The President and First Lady meet with Trick or Treaters, along with Marion and Desiree (as a pirate lady). Michelle as Cat Woman. A Wookie and a Stormtrooper peacefully co-existing. An Orange White House (scroll down)! Robert Gibbs as Dick Cheney Darth Vader (and his son as Boba Fett). Susan Rice as Goofy…how much fun is this Administration?!
Those children will never forget that Halloween, although I’m sure that one crying boy who swatted away Michelle’s offered candy will wish he could forget it. He’ll always get razzed for that.
I like the pics of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs with his son. A good father will always be Darth Vader to the kid’s Bobba Fett. Michelle’s make up makes her look a little bit angry, but I guess maybe that was the point.
A bit of a shame that President Obama wasn’t in costume, but there probably isn’t any costume in existence that the Right wouldn’t spin in a negative way.
Looks like the candy has the White House logo on it.
Damn. Sucks that you have to be part of an underprivileged family to get invited to a sweet deal like that. Or, I guess, be part of a military family or have a parent working at the White House.
Also, how come Sasha and Malia weren’t there? Did they get a better offer?
The president probably isn’t wearing a costume because nobody could decide on one that would maintain the esteem of the office and not be offensive to anybody. I just tried to think of a costume that wouldn’t be offensive to some group of people if worn by the president, and got nothing. George Washington, maybe, but that would be so meta it might rip apart the universe.
They may have been out trick-or-treating with their grandmother, who I didn’t see in the pictures. Which is consistent with the Obamas desire to give their children as normal a childhood as possible under the circumstances - and normal kids go out trick-or-treating instead of hanging out at home handing out candy with their parents. The only difference, in this case, is that the Secret Service probably pre-screened the homes visited, and checked all the candy nearly as thoroughly as your average paranoid soccer mom. If they wore masks, they could have gone nearly anywhere - but Sasha still looks to be at the Fairy Princess age, so that’s probably not an option.
I was watching the news on one of the DC stations, and they had footage of a bunch of musicians in skeleton costumes playing music along the driveway. One guy was on the accordion - cracked me up!! Wish I could have heard what they were playing!
There will be an editorial in next month’s Highlights totally ripping on the Obamas for the lame cookies and dried fruit instead of proper tooth-rotting candy. I mean, look at the size of that house - you’d think they would be good for a fun-sized Snickers at the very least.
