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(The New York Times) Amusing The Reverend Caldwell, who performed the marriage ceremony for Jenna Bush this weekend, endorsed Barack Obama for President. Awkward   (nytimes.com) divider line 159
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muslim_pakistani_guy [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 02:55:59 PM  
Haha

 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 02:58:07 PM  
Their wedding cake looks lopsided.

 
Spanky_McFarksalot 2008-05-11 03:00:01 PM  
Why? Is she running for president?

 
Fair_Poopsmith [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:02:31 PM  
Isn't that the table the White Witch slaughtered Aslan on?

/preposition'd!!

 
hillbillypharmacist [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:03:17 PM  
He just had too much blow and Pizza Hut at the reception.

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:11:24 PM  
Dear Hillary Clinton and/or John McCain:

img167.imageshack.us

Love,

Most of the rest of America.

 
muck4doo [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:14:11 PM  
So, for Jenna's wedding we get a headline for Obama? Okay....

/That cake does look lopsided.

 
vossiewulf [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:17:16 PM  
For apparently now-forgotten reasons, I would prefer that religious leaders of all varieties refrained from endorsing political candidates.

 
kevinatilusa 2008-05-11 03:18:26 PM  
I don't see the awkwardness at all.

A minister's political opinions shouldn't be entering into whether or not he's willing to perform a marriage ceremony.

A politician shouldn't have to surround himself by like-minded cronies even at church.

 
Shaggy_C 2008-05-11 03:18:31 PM  
not elitists

 
CravenMorehead 2008-05-11 03:19:33 PM  
kevinatilusa: I don't see the awkwardness at all.

A minister's political opinions shouldn't be entering into whether or not he's willing to perform a marriage ceremony.

A politician shouldn't have to surround himself by like-minded cronies even at church.


Party pooper.

 
peachpicker [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:19:49 PM  
That's just uppity.

 
Louder And More Dissonant 2008-05-11 03:20:01 PM  
youtube or gtfo

it's the new politics

 
Hobodeluxe [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:22:57 PM  
how much you wanna bet she has a bun in the oven?

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:23:17 PM  
I really don't understand why this is meaningful or important. So, President Bush's family selected someone to officiate their wedding whose political values aren't 100% in line with their own? So the hell what? Seriously.

 
WorldCitizen [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:23:58 PM  
Cake is definitely lopsided.

 
Churchill2004 [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:24:10 PM  
The Methodist Church has been trying to disavow Bush for years. Didn't they just recently overwhelmingly vote to refuse to allow his library to be at SMU?

 
Digeratus 2008-05-11 03:24:48 PM  
This just in: McCain's coworker's daughter's ex-boyfriend's roommate's father's mother-in-law endorses Obama.

TAKE THAT, REPUBLICANS!

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:25:42 PM  
Also

www.diamondring.com


The natural resemblance of Jenna to George might haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life.

 
WFern 2008-05-11 03:27:06 PM  
kevinatilusa: ...A politician shouldn't have to surround himself by like-minded cronies even at church.

The issue is that Bush does. It's why he's consistently fired individuals who were not considered "loyal Bushies." (his term)

 
Softens_hands_while_you_do_the_dishes 2008-05-11 03:28:12 PM  
Meanwhile Chelsea lives the liberal woman's dream life as a working girl.

 
SockMonkeyHolocaust 2008-05-11 03:28:26 PM  
This sure is going to be embarrassing to the Republican Party unless they somehow aren't four year old children with no real sense of perspective.

 
Churchill2004 [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:33:34 PM  
WFern: The issue is that Bush does

At church?

The Methodist Church is actually pretty liberal-ish, particular compared to the average Bush-supporting fundie. Like I said, SMU even refused to host his library.

 
matt2891 2008-05-11 03:35:11 PM  
CravenMorehead: kevinatilusa: I don't see the awkwardness at all.

A minister's political opinions shouldn't be entering into whether or not he's willing to perform a marriage ceremony.

A politician shouldn't have to surround himself by like-minded cronies even at church.

Party pooper.


Let me handle this, Craven...

*ahem* kevinatilusa, no a politician shouldn't behave that way, but for the last 8 years, Bush has shown a level of cronyism that is shocking even by Washington standards. Therefore, its somewhat amusing that the person marrying his child is not only not a republican but endorsing the more liberal of the two democratic candidates. I suppose this might be a sign of Bush showing that he doesn't give a tin shiat any more. All he has to do is phone in the next 7 months and he's gone. And he has enough loyal followers still, to keep him going in speaking engagements etc. for a while.

 
outatime 2008-05-11 03:42:00 PM  
Personally, I'd like to know the political affiliation of the person responsible for that lopsided cake.

/not really

 
Churchill2004 [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:42:40 PM  
matt2891: *ahem* kevinatilusa, no a politician shouldn't behave that way, but for the last 8 years, Bush has shown a level of cronyism that is shocking even by Washington standards. Therefore, its somewhat amusing that the person marrying his child is not only not a republican but endorsing the more liberal of the two democratic candidates. I suppose this might be a sign of Bush showing that he doesn't give a tin shiat any more. All he has to do is phone in the next 7 months and he's gone. And he has enough loyal followers still, to keep him going in speaking engagements etc. for a while

According to TFA, Bush has been friendly with the pastor for years.

If we were talking about an actual Bush appointee endorsing Obama, sure, that would be noteworthy. But a guy that Bush knows in an entirely apolitical context? Besides, it's more than a little presumptuous to assume that Bush picked the pastor. He doesn't really strike me as the kind of dad who'd micro-manage his daughter's wedding.

