Sacrifice Is For the Little People… Obama White House Serves $399 Bottles of Wine at State Dinner

Cheers.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raises her glass for a toast during a State Dinner in honor of China’s President Hu Jintao at the White House in Washington, January 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Jim Young POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Via Sondrak

Sacrifice is for the little people.
It may be the worst recession since the Great Depression but that doesn’t mean everyone is suffering.
The Obama Administration went all out last night at their State Dinner for Communist China.
Here’s the menu:

White House State Dinner Menu For President Hu Jintao (full menu)

First
D’Anjou Pear with Farmstead Goat Cheese
Fennel, Black Walnuts, and White Balsamic

Second
Poached Maine Lobster
Orange Glaze Carrots and Black Trumpet Mushrooms

Wine: DuMol Chardonnay “Russian River” 2008 (California)

*
Lemon Sorbet
*
Main
Dry Aged Rib Eye with Buttermilk Crisp Onions
Double Stuffed Potatoes and Creamed Spinach

Wine: Quilceda Creek Cabernet “Columbia Valley” 2005 (Washington State)

That wasn’t Mad Dog 20/20 they were serving.
The Quilceda Creek Cabernet goes for $199 a bottle.
Hat Tip Taqiyyotomist

Sacrifice is for the little people.

UPDATE: The wine was $399 per bottle.

#1 January 20, 2011 at 11:19 am
Insufficiently Sensitive commented:

Cabernet is a white wine on Quilceda Creek?
#2 January 20, 2011 at 11:21 am
martha commented:

Please put a warning that that photograph is not suitable for children to view, as it might give them nightmares.
Those looked like Wicked Witch of the West eyes
#3 January 20, 2011 at 11:21 am
Bunni commented:

OMG, I need eye bleach. What did they put in Hill’s glass?
At least they didn’t haul out their mad dog 20/20 stash.
#4 January 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
Mad Hatter commented:

Please do us all a favor Jim, please don’t show anymore close up pictures of Hillary.

She looks like a mean bus driver I had in school.
#5 January 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
Chisum commented:

Since the republicans are looking for places to cut the budget I think I know where they can start.
#6 January 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
Pat the First commented:

The Quilcede wine won some award. There was another WA wine from Walla Walla also served. It is only around $20 per bottle.
#7 January 20, 2011 at 11:26 am
patman commented:

Toasting commies.

It’s come down to this.
#8 January 20, 2011 at 11:26 am
save us commented:

Nothing like a little sacrifce by the first couple. The might have had $500 a bottle wine for our guests.

What did the party cost the little people who stayed home?

I hope it didn’t take theone’s focus off of creating jobs for all of us who are unemployed.
#9 January 20, 2011 at 11:27 am
RedBeard commented:

Chicom Hu should have brought his own wine. Perhaps a nice bottle of Chateau Tiananmen Square.
#10 January 20, 2011 at 11:29 am
Pat the First commented:

I live in WA State’s wine country. Believe me . . . $200 bottles of wine aren’t really that unusual. I sure don’t know who buys them, though. $20 seems enough for me.
#11 January 20, 2011 at 11:36 am
Lisa G in NZ commented:

America is being ruled, not served.

DEFUND the partying, wine, and European shopping budgets… pronto.
#12 January 20, 2011 at 11:37 am
Blue Collar Todd commented:

Obama dines a Marxist while Republicans repeal Marxist legislation.

http://www.bluecollarphilosophy.com/2011/01/obama-dines-a-marxist-while-the-republicans-repeal-marxist-legislation-contrast-anyone.html

Quite the contrast.
#13 January 20, 2011 at 11:40 am
Granny commented:

I have to tell you, that seems like an extremely heavy menu to me – “buttermilk crisp onions” = French Fried Onion Rings, Double stuffed potatoes are baked potatoes, with the insides scooped out, mashed (usually with cheese) then stuffed back into the shell and baked (usually with more cheese), creamed spinach. . . . . heavy, heavy, heavy! No wonder the “first lady”‘s rear end looks like the back view of the Titanic from a tugboat.
#14 January 20, 2011 at 11:42 am
proof commented:

