Tuesday, December 2, 2008

White House Xmas Tree CENSORS "Impeach Bush" message (Updated)


The White House Christmas Tree every year features ornaments made by regional artists from every state in the union. Laura Bush asked Congress to each choose an artist from their district to make an ornament.

The artist from the district of Washington State that I live in made an ornament that uses words and pictures to commemorate the following historic events:
  • Washington state's 1919 labor strike,
  • the suffrage movement,
  • the violent anti-World Trade Organization riots of 1999,
  • Washington Congressman Jim McDermott's sponsorship of various Articles of Impeachment of the current administration this year and last.
Amazingly, it's actually been approved and will be hung on the White House's tree*. The full article includes this cute little quote:
"Apparently, they didn't read it -- or Laura Bush is more progressive than I believed,"


*:Update via rawstory:
A White House spokesperson originally told the Washington Post that the ornament would not be removed, condemning the "divisive and partisan" message as inappropriate for the tree. Sally McDonough, spokesperson for the First Lady, followed up and informed the Post that the ornament would not be hung: "We reviewed the ornament along with all the [other] ornaments, and Mrs. Bush deemed it inappropriate for the holiday tree."
Bastards.

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