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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
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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?????? |
Obama's inauguration may cost up to $150,000,000 and a $500,000 set of China is a problem? If anything its a very nice gesture by the Bush family.