What? They were all out of Two Buck Chuck?
#15 January 20, 2011 at 11:43 am
Oh Noes! commented:

That is one evil beo-tch
#16 January 20, 2011 at 11:44 am
Grimcargo commented:

Jesus that photo of Hillary. Actually I believe the wrong end was up…
#17 January 20, 2011 at 11:47 am
srqvet commented:

Remember, Dear Leader was wounded in the Battle of Châteaubriand. Takes some good wine to deal with the pain.
#18 January 20, 2011 at 11:47 am
greenfairie commented:

No dessert? Lame!
#19 January 20, 2011 at 11:48 am
UpChuck.Liberals commented:

You all know what the difference is between a $10 wine and a $200 wine? $190 and the suckers that buy it.
#20 January 20, 2011 at 11:49 am
shibumi commented:

Strangely enough, I don’t mind this. I mean, technically, it’s being used at a state dinner, as opposed to an official Obama vacation. So I can kind of give him a pass on this.
#21 January 20, 2011 at 11:51 am
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Brings to mind the scene in the animated “Animal Farm” where the pigs are partying and living it up in the house which the animals all agreed they would never move into.

Some animals are more equal than others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZldlyeR8DU

Scene starts at 1:05.

Doesn’t end well for the pigs.
#22 January 20, 2011 at 11:51 am
Paul Ben commented:

This hateful rhetoric and depicting the former First Lady as a Shooting Target is way beyond any death threat, I’m calling the FBI.

Is this the “get togetherness” message of president SOB..ama? This is bullsh*t.

So what? Bid freaking deal, the Chinese are paying our bills anyway!

IT IS THEIR MONEY!!

You guys should be ashamed of yourselves!

Um…On second thought, screw it!!

This country is f*cked, what do I care?!
#23 January 20, 2011 at 11:54 am
The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:

Okay, so admittedly I don’t go around looking at pictures of Hillary Clinton, but that has to be one of the worst, if not THE WORST picture i’ve ever seen. Ye gads.
#24 January 20, 2011 at 11:54 am
Neo commented:

Château Blue, too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn.

Old Smokey 1968 has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian Wino Society thoroughly recommends a 1970 Coq du Rod Laver, which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: eight bottles of this and you’re really finished. At the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour.

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is ‘beware’. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.
#25 January 20, 2011 at 11:55 am
mercador commented:

I helped to pay for it. I can not believe that is Hillary. Man please, that is all she needs is more wine.
#26 January 20, 2011 at 11:55 am
Pat the First commented:

No dessert? Lame!

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Yes, there was a dessert. That wasn’t the entire menu. I read it last night. Can’t remember what else was served except that there was another WA State wine served, but not a really expensive one.
#27 January 20, 2011 at 11:57 am
Chisum commented:

More eye candy.

http://www.lucianne.com/images/lucianne/DailyPhoto/2011-01-19-CTTHT.jpg
#28 January 20, 2011 at 11:59 am
Granny commented:

#18 January 20, 2011 at 11:47 am
greenfairie commented:

No dessert? Lame!
_________

Apple pie and vanilla ice cream.
#29 January 20, 2011 at 11:59 am
olm commented:

Funny that they serve a 200$ bottle of wine at a state dinner for a Communist. How fitting.
I read the guest list last night. There were quite a few in attendance.
That’s alot of 200.00 wine.
#30 January 20, 2011 at 11:59 am
Pat the First commented:

Oh, good grief . . . Hillary’s dress is even worse than Michelle’s.
#31 January 20, 2011 at 12:01 pm
ChillyinAlaska commented:

It’s hard for royalty to sacrifice. In this case, they bought the wine in bulk at Costco.
#32 January 20, 2011 at 12:04 pm
DAve commented:

Hopefully after dinner they all stood and applauded Mr. Hu for ponying up for such a lavish event.
How lovely!: The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner holding a dinner for the man who has the 2010 winner imprisoned-
#33 January 20, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Alan commented:

Having been to China many times and tried most of their wines, they certainly could have bought a $15/bottle of wine and they would have thought it was great! They have absolutely horrid wine in China-The wine makers of the US could make a killing selling there…whups..shouldn’t have used “killing” in this new era of kinder, gentler, civil speech…:)
#34 January 20, 2011 at 12:09 pm
kicknback1 commented:

Wait…doesn’t everyone drink expensive bottles of wine with dinner?

