W does Christmas (in).
Today was already not going so well and then this came across my desk. Holy roasted chestnuts, this is awful! The wars are still going, the economy is in the tank and getting worse by the minute, but Bush and Barney decide to make a 4-minute long Christmas video for us all to enjoy. How many tax payer dollars were spent on this garbage? I guarantee the cost was not commensurate with the production quality. Hell, there was probably $15,000 sunk into the poinsettias alone that appear behind Laura in her closing statement at the end of the video…a statement which, by the way, will make you ill.
And not to leave our Jewish friends out of the mix, were you lucky enough to receive an invite to the White House Hanukkah celebration, complete with a Christmas tree on the front of the card? No? Well, here you go:
The message reads that the couple “requests the pleasure of your company at a Hanukkah reception,” written beneath an image of a Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
And, no, it is not a Hanukkah bush. A close look at the wagon reveals the message “White House Christmas Tree 2008.”
In the background, the White House windows are festooned with Christmas wreaths.
Did you really expect any less of this administration? Just in case you can’t go another minute without knowing what the Bush family is up to for the holidays, you can visit the official White House Holiday website.
I’m wondering how many of you are now feeling like me right now, wishing someone had thrown a shoe at your head instead.
–Gordy