Obama's press secretary decorates home with Soviet propaganda

theweek.com ^ | April 11, 2014 | Michael Brendan Dougherty

[ilovesarah2012]

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and his family are featured in a worshipful profile in this month's Washingtonian magazine.

It's the sort of adoring journalistic exercise reserved for only the most handsome of the power elite. In it you can find out details about the Carney dog (a cousin to presidential pooch Sonny!), and how much the press secretary's tie costs ($135).

But keen observers may notice the kitchen decor in the photo: Soviet propaganda posters. They really are the perfect pop of color whether you are the dour and sincere Nikita Khrushchev or the cheeky press-wrangler for a president who is constantly accused of being a socialist himself.

[JSteff]

so much “fake” in that photograph. I

The egg being thrown in the kid to catch in his griddle type fry pan and his look and reaction is that the egg is being tossed in from just behind and to the right of the photographer of the kitchen scene. Just look at how the kid is reacting to it. He did not flip the egg, he is catching the egg. Not grease or particles in the pan.

Completely and badly staged.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

What an impressive arrangement of baked goods.

Love the prop egg, too.

The Carneys. What a ridiculously fitting name for these people.

[TexasCajun]

Rush talking about his now.