Why just last evening, we had a bottle of Chateau Lafitte with our Salisbury Steak Hungry Man Dinner.
#35 January 20, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Paul in N.AL commented:

That menu was horrible to feed those people. What a waste of money. What about baked ribs with baked beans, and sauteed butternut squash? Its cheaper and more appetizing.
#36 January 20, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Redwine commented:

IS #1 – The wine in the pic is probably the Chardonnay.

I’ve had the Quilceda wine. It’s truly excellent, but clearly it’s an unnecessary extravagance here – state dinner or no. I can’t fault the dinner planners for their choice of the $20 Walla Walla red. As a Washingtonian and a wine enthusiast, I’m always happy to promote great state wines. (Hence, my nic.)
#37 January 20, 2011 at 12:16 pm
David_V. commented:

Go ahead give that evil thing more wine so we can see her fall on her face again, rotflmao.
#38 January 20, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Redwine commented:

#33 January 20, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Alan commented:

Having been to China many times and tried most of their wines, they certainly could have bought a $15/bottle of wine and they would have thought it was great!

_____________

Exactly! The Chinese prefer beer – or as my Chinese cooking teacher used to say in her thick, Chinese accent – hahhd likker!
#39 January 20, 2011 at 12:17 pm
lyle commented:

#33 Alan,

Your incendiary, vitriolic rhetoric will force me to kill a bottle of wine over dinner tonight.
#40 January 20, 2011 at 12:18 pm
valerie commented:

#6 January 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
Pat the First

cite?
#41 January 20, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Lorenzo commented:

Quite a similar menu to those offered by the George W.Bush White House with one difference and that is the total absence of comment by Gateway Pundit.
#42 January 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Redwine commented:

#41 January 20, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Lorenzo commented:

Quite a similar menu to those offered by the George W.Bush White House with one difference and that is the total absence of comment by Gateway Pundit.

________

Yeah. But Bush didn’t have a multi-trillion dollar deficit, crippled economy or high unemployment hanging over his head.
#43 January 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm
NickDeringer commented:

This picture of Hillary will live in infamy. It says decadence so perfectly.
#44 January 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Dave-O commented:

#41 Lorenzo – I feel quite confident that had the Bush White House served up $200/bottle wine – we would have had PLENTY of comment from the likes of Katie Couric, Harry Smith, Diane Sawyer, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, “Special Ed” Shultz, etc., etc. etc.
#45 January 20, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Militant Conservative commented:

WHOA! No wonder Bill hit on anything with two legs. YEESH,
Wicked mean Grandma eyes. More lines than a topagraphical roadmap.

powder is dry.
#46 January 20, 2011 at 12:37 pm
INC commented:

I will say this in Hillary’s defense–she is not botoxed into a plastic doll-face. The close-up is not flattering to her, but she does look like a real person.
#47 January 20, 2011 at 12:39 pm
INC commented:

She must be about 63-64 years old, and although some lines come with age, I imagine Bill is responsible for a quite a number of those wrinkles.
#48 January 20, 2011 at 12:41 pm
BasementBoy commented:

Obama!

OBAMA!

O B A M A !

Why do ya’ll always rip on our great president Obama! Hiz a grate man and gonna save us from Bush and Cheeny and all the bad things they did to us. Obama, hiz a grate man but juz needs sum help from the Chinese. Did ya’ll see prez Obama cryin? Yes, its treu, he was so sad. He had his head in the lap of the Chinese president, crying hiz poor heart out – tryin to choke bake the tears.

Obama!

OBAMA!

O B A M A !
#49 January 20, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Radegunda commented:

Militant: Bill’s not much to look at either, IMO.
#50 January 20, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Radegunda commented:

INC, thank you. There are many things for which I will criticize Hillary. Being in her sixties sans buckets of Botox is not one of them.
#51 January 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm
bg commented:

++

meanwhile back in the camp coward ceo cave..

