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You are not likely to see this in the state-controlled media, but the Spanish prime minister’s family is actually a coven of Witches, like from Hogwarts. What spells did they put on Obama with their Witch Craft? [Gawker/State Dept. Flickr]
FUNNY PICTURES
What’s Cindy McCain doing in Spain?
Damn, Ladytron let themselves go.
The hell? No wonder the Pope thinks that Zapatero is a evil dick for telling the church to butt out of Spanish political life when you and your family looks like Addams family rejects.
That is kind of a creepy looking family.
I didn’t know that the sisters from Heart were Spanish!!!!111
Presumptive WND headline: “Kenyan witchdoctor meeting Spanish counterparts.”
Holy shit. I recognized the rest of the band easily, but how did the prez get Robert Smith to comb his hair and wear a business suit?
Why is Michelle dressed in pumpkin colors?
Yay, Heart is getting back together.
http://earsucker.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/heart_little_queen.jpg
Oh, Barracuda!
Dashboard_Buddha: They’re creepy and they’re kooky.
Oh, those ARE difficult years, aren’t they?
Hedley Lamar: Duh, every day is Halloween in this family.
The mother is hot.
Stop slouching, you teenage goth lamers.
Guernica no. 2
That one in the middle, she would be a fierce crazylay.
I want to see Obama posing with all teenage cliques now.
Unfortunately, Michelle’s pumpkin costume only adds to the Halloween ambiance.
Maybe it was an attempt to say, “Hey, we’re black too!”
magic titty: Yeah, why do they do that? My daughter did that in her Goth days…
You know, the Visigoths were the aristocracy of Spain, up until the Muslim conquest. And even after the reconquista, it was a mark of honor to be able to trace your ancestry to the Visigoths. So, really, Spain should be proud of these girls, for honoring her traditions.
Oh dear, has Kristen from Town Hall seen this photo?
I don’t know about the emo witches but Michelle definitely puttin a spell on me.
Am I wrong or do I detect incipient osteoporosis in those two young ladies? Or is there no phrase in Spanish for “sit up straight!”?
I can see the pre-photo conversation now: “Girls, you better shine your combat boots or no picture with the president.”
Who stole the furniture?
Extemporanus: What’s Spanish for Pugsley?
Bruja-ha.
John McCain would never have non-preconditionally met with a coven of Spanish witches. For shame!
On the left, THAT’S A MAN, BABY!
This made my week.
I wonder why this particular pic seems to have gone missing in the state department flickr set. Hmn.
“Da dun da dun, *snap snap* Da dun da dun, *snap snap*”
Extemporanus: They’re really kind of ooky!
Downtheroadapiece: According to the guardian article that Gawker links to, Zapatero keeps his kids locked in the basement. Most of Spain has never seen pictures of them before…I bet he made them take it down…
Michelle’s mother will save them.
http://wonkette.com/410601/is-barack-obamas-mother-in-law-a-black-witch
SnarkNotFark: Yes, those two girls look exactly like a new generation, Hobbit generation, of Heart.
I was a willow last night in a dream
Bending over a clear running stream
I sang you a song I heard from above
You kept me alive with your sweet flowing love
Yeah, see, if you spend all night bending over a clear running stream (kids with the way they talk!) you’ve got to do Pilates during the day to keep your back in shape.
american mutt: Cat Girls? Twilight Fan Club? The mind boggles. Also, I want someone to slap the middle girl until she stands up straight.
John McCain definitely saw this coming.
http://wonkette.com/402856/john-mccain-maybe-doesnt-know-who-runs-spain
Dashboard_Buddha: cliques like the emo kids, the magic the gathering nerds, the smelly kids, the smokers, the jocks, the closeted nerds, etc.
proudgrampa: My dad has a theory that all Catholic girls are taught the slouch so they don’t tempt men with their life-giving mammary glands. I’m not sure if it’s overtly enforced or just done subliminally, but it seems to work on most of ‘em.
The Obama’s look like gods in this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3950135230/sizes/l/
Karl Rove has clearly not influenced the electoral process in Spain.
The Spanish have a saying, “Once you go black…”
Harm none. Wear what ye will.
american mutt: Nandesuka! Sylvania beat Sony again!
Embarrassed dad is embarrassed.
Just don’t say anything in French, Michelle.
And we were afraid Barack Obama was the anti-Christ?
Maybe its something about my monitor, or the optical-distortion powers of Wicca, or something, but Pres. and Mrs. Obama sort of look like cardboard cutouts, so the effect is as if the Zapateros are getting their picture taken “with the President” in a mall somewhere for $5.
vitamins taken helmet on: Altogether they are indeed ooky.
Now this is how a First Family ought to dress.
Like the Addams Family.
