Posted on 09/01/2010 8:18:41 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Chicago style comes to the White House- who's the designer anyway... Al Bundy?
Odd and informal -with suburban den furniture- you have to wonder just what the end game is here: plus the timing is awful, already 18mos into his office and in the depths of a hideous recession. While most of the country is just thinking of just how fast we can get rid of Obama, he and his charmless gimme-gimmer-gimme wife are still scarfing lobster like they're going for a Guiness World Record... and indulging themselves in a needless Oval Office makeover, of course all on our tab.
With 80s-inspired casual tan corduroy sofas, odd modern lamps, and a bizarre tile-covered coffee table that wouldn't make the cut at Target replacing a traditional wood colonial one, the office appears far less formal than one would find in the office of president in any nation... let alone The United States of America.
Melissa Clouthier asks at Liberty Pundits: Is there a method to this hideous madness? Was this a willful exercise to bring down the majesty and intimidation of the room? Is this a way to make America look more base and of the common man? Did President Obama want to make sure the SEIU thugs who hang there felt comfortable? I’m wondering if they’re actually recliners with flip-out arm rests that have hidden drink holders.
Or, does President Obama truly have vile taste? I mean, Michelle has access to the most prominent and successful fashion designers and either doesn’t have a stylist help her or else, has sycophants telling her that she looks good no matter. Perhaps it’s the same with the office design.
And as she points-out, the Obamas should know better than to offend the Left's fashion sensibilities (!)... but even NPR hates it: My first reaction to the new couches, for instance, was that they looked somewhat less substantial and upscale than one might expect in the Oval Office. (I'm not a big fan of the striped wall paper, either.)
Some others who I informally polled in the NPR newsroom thought the look of the couches, in combination with the coffee table, suggested a college dorm common area, circa 1975.
And this was not the harshest thing said. Someone said the furniture had a second-hand look and that maybe the president should advertise it as part of the new White House's new frugality. The Daily Mail (UK) notes the removal of Winston Churchill's bust in bronze as well, as Obama tosses another shovelful of dirt on the grave of The Special Relationship. The bust is -unsurprisingly- being replaced with one of Martin Luther King:
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Given his lack of respect for us, it stands to reason that we lack respect for him.
Don’t tell me that I must respect the office and, likewise, he who sits in it.
Zer0 can kiss it.
Amen, TexPat
I’ve bout had my fill, too...
Lol. Is that bronze bust MLK or Eddie Murphy?
Excellent insight, but they stored much of the Bush furniture instead of re using it... hmmm
Looks more like Chris Tucker to me
Bed bugs invade Time Warner Center, CNN offices
Clinton brought shame to the Oval Office. Obama brings lawlessness, plundering, & destruction to the nation.
The White house will require a fumigation on January 20, 2013 before the next occupant moves in.
Michelle has access to the most prominent and successful fashion designers.
LOL ribs hurting.
It needs a neon Colt 45 malt liquor sign.
Thhis America/white hating POS has desecrated an historic place.
When we kick his muzzie a$$ out, they should restore everything EXACTLY as it was before.
I knew it was missing something, lol
Don’t forget to delouse the place first.
Sure is a lot of brown in that office.
The President has no respect for America,so it figures he would have no respect for the office he holds and the perks and trappings that come with it.
When does the military “intervention” program begin?
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