“This party atmosphere sends the wrong message”
The Obama cocktail party-and-conga line bonanza is coming under scrutiny:
An organization that serves as a watchdog on the U.S. government for American taxpayers has launched a campaign to uncover exactly how much tax money is being spent on parties at the Obama White House.
The president has shown a penchant for lavish galas, such as the huge assembly orchestrated in Denver when he accepted his party’s nomination for president – an outdoor gathering for some 75,000 featuring a stage with Greek columns. He also held a multimillion-dollar victory celebration in Chicago, and his fancy inauguration cost an estimated $170 million, according to ABC News.
Now, Larry Klayman, founder of Freedom Watch, told WND today he’s seeking information about the partying in the White House since the Obamas moved in…
…Klayman said the reports of the partying at the White House, “with the likes of Steve Wonder and other high priced entertainment stars,” will be the focus of document requests being submitted to the General Services Administration. The requests will seek to determine how much taxpayer money is being used.
“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,” Klayman’s announcement said.
“This party atmosphere sends the wrong message to the American people. As the Obama-Clinton crowd party on, the American people are suffering greatly,” Klayman said.
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” I WON ! ”
To paraprase Leona helmsly;
“Cube steak is for the little people “
I’m amazingly under-whelmed by this article we know this is how he operates.
Fiddling while Rome is burning.
Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch, is a lifelong gadfly and perpetual nuisance to whoever is in office. He’s a shallow, fickle, publicity-seeking, ineffective fool who still manages to drive politicians crazy.
Go Larry Go!
The Great Gatsby Party’s to welcome in The Great Depression II.
Seems about right.
Question: After all the partying, is the Chicago Thug sober enough to take that 3AM call??
He’ll be OK if the teleprompter is working.
According to the articles I’ve read, he doesn’t drink at these parties at all. Therefore, applying the high standards of journalism displayed during his campaign to this, I would have to say NO. When that 3 AM call comes in, he’ll be passed out dead to the world.
There’s only one conclusion that one comes to from this:
Freedom Watch= racists.
(sarc tag if needed)
Ya think?
Well, it’s coming under scrutiny by a notably conservative organization which was formed to counter MoveOn.org and which is staffed by a number of Republicans and former Bush Administration supporters.
Not that this matters, but the omission of this sort of information gives the false impression that this is some sort of non-partisan, unbiased investigation, which it certainly is not. It is precisely as relevant as any “investigation” launched and heavily promoted by MoveOn.org seeking to belittle or undermine Conservative positions – which is to say, not at all.
It’s this sort of shoddy reporting – which you yourself so frequently excoriate when it is published by your opponents – that validates claims of a lack of professionalism and journalistic credentials so often leveled against the Right side of the blogosphere.
Lowering yourself to the level of your opposition’s tactics – and below – is not a winning strategy. You need to be better than them – not worse.
Reports like this one are modern-day examples of yellow journalism, every bit as much as the lopsided reporting and analysis conducted by the New York Times and other large media outlets. It’s just as wrong.
“And whatever you do, be sure not to spill your Chardonnay on the TelePrompter equipment!”
Who cares about the stock market, but have you priced arugula lately? How can one really entertain well these days?
At some point, I’d be bored with all of the partying, and I know it wouldn’t take long. At least W got to bed early, while Clinton was always late to whatever he had to do. I think it comes down to a level of maturity the Obama’s don’t appear to have.
I thought Democrats were the party that “felt our pain?”
Is he or is he not having these parties everynight? Is he or is he not having expensive steak? Is he or is he not taking plane trips ($60k per hour) for frivilous visits? Is he or is he not keeping the white house at 80 degrees (WOW)so he can feel like he is in Hawaii (while telling the rest of us to turn ours down)? Is he or is he not dining out at expensive restaurants?
Not a winning stradegy? Who said anything about stradegy?
Facts are facts. Give me a Break!!!!