The Ruling of Dispossessing

aka: Disavowal of the Pursuit of “Middleclassness”

The Region: Revolutions, walk-outs and fatwas

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#52 January 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm
lol commented:

Bibi Netanyahu (our ally) gets stood up for dinner by the President, and blasted for building tiny apartments in his country. England (our ally) get’s the Winston Churchill Bust they gave us after 9/11 shipped back to them, and the Queen, and Gordon Brown get cheap gifts. The Saudi King gets bowed to, Chavez gets relaxed travel restrictions, and Iran is offered an extended hand, if they unclench their fist. (they are now nuclear) Now the communist dictator of China (one of the worst abuser of human rights) is honored at the White House, and Chinese propaganda is took over Times Square. Very sad!
#53 January 20, 2011 at 1:06 pm
valerie commented:

I’m giving BO a pass on this one, because it is a state dinner. However, I would like to point out the president of this country need not serve extra-expensive wine in order to live up to the example of his predecessors.

I attended a party on the Sequoia (President Kennedy’s yacht) just after its restoration to the condition that Kennedy had maintained. It was a wooden ship, with cotton cafe curtains. It was not by my standards ornate or lavish. I’ve been in a federal courthouse or two, quite a few castles, and a bunch of museums. I know how our ancestors lived.

I can safely say that there are a LOT of people who live in greater comfort and luxury than the President of the USA, and that’s a good thing, because the very good things in life are widely available to, and affordable by, ordinary Americans.

I own crystal at least as fine as that glass Hillary is holding, and I’d rather serve food on my own china than that Presidential set. My tableware is stainless, not silver, because I don’t want to have to bother with polishing it. It is true my design is simple, but the design was entirely my choice.

I have a beautiful house, a marble dinner table, and orchids. I routinely serve filet mignon, baby lettuce, tiny carrots, spinach, potatoes, and mushrooms. And on days I don’t feel like cooking, I can go grab a carne asada burrito that’d knock anybody’s socks off.

God bless the USA.
#54 January 20, 2011 at 1:12 pm
bg commented:

++

hmmm, registers 53 posts, only see 50, don’t see my
post yet, must be a glitch, so lets see if this works..

oh wait,

Comment moderation is enabled. Your
comment may take some time to appear.

that’s first time i’ve ever seen that..

better to know than wonder..

will check back later, thanks..

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#55 January 20, 2011 at 1:15 pm
redc1c4 commented:

i was going to say that the picture of Shrillery was an improvement, simply because it hid so much of her face… %-)
#56 January 20, 2011 at 1:19 pm
bg commented:

++

oh my, that’s quite a timely delay..

so is having to fill name & email every time..

btw, the count it up to 56 as type..

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#57 January 20, 2011 at 1:23 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

Radegunda and INC, I long ago grew tired of hearing insults of HRC’s appearance. Old or young, pretty or homely, thin or fat…it doesn’t matter. As MLK speechified, it’s the content of a person’s character that matters.

I do make an exception for the First Wookie, however, because the state run media, which her political party controls, spent a year telling us how beautiful she is. So, I spent the last two and I’m going to spend the next two disputing that BS.

Anyway, I’m not convinced that’s HRC in that photo. That doesn’t look like her hair style or color, the shape of the eyebrows and the space between them and the eyes don’t look right, the eyes are shaped like HRC’s…even the skin tone doesn’t look like HRC does in any other photo or film clip I’ve seen of her. I think the subject of that photo has been misidentified. (And before any of you smart@$$es here decide that this means I’m a fan of HRC’s or whatever, I’m letting you know now that you’re wrong. I just don’t think that’s her in the pic. Nothing more. Nothing less.)
#58 January 20, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Hu's a dictator commented:

Chinese president arrives in the USA to a lavish State dinner and high praise from Obama and the democrats. Yet they have the bureaucrats telling African leaders not to deal with China because of human rights violations ( a country that literally does forced abortions on women-i.e against their will). American hypocrisy on show for the world to see. Read Dambisa Moyo book.
#59 January 20, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Militant Conservative commented:

Radegunda,

True, but hillary’s inner evil is visible via the windows to the soul.

