Tag Archives: White House History

Christmas at the White House

Posted on December 24, 2009 at 6:49 pm by Bob Cesca

Via John Cole, the history of Christmas at the White House: There’s also a president-by-president timeline of White House Christmas traditions. Really thorough and fun.

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White House Christmas Trees

Posted on December 23, 2009 at 9:08 am by Bob Cesca

My annual White House tree post, now updated with the official Obama Tree portrait. Tree portraits from previous presidents (and snark) after the jump…

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What Another President Did In Japan

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:54 pm by Bob Cesca

Regarding President Obama bowing in Japan, here’s a blast from the past illustrating what a former president did to Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi. Yep, in case you forgot, Bush 41 barfed all over Kiichi then passed out.

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Morning Awesome

Posted on November 5, 2009 at 6:03 am by Bob Cesca

President Lyndon Johnson orders pants by phone and says the word “bunghole.” Seriously. Source

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Hail to the Chief

Posted on September 12, 2009 at 7:00 pm by Bob Cesca

Today was the second presidential event in a week in which they played Hail to the Chief when the president entered. I could be wrong, but this is a new development in the Obama presidency. I don’t think he’s used … Continue reading →

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I'm Jealous

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 9:04 pm by Bob Cesca

John Aravosis from AmericaBlog was invited to the White House for Greek Independence Day. Full report with excellent White House photos here. Note to White House: I’ll have to check my calendar, but I’m pretty sure I’m available for Half-Italian … Continue reading →

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The White House Garden

Posted on March 20, 2009 at 8:37 am by Bob Cesca

The First Lady is breaking ground on a White House organic vegetable garden. As a fanatical tomato gardener and White House geek, I love this news. According to the White House Historical Association, John Adams was the first president to … Continue reading →

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Latitude?

Posted on February 24, 2009 at 8:01 am by Bob Cesca

John Thune was just on Morning Joe trying to say that the president’s approval numbers are due to the American people giving the president “lots of latitude” and that (paraphrasing) he better start working with the Republicans — or else! … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the President

Posted on February 8, 2009 at 9:57 am by Bob Cesca

Dear Mr. President, The previous president was afraid of a four foot tall octagenarian named Helen Thomas, so he stopped calling on her during press conferences. So when you hold your first prime time press conference tomorrow night, don’t forget … Continue reading →

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The Obamas Finally Choose A Dog!

Posted on January 31, 2009 at 9:00 am by JumpyPants

Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME Oh, I’m kidding! That’s actually a Counter Assault attack dog with some guards posted near the north portico. The real reason I uploaded this photograph is that I’ve never seen this view of the … Continue reading →

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