Recession? What recession? The Bushes Buy Fine China for almost 1/2 a mil.
 

Excerpt:

Among the ongoing political theater in Washington, questions swirled in the nation's capital today when first lady Laura Bush introduced the new Bush china -- with a price tag of more than $550,000 -- less than two weeks before she and President Bush move out.

The first lady was careful not to mention the price tag when she introduced the new presidential plates: one, a table set of formal china in white, green and gold; the other for the residence painted with magnolias in honor of the old trees outside the White House windows.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/s...6593323&page=1

The only good news is ... SUPPOSEDLY it's not being paid by our dollars, but I am sure that money could have gone a long way towards something else...

They can't make presidential styrofoam plates or sumn??????

I remember when there was the same sort of outcry during the Reagan years - (:rolleyes:) about a set of china. Private donations were used to buy that china too - and while yes, the money could have been used for other things , the fact is that china belongs to all of us. The Obamas will use it to entertain at the White House, and it will be a part of the many beautiful items given or donated over the years which make up the historical legacy of the executive mansion.

I don't think serving foreign dignitaries on paper plates is an option.

And hey, you can think of it as a stimulus package for china manufacturers!

That china belongs to all of us huh...?

Hmm...


I also agree with the article...the timing is just wrong on so many levels.

A stimulus package for china manufacturers? Riiiight.

The porn industry asking for a bailout is a far enough stretch.

If the china industry asks for one then that is past going too far.

haha!

Are they really? :eek: I havent heard that! It seems to be doing well in Vegas though on and off the strip :)

I have no problem with this; the china is going to be used for dinners with visiting dignitaries and the like, and as someone said earlier in the thread, it will most likely be used by the incoming administration. I'm sure the Obamas will spend money in trying to make the White House seem more like home when the President-Elect takes office. It's just what happens.

It's not the best timing from a public relations/image perspective, but beyond that I don't see an issue.

$.5M china
$9M vacation homes in hawaii.

change we can expect?

That's funny how you are trying to sit that one in Obama's lap...don't reach any further...you may fall over.

Read the Headline again...

THE BUSHES (not the Obamas) ARE PURCHASING NEW CHINA

Furthermore: The Obamas did not BUY nor OWN the 9 mil house they stayed in during the holidays

They RENTED it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28337617/

Let's try to keep our stories stright before we lie on ourselves

And while we're at it, let's keep straight that none of the purchases mentioned in this thread were made with taxpayer funds.

I'm with KSigKid -- I'm not seeing the big deal.

Thank you for getting the fact that it was tongue in cheek!:cool:

Said that at the beginning...

Did you say the "not a big deal" part, too?

Because you probably should have.

Eeehhh...but I didn't...that's what I have you for....whatever one misses...someone picks up.


Still, the timing is just...wrong.

I know. I was adding to your response to DGTess.

The timing is terribly wrong. I don't care whose funds were used for the purchase. I also don't care about the fact that the china will be used to serve dignitaries and that it is a part of the historical legacy of the mansion.

I also don't buy the notion that the china belongs to all of us. Last I checked American citizens can barely get near the White House, let alone even VISIT it. How does the china belong to us?