Noticed Odd thing: Pic of Alito Family at White House.

[Ioo]

First, I want to start by saying that his son is cute,

Out of all the places to stand and pose for a pic, look where they choose. This is on the WHITEHOUSE web site.

So I guess you need a painting of Bill to make you look good now.

[medeak]

1. look like Bill has his hand on the daughter n/t

[LoKnLoD]

8. LOL

That's our Big Dog.....:headbang:

[davidinalameda]

16. I thought that too

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

78. Me toooo.

:rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

19. The Mighty Clenis!!!!

His powers are unstoppable.

[JNelson6563]

2. Those poor kids look miserable

especially the daughter. I can't imagine being that age and being thrust into the spotlight is any fun.

Julie

[SteppingRazor]

3. That is very, very strange...

these things are always planned out. Every detail is looked at (just look at the whole "Bush talks with the troops" staged event for a tip-of-the-iceberg look at the amount of planning that goes into press affairs).

Given that they absolutely knew what they were doing with this -- why did they do it?

[ewagner]

6. good question....

and I agree...they stage everything and leave NOTHING to chance. This pic was/is deliberate. Why?

[butterfly77]

56. maybe to remind their base

about monica's panties since they are always in someones elses underwear

[etherealtruth]

71. Remind the R Wingnuts ...

about Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[dicknbush]

4. Hmmmm and look where Bills hand is........

That girl is a babe and I have a feeling she doesn't agree with her dad on most of his BS right winged hooey!

[ticapnews]

13. That babe is in

high school. Just so you know :P

[QuettaKid]

26. ru saying she can't be both

a babe AND in high school? from my experience that's where you find the best babes!!!:9 :9 :9

[ewagner]

5. Is the daughter wondering

if this means she can party with Jenna now? :rofl:

[bunkerbuster1]

7. Paaaaaaaaaaarty of Lincoln!

awesome!

[longship]

17. "Damn! Mom wouldn't let me wear that bare midriff outfit!!"

nt

[okieinpain]

9. man, that is really weird. you guys are right these repugs plan

everything. for them to let this slip is really weird.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

21. They DIDN'T "let this slip."

They DO plan everything.

The mouth-breathing fundie wingnuts are supposed to "get" this. It's a reminder: "we must put Scarlito on the court, or democrats will rape your daughters and make them get abortions without parental notification."

[uppityperson]

10. Very funny.Mr.bush tries to prop his ratings up using Clinton?

Or, if Clinton poses with them, they must be ok? :rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

75. Oh of course

I'm surprised he hasn't brought Clinton out lately to raise his raitings.

[Ioo]

11. Bill hand, even his painting likes the young ones!

LOL, man I miss him, I would take a little nook nook on the side over this set of war mongers anyday.

[KoKo]

12. Good GAWD! Is this photo shopped....it has to be! n/t

[KoKo]

15. BTW: Does anyone have the photo of Bush announcing Alito this a.m.

It was bizarre. They had a window in the background which looked out on barren trees with flags on each side. I've never seen Bush speak from a Podium parked infront of a window with a view. It the window was offcenter in the background.

My first thought that it was weird, second thought was that it meant something. Third thought was that was to symbolize that he'd pushed Meirs out the window (like throw Moma from the Train).

Whatever, I've looked on Yahoo for the photo but since i'm on Dial-Up it's almost impossible for me to get through them all.

If this pic infront of Clinton portrait is real then this WH is definitely becoming unhinged. :crazy:

[NYC Liberal]

20. Here you go:

[KoKo]

23. Many thanks. It doesn't look as strange here as it did on CNN when

he gave his announcement. They had a wide-angle view and the window looked smaller and off to the right. This window is directly in back. I wonder if there was another window to the right of Alito that wasn't captured in this.

Hopefully someone will see a media snip of it on one of the cables today see how weird it was and post. I hate to think I'm the only one. :blush:

[okasha]

77. Look at the gold edge on the curtain

valance and W's placement against it. This was supposed to be another "halo" pic, but they missed.

