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Stan
11-28-2008, 11:42 AM
The White House can't even invite its Jewish friends to a Hanukkah party without a gaffe? Can you imagine the outrage of bga1 and the radical right would have if a Jewish president had sent out a Christmas chard with a menorah or dreidel on it? Obviously this has nothing to do with W but whomever made this gaffe should be quite red in the face.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11262008/news/politics/let_santa_light_the_menorah_140965.htm
Gopher4Life
12-01-2008, 10:25 AM
Big deal. The tree isn't a religious symbol. It's a seasonal symbol.
playhosea!
12-01-2008, 10:35 AM
Big deal. The tree isn't a religious symbol. It's a seasonal symbol.

Right, of course. That's why all my Jewish friends have Christmas trees. And they bring them in on wagons that say, "White House Christmas Tree 2008."
Gopher4Life
12-01-2008, 11:23 AM
Maybe we all could stand to be less obsessed with PC and more devoted to common sense. There was no obligation to send a card in the first place. It was meant to be a gesture of kindness and I'm sure most recipients were grateful.
playhosea!
12-01-2008, 12:26 PM
Maybe we all could stand to be less obsessed with PC and more devoted to common sense. There was no obligation to send a card in the first place. It was meant to be a gesture of kindness and I'm sure most recipients were grateful.

You have to love the logic (or lack thereof) in claiming that sending out Hanukkah cards with Christmas trees on them is justified by "common sense." Somehwere Woody Allen is laughing.
Gopher4Life
12-01-2008, 01:43 PM
If we were more concerned about curing cancer, protecting the innocent unborn, and feeding the poor, and less obsessed with criticizing the Bush administration for an obvious but innoucuous mis-step, the country would be a better place.
Moonlight
12-01-2008, 04:25 PM
If we were more concerned about curing cancer, protecting the innocent unborn, and feeding the poor, and less obsessed with criticizing the Bush administration for an obvious but innoucuous mis-step, the country would be a better place.

But this is a message board, and this error is actually quite interesting. And it shows how a dominant culture can be blind to their ethnocentrism and not even have the visual of a Christmas tree register. Which I would not call innocuous. Which I would say is part of the limited vision that led us blindly into Iraq. Which I would call, symbolic of the Bush administration
hyaluronic
12-01-2008, 05:33 PM
If we were more concerned about curing cancer, ... and feeding the poor, and less obsessed with criticizing the Bush administration for an obvious but innoucuous mis-step, the country would be a better place.

Hey look, we agree!
Schnoodler
12-01-2008, 09:32 PM
So, in summary; the symbol of the Bush administration is a Christmas tree. Which means Bush is really Santa.

Who knew.
jamiche
12-02-2008, 06:32 AM
I truly wish the card was the biggest screw up of the last eight years of the Bush admn. I'm thrilled it's the last card sent.

Some graphic design intern in the WH made a mistake which nobody caught because most of the WH corps have one foot out of the door. No harm intended, no foul.
Gopher4Life
12-02-2008, 06:54 AM
Jamiche,

I agree entirely. If we were more concerned about truly critical issues rather than intent on making mountains of mole hills and playing "gotchya" politics, America would be the winner.
NateDawgUM
12-02-2008, 07:15 AM
This seems like the type of mistake the Gopher marketing office would make.
MNSnowman
12-03-2008, 04:24 PM
If we were more concerned about truly critical issues rather than intent on making mountains of mole hills and playing "gotchya" politics, America would be the winner.I'm curious to see if you maintain this sentiment in Obama's first 100 days of holding office.


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Gopher4Life
12-03-2008, 04:43 PM
I think it's funny that those who are pointing at a faulty holiday greeting card are the same ones who were willing to look the other way on Obama's relationships with Wright, Ayers, Rezco, and Farrahkan...and his lies about those relationships.
MNSnowman
12-03-2008, 04:55 PM
:rolleyes:

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Gopher4Life
12-04-2008, 11:23 AM
Ain't no honeymoons in my political world.