Official WH Photos: POTUS and his nominee....

Clio the Leo

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Mon May-10-10 08:16 AM
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Official WH Photos: POTUS and his nominee....

Edited on Mon May-10-10 08:18 AM by Clio the Leo

From the WH Flickr stream. About as official as you can get before it's officially official.

President Barack Obama meets with Solicitor General Elena Kagan in the Oval Office last month.

(And Gibbs just Tweeted...)
http://twitter.com/PressSec/status/13726062317
President Obama talking on the phone with Solicitor General Elena Kagan from the White House residence last night
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

And from the news wire....
WASHINGTON - MAY 10: Solicitor General Elena Kagan leaves her apartment building by car on May 10, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens and become the 112th Justice of the US Supreme Court.

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Thrill

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Mon May-10-10 03:50 PM
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1. Its hard to believe he didn't change anything in the Oval Office

Same furniture and rug as Bush. I thought he would want to put his own stamp on it.

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activa8tr

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Mon May-10-10 03:54 PM
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2. I see nothing wrong with the perfectly useful and tasteful furniture, rug

and I don't think EVERY thing from Bush remains. At least the stench is largely gone.

I also think that he would spend money elsewhere first, during a recession.

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Jennicut

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Mon May-10-10 04:34 PM
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4. I think it was Obama being aware that with an economy in the toilet, why waste money

on furniture and a new rug? Even if it was raised through private sources, it wouldn't look good politically at this time.

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Cha

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Tue May-11-10 11:56 AM
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8. And, they're a little

busy.:)

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rury

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Mon May-10-10 06:43 PM
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7. Actually President Obama DID change some things

He replaced the plates on the built-in wall shelves with books and returned the bust of Winston Churchill and replaced it with one of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
And he replaced a neocon with a thoughtful, pragmatic progressive.

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lunatica

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Mon May-10-10 04:29 PM
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3. That bust behind Elena Kagan

Who is it supposed to be?

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Phx_Dem

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Mon May-10-10 06:19 PM
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5. I can't tell. Could it be MLK?

Not surpringly, there are different busts of him all over the place.

http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/mlk_bust_1.cfm

http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/10-29/sculpture.html

http://lowprice4u.com/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Bust_021727t.asp

http://detroit1701.org/MLKBust.htm

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impik

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Mon May-10-10 06:21 PM
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6. MLK

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