[PunkPop]

14. That girl looks PISSED.

Looks like she wants to kick somebody's ass.

The boy's the only normal looking one.

All in all, kind of creepy. Perfect for Halloween!

[LittleClarkie]

68. Yeah, couldn't she have managed even a neutral look

rather than a "put my hair in a pony tail and kick your ass" look?

[readmoreoften]

76. Maybe she's not happy that her father doesn't support her right to choose.

Heck, maybe her grandma gives her the same stern treatment that she gave me when she was my principal at Lalor school in the 70s.

Don't blame the kids.

[Vickers]

18. They haven't put drapes in front of that painting yet?

:spank:

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. Say, is that Dick Morris photographing her shoes?

Creepy guy, no?

[Catchawave]

24. Paint Shop ?

That's what 'properties' said ? Did I read that right, or is it a legimate 'paint shop'....LOL

[Ioo]

25. NOT a photoshop, here is the link... (Look at the link)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/images/20051031_p103105pm-0080ajpg-717v.html

[jarnocan]

27. Interesting

Maybe they wanted to make a favorable impression on dems, in a very meaningless, superficial way. They look nice, just should not be considered a 'factor' in the hearings.

[joeybee12]

28. Here's a photo of Alito's wife and kids....

....go at it!



http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/Blog+Image_alitos.jpg

[medeak]

29. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2202585

[Vickers]

30. Big Dawg: "I'll take this one."

:spank:

[Richardo]

31. I really resent the idea of "going after" the wife and kids.

Off limits, say I.

[musette_sf]

36. In most cases, including this one, I agree with you

but could not argue with the commentary on Roberts' Stepford wife and the two perfect white children, who were adopted under less than transparent conditions, and circumventing prevailing laws of the nations involved.

[joeybee12]

38. I said "Go AT it" ...I think there's a difference...you don't have to

trash them...just try to figure out what they're like.

[Richardo]

44. Nice try

Obviously few here agree with me.

BUT, if you saw a post of a Dem's teenage (or younger) kids on FR that said "go at it" I don't think you'd read it so benignly.

[joeybee12]

47. Don't you think that the OBVIOUS reaction is seeing Clinton above them?

[flowomo]

32. already have a thread on that:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2201631

[BlueEyedSon]

33. Why is the daughter so angry?

Maybe Monica got her intern job!

[joeybee12]

43. Oooooooooh! My guess is that it's the dress...not as bad as Mom's, but

pretty obvious Repukes don't have fashion sense!

[ClintonTyree]

34. No thanks.......

Interesting choice of backdrops though. I don't think any public figure's family is "fair game", even if the opposition does. It's not the kids fault they were sired by Satan.
Not a very happy looking family.

[deadparrot]

35. His kids look miserable.

His wife looks like she's plastering on a big fake smile, too.

What a charming brood.

[woodsprite]

42. Doesn't his wife look a bit like Miers? n/t

[WI_DEM]

37. I love the that photo

I loved it the three other times I saw it on DU this morning too :)

[Catrina]

39. Freepers will be upset with him now

His family chose for some reason to pose under a portrait of Clinton. I think he's finished ~ :rofl:

[AX10]

40. Daughter is obviously angry, Mother pretends to be happy...

and the son appears naturally. Maybe he's adopted? :shrug:

[ArkDem]

57. Maybe the daughter is pretending to be angry and the mother

is holding back a fart?

[onenote]

61. psychoanalysis by photograph

Some folks are stretching a bit here. Looking foolish too.

onenote

[lonestarnot]

79. All judges' kids are angry LOL

[ArkDem]

41. If I was Clinton I'd be getting my money back for that portrait.

[William769]

45. Nothing here to see, move along.

[Spinzonner]

46. Anyone really think the daughter is a natural blonde ?

[joeybee12]

48. Probably not--but my reaction--like others is that she looks very,,very

unhappy--must be a strict upbringing...she could rebel and get into tons of trouble soon...just my two cents.