“Let them eat Cake!!!”
(and i am sure Michelle is sooo affected about what the left wing blogs say about her…come on!!!)
Why the parties? Because then the Obama’s don’t have to pay for the food and booze at the White House themselves and can stick it to the taxpayers instead. Interesting that fact was not mentioned.
If it means kicking the ass of liberal swine, we conservatives better get in the mud with them, it’s the only way you eviscerate them on the spot. This high road meme is used by the left only when they are on the receiving end of truth.
The interesting part of this story is less that there are parties going on at the White House, but rather
WHO is being paid for these parties?
and WHO is paying for these parties!!!
Makes you wonder how big of an earmark is in the spendulus bills for the Obama Party machine.
Our invitations must have been lost in the mail.
Pretty much to expect from the high priest of the religion of perpetual childishness and immaturity: socialism.
WE ARE SO SCREWED!!!!
Oh, and, by the way, I went out and bought myself a few pounds of Wagyu beef, the price of which I will be deducting from my tax remittance. If Ogabe can have it at taxpayer expense, surely the most ethical president ever would see the rationale between us lowly peons having it at taxpayer expense as well; to deny it would be the hypocrisy to decried by the left for so many years. Surely he doesn’t want to “let us eat cake”.
By the way, the beef was good: I had it really well done, with lots of A1 sauce.
“to decried” = “so decried”. Sorry, too much Chateau d’Cardboard with my Wagyu.
I swear..I feel like he is doing this on purpose to screw the American people…and I think this way because of the church he belonged to for 20 yrs and his deep down dislike of Americans
While Obama dines on Steak Michelle feeds the poor “Mushroom Risotto” and “Glory Muffins”
From Official White House blog.
And Michelle Obama tells America
To believe otherwise would be to believe he’s really, really stupid. There’s some evidence of that (ie. profit/earnings ratios), but insufficient. Your hypothesis can’t be disproved.
Is any intelligent person here the least bit surprised? Like maine yankee said “cube steak is for the little people”.
And I don’t see any problem with Mr. Klayman trying to get this information. It was fine when the libs were diggin’ like rats for every bit of info on the Bush Administration, but now it is just dirty politics, huh?
You fight with everything you have!
Now that the liberals are in charge, America is the world’s laughing stock. Secretary of State Clinton gave the Russian SoS equivalent a gift that was supposed to be funny, but just made her look like the goofy moron she really is. PBHO gave Great Britain’s Prime Minister a gift that made him look like the cheapskate goofball a$$hat that he really is. The dikhead could have at least given him a years worth of wagyu steak delivery, or whatever the Chicago loser eats that makes him feel so superior. I like how for 8 years we had to hear from the moronic liberals about how ashamed they were to be Americans, they are proud now? I am so embarrassed, this is pitiful. The whiney children are running things and they look so pitifully like unclassed freshmen. Disgusting. Next month should be about the time our unexperienced CinC will have to deal with a terrorist attack. I pray for this country, cause I don’t think things are going to be very rosy for sometime.
The Left won and is in control. “Rock and roll all night, and party every day”. When the WH gets too much of a bore, visit some country and start the celebration again.
Chapoutier just broke out in hives and is breathing into a paper bag. By the way, did you wash it down with a nice cold Budweiser? I think that would finish it for Chap, he’s in a swoon.
Didn’t anyone ever hear of the saying, “To the victor go the spoils?” No surprises here, just politics as usual.
None of this surprises me.
It is their intent that America has two classes, the ruling elites and the peasants who work to support them.
This doesn’t surprise me at all.Liberals have always been this way.They are the biggest hypocrites.It’s like Timothy Geithner telling us how he’s going to sick the law on people that don’t pay their taxes.They have one set of standards for us to live by, turn down the heater,don’t eat as much and drive clown cars and they can have a fleet of SUV’s idling like Al Gore recently did,give parties every night,close down Washington and hold up a basketball game so they can attend.Like someone else said it’s the let them eat cake mindset.I didn’t hear them complain about carbon emissions when all their Hollywood elite buddies flew to his inauguration in their private jets,but he’s going to tax us to death with cap and trade to where we have to live like Fred Flinstone.Yes they are really just the average joes,I think not.
