Bo-dacious: Palin says White House card — with dog and no God — reflects “odd” values
Sarah Palin is criticizing the Obama family’s official White House holiday greeting card for its emphasis on dog, not God.
The card features an image of Bo, the Obama family dog, in front of a fireplace in the White House library with a poinsettia, some greenery (but no tree) and other decorations.
It makes no mention of Christmas, Jesus or God, and states: “From our family to yours, may your holidays shine with the light of the season.”
Palin told Fox News that she found it “odd” that the card emphasizes the dog instead of traditions like “family, faith and freedom.”
“They wanted to do an inside shot, something home related,” said L.A. artist and designer Mark Matuszak, who created the card. “One idea was to focus on Bo, the Obama family dog. “So we thought, let’s put Bo in front of a fireplace.”
In reality, it’s not unusual for a White House holiday card not to mention Christmas, or God — even under Republican presidents.
And the presence of dog is nothing new, as pointed out by BusinessInsider.com. Of the two cards below, the one on the left was sent out by George W. Bush in 2005, and featured his dogs, Barney and Miss Beazley. The one on the right was sent out by Ronald Reagan. Look closely and you can see what appear to be, gasp!, pawprints.
Posted by jwoestendiek December 22nd, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, bo, card, christmas, christmas cards, dog, fireplace, fox news, george w. bush, god, greeting, holiday, jesus, obama, official, pets, politics, president, presidents, republicans, ronald reagan, sarah palin, values, white house
Comments
Comment from smoketoomuch
Time December 22, 2011 at 10:30 am
Why should anyone care what Sarah Palin thinks, says or does? The woman is an obvious air head who is only trying to make POLITICAL hay.
Comment from Cheryl
Time December 22, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Wonder where God is when Palin is pointing her guns at wolves?
Comment from KateH
Time December 22, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Ah, Cheryl, that’s perfect. Palin is a silly, mean, attention-seeking, undeserving twit.
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time December 23, 2011 at 5:34 am
Love it, Cheryl! God is probably in the same place where God was when she had to scare that poor elk to death by shooting at it five or six times and finally having her dad finish it off.
Comment from Anne’n'Spencer
Time December 22, 2011 at 10:14 am
Ahhhh. Nothing says “Faith, Family and Freedom” to me at Christmastime like $400,000 worth of ethics violations. Kind of makes me feel warm all over. Did Fox News not consider that somebody would go back over the years and evaluate all Presidential Christmas cards, but Republican ones in particular, for religiosity?
Bo looks cute by the fire. I thought Barney and Miss Beasley were cute, too. I’m non-partisan in my dog loving.
Whatever you and Ace are celebrating, I hope it is happy.