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| Trump aide Conway draws ire for kneeling on White House sofa |
| 2017-02-28 |
| [Mail] US President Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway has come under fire after a picture of her casually kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office was widely shared on social media. In an image captured by an AFP photographer, Conway appears on the couch with her shoes on as Trump poses for a photo with leaders of historically black colleges and universities. Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens was among those taking aim at Conway, suggesting that aides under previous administrations would have elicited even greater outcry. "If Rice or Jarrett had sat like this in Oval Office, conservatives would have screamed themselves hoarse for weeks. Now we own trashy," he wrote, referring to previous presidential aides. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #25 NYT tomorrow: Conway takes a knee in support of BLM. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-02-28 19:30 |
| #24 "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw boredom forever. Kellyanne begins photobombing in five minutes." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-02-28 19:14 |
| #23 Yeah, right. Her knees were on the couch (bad) not on the floor (OK) in the Oval Office. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-02-28 17:12 |
| #22 The Pope and current POTUS were on a boat together. The Pope's hat flew off in gust and landed on the water. The Pope and members of his entourage tried, tried but couldn't retrieve the Pope's hat. Trump said, "I'll get it for you" and got down onto the water, walked across the water and retrieved the Pope's hat. The next day the NYTs headline boldly stated "Trump can't swim." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-02-28 15:42 |
| #21 Did the incident involve interns, cigars and a blue dress? Was it necessary to hose down the Oval Office with bleach afterwards? If not STFU lefty media. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Sinatra7133 2017-02-28 15:27 |
| #20 She can kneel on my couch any time she wants. |
| Posted by: Bill Snore2403 2017-02-28 15:22 |
| #19 Exactly |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-28 14:56 |
| #18 gorb... Sorry I forgot the apostrophe: Trumps ==> Trump's Surely that's what you meant. ;-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-02-28 14:49 |
| #17 The genious is that by having her on the couch everyone paid attention to a story they otherwise would have tried to ignore. Then the following photo comes out showing she was taking a photo of the group and the complainers look stupid. It's a two-fer. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-02-28 14:17 |
| #16 gorb... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-28 14:15 |
| #15 Trump aide Conway draws ire for kneeling on White House sofa Hey, at least Trumps aides have their clothes on when they are on the sofa. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-02-28 14:12 |
| #14 I'm with Rambler. Squirrel!! |
| Posted by: KBK 2017-02-28 13:21 |
| #13 Who the hell cares?? |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2017-02-28 13:07 |
| #12 Looks like she was trying not to obstruct the official photo. I'm not sure how she gets into that position with her shoes on, but ok. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-02-28 12:48 |
| #11 Trying to gin up outrage. The lady took a photo with her cell phone from the best vantage point, as cell phone photographers do, and no doubt immediately shared it with the pleased participants. With the counter-examples of President Obama out there so quickly, it will fizzle out quickly. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-28 11:37 |
| #10 Leave Kellyanne alone; she brightens the day for many. It seems that some people just like to bitch about everything. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-02-28 10:41 |
| #9 Of course, the REAL story here is that Trump, supposedly racist, was meeting with the heads of historically black colleges. Totally ignored by the press. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2017-02-28 10:10 |
| #8 Your absolutely right! She belongs under the desk like Monica Lewinsky! (do I really need a /sarc here?) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-02-28 08:59 |
| #7 Here you go, gang: President Obama's favorite footstool: The famous Resolute desk |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-02-28 08:40 |
| #6 Google = source. 'Conway kneeling on couch.' Same pic as found in the story.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-02-28 08:00 |
| #5 Yes Rob, I've seen several photos of the One® with his feet (and shoes) on the desk. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-02-28 07:57 |
| #4 Possible malware. You really should rename the pictures with a much shorter name, no more than 32 characters long if possible. Long file names is a great way to infect your machines with malware. Where are you getting these pictures from anyway? I would suggest you not use pictures from that site, or at least change your naming policies. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-02-28 07:50 |
| #3 This immediately came to mind - |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-02-28 07:33 |
| #2 Leave her alone! She makes things happen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-02-28 07:22 |
| #1 Wasn't there a picture of Obama with his feet up on the Resolute Desk? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-02-28 07:16 |