Remember When Other Presidents Had Respect for the Oval Office? (Photos)

hotairpundit ^ | 1/24/10 | HAP

[Talkradio03]

All of these photos are from WH Photographer Pete Souza and uploaded on the White House website, it not only shows Obama's lack of respect for the Oval Office and the White House, it shows their arrogance that they would upload them on the WH page...

[TruthHound]

Any worse that BJ Clinton putting Monica’s bare crotch on the desk?

[keats5]

I don’t know what other presidents have done, but any one in that position should be aware of how he appears to others, especially when he is being photographed.

[keats5]

Hey, don’t forget Obama’s Father’s Day party at the White house.

Photos are here:

http://skateboardermag.com/skateboarder-news-features/news/tony-hawk-skates-the-white-house/

[Verginius Rufus]

Yes, a cheap shot which I should have resisted. There are lots of things FDR can be faulted for which harmed the country, but his overcoming of his disability to the point where he could be a governor and a President was admirable. Unlike some other children of privilege he really did have to overcome hardship.

[La Lydia]

Feet on the furniture! I don’t have a problem with them eating cake in an office, but the vulgarity of the feet on the furniture. Really. Not a gentleman.

[Reddy]

I agree with the other posters that one is expected to act respectful (no feet on the furniture, playing ball) in another person’s house.

That isn’t his house, and he should treat it respectfully.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[Burma Jones]

What’s with the feet on the desk? If he can’t keep his feet on the floor, can’t Michelle buy him a footrest or something?

[glock_fan]

Get your f***ing feet off of my tax payer funded furniture you Kenyan POS!

[rockrr]

No amount of pressure washing or sand blasting is gonna clean the stench from that place. They may as well raze it and build fresh...

[Loud Mime]

BEST: I guarantee that Barry would never put his dirty shoes on a prayer rug or toss a football around a mosque.

[Madame Dufarge]

He's thumbing his nose at America again. He did this deliberately.

Did you notice Axelrod and Emanuel in this photo? They look resentful to me.

Common courtesy would prevent most people from sitting with their feet up on a desk, chair comfortably tilted back, while their guests remained standing.

[Hot Tabasco]

If I'm not mistaken, there is some historical significance in that desk he has his feet on.......ah yes, here it is:

The Resolute Desk

The President's Desk

Many presidents have used the Resolute desk in the Oval Office or the their study in the Residence. It was made from the timbers of HMS Resolute, an abandoned British ship discovered by an American vessel and returned to the Queen of England as a token of friendship and goodwill. When the ship was retired, Queen Victoria commissioned the desk from William Evenden, Royal Naval Dockyard at Chatham, England, and presented to President Rutherford Hayes in 1880.

[paulycy]

The Resolute Desk

I kinda envy the marxist usurper being in the position to put his feet up on that particular desk and knowing nobody will tell him to take them down.

[onyx]

Common courtesy would prevent most people from sitting with their feet up on a desk, chair comfortably tilted back, while their guests remained standing.

That's the truth! And you're so right. He has his feet on the desk deliberately to show his importance and his disregard for the sanctity of the Oval Office. What a POS.