Congress Votes No On Payroll Tax Cuts… But Yes On Winston Churchill Bust!

[Tx4obama]

In an implicit jab to President Obama, who returned a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill back to the UK in 2009 while the Oval Office was undergoing remodeling, Speaker of the House John Boehner is bringing the statue back to Congress.

According to ThinkProgress’s Alex Seitz-Wald, “the Churchill bill was approved via unanimous consent.”

While seemingly an innocuous gesture, Gawker’s Jim Newell calls the move the “climax of a nearly three-year right-wing crusade against Barack Obama, whom they believe got rid of a White House bust of Winston Churchill upon assuming office in a fit of uppity anti-colonial rage.”

SNIP

VIDEO of Boehner announcing the bust here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/congress-votes-no-on-payroll-tax-cuts%E2%80%A6but-yes-on-winston-churchill-bust/


Related article:
Here's a link to an article from 2009 when the Churchill bust was returned to Britain when Obama came into office:
Excerpt:
" ... the White House sent back to the British Embassy a bust of Sir Winston Churchill that had occupied a cherished spot in President Bush's Oval Office. Intended as a symbol of transatlantic solidarity, the bust was a loaner from former British prime minister Tony Blair following the September 11 attacks. A bust of Abraham Lincoln—Obama's historical hero—now sits in its place. A White House spokesperson says the Churchill bust was removed before Obama's inauguration as part of the usual changeover operations, adding that every president puts his own stamp on the Oval Office."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/02/20/busted-the-churchill-flap.html


I can NOT believe that Boehner is still focusing on this after almost THREE YEARS !!! LOL

[RKP5637]

1. Instead of an illustrious 11% rating congress should be in about the 3% territory IMO.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Baggers Voted NO on tax cuts...not Congress...its the GOP Baggers and they is gonna pay a price

nx year....

Power is measured in YEARS...long years...30 50 70 years

The Bagger Power gonna last 24 months...shortest in centuries....