It's a little too late to try to oust President Bush from office (though we can still charge him for war crimes! Hurray!), but that didn't stop a local Seattle artist from submitting her handcrafted Christmas ornament for her state's contribution to the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue tree. The only problem? Deborah Lawrence's globe featured Congressman Jim McDermott's appeal to impeach President Bush on a red and white swirled background. And what do you know? Someone in the selecting process for Laura Bush's call for applicants must have had a sense of humor, because Lawrence's globe is going up.

Sally McDonough, the first lady's press secretary, said yesterday that hundreds of ornaments were submitted for display and there were no plans to pull Lawrence's artwork or her invitation. But, she said, "it really is too bad. I haven't seen the ornament, but I would hope that no one would take this as an opportunity to be divisive and partisan. There is a time and place for everything, and I don't think this is either."

Heh, how perfectly typical. The Bushs' rush job means they overlooked hundreds of qualified candidates and chose the shiniest object on the line…which just happened to be completely inappropriate and wrong for the occasion. Oh, we'll miss those zany fuck-ups once Obama is in office.
(Photo courtesy of Deborah Lawrence)