At least they did not pan down and show us her cankles.

Soft focus from a distance is her best hope.

powder is dry.
#60 January 20, 2011 at 1:26 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

Testing. 1…2…3… Testing…
#61 January 20, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

OT, sort of:

http://vitalsignsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/china-takes-over-west-nods.html

“And how to insure this power shift goes smoothly? Surrender with a smile. Throw a big party for the winners. And try and convince the American people that China will be good to them.”

h/t BLL

http://blogslucianneloves.com/
#62 January 20, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Granny commented:

#30 January 20, 2011 at 11:59 am
Pat the First commented:

Oh, good grief . . . Hillary’s dress is even worse than Michelle’s.

___________

No it isn’t – not by a long shot. It appears to fit correctly, the color is flattering for her older complexion and she does not look like she has been melted and poured into it. All in all, not too shabby for an old broad.
#63 January 20, 2011 at 1:38 pm
daryl commented:

Jim said:

“That wasn’t Mad Dog 20/20 they were serving.”

Bet ol’ Hill’s had her share of pot and Mogen David though. Harlow gold hair and Bette Davis eyes like hers aren’t just a natural gift from ol’ Mother Nature. Ya gotta work fer ‘em.
According to David Maraniss Hill was pretty much the hippie chick at Wellesly and later while matriculating with Barnacle Bill the Nailer.
#64 January 20, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Andreas K. commented:

For a $199/bottle wine the color is actually pretty unimpressive. I’ve seen cheaper whites that had a stunning gold shade and a very pleasant taste (which means something coming from me, since I usually loath white wine.)

Though $199/bottle isn’t that high compared to some others I know.

Still, the price says nothing about the quality. I’ve had real champaign once and I hated every second of it (I hate any sort of sparkling wine.) I once had a €500/bottle red and it was unimpressive.

And the photo is creepy.

The glass is a white glass, though. But it’s one of those fancy things I hate. Plus, I wonder how many people there actually drank the wine consciously. I heard some good things about American wine. But most attendents most likely just gulped it away like the barbarians they are.
#65 January 20, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Granny commented:

#30 January 20, 2011 at 11:59 am
Pat the First commented:

Oh, good grief . . . Hillary’s dress is even worse than Michelle’s.
_______-

Not by a long shot. Hillarys dress seems to fit correctly, she is not rolling out or hanging out of it, the color is not bad for her older complexion. Not bad for an older gal. And definitely NOT something that says “low class, dressed like trash.”
#66 January 20, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Don Rodrigo commented:

EEEAAARRRGGHHH!!!!!!

Makes me think of Kathy Bates in “Misery,” or even “Chuckie.”
#67 January 20, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Zim commented:

she looks evil
#68 January 20, 2011 at 2:10 pm
daryl commented:

test
#69 January 20, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Patrick Glenn commented:

What would Mao and Franz Fanon think about such a decadent display of bourgeois/aristocratic finery?
#70 January 20, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Patrick Glenn commented:

What would Mao and Frantz Fanon say about such a decadent display of bourgeois/aristocratic trappings?
#71 January 20, 2011 at 2:24 pm
C-Christian Soldier commented:

and “our side of the aisle” the Rs are going to do what about this ?
NADA-my guess
and what are we in the US going to do about it…
keep speaking out via the blog is-sphere-and et al..
C-CS
#72 January 20, 2011 at 2:29 pm
DisgustedAmerican commented:

There are no words strong enough to describe my contempt for the Obamas during this time of our country’s downward spiral re job losses, folks losing their homes and businesses, etc.

