer bailout money on bonuses and corporate junkets. In the face of this criticism, it is an outrage for Barack and Michelle Obama to party on, as Rome burns. It's like throwing a party at a funeral," he said. ...

The report quoted White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers saying the Obamas want to "replicate the same kind of environment they had in Chicago." ....

Dinners have featured lavish menus including "Celery Soup, Wild Mushroom Crisps, Steelhead Salmon with Citrus sauce, Crispy Spinach, Toasted Saffron Couscous Pearls, Baby Iceberg lettuce with Maytag Bleu Cheese and Yogurt ranch dressing and for dessert, Milk Chocolate velvet cake" – all served on gold-rimmed china.

The Obamas want to "replicate the same kind of environment they had in Chicago??? Oh now there's a surprise. NOT! Only problem is that for the first time in his life, Obama actually is supposed to be working for a living and not just 'running for office'.

ABC News - Drinks are on the house

Hors d'œuvres -- chicken curry, wagyu steak -- will be served in addition to drinks.

reply to post by awake_awoke

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Alright, help me understand why you're defending Obama's actions in this case in terms of a comparison to his predecessor. I guess this means that, in your opinion, Barack Obama only sucks slightly less than Bush did?

The truth is, I don't care *that* much that Obama is doing this. Is he out of touch? Yes. Are they all? Yes. I just find this attempt to justify Obama's actions by essentially saying 'but Bush sucks' is a bit amusing. It doesn't say much for Obama, does it?

[edit on 22-3-2009 by vor78]

Originally posted by Hastobemoretolife
reply to post by awake_awoke

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Oh yea, Obama has taken a vacation every weekend since he has been in office, oh yea wasn't he just in Cali last night and appeared on the Jay Leno show?

Whatever, he spend the first month and half of his presidency talking about how dire this crisis we are in is and everything else. Meanwhile he hires Earth, Wind, and Fire to perform at the White House along with Stevie Wonder.

Not to mention he is in all an outrage about AIG bonuses and doesn't want to expand government and on and on and on.

So he feels bringing back Cocktail Parties to the the White House is a good idea, while China our biggest creditor is threatening to cut us of and to watch out for their investments.

Also the CBO just came back and said the deficit this year is going to be a trillion more than what was projected, oh and Obama is going to cut the deficit in half in four years when he TRIPLED it in less than a month.

You keep drinking that Kool-aid and keep your head in the sand but if things keep going like they are going and one day when you wake up and bread is 10+ dollars a loaf I don't want to hear about how it was all Bush's fault. Because at this point Obama is driving the final nails in our coffin.

AMEN TO THAT BROTHER!!!!!!! HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE DAMN HEAD THERE MAN!

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