Obama puts his shoes up on the Resolute Desk as he speaks by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu June 8, 2009 [Official White House Photograph]
Posted on 06/11/2009 7:49:02 AM PDT by Starman417
No class! No class!
In the Middle East, it's deemed offensive to show the soles of one's shows to a person and the fact that this is an official White House photograph, not a candid press shot, was thought to be a sign of disrespect.
As Don Surber points out, the Israelis have a lot more to worry about from Obama than just this photograph. Obama appears ready to toss them under the bus as he cozies up to the crazies in Iran and elsewhere.
The bigger issue for me is Obama's attitude towards the office of President, which he shows in the Oval Office by putting his shoes up on the Resolute Desk, a certified museum piece and part of the history we share with Great Britain.
A brief history of the desk is here. In short, it was made from timbers of a British ship that Americans rescued in the Arctic and refitted as a gift to Queen Victoria. When the ship was decommissioned the desk was made and presented as a gift to the President of the United States by Queen Victoria in 1888.
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I've recently heard them referred to as TOTUS and FLATUS
Nah, just a wad of gum spat out by little Sasha.
Obama needs to go back to his barn he acts like a animal.
Saw the dog refered to as DOTUS
(not Michelle, the actual dog)
Where did you get this picture from?
Where did you get this picture from?
I did a Google image search. One is from The Economist site and the other’s from Photobucket.
OK. You won.
“I’m not defending Obama, but I’m sure worse things were put there during Clinton’s term.”
Amen. Think of the disgusting sanitation lurking in the Oval office during the SinkEmporer’s regime. :0(
I wonder where Dumbo put the pen holder that was made out of the desk’s sister slave ship, Gordon Brown gave him?
As soon as I saw Dumbo’s picture yesterday on Drudge, I knew someone would find one of Bush.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:56:46 PM · 79 of 90
Protect the Bill of Rights to Piranha
I have a serious issue with Obama in that picture. IIRC, it is the desk Bush used, JFK’s desk. It was given to President Hayes from Queen Victoria 1879.
It is a valuable desk.
It has great historical significance
It does not belong to him.
He is “borrowing” it from the American public.
I would not walk into someone’ home or office and put my feet on the furniture.
It is just one more example of how clueless this man is about the reality of life, good manners and common sense.
He has no class. He is trash.
I wouldn't put my feet up on this plastic piece of crap I'm sitting at right now, because I don't own it. They certainly shouldn't do that to a historic object like that.
The list, ping
Nah, just the Constitution.
or is that a hole in his head?
Probably.
Here is an older pic:
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