They are to be despised.
#73 January 20, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Pat the First commented:

This has the full menu . . .

http://www.michellesmirror.com/2011/01/our-chinese-banquet.html
#74 January 20, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Pat the First commented:

Here is the entire menu . . .

http://www.michellesmirror.com/2011/01/our-chinese-banquet.html
#75 January 20, 2011 at 2:38 pm
really? commented:

#41 January 20, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Lorenzo commented:
Quite a similar menu to those offered by the George W.Bush White House with one difference and that is the total absence of comment by Gateway Pundit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You see, here’s the problem: G. Bush NEVER told all of us little people that we would have to have “some skin in the game” and to accept the power and will of the elitists, libs and marxists. The Won has played more golf games, had more vactions, drove us into a debt that we may never recover from then G. Bush did in 8 years of office. Obama then has more nerve than a bad tooth to tell us “little people” that we have to sacrfice more, that we should be grateful to him for the debt, sellouts and bailouts. This is nothing more than pandering to China, on the backs of the American workers.
Grow up, little Lorenzo
#76 January 20, 2011 at 2:51 pm
TheresaAK commented:

New thread please.
#78 January 20, 2011 at 2:55 pm
sifty commented:

No matter how much the MFM tries to hide it, sooner or later the Evil starts to leak out through the skin where everyone can see it.
#80 January 20, 2011 at 2:59 pm
MariaA commented:

Hillary should have that picture embargoed and thrown down a memory hole! Scary!
#81 January 20, 2011 at 2:59 pm
RedBeard commented:

I couldn’t possibly care any less about Hillary’s wrinkles. Her true ugliness comes from the inside.
#82 January 20, 2011 at 3:07 pm
rhonda commented:

she looks like she is in “devil heaven” toasting the dictator from china
#83 January 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm
rhonda commented:

she looks like she is in “demon heaven” toasting the dictator from china
#84 January 20, 2011 at 3:09 pm
oldguy commented:

Hillary must have thought accepting the Sec. of State job would help her in eventually becoming President. I think she made a bad choice.
#85 January 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm
bg commented:

++

count up to #84..

and still not seeing past #50..

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#86 January 20, 2011 at 3:23 pm
code red commented:

bush had less than 5 state dinners in his 8 years. Odumba is averaging 2 a year. that’s the difference.
#88 January 20, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Jim commented:

Typical ghetto thug, livin’ large on the tax payers dime!
#89 January 20, 2011 at 4:07 pm
myohmy commented:

OMG. While family tightening up their budget, all our elitists hogs are living large with pricey appetite. 2012 never come so quick.
#90 January 20, 2011 at 4:11 pm
myohmy commented:

what?
#91 January 20, 2011 at 4:18 pm
max wyeth commented:

Dumol Chardonnay is probably $80/bottle
the Quilceda Cabernet is $399 / bottle
#92 January 20, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Callipygian1 commented:

Caymus makes Quilceda Creek look like Night Train
#93 January 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm
donh commented:

I hear HU left the table after reading his fortune cookie ” Wise man say…A fool goes into debt; A double fool pays it off; A wise man declares bankruptcy “
#94 January 20, 2011 at 4:39 pm
StrangernFiction commented:

#7 January 20, 2011 at 11:26 am
patman commented:

Toasting commies.

It’s come down to this.

…………………………….

Well that’s what commies do.
#95 January 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Granny Jan commented:

Drudge updated the link. It was a $399 bottle!
#97 January 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

I didn’t believe that was HRC in the pic so I went to find other pics from the event to see if maybe someone else had been misidentified as HRC. That’s got to be her, all right, unless someone else was wearing the same dress.

Look at how different she looks in this pic from the dinner.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//110120/ids_photos_ts/r2478449492.jpg/

Or in any of these pics.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hillary+rodham+clinton&form=QBIR&qs=n&sk=&sc=8-22

In the Reuters/Jim Young photo, she looks like a different person, a woman who is truly evil to her core or even demon-possessed. It’s just weird. I’d be frightened to look up, across the dinner table, and see a woman looking over the top of her wine glass that way in direction.
#98 January 20, 2011 at 4:57 pm
AuntieMadder commented:

And at my place, we scraped up some change yesterday to buy a couple of two-litre sodas.
#99 January 20, 2011 at 5:06 pm
StrangernFiction commented:

#32 January 20, 2011 at 12:04 pm
DAve commented:

It’s a mad mad world.
#100 January 20, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Eagle's Dominion commented:

All right, someone has it wrong. One says $199.00 per bottle and the other says $399.00 per bottle.
http://www.raederswine.com/sku056956.html
#101 January 20, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Redwine commented:

