White House: Hey, we never really removed that bust of Churchill

Hot Air.com ^ | July 27, 2012 | ALLAHPUNDIT

[Sacajaweau]

Busted....The Tale of Two Busts !!

[FatherofFive]

So they did give it back. Pfeiffer’s simply lying.

They don't know how to tell the truth.

[Diogenesis]

Very good post, Kaslin.

"Bust of Churchill Returned by Obama
"After the September 11th attacks our British allies loaned President George Bush
a bust of one of the greatest Britons the world has ever known, Sir Winston Churchill.
It was a gesture to show their support for the United States in one of its darkest hours.
The bust sat prominently in the Oval Office for the balance of President Bush’s tenure there,
and once President Obama took office, the British offered him the opportunity to keep it for the length of his term.
His response was cold and most likely sent tremors through the British diplomatic community."
....
"Diplomatically this is a faux pax that only an unseasoned politician could make.
The British have stood by our side as strong allies for decades and we need to maintain that relationship,
especially in a world that is becoming increasingly dangerous (See Is Nuclear Weakness on the Horizon)
If he did not want to look at it in the oval office he could have displayed it elsewhere in the White House
and not slapped the British in the face in such a blatant disregard of political etiquette."

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" I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
Winston Churchill

[mkjessup]

To paraphrase the great man Sir Winston Churchill,

"An empty limousine pulled up in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Barack 0bama got out".

[tumblindice]

Once again, we—the Great Unwashed Public—are just too damned stupid to understand what actually happened or what he really said or did or meant to do/say ....

http://freedomkeys.com/gore.htm

Smartest Kid In The Class, 1992

During a tour of the museum at Monticello, just before the 1992 inauguration, with news reporters present, Al Gore, pointing to the busts of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, asked, “Who are these people????” (New York Times, January 17, 1993)

[tflabo]

OblahMao is a ‘bust’ of a presidency.

[Kaslin]

Liberals always lie. It comes natural to them

[PLD]

The Idiot and Chief’s lies are finally catching up with him..

[TigersEye]

It sounds like the WH lied when the truth would have been better.

Amateur Hour!

[TomGuy]

Anyone willing/able to explain to me why, exactly, he wants to argue with Romney about this?

Simple. It is a diversion. It takes focus off of the economy and joblessness. Being such a silly argument, too, it might taint Romney in some way, like being childish or some such.

Look for more diversionary tactics as November approaches. Most recent is the supposed insult he made in London. The newsies are talking about that 'insult' but none of them seem to have the audio of the actual 'insult'. No matter. If people/newsies are talking about the 'insult', they are not talking about the awful 1.5% economic growth for the last quarter.

[upchuck]

Thanks for posting this. And thanks for maintaining the original formatting. Wish more FReepers would do this. Reading a plain text post can get very confusing when the original article, like this one, used indention to set off quotes.

[Kaslin]

You’re welcome

[Kaslin]

You’re welcome

[Kaslin]

You’re welcome.

[Helotes]

It sounds like the WH lied when the truth would have been better.
Amateur Hour!

Not exactly, the bust in the Oval Office was set to go back at the end of the Bush term and the English offered to extend the loan so it would stay in the Oval Office and Obama declined. The British press reported at the time that the bust was returned per Obama’s wishes and that is true as he declined to keep it in the Oval Office.

The essence of the story is true. Obama does have a thing about Britain which is born out by several other corroborating actions taken by Obama.

[Hotlanta Mike]

[Izzy Dunne]

The Tale of Two Busts

Can we give this one to the British, as well?

[fhayek]

Obama or Bust!

[bgill]

This administration is a bust.