How about the saying “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”? You’re right. No surprises here.
Oh, give me a break. Like any DEMOCRAT would investigate Obama! Duh. It is obvious that only someone other then the drooling Obama worshipers would actually check to see how much he is screwing the taxpayers. It wasn’t mentioned because it goes without saying!
Pabst. And a White Owl cigar.
No wonder he wants to hike taxes, someone needs to pay for his highfalutin lifestyle!
What is so revealing about this, and we have been seeing it from many angles, is the complete contempt of the man for the nation, the people, and the office. He really does fit into the style of the typical afro-fascist dictator. He not only is indifferent to the collapsing economy — he relishes it. Just one more excuse to grab power, yes, but much more than that. He wants civil disturbances. Mass unemployment and bankruptcies send tingles somewhere within him. This is a whole different kind of beast from what we have been used to in American politics. Eventually, the bulk of the American people will turn against him, but I think it will be rather too late when they do. I’ve stated that I highly doubt there will be elections in 2012. Now I am beginning to suspect elections in 2010 are equally unlikely.
Welcome to the New USA, a geographical location with zip codes (h/t to Mark Steyn). The rest will soon be gone.
It’s okay. We can always eat mushroom risotto at the homeless shelter while we take a picture of Michelle Obama with our fancy schmancy cell phone!
Good choice, I see you have very discerning tastes, right Chap?
(half)white trash with money. Ours.
Glad someone has the gumption to call them on this:
Probably nothing will happen. This is typical of neo-liberals. Party on OPM Other People’s Money. Contribute to causes on OPM, do whatever with OPM.
The Obama crowd has championed “transperancy” in government after eight years of
Cheany-Haliburton, ooops sorry, Booooooosh.So I am sure they will not mind being investigated.
/sarc
It’s all unraveling for The One. Deities usually last longer than a month. Drudge is reporting that tomorrow’s NYT is going to report more “restatements” of what his cabinet members have said. The most important one is the “America is a nation of cowards on race” comment by his AG.
He will also be urging Americans not to stuff cash in mattresses
These are all indications that the Obama administration is rapidly losing its confidence.
That’s what happens when rhetoric doesn’t square with actions. Cognitive dissonance. An arrogant president who won’t lead by example while condescending to the rest of us to do…. what exactly? Suffer and stop whining? Yeah, that’ll work.
This has got to be another vast right-wing conspiracy! The peons are just jealous and certainly unworthy of attending anything as glorious as dining with the obamessiah and the lovely “toned arms” michelle. It’s a cinche they aren’t paying the bill for such lavish affairs.
We see how they represent the country in entertaining foreign leaders, especially our strongest allies. Cheezy plastic helicopters, DVD sets and not even a big state dinner in their honor. They’re so tacky and rude; for the 1st time, or is it the, how days in office is it, I’m ashamed of the leader of my country.
Maybe the public honeymoon is starting to wane. Rasmussen has Barry down to 56% approval, with soaring negatives.
Look it is the wrong tact to disparage the poor because they are poor because of the lack of leadership in Washington. This is a poverty being driven by socalist elitists in Washington who know more about creating poverty to enhance their power then ending poverty.
The right tact for the Right is to assert that the American Dream isnt achieve standing in government lines or waiting in food kitchens for our political leaders to feed us. The American dream comes from each of us striving to acheive our own goals through self empowerment.
That is the contrast of messages that we need to emphasis. That Obama only knows how to MAKE poverty and that COnservatives know how to show people how to ESCAPE poverty.
