Posted on 01/08/2012 5:07:10 PM PST by ColdOne
A White House official told POLITICO Sunday that a Halloween party thrown for military families in 2009 was no secret and that there was no conspiracy to cover-up the role of two well-known Hollywood figures.
In her new book "The Obamas," Jodi Kantor reports that the White House communications staff was concerned about the optics of the Obamas hosting a star-studded 'Alice in Wonderland'-themed Halloween party in a time of economic misery. As a result, Kantor reports, they did not highlight the role that director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp played at the event. Burton helped decorate the White House for the party, while Depp attended in costume as the Mad Hatter.
"This was an event for local school children from the Washington DC area and for hundreds of military families. If we wanted this event to be a secret, we probably wouldn't have invited the press corps to cover it, release photos of it to Flickr, or post a video from it on the White House website," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a statement. "Even Johnny Depp’s fans knew about it and posted on their website. Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read in books these days."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Cover up.
No?? So when was it in the media? When? We just now find out about it?
No? How come I never heard about it before today?
And I read a gazillion news articles each day.
All I saw of their Halloween was Wookie Lady handing out candy to fat underprivileged kids.
Same here. I’m in Australia and read lots of US papers on-line and nary a peep. And yes to the Wookie lady handing out candy treats at the WH. What sort of bubble is the WH living in anyway?
If Dems say it, then it’s reported as the truth, dontcha know! The Obamas say it is no big deal and you better agree with them!
Let me guess, old news, right? Old news? Right?
Interesting. Weren’t they saying it never happened just a few hours ago?
My husband just told me that Johnny Depp left America for France because Bush was elected President!!
“”Just goes to show you can’t believe everything you read in books these days.”””
Especially the ones supposedly penned by the clown himself!!
“Wonderland” Pedophile Ring Busted:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-23042/Internet-paedophiles-jailed.html
I wonder how many worked for Obama and the Wook???
Nope ... Typical lib press Non-coverage.
I believe you are correct. Lordy, I hate these people with a passion. (God forgive me, but, I just can’t help it).
Just GOOGLE “Alice in Wonderland” and “pedophile ring”.
You will see why the White House is back-pedaling their asses off on this one!!!
Such an unfortunate theme for a party for children whose fathers are far away fighting a war! I’m sure it is just an odd coincidence that the Obamas chose a theme that is closely connected to the world’s largest pedophile network. ;)
Is this new info? I've not heard this in other reports on this story.
Yet found this on Johny Depps site
Linda said...
I was there and Johnny was dressed up as the Mad Hatter but we could not take pictures but he was really good with the little ones. Nice site by the way
Allegedly, there were two phases to the party: A public meet-and-greet for the mil families, and then after the kiddies left the “adults” went inside for a more extravagant party.
So the story is essentially true about them having a big bash
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