The Oval Office Makeover of the Century
1 Sep
The Oval Office got a new makeover just in time for last night’s “We’re Leaving Iraq, But We Still Have a Lot of Work to Do” speech. New upholstery, wallpaper, lamps, couches, and a clean green rug, made from 25% recycled wool. The overall result is a bit more modern and, well, homey.
The rug features quotes around the border from some of the most badass men in recent history: Abe’s “Government of the People, By the People, For the People”; Teddy Roosevelt’s “The Welfare of Each of Us is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us”; FDR’s “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself”; JFK’s “No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings”; and Martin Luther King’s “The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice.”
And don’t worry, our national budget didn’t get any bigger due to the re-design – the White House Historical Association paid for most of it, and they keep it in storage after the Prez leaves.
But as Mo Dowd points out, there was once a time when the President took his office as he found it and focused on rebuilding the country instead of his digs.
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