Don’t worry, I’m sure USAToday, NBC, Gallup will fabricate some new polls anytime now…
People who are concerned enough to read about investigations are those who are under no false illusion as to who are sponsoring or conducting the audits. Rational, thinking persons understand that 1) Republicans won’t investigate anyone in their party accused of extravagant partying, and 2) Democrats don’t investigate Democrats, because they feel they are above reproach.
Anyone who believes initiated investigations are non-partisan, regardless of what is said or inferred, is living in a fantasy world. Politics is always partisan.
The differences are that one side is opened minded, seeks the truth to come to a conclusion. The other side starts with a conclusion, then tries to slant facts, or fabricate “truths” to fit their predetermined conclusion. They are not interested in the truth, only the outcome.
The similarities are that both parties don’t start investigations unless they think they can gain politically by exposure.
Nothing but the best for me. I’m pretty proud to say I’m the only one in my neighborhood with a double-wide. Clean wife-beater every Saturday night after my bath, too.
But my wife’s really the one with good taste. You should see her with her new rhinestone, cat-eye glasses. They look great now that she’s got her hair all big and pretty — she almost has to duck her head to get into the crew-cab. It was funny, though, the other day at Wal-Mart, when she got out of the truck, her hair was caught in the pump of the 12-Gauge. She flailed her arms around and burned a hole in her tights with her cigarette. Right on Elvis’ left eye!
This excessive partying is also the equivalent of the over-the-top end zone/scoring celebrations in sports. I believe it was the great Paul Brown who said “when you get to the endzone, act like you have been there before”.
Sage advice, don’t you think?
Thank you. I thought I was the only one who saw such displays (referring to both the end-zone and the White House) as puerile and self-indulgent.
The ultimate in cool that I saw was years ago, in the Grey Cup (Canadian football championship). One team (can’t remember who it was: too long ago) was behind by two in the dying seconds of the 4th quarter. Time to call in the field-goal guy. Snap. Kick. The kicker was turned around and had begun walking off the field before the ball had even reached the posts. Straight through the middle for game & championship. As I recall, his only expression was a little smile.
Frankly, a little smile is probably just about appropriate for that situation. Like finding a dollar on the sidewalk.
I don’t understand what the problem is, Obama is just showing off his new home to his friends and co-workers. So what if he’s doing it with your money, it’s his money now.
Fine wine, the most expensive meals prepared by the top chiefs in the country, limousines, these are all just benifits he’s earned for being the massiah.
Leave him alone and let him enjoy the fruits of your labors. You’re all racists! what ‘chew trippin foh, foo?
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A conservative and a liberal were walking down a sidewalk in the poor part of town. A destitute and starving homeless person was lying there asking for help.
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The conservative said, “You poor man!” He took a five dollar bill from his wallet and gave it to the man and told him to get something to eat.
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The liberal told the conservative, “That was a fine thing to do!” Then the liberal took the conservative’s wallet and took out another five dollar bill and gave it to the homeless man and told him to get a bottle of wine to go with dinner!
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Conservatives use their own money to buy stuff. Liberals use other people’s money to buy stuff for themselves and others.
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Nothing new with the parties at the White House–the (soon to be impoverished) American Taxpayers always pay for our political master’s parties. And now we will have to pay for everyone else’s parties also.
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John Bibb
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Heh. Good one, eh?
That was in the days before the CFL became the NFL’s (outed) steroid-junkie dumping ground; probably still in the days when the players had to have day-jobs.
One of my sons had a friend who lost both parents years ago. The boy was left with a huge sum of money. He started spending wildly, foolishly, giving huge sums away, partying constantly, buying anything he wanted, inviting his friends to go on lavish vacations and paying for everything. Sadly, today, every cent is gone and he is destitute. Our presidents wild, unbelievable actions sound just like this young, immature boy. Obama depends on everyone around him to take care of the nation’s business while he goes gallavanting around the world doing what he does best, looking pretty and giving emotional speeches. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a clue how to be a leader.
