Posted by
Billy on Monday, December 14, 2009 11:56:34 AM
At the White House, as the
Obama administration is learning all too well, a party is never a simple affair.
(Just ask the Salahi-stricken Secret Service.)
The latest kerfuffle, the
New York Times
reports,
involves the Obama administration's first Hanukkah party. (
White
House Hanukkah Party Spawns Anger... )
One bone of
contention has been the guest list: Administration officials say they are
inviting 550 people, just 50 less than President Bush invited to his White House
Hanukkah parties. But reports in the Israeli press spawned fast-spreading rumors
that the Obama White House was only inviting 400 – and that the Bush White House
had actually invited twice that number.
Jews at home and abroad have been slow to warm to Mr. Obama – a
recent
poll found nearly 40 percent of Israelis believe he is Muslim – and it seems
the distrust within the community is at least partly driving the anger.
After all, Mr. Bush's White House last year sent an invitation to its
Hannukah party that
included a
Christmas tree. Yet his administration's handling of the party is being
compared favorably to the performance of Mr. Obama's administration.
(As I posted on this blog awhile back I can understand cutting back on the Hannukah party given the hard times we are living in however if some party honoring an Islam holiday is too big I will start to question why Obama cut back on this Jewish holiday. Obama in his politics has not only not honored the Jewish State but is doing things to hurt Israel. )