But seriously, isn’t it refreshing that the Spanish really don’t give a rats ass if their PM’s family members aren’t trotted out in officially approved Stepford Wife attire?
bhosp: You aren’t referring to this awesome photo-montage are you? If you haven’t seen it yet, you will be amazed.
When did Carnie Wilson hook up with Lindsay Lohan and Annie Lennox?
I like Ms. Biya of Cameroon here in this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3950108762/sizes/l/in/set-72157622444106644/
Mm mm, Michelle, Hun, I’m more woman you’ll ever dream of being.
Also whiter. o__O
SayItWithWookies: You may have a point. My daughter was kind of breast-phobic when she entered puberty…
Prommie: jimmy page ? izzat you ?
Obligatory Blingage!
http://blingee.com/blingee/view/99704299-Spanish-Witches
Now the Ambassador won’t be embarassed by his gothdaughters.
These women are nihilists. There’s nothing to be afraid of.
vitamins taken helmet on: The Hot Topic family!
Come here a minute: That was very cool. The President is like the new Mona Lisa. Except he has eyebrows. And he’s black. And a man. Baby.
Dashboard_Buddha: El Skoalrebelde.
That was not the only unfortunate photo from that session. http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3950108762/
On the right.
Megz McCabe and her hair go goth!
GreatOldOnesParty:
Conquistador
There is no time
I must pay my respect
And though I came to jeer at you
I leave now with regret
ChickenTeriyakiBoy: I fuck you in the ass, I fuck you in the ass, I fuck you, I fuck you, I fuck you, I fuck you!..
The First Lady of Romania. Oh, bless her heart.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3950112978/in/set-72157622444106644/
Just don’t let these two give any fashion tips to Sasha and Malia. After bland Babs and jiggly Jenna, I want (per Rev. Rick Warren) Sa-SHA and Mali-A to be frump-busters!
Paging through the photoset on Flickr. Mr and Mrs Obama are on the tall side, sure, but not vastly so. Several of the photos, though, look like they are meeting representatives of the Lollipop League.
I’m guessing this was taken backstage at a Rasputina concert.
Michelle’s shiny shiny legs frighten me with their exfoliated shinyness.
Stevie Nicks called…
Darkness: She looks Divine.
Terry: Armenia, Romania, what’s the diff?
I’d tap that in any language.
Looks like they’re dressed to see the Pope - but then again, I guess they are.
Who knew they had Hot Topic in Spain? Also, the Spanish Prime Minister is married to Annie Lenox?
Franco would’ve never allowed this.
Come here a minute: Fringe claim it as proof Obama that is the manchu-candidate in 3…2…
In other news, Francisco Franco is still dead, and spinning in his grave.
I’d totally hit the little one if she didn’t have that Uncle Fester posture and was chronologically challenged.
Bing Shalimar: Spinning barefoot, apparently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnVZdOtBDaU
The majic begins at 30 seconds.
Come here a minute: He’s not human! But we knew that already, one way or t’other.
There should be a trading card set, in which case one Barry should trade for 50-60 Head of State cards.
NoWireHangers: Oddly enough, many Spanish girls and even older women dress in weird goth/raver clothes and wear their hair in eccentric colors and braids.
No joke.
What, they couldn’t get poor Abdelwaheb Abdallah a couple of dictionaries to stand on?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/3950112990/in/set-72157622444106644/
joeybrill: Horry chit, that is awesome. I don’t want to know how you found that.
Ya know…I really am starting to think that’s just a cardboard cutout. They just move it a few inches every shot to make it look lifelike.
joeybrill: My God, I see stars!
joeybrill: GANGRENAA!
How to say “My fave band is Skinny Puppy” in Espanol?
AbstinenceOnly Ed: I’m all for an Armenian Genitalcide as well.
Toss in Stevie Nicks and you have the complete set.
AbstinenceOnly Ed:
Sorry for the boo-boo, but the comment remains the same. She’s what the Spanish goth girls will likely grow into.
Come here a minute: That is freaking hilarious.
And will no doubt add fuel to the argument that he wasn’t born in the US.
JSDC007: Actually, there’s a law in Spain where the PM can prevent the Spanish press from running pictures of his family, especially his kids, which is of course a good, tasteful move.
And since Zapatero invoked the shit out of this law, nobody in Spain knew that the first teens were slouching goths. Until, that is, the White House put the picture up on its flickr page. Zapatero is actually scrambling like crazy to get these things taken down right now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/25/spain-zapatero-daughters-obama
Zadig: Looks like the Spanish gubbermint is getting a taste of the Streisand effect.
Zadig: Right now Zapatero is pacing outside Robert Gibbs’ cubicle pointing to Gibbs’ computer where he has this Wonkette thread up and Zapatero is jumping and yelling in a kind of Spanish Ricky Ricardo mania:
“Do you see that! ¡Mire eso! ¿Usted ve eso? Can you see what they are saying? ¿Usted mirará eso? ¿Puede usted ver eso? Are you looking at that?! ¿Puede usted ver lo que están diciendo? ¡Mire eso!”
