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- freedomjoe, on 03/30/2009, -35/+418Class act all of the way! Thank you, President Obama. I can't understand why Laura Bush was spending our tax dollars to buy 74k worth of china just before she left the WH in the middle of a recession...esp when they have so much money of their own..but I'm glad we don't have to deal with that attitude of entitlement anymore.
- MediaWeasel, on 03/30/2009, -21/+306I like it. I'm going to wave this story under the noses of several dozen politicians here in the UK.
Let's see the Freepers mangle this one :-) - AgeofMastery, on 03/30/2009, -29/+280Now that's putting their money where their mouth is.
He wasn't my choice in the primaries, but my respect for the president grows daily. - booksnmore4you, on 03/30/2009, -31/+266Why does Obama so hate the American taxpayer?
/s - wtrwlkr, on 03/30/2009, -17/+152Barak Hussen NObama is rene...rena...fixin up the white house and turning it into the black house! I imagine thar gunna put a watermelon patch right thar in the south lawn! I even heer thar gunna turn the ovel offuce into one of them masks so they can pray to meca five times a day. thar even gunna put one of them big ol towers thar and play that jihad music so he can turn us gawd feerin americunns into muslums! Oh and show us yer berth certificute!
/freeper - joeditto, on 03/30/2009, -29/+151I can see it all now.......
The nutters will say, Obama is deceiving the public...he stole the money from Treasury...or robbed a Bank, Jewelry store, hijacked some automobiles from GM,took bribes from ACORN, Tony Rezco, Wm. Ayers & Sean Hannity so he could decorate the White House.... FoxNews will confirm the accusations and fire Hannity - McWhiskey, on 03/30/2009, -4/+98or perhaps unpresidented?
- novenator, on 03/30/2009, -9/+103The smallest federal government in the last 2 generations was under Jimmy Carter, and look what the conservatives did to his reputation (and undeservedly so I might add). Of course the lavish spending of Nancy Reagan during the Reagan Recession was quietly hushed up after the story broke.
"Nancy drew controversy by announcing the purchase of 4,370 pieces of scarlet, cream and gold state china service for the White House at a cost of $210,399.[63] Although the china was paid for by private donations, some from the private Knapp Foundation, the purchase raised eyebrows, for it was ordered at a time when the nation was undergoing an economic recession" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan#Renovati ... - Firstdaughter, on 03/30/2009, -22/+1093...2...1 until some racist ***** comes in here and tries to make a joke about the decor for the renovations.
I don't think I've ever heard of a president paying for his own renovations before. Does anyone know if this is unprecedented? - inactive, on 03/30/2009, -4/+89ALL PRESIDENTS DO IT, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE PAID FOR IT!
- jleopold, on 03/30/2009, -14/+90Now this is a GREAT news story. I hope this is picked up and reported widely.
- freedomjoe, on 03/30/2009, -9/+81you can bet on it. they'll be here screaming - even though self-reliance and taking responsibility are supposed to be their "values". Of course, they really stand for entitlement and greed.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -8/+79I read the Obama's also buy their own groceries!
- redlantern64, on 03/30/2009, -7/+69You, your kids, and grandkids are ALREADY in crazy debt, and have been for decades. Were you complaining this loudly about it during the last administration's spending frenzy? Or were you complementing the Clinton Administration for actually paying down that debt?
My guess is probably not. You strike me as the type never to criticize anyone from the right and never credit anyone from the left. - inactive, on 03/30/2009, -11/+72I'm here guys. OBAMA IS JUST SPENDING HIS NAZI BULLION THAT HE BORROWED FROM HITLER'S MUSLIM COUSINS THAT LIVE IN COMMUNIST KENYA!!! HE IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD, KILL ALL CHRISTIANS, AND ENSLAVE ALL GUN OWNERS IN HIS SECRET FLOATING FORTRESSES!!!
- JenniferInMO, on 03/30/2009, -7/+65So, CuteCathy you can't say one nice thing? One little positive about our President or do you just puke up the negative garbage you hear on the radio without regard for the subject matter.
- paintgrl, on 03/30/2009, -18/+74This is why I think of Obama as a Statesman instead of a politician, he walks the walk. How many presidents have actually lived their own political views? Not many I think.
- novenator, on 03/30/2009, -9/+61Good for him, let's see if this get swept under the rug by the MSM.
- HopeForTomorrow, on 03/30/2009, -5/+51I just started digging you down because I figured your comment would the cookie cutter "NOBAMA" post accusing Obama of being unamerican, but then I saw the /freeper
- JenniferInMO, on 03/30/2009, -14/+59He is setting a good example here. Perhaps Wall Street will realize that millions in office renovations right now isn't such a hot idea.
- taokr, on 03/30/2009, -8/+53Good thinking, that should increase its resale value.
