Zero Class: Dalai Lama Escorted Out BACK Door of White House, Past the Bags of Garbage, Following Obama Visit
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on February 19, 2010
Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dalai Lama, being escorted from the White House through a back door, through the Palm Room's door near the WH garbage area | Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images
I remember reading about the days of the ultra-cool Rat Pack — those wise-cracking, popular 1960s headliners were Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. Originally, the group was centered around drinking buddy and tough-guy actor Humphrey Bogart until his death in 1957. They were all friends and were huge draws in Las Vegas and other posh nightclubs of the era. Suave, personable, and mega-talented group of friends.
Guess which member of the Rat Pack was expected to enter and exit through the back door of nightclubs for his performances?
Zero class here for Team Obama and the fraud of hopenchange… the Dalai Lama being escorted through the White House back door, past bags of garbage, is unthinkable. Can’t tick off China, after all.
Disgraceful. Bye-bye, Dalai…
From Voice of America News: China Lodges Protest of Dalai Lama’s White House Meeting With US Ambassador:
Officials in Beijing have summoned the U.S. ambassador to China to protest President Barack Obama’s meeting Thursday with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.
Within hours of the White House talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman issued a statement saying the meeting had “seriously harmed” U.S.-Sino relations.
“We believe the actions of the U.S. side have seriously interfered in Chinese internal affairs, seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and seriously undermined China-U.S. relations,” he said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned the American ambassador in Beijing to lodge its “solemn representations” – claiming the United States had “grossly violated international relations” by ignoring its warnings not to meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said the American ambassador in Beijing, Jon Hunstman, told Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai it was the time for the two countries to move forward and cooperate for the benefit of the “two countries, the region and the world”.
She said the United States had expected an angry reaction, even though it warned Beijing months ago that President Obama would defy China’s repeated call to snub the Dalai Lama.
“I don’t think this has come as a surprise, no,” said Hunstman. “The president had expressed his concerns for human rights in Tibet and his admiration for the Dalai Lama as an international religious figure. I can’t say what would appease the Chinese on this meeting but of course we had told the Chinese months in advance and in fact when President Obama was here in November he did mention he intended to meet with the Dalai Lama when he had his meeting with President Hu Jintao.”
The Dalia Lama has been courted by U.S. presidents – usually in private – since 1991.
President Obama delayed meeting him last year to avoid alienating Beijing ahead of a state visit to China – a move that angered U.S. lawmakers and human-rights groups.
From Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor: At White House, the Dalai Lama sidesteps trash:
Yes, that’s the Dalai Lama leaving the White House Thursday afternoon via the back door – into a mound of trash. His Holiness had just finished his meeting with President Obama and was heading out to the “stakeout area,” where a crush of reporters awaited him. That’s what the Dalai Lama is pointing at.
I was with another, smaller group of reporters and photographers, waiting to accompany the president in his motorcade to Andrews Air Force Base. We knew the Dalai Lama was about to come out, so I had my BlackBerry camera ready.
UPDATE, April 9, 2010: Add another name to the growing “Obama Snub List” — Unreal. Barack Obama Snubs Czech & International Hero Vaclav Havel at Nuclear Summit
Articles from this weeks and October 2009, during Dalai Lama’s previous US visit:
Mcnorman’s Weblog: Dalai Lama to meet Barack Obama as U.S. defies protests from China
The Camp of the Saints: Take Out The Papers And The Trash…
Diary of a Mad Conservative: Respect what office? and Obama has lost all “Respect for the Office”
UK Telegraph, Barack Obama cancels meeting with Dalai Lama ‘to keep China happy’
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Ultimate Snub: Pres. Obama Won’t Welcome Dalai Lama During His US Visit
Reuters: Obama breaks precedent by not meeting Dalai Lama
Stop The ACLU: Obama Disses Dalai Lama To Woo Red China
Not Your Sweetie: Obama to Dalai Lama: Later, dude!
GayPatriot: Obama Refuses to Meet With Dalai Lama
Snow Report Blog: Obama Snubs the Dalai Lama – WSJ.com: No Time for the Dalai Lama
Blue Crab Boulevard: No More Treacherous Friend
The Anchoress, A First Things Blog: Peretz’s nervy question
The Worst.com: Obama Ends Presidential Tradition of Meeting Dalai Lama
Rev. Danny Fisher: The Wall Street Journal on the Obama Administration “Shunning Tibet”
Stand Like a Rock: Obama Shuns Dalai Lama
Global Geopolitics News: OBAMA DUCKS DALAI LAMA
Hot Air: Obama snubbed Dalai Lama to appease China: Telegraph
Insignificant Thoughts: Obama Won’t Meet With the Dalai Lama For Fear of Offending China
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Throws the Dalai Lama Under his Bus
Empty Suit: Dalai Lama Fist Bump
Only in Memphis: The Dalai Lama is not your Homeboy
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Another example of Obama’s disdain for anyone that has more popularity than he.
Hope he enjoys his last term.
Amen to that.
BTW, AFVET… did you notice that I was able to fix your avatar? (At least, it’s appearing correctly on my end now… is it OK on yours?)
*smile*
You did good Vicki !!
Some history behind the avatar.
My Father was stationed in Burma during WW2, in the jungle, and would see the P-40s fly over.
Flying Tigers.
I found that image, and thought of him.
He has now passed.
When I was a small boy, he told me how he felt seeing them fly over.
Thank you my Friend.
I love your avatar and wanted it to display properly, so I researched the heck of what was wrong… now, all is good. Wonderful background story on the image, too.
You’re welcome, and TGIF!
I didn’t think it could get any worse than the disastrous embarrassment with the Britain Prime Minister. (DVDs anyone?) I was wrong.
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