HuffPo on the festivities:
The annual event, which dates back to 1878 when Rutherford B. Hayes was president, features traditional egg-rolling races – as well as obstacle courses, book-readings, musical performances and sports from basketball to tennis. There's even a yoga garden. Officials expect some 30,000 kids and their parents to take part.Poor old backward-looking Rue-therford (that's how Obama pronounces it so it must be correct) wouldn't recognize the jazzed-up, celebrity-studded event.
But lest we forget which star glitters most brightly, let us behold the glorious image of Dear Leader which adorns the basketballs, via Jake Tapper:
It's for the children, people.
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Now he's doing push-ups on the court because he's that breathtakingly awesome and it's not about him and he's not trying to monopolize media attention at all.
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I went years ago, it was fun. I know someone who has worked it for many years. She didn't want to do it this year because Obama has taken the "Easter" out of it. She refused to work it last year.
ReplyDeleteOn the basketball emblazoned with the visage of El Presidente: How very Mao, etal.
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