Posted on 07/27/2012 1:20:58 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
Lately, there’s been a rumor swirling around about the current location of the bust of Winston Churchill. Some have claimed that President Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to the British Embassy.
Now, normally we wouldn’t address a rumor that’s so patently false, but just this morning the Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer repeated this ridiculous claim in his column. He said President Obama “started his Presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office.”
This is 100% false. The bust still in the White House. In the Residence. Outside the Treaty Room.
News outlets have debunked this claim time and again. First, back in 2010 the National Journal reported that “the Churchill bust was relocated to a prominent spot in the residence to make room for Abraham Lincoln, a figure from whom the first African-American occupant of the Oval Office might well draw inspiration in difficult times.” And just in case anyone forgot, just last year the AP reported that President Obama “replaced the Oval Office fixture with a bust of one of his American heroes, President Abraham Lincoln, and moved the Churchill bust to the White House residence.”
In case these news reports are not enough for Mr. Krauthammer and others, here’s a picture of the President showing off the Churchill bust to Prime Minister Cameron when he visited the White House residence in 2010
He lied Jim... all of the evidence proves it... this replica proves nothing. This thread is full of links to proof that obama lied. **** obama!
LLS
LOL!
Oh, I guess I was imagining things. Barack isnt so bad, hes misunderstood. Think Ill vote for him!</sarcasm>
LOL!!!! DORK.
GOOD CALL!!!
"Since my post on the fact that the bust of Winston Churchill has remained on display in the White House, despite assertions to the contrary, I have received a bunch of questions -- so let me provide some additional info. The White House has had a bust of Winston Churchill since the 1960’s. At the start of the Bush administration Prime Minister Blair lent President Bush a bust that matched the one in the White House, which was being worked on at the time and was later returned to the residence. The version lent by Prime Minister Blair was displayed by President Bush until the end of his Presidency. On January 20, 2009 -- Inauguration Day -- all of the art lent specifically for President Bush’s Oval Office was removed by the curator’s office, as is common practice at the end of every presidency. The original Churchill bust remained on display in the residence. The idea put forward by Charles Krauthammer and others that President Obama returned the Churchill bust or refused to display the bust because of antipathy towards the British is completely false and an urban legend that continues to circulate to this day."
Ah... The old "false but true" ploy again.
“Additional info”..
Tap dancing around to avoid pointing out that the “additional info” completely invalidates his earlier claims.
And with a little 'googling' one can turn up dozens of articles from 2009 which say Dan Pfieffer is a damn liar.
The British Ambassador's residence.
Liar.
I’m just surprised it wasn’t replaced by a bust of
himself.
My thoughts exactly. Maybe 2 asses and one bust.
To admit that President Obama is not wrong 100% of the time, especially on issues of secondary importance, is not the same as agreeing with the destructive things he’s done in matters of vital effect.
That was crude and unacceptable.
That bottom photo is truly a BUST on so many levels.
(I guess I could say the bust photo is really the BOTTOM on so many levels too...lol..)
It wouldn’t surprise me to find that a bust of Jomo Kenyatta resides in the Oval Office.
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