6 Responses to “White House Christmas Tree has Mao Ornament”

1. Finley Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 7:11 pm

   Okay, normally I try to see the lighter side of things like this. that being said… dude.

   I mean, President Dude.

   DUDE.

   Come on, man. Really? No one thought it MIGHT be a bad idea to have Chairman Mao somewhere on the White House Christmas tree? A building that is one of the symbols of the friggin’ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?

   Dude.

2. Marie Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 pm

   But… Obama didn’t exactly draw the picture on himself, right? I mean, 800 ornaments sent to 60 different organizations, it’s not like he was supervising. Also, it’s not the President’s job to decorate the tree. I bet there’s a whole goddamned committee and some aides and pages and student volunteers to blame before you even get to his cabinet. It is NOT a good idea to put Mao on a Christmas ornament, and certainly dozens of people can be held responsible for letting it get on the tree, I just don’t think our Reptilian Kenyan Muslim Socialist/Communist Overlord is the chief target.
   And while the man who is responsible for idustrializing China, increasing literacy and life expectancy and raising the nation to the global super monster of commericialism that it is today, is not a great Christmas icon, and while it is, you know, “ironic” to put a half-black man on a monument designed by an active KKK member, what exactly is the problem with putting Hedda Lettuce on an ornament? If ANYONE deserves to be on a giant light up ball of glitter, it’s a drag queen. Come on, Christmas trees are about as cabaret as you can get.

3. *Jacob* Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm

   Haha I especially love:

   “Noting some of the tree’s more provocative baubles, Mike Flynn, editor of BigGovernment.com, which first broke news of the controversial ornaments: ‘Can we have one aspect of this White House that isn’t trying to make a political statement?’ ”

   …as in, can we take the politics out of politics?

   But no, I think it’s good they had so many random things, ’cause otherwise it’d be like people spent all of this time making the ornaments, only to send them in and have them refused for whatever reason. It’s kind of like Free Speech, so whether or not the President wanted to put them up, he followed through with his promise to these people and let them display their art.

   …or whatever.

4. Finley Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 pm

   Hey, I’m not going to hold Obama himself responsible though he’s gonna be the one getting the crap for it. That being said, SOMEONE should have screened these things.

   And I have no problem with the drag queen one- I mean, a Christmas tree is a wang away from looking like a drag queen anyway…

5. pylorns Says:
   December 24th, 2009 at 8:24 am

   Here is the rub, at some point Obama is going to have to be responsible for something – how many people on his staff or cabinet appointments have been linked to tax evasion, or communisim, or strange radicalism -or even 911 deniers? Every time we “can’t hold him responsible.. he couldn’t have possibly known.”

   Wasn’t it Truman who had the sign on his desk that said “The buck stops here”. Meaning that lots of stuff was going on but ultimately he had the ulitmate say and since he was in charge he had to be responsible for what was going on – including his staff under him because he appointed them.

   I mean I don’t want to get on the jump to conclusions mat but maybe his staff “acted stupidly” course I don’t know all the facts…

6. Marie Says:
   December 24th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

   Which group made this ornament? Could we maybe try asking them why they chose Mao? I mean, there have been a LOT of pieces I couldn’t get the slightest grasp on until I read the artist statement. “Blue Nude” for instance, or Yoko Ono’s “Ceiling Painting.” Seriously, try to figure that one out without reading that little plaque on the wall.

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