[tx_dem41]

51. Ummm...why the hell does it matter?

Do you like picking on a high school girl? Sheesh.

[Spinzonner]

52. I'm just following orders

OP: "....go at it!"

(Does the Nuremberg Defense apply to Posting ?)

[win_in_06]

49. Handsome family. Not relevant.

[tx_dem41]

50. I used to think we were better than bashing the wife and kids.

Sadly, I realize now that we're not.

[rinsd]

53. When did you think that?

Didn't the Roberts nomination drive that out of your head for good?

Or the twins? Which until they actually campaigned and gave the petty cover for their commentary, was quite vicious.

C,mon, I KNOW you haven't bought the "we're better than them" meme.

On that note, I know you're down with the "maybe we're not better than them but at the very least we try" meme ;-)

[tx_dem41]

54. Jeez, Rinsd...

I'm trying to make a point. Don't throw me under the bus.

;) :) and :hi:

[rinsd]

58. Sorry.....

Somehow I knew I would blow a gasket when we stray from what the guy ruled as a judge to if his daughter dyes her hair. Let's just hope he hasn't taken any pictures with guys with mustaches posing with food!

:evilgrin:

[tx_dem41]

59. LOL

:evilgrin: back at ya'

[thebigidea]

62. oh, when the heck was that? You've been scolding people here for months

you would think that after a while you'd adjust to how completely awful moan moan terrible moan awful moan just like them moan complain whine scold we all are.

[tx_dem41]

64. If you're happy being just like the people you hate...

who am I to stop you? I'm entitled to my opinion though, no?

[thebigidea]

80. awfully presumptious to claim i'm anything like anyone I hate

considering you don't know a) who I hate or b) what I'm doing to resemble them. I haven't posted a damn thing about that family.

[rinsd]

69. You are correct....

...we should be as petty as possible ripping imaginary characteristics we want to apply to this guy's family.

Its the right thing to do...:eyes:

[thebigidea]

81. and where have I done that? Post an example.

oh yeah, you can't because I haven't said a word about them.

[rinsd]

82. I said "we"

I didn't state you specifically it was in reference to the thread

When TXDem decided to post dismay, you took issue with him. That implies you agree with what he disagreed with.

But since you're so defensive....maybe you feel guilty.

[lynne]

55. When watching the announcement this morning -

- and looking at the family, I wondered then just how long it would take someone to pick his two kids and wife apart for how they looked or what they wore, etc.

Guess I know now . . .

OH, BTW, I seriously doubt that they personally picked the room where the announcement was given and I doubt they had any say as to where they were to stand.

[tsuki]

60. The children look miserable, and Mama looks weird. Clinton

looks good, tho.

On edit:

Why only two? You don't think that they might have practiced <shutter> the old BC?

[Crunchy Frog]

67. Doubtful.

My guess is they only had sex enough times to concieve two children. Any sex that is not for procreative purposes is a sin, after all. And face it, do they look like the sort of people who would do it any more than the absolute minimum necessary?

[Crunchy Frog]

63. Those kid's faces look pretty grim.

Like they've been growing up under martial law or something. I bet the parents subscribe to the James Dobson philosophy of child rearing, and started beating them as toddlers.

[Catherine Vincent]

65. Maybe they like Clinton.

[SeanQuinn]

66. I think she's quite hot..the girl.

I'm 13, so it's not illegal for me to think that...yet.

[rinsd]

70. Hell I think it would be illegal....for her ;-) (nt)

[tjdee]

72. His son is adorable!

The women in his family seem to have the Republican sense of style and Stepford facial expressions, though.

[Ioo]

73. I agree, he is a hottie!

He will grow up and break the hearts!

[FreedomAngel82]

74. They're actually dressed with the time!

And the daughter isn't showing off any body parts. And as others have pointed out the daughter looks like Jenna.