The average price for Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley 2005 is $267: http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/quilceda+creek+cabernet+sauvignon/2005

I had a glass of 2007 vintage last year. It’s a true delight. That said, I don’t think that it was necessary to serve such an expensive wine to the Chinese, who would rather have a good beer anyway. I’m sure that when the Chinese visit the Russians, they share a good vodka.
#102 January 20, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Big L commented:

53 valerie–cool! when is dinner?
#103 January 20, 2011 at 5:48 pm
ahem commented:

Talk about ass-kissing.
#104 January 20, 2011 at 6:22 pm
donh commented:

The photograph is a masterpiece . It is the same fiendish devil face seen in Kenneth Anger’s film Invocation of my Demon Brother. …. http://www.box.net/shared/static/i6xjh93hzl
#105 January 20, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Somewhat Reasonable Voice commented:

They should have bought more wine and required bigger glasses. MUCH bigger glasses so she would have been totally hidden behind one.
#107 January 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm
L.E. Liesner commented:

They should have been serving Chianti. That whole bunch would make the mafia blush with shame. I see where the FBI pulled a big raid in New York, they could have caught bigger crooks at the State Dinner.
#108 January 20, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Redwine commented:

Jiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmm – Something’s wrong with the way the comments display!!!!
#109 January 20, 2011 at 10:18 pm
will work for food commented:

In honor of our distinguished guest and overlord, Mr. Hu, I dined on ramen noodles and a nice cup of tap water.
#110 January 21, 2011 at 3:52 am
ant commented:

Is that really Shillary? She’s got some real Bond villian eyes goin’ on there. Maybe that’s inner truth that slips out when commies party together.
#111 January 21, 2011 at 5:38 am
Liz commented:

Wow. If that is what $200 bottles of wine do to the skin around your eyes, I’ll stick to the 20 dollar bottles.
#112 January 21, 2011 at 6:31 am
bg commented:

++

“why aren’t we doing the same thing”

well, he WONE, ergo, we will be..

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#113 January 21, 2011 at 6:34 am
bg commented:

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testing again..

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#114 January 21, 2011 at 6:49 am
timltbird commented:

They remind me of other famous monarchy in history…that would be King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette…It’s good to be the King…Pull!
#115 January 21, 2011 at 6:52 am
timltbird commented:

They remind me of other famous monarchs in history – King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. It’s good to be the King. Pull.
#116 January 21, 2011 at 6:52 am
timltbird commented:

King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
#117 January 21, 2011 at 6:58 am
timltird commented:

King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? It’s good to be the King. Pull.
#121 January 21, 2011 at 1:38 pm
hellferbreakfast commented:

Wonder if they sell that wine @ wal-mart????
#122 January 21, 2011 at 3:34 pm
txbluebonnet commented:

Yes, that is Hillary. I saw another photo of her holding that wine glass and it wasn’t blocking her face. Believe me, the glass blocking her face is an improvement!
#123 January 21, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Diana Brau commented:

What a bunch of poor losers.
#125 January 22, 2011 at 10:40 am
Wayne Gron commented:

Wine Question. DuMol Chardonny “Russian River” is a white wine
#128 January 24, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Ginger commented:

If any of you were “paying attention” you would have
noticed that they did not serve FRENCH wine, they served American
items, thereby stimulating the economy of THIS country, with
their choices. It’s too easy to get focused on what our Secretary
of State looked like, in a photo, instead of really paying attention
to what was served, and leaving Hillary alone.
She has been through more than any of us could even imagine, and
while I don’t know her age, she’s still trying to “serve” your needs in
politics, instead of “coasting” like so many “former” First Ladies” have
done. You may not like her, but you don’t have to continually kick her
under the bus….where’s your Christian attitude, in your back pocket?
Those of you who do all the criticizing, have probably never held any
position of responsibility, or done anything important with your lives,
but watch Soap Operas…..shows what your mentality is, when you must
criticize others just to make yourselves feel important. If you can’t be
civil, or complimentary, save us all the trouble of reading your trash talk.