Hanukkah Tree & Santa's Kippah to Grace the White House
Was the dinner good? Mine sure was. Yum! Despite my strict diet I still found some things to enjoy and of course my children made me laugh a lot.
But I gotta hand it to Dubya... trying so very hard to go out on a good note, but his White House just couldn't make it. They had to do one incredibly stupid thing for the holidays.
Thanks Chimpy... for the laughs. The last 8 years have been horrible and the next 4 ain't looking too great either. But I guess pardoning all the drug-related criminals should have been expected. (I lived through the 70s too, dude)
Laura, put down the Celexa. The nightmare's almost over. "Slipped through the cracks?" or is George back on the pipe? Oh well, next year I'll have to go by a burka to attend, right?
Just incredible. BWWWAAAHHHHHH HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA
By LUKAS I. ALPERT
Merry Hanukkah from the White House!
The president and the first lady invited leaders of America's Jewish community for a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month - but raised more than a few eyebrows by putting a picture of a Christmas tree on the invitation.
The message reads that the couple "requests the pleasure of your company at a Hanukkah reception," written beneath an image of a Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
And, no, it is not a Hanukkah bush. A close look at the wagon reveals the message "White House Christmas Tree 2008."
In the background, the White House windows are festooned with Christmas wreaths.
The incongruity of the message did not go unnoticed.
"Mrs. Bush is apologetic," she said. "It is something that just slipped through the cracks."
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But I gotta hand it to Dubya... trying so very hard to go out on a good note, but his White House just couldn't make it. They had to do one incredibly stupid thing for the holidays.
Thanks Chimpy... for the laughs. The last 8 years have been horrible and the next 4 ain't looking too great either. But I guess pardoning all the drug-related criminals should have been expected. (I lived through the 70s too, dude)
Laura, put down the Celexa. The nightmare's almost over. "Slipped through the cracks?" or is George back on the pipe? Oh well, next year I'll have to go by a burka to attend, right?
Just incredible. BWWWAAAHHHHHH HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA
By LUKAS I. ALPERT
Merry Hanukkah from the White House!
The president and the first lady invited leaders of America's Jewish community for a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month - but raised more than a few eyebrows by putting a picture of a Christmas tree on the invitation.
The message reads that the couple "requests the pleasure of your company at a Hanukkah reception," written beneath an image of a Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
And, no, it is not a Hanukkah bush. A close look at the wagon reveals the message "White House Christmas Tree 2008."
In the background, the White House windows are festooned with Christmas wreaths.
The incongruity of the message did not go unnoticed.
"It's absolutely bizarre to receive an invite to the White House for Hanukkah in a Christmas format," said one person who was invited. "They should have consulted with their chief of protocol before sending this out. This belongs right in the 'Weird But True' column."Jewish community leader Isaac Abraham of Brooklyn had a simpler explanation.
"It's obvious what's going on here: The Christmas tree is being taken out of the White House and the menorah is being brought in the back," he quipped.When reached for comment, Laura Bush's spokeswoman, Sally McDonough, said the White House usually prints separate cards, but in the waning days of the presidency, there had been an oversight.
"Mrs. Bush is apologetic," she said. "It is something that just slipped through the cracks."
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