Though I agree he's fully in lame duck, just-show-up-in-the-morning mode. I don't know if he'll be doing many speaking engagements, though. I'd bet he's looking forward to a post-Presidency out of the public eye.

 
Falcc 2008-05-11 03:43:01 PM  
Relatively Obscure: I really don't understand why this is meaningful or important. So, President Bush's family selected someone to officiate their wedding whose political values aren't 100% in line with their own? So the hell what? Seriously.

It's news becuase they've never hired anyone like that before.

/Heckuva job churchy

 
Any Pie Left 2008-05-11 03:46:24 PM  
The cake is a lie.

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:47:51 PM  
Falcc: It's news becuase they've never hired anyone like that before.

/Heckuva job churchy



I guess I get that. It still seems like the definition of trivial, though.

 
outatime 2008-05-11 03:51:07 PM  
Relatively Obscure: It still seems like the definition of trivial, though.

Do you mean more trivial than usual?

/Fark.com
//Welcome to it

 
King Something [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:53:22 PM  
Any Pie Left: The cake is a lie.

It is delicious cake. We must...

er...

I mean....

img262.imageshack.us

...oh, goddammit.

*takes seat over there*

 
btwitch 2008-05-11 03:57:06 PM  
Did our tax dollars pay for the photography at the wedding? Did they not hire a non-White House photographer to do the photography?

 
cackylacky [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 03:57:53 PM  
As the pastor of a church, isn't the Rev specifically forbidden from endorsing a candidate? Is his church not a 501(c)3?

 
ratbert 2008-05-11 03:59:24 PM  
Relatively Obscure: The natural resemblance of Jenna to George might haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life.

For real. I'd really have to love George W. Bush, in a fanboy kind of way, to get into it.

 
This Thread Is Useless With Me 2008-05-11 04:00:27 PM  
But don't you understand?!? This man performed the ceremony that married his daughter! Bush's policies MUST have been influenced by him! Bush must secretly be a democrat!

/...at least, that's what I learned from the whole Reverend Wright circus...

 
Larry Mahnken [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 04:01:53 PM  
Any Pie Left: The cake is a lie.

This was a triumph. I'm making a note here, "huge success".

 
bacccc 2008-05-11 04:09:48 PM  
Malbar: "His political views are 100% irrelevant to the service he performed."

Of course you are correct. However, it's funny how the rules change when Rev. Wright is the subject.

/farking hypocrites

 
mabelkitty 2008-05-11 04:10:00 PM  
This would only be awkward if it was Chelsea Clinton's wedding. -2, subby.

 
depmode98 2008-05-11 04:12:49 PM  
Most of you seem to be abused with the notion George Bush gives a flying fark what happens after his term is up. He doesn't.

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 04:17:40 PM  
outatime: Do you mean more trivial than usual?

/Fark.com
//Welcome to it


Ha! You're right, man. I'll get over it.

 
Needlessly Complicated 2008-05-11 04:17:50 PM  
I know Bush isn't running for president (October surprise not withstanding), but this is still pretty funny.

 
enry 2008-05-11 04:19:00 PM  
depmode98: Most of you seem to be abused with the notion George Bush gives a flying fark what happens after his term is up. He doesn't.

FTFY

 
TommyBahama 2008-05-11 04:23:09 PM  
hah she wore white.

also her twin sister looks really messed up in every pic.

 
Doran 2008-05-11 04:24:04 PM  
Yeah, I don't see this as particularly awkward. Maybe Chelsea's wedding, but even that's stretching it.

Now find the pastor that did Bill and Hilary's wedding and have him endorse Obama, and we MIGHT have a story. MIGHT.

 
Somacandra [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 04:39:03 PM  
Fair_Poopsmith: Isn't that the table the White Witch slaughtered Aslan on?

and...HOW!

/apologies to Prince Caspian

 
Biological Ali 2008-05-11 04:41:10 PM  
muck4doo: So, for Jenna's wedding we get a headline for Obama? Okay....

Actually, we already had a thread for the wedding itself earlier today.

 
mcwebe0 [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 04:45:53 PM  
depmode98: Most of you seem to be abused with the notion George Bush gives a flying fark what happens after his term is up. He doesn't.

Yeah. He'll have set the right conditions for Jesus to come back by then and have been Raptured with the rest of the FaithfulTM.

 
MeinRS6 [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 04:50:48 PM  
Why would anyone surprised? Black people are going to vote for Obama. That has been proven in the primaries already. They are voting skin color.

If white people do that then Obama doesn't have a chance. Hillary told me that white people like her better too.

 
saintstryfe 2008-05-11 04:51:14 PM  
Falcc: Relatively Obscure: I really don't understand why this is meaningful or important. So, President Bush's family selected someone to officiate their wedding whose political values aren't 100% in line with their own? So the hell what? Seriously.

It's news becuase they've never hired anyone like that before.

/Heckuva job churchy


I think it's just funny that Bush couldn't even find a politically-like-minded PASTOR to marry his daughter.

What it also makes me think is that Bush is not so strong in his faith as we're lead to think.

 
mcwebe0 [TotalFark] 2008-05-11 05:00:25 PM  
MeinRS6: Why would anyone surprised? Black people are going to vote for Obama. That has been proven in the primaries already. They are voting skin color.

If white people do that then Obama doesn't have a chance. Hillary told me that white people like her better too.


This argument would hold water except that late last year, Clinton had 80% of the black vote. After she and Bill started race baiting, they pissed off their black constituency and Obama now gets 90+% of the black vote. They aren't voting skin color. They are voting for the candidate they think respects them and their experience. Many of us white folks are doing the same thing and voting for Obama.

 
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