It’s NOT Your Tree Mr. President
-By Warner Todd Huston
Call it the democrat in me (small “d,” people, small “d”) but every time I hear this president talk about “my house” when he is discussing the White House, I bristle. It isn’t “your house,” Mr. Obama. It is the people’s house. You have just been fortunate enough to have been selected to sleep there for a few years. The arrogance of this man claiming the White House to be “his” house is galling.
Well, now he has apparently decided that all the vegetation surrounding the White House is “his,” too. Or at least one tree is, anyway. Today near the northeast side of the White House on the North Lawn Obama disturbed the grass with a few shovels full of dirt where was planted a new tree; a 25-foot Tilden tree originally from New Jersey.
As the tree was being set, Obama talked with reporters.
“That’s my tree, that’s a nice looking tree,” the President said noting that his grounds superintendent told him it would be grow to be a good-sized tree, “that’s a nice looking tree, don’t you think?”
No, you arrogant little cuss. It isn’t your tree. It is the people’s tree.
The arrogance aside, a telling little incident occurred during this photo-op that is perfectly emblematic of Barack Hussein Obama’s entire presidency thus far. Here is how ABCs Sunlen Miller reported it:
Using a gold shovel used at two prior tree plantings during the Bush administration, Mr. Obama only shoveled nine shovels full of dirt, barely making a dent in the hole that needed to be filled, and noted that the photo-opt wasn’t really a proper demonstration of the work that really needed to be done to plant a tree.
“This is a little easier than it should be,” Obama said to press, “although I probably could not lift this on my own.”
How typical of Obama and his policies. A fake photo-op (or as Miller oddly wrote “photo-opt”) where Obama pretends to do some heavy lifting, but leaves the actual work to everyone else, after which he admits that it was a misleading, false impression that he left everyone with. Seems like his entire presidency wrapped up in one little incident, eh?
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Posted by Warner Todd Huston on October 30, 2009 9:00 am
» Filed Under Barack Obama, Delusional Dupes and DUmmies, Democrats, Government corruption, Liberal World, News, President, liberalism
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Petty!
You critics act as if Obama is the only president that has ever called the white house “his” house or did a “pretend” photo-op for the media. Almost every previous president has done something along these lines, but because Obama is a “black” president..his every action and word has to be scrutinized like this. This is the example of why the world hasnt changed yet just because he was elected. When can a man just be a man and judged on his actions and not your ignorant, biased, preconceived notions of what you believe he should be.
Bull crap. OK, big guy… show me all your voluminous proof that a whole bunch of other presidents continually called the White House “my” house… on second thought give me ONE president that did it every time he talks of the White House Like CommieObamaie does.
Come on smart guy. You are making all sorts of claims here. Let’s see your proof.
Prove to us that you aren’t just another blowhard that thinks he’s smarter and more “tolerant” than everyone around him.
Come on. We’re waaaaaiting.
… and by the way, jerk, show me ONE quote from me where I base my criticism of this communist on his color.
We’re waaaaiting.