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Happy Birthday, Mr. President

By Jeralyn, Section Obama Administration
Posted on Tue Aug 04, 2009 at 10:28:00 PM EST
Tags: JFK, Marilyn Monroe (all tags)
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Happy Birthday to President Barack Obama, who turned 48 years young today.

The LeRoy Neiman painting of Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy is one I had over my fireplace for years. I loved picking out all the politicians in it, from Bobby Kennedy and Ted Kennedy (and Ethel) to Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird and Mayor Robert Wagner. Check it out below:

(It came with a videocasette of Neieman describing the painting and pointing out who was who. It's one of the few paintings I'm sorry I sold.)

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    Happy Birthday, Mr. President | 2 comments (2 topical)
    That is a pretty cool painting n/t (none / 0) (#1)
    by lilburro on Wed Aug 05, 2009 at 08:43:45 AM EST
    and Happy Belated Mr. President!

    Hypocrisy (none / 0) (#2)
    by mmeo on Wed Aug 05, 2009 at 05:19:16 PM EST
    Oh, we progressives hate the hypocrisy of the right-wing Republicans, all right. . .

    But the sight of a church-going Catholic having his mistress serenade him, in the presence of his wife and his entire political coalition, while dressed in a see-through outfit, that doesn't bother us at all.

    Hmmm.

    Happy Birthday, Mr. President | 2 comments (2 topical)