They Party in High Style While Millions of Americans Face Hard Times!

Is the White House just not good enough for the Obamas? Why else would they erect a glass “tent” on the White House lawn for what has to be one of the most expensive state dinners of all time?

Photobucket

A large tent was erected for the State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House November 24, 2009 in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted their first State Dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur of India.

Photobucket

Photobucket

Remember how the press lampooned Nancy Reagan when she brought a much more modest sense of style and glamour back to the White House. Queen Nancy is how she was portrayed. As usual, don’t expect any press criticism of the Obamas as they overspend Nancy Reagan’s dinners by a factor of two or three!

Just keep this post in mind when libs complain after Sarah Palin throws her first state dinner in 2013!

  • Share/Bookmark
blog advertising is good for you
Print This Post Print This Post
This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 9:36 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Trackbacks

  1. Looking Back « Half-Baked Sourdough

42 comments so far

budvarakbar
 1Reply to this comment  

hey — what about the energy code — I bet that damn place was at 70 dgrees plus with an overall R rating less than 10 — I am assuming double pane windows to get that — hey if single — whatever — WTF — I WANT to know the price tag — your money at work — how’s that hope and change working there folks — sure better hope it starts changing soon

November 25th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Aleric
 2Reply to this comment  

This reminds me of FDR, at the height of the depression, having snowball fights in the white house with his kids in the middle of Summer while people were starving to death in the streets. He had snow making machines brought in to create the snow used thus wasting money on frivolous events. He was clueless as to what was happening outside of his life of leisure, seems to be a trend with Dems.

November 25th, 2009 at 9:50 am
budvarakbar
 3Reply to this comment  

Didn’t that arrogant POS during the campaign lecture all us Pee-Ons about the days of 68 or 70 degree thermo settings being over — hey that pack of rats with all the straplesss and backless types DO NOT rough it – as in anything less than 70

November 25th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Scrapiron
 4Reply to this comment  

A tent is more in line with his Islamic upbringing and his Islamic religious beliefs of today, admitted twice by accident, or on purpose to see if the fringe media would still cover for him while comitting suicide.

November 25th, 2009 at 9:57 am
FedUp
 5Reply to this comment  

Welll… how many shovel-ready projects did this add? Does this come under the category of 1000 jobs created or saved?

And, after looking at pictures of the First Couple – I think Leona Helmsley has lost her title of Qeen of Mean. I want Laura back! Actually, I’m looking forward to Todd Palin being the First Dude!

November 25th, 2009 at 10:20 am
DR
 6Reply to this comment  

Too bad they didn’t have blizzard.

November 25th, 2009 at 10:22 am
TSgt Ciz
 7Reply to this comment  

This, the ‘date night’ trips to NY, the shopping spree to push the Olympics, plus Obama has already had more golf outings in one year than Bush did in all 8 years. Yet it was Bush who was lambasted for taking vacations to Crawford.

The Libs have no sense of shame or consistency.

November 25th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Patvann
 8Reply to this comment  

I believe history has recorded what happened after a certain French woman uttered the immortal words: “Let them eat cake.”

Enjoy your cake Barry and Michelle.

November 25th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Rob in Katy
 9Reply to this comment  

Well, um, Some are just more equal than others… that should be on the tree we hang him from, figuratively of course.

November 25th, 2009 at 11:01 am
newguy40
 10Reply to this comment  

Has this epithet been used yet?

Narcissist in Chief?

Nice reference to the Fr Revolution too. But, I think we are moving more toward the Caligula type reign that Louis16th?

November 25th, 2009 at 11:07 am
SBSmith
 11Reply to this comment  

I don’t care how fancy the tent was….it still says the White House wasn’t good enough for the Empty Suit and wife.

November 25th, 2009 at 11:09 am
jjsmoof
 12Reply to this comment  

were they using cfl bulbs in those lights? \sarc

is there an open thread coming soon?

November 25th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Skookum
 13Reply to this comment  

Premeditated Poverty

Obama throws us a biscuit
While he dines on the brisket
Fear not you once wealthy middle class
With premeditated poverty I have your ass

This is only the beginning, redistribute wealth
And I’ll take care of your miserable health
Accept the role of peasants and stop complaining
Or SEIU and Acorn will have you do some splainin’

This is just Obama pomp and circumstance
Remember the world wants what’s in my pants
I’ve got it all under control
you just need to get on the dole

Skook 09

November 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Missy
 14Reply to this comment  

I wonder where she got the toothpick?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9Bx0L3n3uAo/Sw1OUc7WzdI/AAAAAAAAGg8/mNOoktaSiSw/s1600/mostatedinner5.jpg

November 25th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
jimbob
 15Reply to this comment  

“Obama is a radical communist and I think it is becoming clear. He is going to destroy this country and we are either going to stop him or the United States of America is going to cease to exist.”