MSM ordered to censor G20.
8 more years just like the last 8?
Gates speaks as if he is a Cheney Clone.
Judeofascists loved promoting their “Islamofascism” propaganda.
Carrots(bribery) Sticks(murder) Coercive Diplomacy(extortion & blackmail).
Did you see all the same bloodthirsty AIPAC-paid recycled neocon shills on TV selling more war for profit?
Watch as they pretend to know nothing of the mounting 9/11 evidence, whistleblowers, & leaks that point to them
nader paul kucinich gravel: you again?
Extemporanus: A brash young turk you are! That said, I’d like to perch her tiny landlocked nation astride MY Caucusus, if yaknowwhatImean, ahem.
But when whatever the hell you said is set against the coy hunched-over context of the sexy goth girls from Spain isn’t it all very John Updike-ian in a beautiful moist sort of way?
Damn it. Sorry. Let me try that one more time:
nader paul kucinich gravel: But when whatever the hell you said is set against the coy hunched-over context of the sexy goth girls from Spain isn’t it all very John Updike-ian in a beautiful moist sort of way?
wuzup wonkett iz bad that nobamma aint really gettin witches to get all up innum cuz he just about runinin this country maken it all socialist muslin gay retart im all pissed off and you all that dont like my videos can all go suk a dik bitches
You want to know what Meghan McCain thinks about this? You do?
No, you don’t.
From the comments (not me): “Wouldn’t Fashion Beast be a better place for this vapid drek?”
Aw. I think they’re cute.
Sharkey: “I can only hope that maybe the media can learn from this and be more respectful in the future of not only children of foreign diplomats but our own first family and other families of politicians as well”
I don’t think she mentioned us by name but I kind of had the feeling she was staring right at us.
Sharkey: This is rather inciteful, er, insightful also:
jonnot
Vilified by the Press? You must be kidding–come on, you have to admit that Amy & Chelsea were the ugliest first daughters in the history of the US presidency…even if you do include Margaret Truman. Why those two unattractive, gawky idiots were left alone by the media–the same crew that attacks Sarah Palin’s children relentlessly–is indicitive of the double-standard that has existed with the Press for decades.
1:40 pm, Sep 28, 2009
I’ve been wondering what happened to that group of Peruvia witch doctors who were supporting O’s campaign? Maybe they should be protecting him magically now? I’m sure he could use it.
“Amy & Chelsea were the ugliest first daughters”
I don’t remember Amy too clearly, but Chelsea’s hair was kinda cool. I expected that she would get most of the media attention with unsuitable boyfriends, etc. Who woulda guessed it would be her old man instead?
shadowMark: Won’t somebody think of the children?
In 709 words, she uses the word “I” 22 times. “me” 11 times. “my” 2 times. But it’s not about her!
Meggy writes, “My heart really goes out to Laura and Alba—they are two very young adolescents who were brought to a United Nations summit in a foreign country and their physical appearance and clothing choices have been ripped apart and ridiculed by our country’s media.”
I see. So they were dragged, kicking and screaming, to Pittsburgh to attend an important political summit? (Was there no one to take care of them back in Spain?) These summits are always just crawling with teenagers!(?) And really, when they were STANDING THERE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE OBAMAS, they didn’t think anyone would ever see it? And besides, they probably *like* the way they look since they obviously dress themselves that way…
Sorry, where is the justification for sympathy? Maybe Maggie McMay wants a job as a diplomat. Then, “betting her career” would actually mean something.
(Wow, writing this comment was really a waste of time…)
Aww, don’t give them a hard time about their Zara clothes, they don’t have J Crew in Spain (and thank God for that)
Sharkey: (Wow, writing this comment was really a waste of time…) –
Well, some people click over to page two now and then. And your comment was more interesting than Meghan’s posting.
Downtheroadapiece: It was Decorno. Bitch finds all the cool stuff.
GreatOldOnesParty: RE: Your “Obligatory Blingage.” If Dan Brown uses that as inspiration for his next book, make sure you get a cut of the action.
joeybrill: Well thank you both. It was enough to raise the dead (my sleeping husband AND deaf cat). So, win to you.
Norbert: Gana!
Lil bro didn’t show for the lame ass photo-op, but here’s his picture:
http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/blackmetalshit-500×375.jpg
This picture is creepy. Who are these people? And, Halloween’s not until late October.
First of all, Zapatero = Mr. Bean. It’s true.
Second, his wife (Sonsoles) is walking hotness, although she seems to be purposely dressing to match her daughters here.
Lastly, I heart these girls. They seem like I was: all in black, hating going places with my lame parents, and uncomfortable having formal pictures taken.
BobLoblawLawBlog: She does have the whole Annie Lennox thing going for her.
LordPretzel: The Cindy McCain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.