Comments on: Stating It

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:19:51 +0000

It would be worth going just to have a gander at the inside of the place. Plus, as others have mentioned, to watch and see if dubya manages to make a complete ass of himself in front of The Queen. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in the royal suite, just to hear the conversation between The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh after the dinner was over. Especially with a room full of republican hacks all doing their sycophantic best to nod in agreement with everything some administration dweeb happened to utter.

Interesting thought on the mention of LBJ, there was a documentary a few years back on Air Force One, and the retired pilot of the old plane mentioned how when they flew LBJ and his entourage home, they stripped the plane of all the goodies and handouts. And Victor Borge had a good line about visiting the White House to perform for LBJ, where he said, “he picked me up by the ears and pronounced me a great Dane!” LOL

It would have been interesting to go and visit during the Clinton era, and go for a cigar after dinner and hear the funny stories told. I would have loved to have been able to visit during JFK’s time in the White House, just to see the level of elegance at state dinners.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:56:52 +0000

An interesting aside: During the Johnson years, at the height of the Viet Nam war, Eartha Kitt was invited to a celebrity ladies’ luncheon at the White House hosted by Lady Bird. She was, at the time, in her most popular role as an actress (as Catwoman in the final season of Batman), and she was probably at the peak of her U.S. singing and recording career. Many were surprised that Kitt accepted the invitation; many others were outraged when she used the opportunity to speak up publicly against LBJ and the effect the Viet Nam war was having on the poor– who were the ones most likely to be unable to avoid the draft with student deferments and the like. Her outspokenness caused her to be blackballed from U.S. performing venues and she moved to Europe for more than ten years.

Attendance at a function is not always an endorsement of the function or the person or group hosting it. Sometimes it’s a chance to speak up and be heard.

By: tony

tony — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:23:24 +0000

I’d have gone for the sake of shear entertainment…trust me I’d find a way to make it if the President wasn’t finding a way to make an “arse” of himself. LOL

By: moby

moby — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:14:37 +0000

I would not have gone. I would have RSVP’d batk that I’d be busy for the next 2 years. Chances are high, if I had gone, I’d end up arrested for mouthing off to that schmuck.

By: Blobby

Blobby — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:02:32 +0000

I was having this discussion w/someone i work with - now that I’ve been spending lots of time in DC for my job. This man said he would probably go to the White House - even though he is very opposed to Shrub and Co. He would like to see the workings and thinks he can separate the man from the office.

He’s a bigger man than I am. I’ve been to the White House and had the opportunity to meet Clinton twice (once he was just former Gov. Clinton - pre-president). So, where the White House is cool, I would gleefully decline any audience w/Bush.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:59:12 +0000

I would go. Like you said, it’s about being an American and not necessarily a Bush supporter. I would go just to meet the Queen, which I think would be cool.

We could go together as the pretend taboo couple that we are and REALLY set things off in there! hehe

By: homer

homer — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:52:58 +0000

I’d rather go to Dairy Queen with Tony.

By: Gene

Gene — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:06:05 +0000

I’m with you Tony. I’d go if I got the inviation. I too am patriotic, (not brain dead) and even work for the Feds. I represent the US abroad quite often, and it is hard when we have someone like the current occupant of the White House in power. But the White House is about the American people, not George Bush. He is just a ’small’, albeit important right now, part of the equation. My oath is to the Constitution, not George Bush. Yea, I’d go.

By: lexxicuss

lexxicuss — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:14:16 +0000

So many cognitive thoughts rush through my head as I prepare to respond, but I’m stopped by one salient thought…
NONE OF US would make it past the vetting process required to receive an invitation. They remain un-opposed because no one with a thought process separate from theirs is ever allowed close enough to speak.

And I’m a registered republican, so there.

By: brian

brian — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:38:10 +0000

Peyton made the guest list because he is a Republican contributor. Corker was one of the beneficiaries. He was also the largest donor to some Knoxville area candidate(I think he was a former auto dealer). Anyway, you’re a better man than I if you would suspend your disgust to attend.