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| "Like what you see Mitt? Good, now get out!" |
On Thursday, Barack Obama invited Mitt Romney to the White House for lunch. The two shared white turkey chili and repaired to President Obama's man cave, formerly known as the Oval Office, for photo ops.
The transformation of the room became complete when, sometime in the past year, the president swapped out the fussy beige floral couches that formerly sat in the room for the possibly-velour tan behemoths you see before you. Though our sourcing is spotty on this, we suspect this is the only place Michelle would let the president put the furniture from his bachelor apartment. Or else they were the gift of an enthusiastic Ohio State fraternity, obtained during President Obama’s campaign travels in the state. The throw pillows, one can only assume, came free with a year's subscription to Sports Illustrated. The coffee table looks familiar: I could swear it's from the free section of Craigslist.
The couches simply make form follow function: the room is the most important bro-out zone in the nation.
Oh yeah, you can almost smell the testosterone.
Let me confess to a little something here.
The house that I currently live in was ONLY purchased after the builder and my ex-wife lured me into the deal with the promise of an addition not in the original plans, that addition has now become the Lair of Loquacious Liberalism. In other words MY man cave.
This is where I spend the vast majority of my waking hours. Where I think, where I dream, where I blog, and where I ponder the vastness of the universe. (It's also where I watch bad Netflix movies and shuffle through piles of purposeless paperwork, but that part is somewhat less inspiring.)
The wife is gone, the kids have grown up, but the Lair remains.
Every man needs one, and I am glad to see that the President has his. From such a carefully crafted command center he will accomplish great things.
You have to know that Mitt was thinking about the redecorating that he and Ann had talked about..
ReplyDeleteThe new drapes, furnishings, couches, etc., etc...
Ha Ha! Not going to happen!
The President is such a cutie! Mitt Romney not so much.
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...here's an article out today on poor Meh...who has not a damn thing to do but stare out his windows...here's a taste...
ReplyDelete"By Philip Rucker, Saturday, December 1, 12:10 PM
SAN DIEGO — The man who planned to be president wakes up each morning now without a plan.
Mitt Romney looks out the windows of his beach house here in La Jolla, a moneyed and pristine enclave of San Diego, at noisy construction workers fixing up his next-door neighbor’s home, sending regular updates on the renovation. He devours news from 2,600 miles away in Washington about the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, shaking his head and wondering what if."
Here's the link for the rest...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-detached-romney-tends-wounds-in-seclusion-after-failed-white-house-bid/2012/12/01/4305079a-38a9-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html
The couches are the original but have been re-upholstered. Save money and get a new look.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I left out this part of the article...
ReplyDelete"Gone are the minute-by-minute schedules and the swarm of Secret Service agents. There’s no aide to make his peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Romney hangs around the house, sometimes alone, pecking away at his iPad and e-mailing his CEO buddies, who’ve been swooping in and out of La Jolla to visit. He wrote to one who’s having a liver transplant soon: “I’ll change your bedpan, take you back and forth to treatment.”
LOL! This is so damn SAD!
Yep, it is. All that's left is to re-post the picture of Meh looking confused and haggard pumping his own gas.
DeleteNo girlz allowed.
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Start lettin em come in there, the next thing you know everybody will be puttin coasters under their drinks, cleaning up behind themselves, throwing away pizza boxes within a day or so, and cussin less while holding our crotch like we bad or somethin.
Females have civilized the rest of the world, but we gotta put our foot down and commandeer least 200-300 square feet minimum of OUR turf (okay, less if she says so). Of course, only with sweetie's express prior approval, since we don't want the WHOLE house to just ourselves 24/7/365.
Just a little bit of space where we are the master of our domain until we are called to do chores or somethin with the Misses.
If memory serves, barack and Michelle PAID for all the changes they made, unlike Nancy wife of the sainted one, who demanded new state china every single year they were there. I imagine Annie had her first new pattern all picked out and ready to order. From the Louvre no doubt.
ReplyDeleteSome smartass opined about the luncheon menu. White. Got that. Turkey. Oh, yeah. Chili? LEFTOVERS!
ReplyDeleteNo braised crow or baked humble pie? Nah, this President has too much class for that. Can't say the same for rMoney, can we?
I was looking at the picture hanging on the wall on the left in the first photo. I couldn't figure out what the heck it was, A mushroom? A rocket? The talk about "man cave" had me smirking - with the 1st thought into my head as it looks very "phallic". Finally in the last photo of the Pres shot through the window you can see the picture is of Lady Liberty's torch arm.
ReplyDeleteAnd every woman needs a room of her own!
ReplyDeleteNot the kitchen table after she's done clearing it. Not a corner of the livingroom after she's done picking up the kid's toys and hubby's dirty gym clothes. Not a cubbyhole under the stairs.
A. Real. Room.
Hers and hers alone.
I hear you - from someone who lives in a very small space with two men who like their stuff.
DeleteWrong baby, the man gets one room and I get the whole rest of the house. He don't like it, stay in the cave. That's how the big girls do it.
DeleteI kinda like the new couches.
ReplyDeleteThe old ones look kinda frumpy, like some grandmother's sofa that should have plastic covers.
He's the coolest POTUS ever! It's so tastefully done and reflects his personality. My husband's man cave is a converted porch, best money we spent!
ReplyDeletethe man cave looks decent. needs more plants, but still - decent.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like how I would decorate my house and I am female. I don't like frilly crap and I can't stand cluttered garbage all over the place (too much to dust so into the cabinets it goes).
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