- Zycoolaman, on 03/30/2009, -5/+49Hahaha Nancy Drew
- glenj, on 03/30/2009, -10/+53Give the guy some credit - geez!
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -10/+53Sounds good to me.
- novenator, on 03/30/2009, -3/+43Agreed, I honestly thought the nation was too racist to elect a half-black man, and too sexist to elect a woman (which is still may be). I threw my support behind John Edwards, who I still believe to be a good man who speaks from the heart and has the interests of common folks like us in mind. Obama won me over after 'Super-Tuesday' and has continued to impress me since, except for a few hiccups here and there.
- MediaWeasel, on 03/30/2009, -6/+45"FoxNews will confirm the accusations and fire Hannity"
At least something good will come out of the Freepers screaming like banshees :-) - Coven, on 03/30/2009, -7/+46Yet if it was revealed that he was spending taxpayer funds to redecorate the White House, you most definitely would be worrying about the drapes. You'd be squealing like a stuck pig about it.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -2/+41He took our jerbs!
- ThsGuyRightHere, on 03/30/2009, -6/+44And apparently you're all about trolling. Dick.
- arunforce, on 03/30/2009, -5/+41Because he's a Muslim! His middle name is Hussein, he has to be!
He hates our freedom!!! - geodebug, on 03/30/2009, -1/+36Painful to read because it is so close to real /freeper garbage. Can I digg you sideways?
- MoistMuffin, on 03/30/2009, -8/+43What do you mean, you people?
- novenator, on 03/30/2009, -1/+36in all caps, classy!
- novenator, on 03/30/2009, -2/+34and with a name like AgainstObama, you know you're getting an unbiased opinion
- ThsGuyRightHere, on 03/30/2009, -3/+34Yah but he's trying to keep your sorry ass employed right now. Ask your kids which they'd rather have, debt later or you employed and paying the bills right now. Go ahead, I'll wait.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -5/+34Really, Bush had money too ass-hat, did he buy his own funiture- NOT!
- emkaysmith, on 03/30/2009, -5/+34Apparently, to the conservatives, having money is good -- but only if you inherit it, like Bush. Or if you steal it, like his grandfather. But if you *earn* it by writing a book that people actually want to buy and read, that's bad. I guess reading is too "liberal" an activity for them.
Sure, Obama is engaging in "political theater" with this -- but so was Lincoln, when he grew a beard just before the inauguration. And no one criticizes him for that.
And it's certainly superior to Bush not being able to pronounce the big words, or Cheney physically assaulting people. Obama *is* a politician -- EVERYONE who runs for office is a politician -- but he's a politician who's in touch with the country, which is more than you can say for any "entitled" conservative you can name. - Velnich, on 03/30/2009, -4/+32I thought the China was from some historical society and not tax dollars? No?
- thespiff, on 03/30/2009, -2/+29Because every time he spends even a dime of taxpayer money another idiot becomes convinced he is a socialist.
- freedomjoe, on 03/30/2009, -3/+27could be- it didn't say that in the article. Either way, as the article points out, historical society or tax dollars, we are in a recession. Spending 74 thousand dollars on china seems more than a little frivolous.
Of course, if Michelle had done this, we'd never be hearing the end of it. - Firstdaughter, on 03/30/2009, -1/+25ok that's punny
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -2/+24I would have more respect for him if he was just honest about what happened....
- noahhoward, on 03/30/2009, -1/+22Is it a literacy problem that makes people think O-b-a-m-a spells Bush or is it some form of derangement.
- AgeofMastery, on 03/30/2009, -2/+23Edwards was my first choice too, though I chose him not because I thought Obama and Hillary were unelectable, but because I thought he was the best of the main contenders. And I still respect him.
- noahhoward, on 03/30/2009, -2/+23Did you think the last administration could rape the economy without any negative effects? We all saw this coming though, Bush bankrupts America and you retards attack the guy who is trying to keep us afloat long enough to come out on top. To save a sinking ship you have to keep the gunwales above the water.
- inactive, on 03/30/2009, -2/+23So you'll be paying for the massive war debt of the last administration before your kids and grandkids get to it then?
You are a true American Hero! - MediaWeasel, on 03/30/2009, -1/+21Yeah joeditto. Still, we can live in hope :-)
- woodsjransom, on 03/30/2009, -1/+20@wtrwlkr you are funny (and correct).
- tavallai, on 03/30/2009, -31/+50OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THOSE FASCIST COMMUNISTS ARE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY LIKE THAT.
Wingnut argument: "The Obamas pay taxes, and are therefore spending taxpayer money on window dressing."
Trust me. They'll go there. There is no crackpot rationalization that will go unexplored... - joeditto, on 03/30/2009, -2/+21I'm afraid that will only happen in our dreams.....:)
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