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December 4, 2008
Impeachment Ornament Nixed by White House
The Grinch has stolen Christmas from moonbat Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) and one of his admirers:
A spokeswoman for first lady Laura Bush said Tuesday that the White House tree will not include an ornament by a Seattle artist that supports President Bush's impeachment.
Artist Deborah Lawrence said she wanted to salute Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle, a longtime Bush foe who backs impeachment.
The nine-inch ball Lawrence created is covered with swirly red and white stripes and features a picture of McDermott. Tiny glued-on text hails the impeachment resolution.
Mrs. Bush had asked members of Congress to pick artists to decorate ornaments for the White House tree to showcase all 435 congressional districts.
Once again, the Bushes made the mistake of thinking they were dealing with grownups.
Lawrence remarks that at first she was "nauseated" by the honor bestowed upon her, but "then realized it was an opportunity" — to make an ass of herself.

On a tip from nanc.
Posted by Van Helsing at December 4, 2008 8:13 AM
Comments
looks like something out of dr. seuss
i would not
could not
be a sham
i do not
like green eggs and ham
Posted by: nanc at December 4, 2008 8:27 AM
I created a special ornament for the first Blackhouse Christmas in 2009. Its basically a Magic 8 Ball with sayings like Blackball Barack, ImPEACH Obama, Black is Whack. I wonder if they will hang it on the tree?
Posted by: Anonymous at December 4, 2008 8:31 AM
Ha Ha. Must have taken her quite a long time to cut out and glue all of those words into those swirls. "Collage artist" is what she calls herself. More like "crap artist." Immature dolt.
Posted by: My Awesome Mix Tape #6 at December 4, 2008 8:52 AM
Many people are unable to separate the concept of respect for the office vs. respect for the one holding it. That is, if Michelle Obama asked me next year to make an ornament for the White House tree, I'd be honored. I can't stand either of the Obama's, but being asked by The President('s wife) to contribute to the national Winter Solstice Tree (Christmas being verboten to mention in polite society anymore, though Ramadan or Kwanzaa would be OK) is a great honor and one that should be taken seriously.
But of course the "artist" in question decided it would be better to make an ass of herself and her Congressman, not that he doesn't do a laudable job of that on his own, and make a political statement at a time and place completely inappropriate for such things. The Solstice is supposed to be a time of peace and acceptance, where you and your adversaries lay their differences aside and celebrate together. You can resume beating each others brains out after the holiday season.
As for the ornament itself, my six-year-old niece could have done better.
Posted by: CoderInCrisis at December 4, 2008 9:58 AM
Nice target.
At 9" diameter, I bet I could nail it easy at 100 yards with my new Browning 30.06 A-bolt Medallion.
Posted by: Jimbo at December 4, 2008 10:02 AM
CoderInCrisis, you are eloquent and articulate.
I'm sticking with a short version; what a leftard. And more disingenuous than the usual. What part of 'secret' did she supposedly not grasp? Oh, faux surprise!
And Jimbo, let's do a coin-toss for the chance.
Posted by: Hope at December 4, 2008 11:21 AM
Jimbo, it resembles a target and it's already got a picture of Jim McDermott in the middle of it. I think they ought to sell these things at the gun shop.
Posted by: Kevin R at December 4, 2008 11:32 AM
CoderInCrisis -
So well said. Thank you for that. Wish I had said it myself.
Posted by: My Awesome Mix Tape #6 at December 4, 2008 6:32 PM
The photo at the top of the page does not do the ornament justice.Here is a link to the article in the Free republic showing the artist and her creation
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142164/posts
Posted by: James McEnanly at December 4, 2008 7:07 PM
mr. mcenanly - figures - another ugly leftard!
van - add her to THE photo!
Posted by: nanc at December 4, 2008 7:51 PM
First saw this story a couple days ago - and it struck me that this is typical of the attitudes of many on the left.
They're not even particularly riled-up about anything, Bush is on his way out and there's barely been a word from him reported in the news for weeks, they're no longer forcing themselves into artificial outrage and anger over Iraq and Afghanistan since now Obama is taking the wars over they have to be moral and winnable (if not already won)..
And yet there's still this undercurrent of just vicious nastiness, that they can't keep down and don't even seem to be aware of, that they exhibit in just simple everyday facets of life, not in a way that indicates that they're angry, but that political nastiness is just an accepted part of their psyche and it's the most normal thing in the world to display it in random unrelated areas of life, in an obnoxious way.
Like putting text on a Christmas ornament the White House asked you to make which says the President should be impeached, and kinda-sorta hiding it so no-one will know it's there unless they look a bit closer, but at the same time not going to any great length to avoid it being seen.
I'd call it passive-aggressive but it's something more than that, I think.
Posted by: mandible claw at December 4, 2008 9:28 PM
@Hope and Awesome: Thank you both.
@James McEnanly: Thanks a lot. Now I need eye soap. Given Hollywood's carrying on you'd think the left was all beautiful people, but you'd think wrong. Good grief!
There's good attention and then there's bad attention. Had our artist asked a toddler she would have known which is which.
Posted by: CoderInCrisis at December 4, 2008 9:28 PM
Something to think about!!
You know what would really PISS OFF the Democrats...
Bush should resign now.
Then Dick Cheney becomes President (that would really PISS OFF the liberals!!!)
Then he appoints Condoleezza Rice as VP. Cheney resigns two weeks later and then Ms. Rice, A Republican, becomes the first BLACK President, and the first WOMAN President!!!
YES!!!
Posted by: TED at December 5, 2008 5:48 AM
"You know what would really PISS OFF the Democrats... Bush should resign now.
Then Dick Cheney becomes President (that would really PISS OFF the liberals!!!)
Then he appoints Condoleezza Rice as VP. Cheney resigns two weeks later and then Ms. Rice, A Republican, becomes the first BLACK President, and the first WOMAN President!!!"
BWAAAAAHAHHAHA! I love it! It'll never happen, but that would be the ultimate sharp-stick-in-the-eye, now wouldn't it?! How brilliantly progressive!(*snicker*)
Posted by: Murff at December 5, 2008 7:05 AM
AHHHHH!!!!! That last comment made me spew Dr. Pepper all over my laptop!!! What a lovely thought. The Moonbats heads would explode like watermelons at a Gallagher show!! YYEEEAAAHHHHH :)
Posted by: ozmott at December 5, 2008 11:52 AM
if Ford was still alive he could have pardoned W
Posted by: hans from san Jose at December 7, 2008 10:28 AM