- Alan Keyes

November 25th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
 16Reply to this comment  

Yes, butt did he bow to everyone in lue of the pre-dinner prayer?

Oh, and did I hear correctly? No republicans were invited to this glam-bake?

What a uniter he is.

November 25th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
URI
 17Reply to this comment  

How about Blackie Antoinette? All she needed with the gold dress was a tiara!
Shame on them for doing what they are doing…They are a disgrace to this country and how can Black people in America let this happen when 35% of Blacks are unemployed? Who did they voted for?. How much money did they spend last night for this dinner?
Why are Blacks so quiet about all these display of luxury when Americans have an unemployemnt of almost 17%!
Is our President aware of all these statistics…Does he care?

November 25th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
 18Reply to this comment  

Now, now, URI … We all know Obama gots a big ole stash.

Just ask those folks what waited in line for a check a month or so ago. He gots plenty of stash. Trillions. Gazillions, if`n he has to.

November 25th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
budvarakbar
 19Reply to this comment  

Skookum #13

Last word – 4th line second stanza (quatrain?) – whatever – (I’se a knuckle dragger – no wordsmith – haha) — butt I offer the following improvement:

change “explaining” — to: “’splainin’”

November 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
budvarakbar
 20Reply to this comment  

wonder what the carbon fartprint was

all those veges

all those candles – probably used once and trashed

and the lights — LED’s hummm? — or CFL’s hummm?

November 25th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Skookum
 21Reply to this comment  

Excellent point bud, at first I thought that was a Cuban pronunciation, and then I remembered how Obama is always wanting to identify with the “folks” of the ghetto and its patois. Please feel free to lend a helping hand with editing, I need all the help I can get.

November 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Sponge
 22Reply to this comment  

Do as I say, not as I do…..
What’s good enough for thee is not good enough for me……

The list goes on and on. This president does not give a shit about the American public or the American way of life. Only POWER. He will use this job to try and become king of the world and views us as mere stepping stones to get to his true goal.

November 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
savage24
 23Reply to this comment  

The main thing everybody is forgetting is that this a$$ is going to spent us into prosperity, whether you like it or not. Nothing is good enough for this clown. Living large is to the victor and the rest of us can go to hell. Do you think at a majority of Americans will remember this in the 2010 and 2012 elections? Lets hope so!

November 25th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Missy
 24Reply to this comment  

Mike, since they were able to snag the Indians, call it a State dinner and then invite all their big campaign contributers, won’t we have to pay for all of it? Just like paying for AirForce One where he flies into a town for an official stop and presto, there just happens to be a fundraisor in that very same town. I know they all campaign like that, but the dinner was a bit over the top.

Bit of trivia for today:

Madame M’s dress alone employed over 40 seamstresses for the beadwork, she used an Indian American designer, but the designer had Indian Indians do the stitching.

Then I also see Madame M has farmed the work for thigh high boots out to some expensive cobbler in France. Can’t wait to see those babies, won’t they look super with the belted cardigan and spandex pants? The French cobbler will also be doing a pair of expensive calf high buck skin boots. She just might want to stop by at another soup kitchen photo op and it will be way to cold for the $500 tennies.

Guess no one in the U.S. has time or talent for such projects.

This country looks like it is doing just fine anyway:

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

November 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
jlfintx
 25Reply to this comment  

The hubris of this nothing never fails to amaze me. Hopefully he will cause the demos to not win an election for 50 years; if we have a country and a fair election left after this complete moron gets thrown out on his skinny ass.

Not to mention him setting race relations back 50 years.

November 25th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
 26Reply to this comment  

jlfintx – “Not to mention him setting race relations back 50 years.”

Not to forget the same can be said for what the entire left, and especially the female side of the left are doing and allowing to be done by their ‘males’, to Sarah Palin in regards to the liberation/feminist movement.

November 25th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Rob in Katy
 27Reply to this comment  

There are some reasons to be hopeful for better race relations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M

November 25th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
 28Reply to this comment  

“… ’splain”…. Funny, I always attribute that in my mind to Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride. LOL

November 25th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Brian H
 29Reply to this comment  

70°F in the WH? Not hardly. He keeps it at 80°, because “he comes from Hawaii”.

November 25th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Skookum
 30Reply to this comment  

Mata, Ricky Ricardo in an I Love Lucy, movie with a huge trailer camper told Lucy she had some splainin to do. Naturally, I assumed it was a Cuban idiom, perhaps it was just showmanship.

November 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
 31Reply to this comment  

Skook… may have missed that Lucy episode. And certainly Patinkin, as the “Spaniard” in the movie, doesn’t wander far from your premise. I guess, having a Cubano bro-in-law since the 60s, I can say I’ve never heard him use that expression. But it’s been a mainstain in my own expressions since Princess Bride. Definitely get the joke, if not from the same source!

