Is the Churchill Bust Controversy A Total Bust?

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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Jul 27, 2012 4:32pm
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/is-the-churchill-bust-controversy-a-total-bust/

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1. I think So

First of all he's a British Prime Minister. Lincoln is a very distinguished US President who gave his life serving his country and freed the slaves. I think he's much more deserving of having his bust displayed in the oval office than Churchill (one of them foreigners Mitt seems worried about) and I bet if you poll that so will most Dems and Repugs.

Second, US citizens are so devoid of any real knowledge of history I'd bet you'd have to explain to many of them who Churchill even was.

The whole thing was Mitt pandering to the UK.

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4. You shoulda oughta readed the link

Under W, there were at least two busts of Winnie on the White House; one, on loan, was returned; the other is still there, and the photo shows POTUS and Cameron inspecting it in 2010

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5. I did Read it. Nowhere did I say NO bust of Churchill Should be displayed in the WH

I don't care if a bust of Churchill is displayed in the WH. I'm sure there are lots of paintings and busts/statues of other dignitaries displayed there. It's a big place.

The point I was making was that a kerfuffle over displaying Churchill in the Oval Office is silly and that it is more than appropriate for one our best president's bust to be displayed in the President's office instead of a British Prime Minister.

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6. I agree with all of that

[nolabear]

2. I doubt there's a bust of Patton in the House of Parliament either.

Nobody cares if the bust isn't in the Oval Office. The fact that it's in the residence is respectful and lovely.

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3. Team romney trying to change the topic...

not working.

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7. Even money says Romney hired Michele Bachmann's fact checkers

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8. like most things the right has dredged up.....