And none of his speeches really makes any sense, either.
But who cares, he’s “The One!”
Wow, I bet they look great with the new blue eyeshadow. You are one lucky guy, Chris Buckley must be burning with jealousy.
This is turning into the biggest production of “MacBeth” that has ever been performed in history.
Making the parallels to Germany circa 1932 is one thing, but they have gone farther and waltzed right into a Shakespearean Tragedy, complete with MichelleO os Lady MacBeth and Wright, Pflager and Ayers as the Stigean Witches.
Ordinarily I wouldn’t give a flip about how many parties they hosted, but in light of their self-righteous lectures about the need to “sacrifice”, I say go for it.
That being said, I don’t care if corporations, with or without TARP funds, use corporate jets or entertain clients. The alternative, whereby taxpayer funded government fat cats micromanage corporate fat cats is far worse in my estimation.
Time for another Photoshopization.
LouisIV snuff box included.
Count De Money.
Nightly drunkin’ orgies in the White House, eh?
My collie says:
Heh!
LET THEM EAT CAKE!
Surely Bush parties were tasteful and not extravagant. Oh wait, I just read that just before they left office, the Bush group ordered $100,000 worth of dishes.
Can’t do good community organizing without parties. Got to reward all the main supporters. What is missing is leadership. If BHO had any, he wouldn’t be wasting his time planning parties and snubbing world leaders like Brown. The rest of the world wanted us to elect this idiot and now they can reap the rewards of an economy in their own countries being worse than ours. Bush is going to look better and better the longer BHO is in the White House. Infact, anyone will look better as POTUS than BHO.
A bucket ‘o’ chicken and a box ‘o’ wine is not that expensive. The cocaine and weed is what takes the big money.
Maybe. But I still want to see the results. Tell me you don’t.
http://cinie.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/why-is-obama-partying/
lgm, ol buddy! Great to see you. And thanks again for reminding us that The One is JUST LIKE BUSH. Can you say…Change?
lgm/#69
Umm…Obama’s parties have probably exceeded $100K just in the first month.
Just last night we watched “Trading Places” with Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd. Remember the scene where Eddie has a party at “his house” and ends up throwing everyone out because they disrespected the premises?
Welcome to Michelle “fist bump” Obama’s White House.
It’s more like Daddy Daycare with preschoolers romping all over the White House…
Obie = white trash
(check his birth cert, he’s not black)
Thanks, thats interesting. So Laura Bush ordered the china for Obama’s parties? Nice lady.
After 8 years of hosting parties for visiting leaders, china wears out. Plates get chipped and pieces get broken. Constant washing wears off gold or silver rims and dulls the design. China is not made for every day use. That’s why we keep hearing about china purchases.
BlameAmericaLast, Ha! That’s what I was thinking and hoping.
swede, the article said it took a long time to settle on the design. However, I am glad that Laura is the one who picked out the new stuff.
rambler, you’re right. That’s one thing that Nancy Reagan pointed out. I believe she said the china was in terrible shape.
Of course, if Obama skips on formal state dinners considering the way he stiffed Brown, this china may last a while.
The article said this about the new china:
Left wing elitists will always party and celebrate when they get their way. It’s their duty to mock and ridicule the cowardly sissy citizens that allow them to continue their overt destruction of America while willingly paying the bill. The parties and the tyranny won’t stop until they become afraid. Right now the only one in all of America they are afraid of is Rush Limbaugh.
Get off your sorry whining a$$es and let’s depose this evil regime now before it’s too late!
Carole – You so bad….
Somehow I doubt their having their Wagyu beef and wine with paper plates and dixie cups.
That’s Monet!!
1. You’re finally right about something. Have a cigar. (I suggest not buying one from a Democrat – you don’t know where they’ve been)
2. Just replacing with Slick Willy and Hateful Hillary stole when they left.
Once again, the usual Liberal apologists appear so they can rationalize as well as justify their false god and his distruction of this nation, it’s standing with it’s allies as well as the destruction of the Office that he holds.
16 years ago we were made to hear of the Sophomoric antics of the Clinton White House and how the staff was acting like a bunch of drunken frat boys and sorority girls. Along came the Bush Administration where such antics were not only discouraged, but the President himself kept all functions to the bare minimum so much so that the media was pissed that they did not get to go to very many, as well as the well documented fact that he hated staying up late and retired every evening as early as 1900 hours.
But along comes Thane and Lady MacBeth, who had been told by three witches that he would destroy their reigning leader and rule from on high.
He brought his Thug Thizzle along with him and thus they party like the rock stars they imagine themselves to be and that the witches told them they were. They laugh at the little people all the while patronizing them.
Our staunchest allies become insulted in ways that could only happen if high schoolers from a continuation school were handling the Protocol Office, and these supposed “intelligent, Smart and Sophisticated” leaders, the Secretary of State included, come across as the biggest laughing stocks the world has ever seen as the leaders of Europe, Asia and elsewhere declare that it is AMatuer Hour in America.
Anyone who could POSSIBLY justify what this imbicilic buffoon is doing only shows that they themselves are no more intelligent or mature then that ones they are defending.
And this in less than two months. There is still more than 45 months left. The thought at what else will happen to this country and yes, even the world in given all that time truly makes me fear for civilization as a whole. The Pimp is in da house and he is keepin his Pimp Hand strong. If you can’t hang, you just be a hater.
Well call me a hater. I couldn’t despise what they are doing and have done to my country any more but I fear they will go out of their way to make sure I do.
Barack Hussein Obama is a long-legged MackAccording to this race-baiting Rev. he is “…bringing out the whore…” as appointed by God. So these parties ain’t nuthhin but a Mack-Daddy party and a Mack-Daddy party don’t stop!
I do hope that Larry Klayman, founder of Freedom Watch, has an account to double check his tax forms. Controlling people such as Larry Klayman is a major function of the IRS, FBI, DEA, FTC and the rest of the alphabet of the federal government. If those people can not shut you up they send in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and all of a sudden two rifles and a shot gun become a “Terrorist Arsenal”. If they just want to hurt you you get 10 years in prison on a phony weapons violation–or else they just kill you and say that baby in her arms looked like a Scoped Rifle.
We call it the Weaver Effect. Look in Rahm Emmanuel’s face- I bet he is just itching to smoke some Hicks, S picks and N…. standing in his way.
And hands off my Monet RetFireman- get your own. Pass the Wagyu beef, what ever that is.
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Keep the change-I’ll keep my guns
swede,
Ouch, I hadn’t thought about that. Maybe the WH staff will keep the new items reserved.
Fixed that for ya.
Did something wrong, that came out weird.
Than again they are from Chicago–Chinet paper plates ARE their fine china. Dixie cups would be a step up for their version of Fine Wine.
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Keep the change-I’ll keep my guns
Arizona- I thought it was more along the lines of MD 2020.
http://www.bumwine.com/md2020.html
raaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllffffffff!
On March 7th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, lgm said:
So is that why unemployment is the highest it’s been in 26 years, or is it that “Team Obama” just don’t know what they are doing?
At some point team Obama and their ineptness are going to be too much for even the media to continue to provide cover for.
At that point we may have to impeach this wonder team of children and install adults into the positions of power.
Obama and his economic follies are unteneable for any extended period of time.
The Executuive Branch is starting to look like Detroit’s municipal government on a national scale.
Because he has always been protected, I doubt Obama will be very skilled in damage control. Also, because of his arrogance he will likely over extend and over indulge and over demogauge until he is beyond recovery by the MSM.
Reminds me of the party seen in Trading Places when Eddie Murphy says, “Hey, who’s been putting out their Kools on my floor?”