November 25th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
 32Reply to this comment  

We definitely won’t be hearing any criticism from the network “news,” because Brian Williams (NBC), Katie Couric (CBS) and Robin Roberts (ABC) were among the guests.

Sickening.

November 25th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
 33Reply to this comment  

Putting a visual to @Missy’s descriptions::

I’d say if there’s one thing the Zero admin can do, it’s staging and setting. This is obviously keeping in consistancy with the campaign opulance.

And speaking of opulance…. it’s a beautiful gown, and MO wears it well. One does wonder if such display of wealth for a nation with 4-5% less GDP growth than the guests, who’s leadership appears to be dressed in more modest clothing, is a good sign to send.

OK… I wondered a few seconds. Nope. Lovely dress, setting and party? But of course. Fitting with the times? Nope. Sending the right message? Especially nope.

However nothing surprising from the silver spoon Oval Office couple, happy to live it up on the taxpayer’s dime.

November 25th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
 34Reply to this comment  

BTW, Huffpo has the prelim guest list….

Notables: Threw in a token Republican… Bobby Jindal… most likely because of descent. Plenty of the Dem Congressional types. A big “thank you” and payback to Patrick Deval for usurping MA rules and replacing Kennedy with a prime health care etal vote with his invitation. Other governors, Ed Rendell and former Gov Bill Richardson also hobnobbing with the politico stars.

Media heads that pop out… Brian Williams, Katie Couric , Thomas Friedman and Fareed Zarkaria.

No surprise that both Colin Powell and SEIU’s Andy Stern were on the guest list. And naturally David Axelrod and the Rahm’bo family.

From the Hollywood bunch, Alfre Woodard, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen got the nod.

November 25th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Toothfairy
 35Reply to this comment  

State dinners should be occasions to showcase the finest the U.S. has to offer. Serving curry to the Indian Prime Minister seems more than a bit patronizing — kind of like serving an American president a hamburger if the dinner was in India. The tent was ridiculous and inappropriate, especially for this time of year. But the biggest insult of all was paid White House Chef Cristeta Comerford. It seems 14 years in the White House (the last four as head chef) and stints as chef at three D.C. and two Chicago restaurants wasn’t an impressive enough resume for the Klingon Queen. MEchelle called in a Scandinavian head chef from a New York restaurant to “help” Comerford and her staff prepare a vegetarian menu. I could (maybe) understand if the menu was smorgasbord — but vegetables and curry? Is MEchelle trying to get Comerford to resign so she won’t look bad for firing the first minority and the first female to hold the WH chef’s post?

November 25th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Patvann
 36Reply to this comment  

And what did the Narcissist-in-Chief to say to our guest?

“Yours is the first official state visit of my presidency, its fitting that you and India be so recognised,” 48-year-old Obama told the 77-year-old Indian leader.

Did anyone think it wouldn’t be about Himself?

November 25th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Prairie
 37Reply to this comment  

Just trying to polish a turd.

November 27th, 2009 at 4:23 am
 38Reply to this comment  

Just keep this post in mind when libs complain after Sarah Palin throws her first state dinner in 2013!

They will probably complain about how much the dresses cost that she and Vice President Bachmann are wearing… ;)

November 27th, 2009 at 8:56 am
SBSmith
 39Reply to this comment  

I like DR’s blizzard idea.
Perhaps get India’s head of State and his wife safely inside the White House and then call in a tornado.
BWA ha ha ha

I can’t help but wonder if India’s head of state and his wife weren’t insulted because this dinner WASN”T inside the White House.
Who could blame them if they were….they don’t look very happy in that photo in another comment here.
But of course bammy and the banshee are grinning like a couple of jackasses…..

November 27th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Patvann
 40Reply to this comment  

Everyone remember the “gatecrashers” at the party? Here’s the REST of the story.

They’ve known Obama for many years, and came with a camera-crew and make-up staff in tow. Anybody think Obama’s staff didn’t know?

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17310

November 29th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
budvarakbar
 41Reply to this comment  

Typical phony crap theatrics from the arrogant dickhead in thief — surprised the trphy broad didn’t swoon —

This topic should be moved back up to the front of the blog – or new thread started –

November 29th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Leave a reply

Name (*)
Mail (will not be published) (*)
URI
:wink: :-| :-x :twisted: :) 8-O :( :roll: :-P :oops: :-o :mrgreen: :lol: :idea: :-D :evil: :cry: 8) :arrow: :-? :?: :!:
Comment

If your comments get caught in spam a lot please log into your registered account before trying to comment again. You can email me if your comment is caught in spam

 

Identity Verification: If you wish to verify your commenter identity, so no one can steal it, click the below button: