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Title: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Hawkgirl on December 07, 2009, 05:30:48 PM
I wonder if the Jews are gonna be pissed?  :popcorn:

Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
by Josh Loposer


The Obama administration has cut the guest list for the White House's annual Hanukkah party in half, from 800 last year to 400 in 2009, due to recessionary budget cuts. Obviously, that means a lot of prominent yearly guests and supporters will have to be axed. Is the president letting a little ol' recession stand in the way of a great big Hanukkah tradition?

A reported 78% of Jews voted for Obama in the last election, a substantially wider margin than George W. Bush received. Still, W's Hanukkah party was twice as big. Is Obama lacking in the holiday spirit department?

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The White House is attributing their Hanukkah cutbacks to the supposed "intimacy" of a 400-guest party versus an 800-guest party.

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"They want it to be more intimate ... the president and Mrs. Obama do not want to sit around for 800 photos." Understandable -- even the President has his fill of flashbulbs.

Will downsizing lend credence to the goofy, paranoid rumors that Obama is secretly Muslim, anti-Israel, etc.? According to the experts, yes, and no. Apparently, there's a growing sentiment that the current President isn't particularly interested in the Jewish community -- and putting the Hanukkah party on the chopping block is just another perceived slight.
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Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: thundley4 on December 07, 2009, 05:54:03 PM
But , he is still having enough parties to total 50,000 guests this month, yet had to cut the Jooooos out of it? 
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Hawkgirl on December 07, 2009, 06:07:42 PM
But , he is still having enough parties to total 50,000 guests this month, yet had to cut the Jooooos out of it? 

sounds like he's an anti-semite!  (in my Jerry Seinfeld voice)
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: thundley4 on December 07, 2009, 06:31:15 PM
sounds like he's an anti-semite!  (in my Jerry Seinfeld voice)

It may be nothing more than the fact that he doesn't have many Jewish friends.  I would imagine that Ahmadinejad isn't inviting many Jews to his Ramadan party in Iran either.  :lmao:
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Baruch Menachem on December 07, 2009, 06:46:49 PM
They have long memories.
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: SilverOrchid on December 07, 2009, 08:08:48 PM
It may be nothing more than the fact that he doesn't have many Jewish friends.  I would imagine that Ahmadinejad isn't inviting many Jews to his Ramadan party in Iran either.  :lmao:

That is because there is no JOOOOOOOSSSSS in his country.
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Chris_ on December 08, 2009, 01:18:22 PM
They have long memories.

Apparently not when they go to the voting booth......

doc
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: bkg on December 08, 2009, 01:34:20 PM
I have a buddy who lives up to nearly every Jewish stereotype... and he'll be the first to admit it. He's also one of the most conservative people I've met. Very well read on US history as well.
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Chris_ on December 08, 2009, 01:42:06 PM
I have a buddy who lives up to nearly every Jewish stereotype... and he'll be the first to admit it. He's also one of the most conservative people I've met. Very well read on US history as well.

We lived in NYC for a number of years, and most of our Jewish friends lived very conservative lives.......but vote democrat every time.....go figure.....

doc
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Peter3_1 on December 08, 2009, 02:02:36 PM
Some have had an awakening, so the next election should tell something nw, hopefully.
Title: Re: Obama White House Downsizes Hanukkah Party
Post by: Hawkgirl on December 08, 2009, 03:35:35 PM
Typically, 2/3's or 3/4's of american jews vote democrat....