Kantor Reveals Mad-Hatter Party and President's Tense Marriage

According to Jodi Kantor of the New York Times, a 2009 Alice in Wonderland party that occurred at the White House was kept under wraps because it occurred at the height of the recession and of course Obama and his administration feared how this would appear to the American public.

What I don't understand is, how he actually thought this story would never come out eventually. The act of trying to cover up an elaborate party staged by Hollywood director Tim Burton is asinine. This is a true reflection of his inconsideration for the American people.

A White House “Alice in Wonderland” costume ball — put on by Johnny Depp and Hollywood director Tim Burton — proved to be a Mad-as-a-Hatter idea that was never made public for fear of a political backlash during hard economic times, according to a new tell-all. 

“The Obamas,” by New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor, tells of the first Halloween party the first couple feted at the White House in 2009. It was so over the top that “Star Wars” creator George Lucas sent the original Chewbacca to mingle with invited guests.

The book reveals how any official announcement of the glittering affair — coming at a time when Tea Party activists and voters furious over the lagging economy, 10-percent unemployment rate, bank bailouts and Obama’s health-care plan were staging protests — quickly vanished down the rabbit hole. 

“White House officials were so nervous about how a splashy, Hollywood-esque party would look to jobless Americans — or their representatives in Congress, who would soon vote on health care — that the event was not discussed publicly and Burton’s and Depp’s contributions went unacknowledged,” the book says.

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The book also tells a story of a tense marriage between Michelle and Obama. Shocker, I know.

Often White House staffers found themselves in the middle of husband-and-wife quarrels. 

“The advisors could feel hopelessly caught between husband and wife,” Kantor writes. “The Obama marriage was awkward for everyone: for the aides, for the president . . . and for the first lady.”

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