September 8, 2022
So the Obamas and the Bidens are just talking 'nostalgia' at the White House?
By Monica Showalter
There are never enough portraits to unveil of President Obama among Democrats, and the latest ones unveiled, the official White House portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, are just the latest.
On Wednesday, the public was treated to this, according to Politico:
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday unveiled the official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama during a White House ceremony.
The Obamas joined the Bidens in the East Room for the reveal of the portraits, which were acquired and commissioned by the White House Historical Association. Barack Obama’s portrait was painted by Robert McCurdy, and Michelle Obama’s portrait was painted by Sharon Sprung. Both were painted from photographs taken by the respective artists.
“Jill and I have been waiting to host events at the White House for a long time coming out of the pandemic, and it’s fitting that we can do that now by unveiling the portraits of two great friends, two great Americans,” Biden said at the ceremony.
Which is laughable. Pandemic or no pandemic, if the Bidens had wanted the Obamas at the White House, the Bidens would have had the Obamas over at the White House. No Democrat pol has ever let the pandemic get in the way of doing what he wanted to do -- as Gavin Newsom, Nancy Pelosi, and various other Democrat bigs have demonstrated.
According to CNN:
The Bidens also hosted the Obamas and Robinson for a private lunch at the White House ahead of the East Room event. The conversation was more focused on nostalgia, an official said, rather than a strategy session on midterm elections or pending policies.
Former President Obama has visited the White House since Biden took office, but Wednesday's event marked Michelle Obama's first time back in the building since the Trumps arrived in January 2017.
While former President Obama and President Biden like to play up their relationship in public, there are limits to their friendship, officials have said.
They speak occasionally, but they are not in daily or weekly contact, people familiar with the matter have said.
Which is even more laughable. Nostalgia? Here's what nostalgia is with that pair, according to Fox News, citing a book written by a staffer, Tyler Pager, of the Washington Post, who noted that Obama loathed Biden for his windiness and ego so much he considered kicking him off his ticket for vice president in 2012. Biden in turn, considered Obama arrogant and full of himself. According to the Fox report:
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