"The story of the Obama Seder, now one of the newest and least likely of White House traditions.... the first-ever presidential Seder"
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Pretty obvious now.
"Seder joins White House traditions; Obamas, guests to observe ritual marking Passover" by Jodi Kantor, New York Times | March 28, 2010
WASHINGTON — One evening in April 2008, three low-level staff members from the Obama presidential campaign — a baggage handler, a videographer, and an advance man — gathered in the windowless basement of a Pennsylvania hotel for an improvised Passover Seder.
The day had been long, the hour was late, and the young men had not been home in months. So they had cadged some matzo and Manischewitz wine, hoping to create some semblance of the holiday.
Suddenly they heard a familiar voice. “Hey, is this the Seder?’’ Barack Obama asked, entering the room.
So begins the story of the Obama Seder, now one of the newest and least likely of White House traditions. When Passover begins at sunset tomorrow evening, Obama and about 20 others will gather for a ritual that neither the rabbinic sages nor the Founding Fathers would recognize.
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In the Old Family Dining Room, the mostly Jewish and African-American guests will recite prayers and retell the biblical story of slavery and liberation.
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Top aides like David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett will attend, but so will assistants like 24-year-old Herbie Ziskend. White House chefs will prepare Jewish participants’ family recipes, even rendering chicken fat for just the right matzo ball flavor.
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If last year is any guide, Malia and Sasha Obama will take on the duties of Jewish children, asking four questions about the night’s purpose — along with a few of their own — and scrambling to find matzo hidden in the gleaming antique furniture.
Talk about SUCKING UP to the JEW!!!!
That event was the first-ever presidential Seder, and also probably “the first time in history that gefilte fish had been placed on White House dishware,’’ said Eric Lesser, the former baggage handler, who organizes each year’s ritual.
The first one took place at the bleakest point of the campaign, the long prelude to the Pennsylvania primary, which was dominated by a furor over Obama’s former pastor. “We were in the desert, so to speak,’’ remembered Arun Chaudhary, then and now Obama’s videographer, who grew up attending Seders with his half-Jewish, half-Indian family.
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No one led the proceedings; everyone took turns reading aloud. Obama had brought Reggie Love, his personal aide, Jarrett, and Eric Whitaker, another close friend, all African-American. Jennifer Psaki, the traveling press secretary, and Samantha Tubman, a press assistant, filtered in. The same group, with a few additions, has now made the Seder an Executive Mansion tradition.
Did they also give them the keys to the place?
But maintaining the original spirit has been easier said than done.
Tubman and Desiree Rogers, then the White House social secretary, tried to plan an informal meal last year, with little or even no wait staff required. White House ushers reacted with what seemed like polite horror. The president and the first lady simply do not serve themselves, they explained.
WTF?!!
The elitist s*** just makes the public even angrier.
And guess whose busted, broken, and bankrupt ass is paying for all the pampering, America.
The two sides negotiated a compromise: The gefilte fish would be preplated, the brisket passed family-style.
So how come Israel can't do that with Palestinians?
And you remember Ms. Rogers, right?
"Obama’s social secretary to resign
WASHINGTON - White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down three months after an uninvited couple crashed the Obama administration’s first state dinner, a breach for which she was heavily criticized.
The president and Michelle Obama issued a statement thanking their longtime friend from Chicago for “the terrific job she’s done’’ organizing hundreds of events during her year on the job. They indicated no reason for the departure, effective sometime next month.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Rogers was not asked to leave.
Rogers’s handling of the Nov. 24 state dinner came under fire after a celebrity-seeking Northern Virginia couple got into the exclusive South Lawn affair without a formal invitation, despite heavy White House security. As social secretary, Rogers was in charge of the event.
She acknowledged not having staff at security checkpoints to help identify guests, a departure from the practice in previous administrations.
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told Congress that normal security protocols were not followed, and three officers were put on administrative leave.
Translation: THEY CAN GET TO YOU ANYTIME, Obama!
President Obama said weeks later that he was unhappy with what he described as a “screw-up.’’
Yeah, he understands what message was being sent.
The White House decided to station staff at checkpoints to help clear up discrepancies.
Rogers, 50, told the Chicago Sun-Times that she is leaving because she achieved a major goal of the Obamas: turning the White House into the “people’s house’’ by opening it to many who normally do not get to visit.Why do they have to lie?
And if they are lying about simple things....
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Yeah, I think Obama got the message, don't you?
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Yeah, I saw 'em.
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Oh, in George W. Bush territory, is he?
That's what happens when you are his third term, Obomber.
