Rumsfeld Getting $46,790 Portrait On Taxpayers' Dime

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First Posted: 10-22-08 10:48 AM   |   Updated: 11-22-08 05:12 AM

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The Washington Post:

Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other elite political appointees who want to preserve their legacies -- and their images -- for posterity.

[...] and then, At the upper end of the scale, the Defense Department awaits the expected February completion of a $46,790 portrait of controversial former secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. It will grace a Pentagon hallway lined with portraits of his predecessors, as well as one from Rumsfeld's first stint as defense secretary from 1975 to 1977, officials said.

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Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other eli...
Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other eli...
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- sacrebleu I'm a Fan of sacrebleu 11 fans permalink
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Have strike-anywhere matches, will travel.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 10/22/2008
- hip dibler I'm a Fan of hip dibler 10 fans permalink

as long as he's wearing stripes...­..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:44 PM on 10/22/2008
- Norge I'm a Fan of Norge 22 fans permalink

His photo will go into the bunkers with others to be preserved for the future finders from other places searching for life on other planets. In the bunkers they will find the last remains of a specie which was so hopelessly obsessed with their death weapons they at the end of their time turned them on themselves and at each other.
And they will find the vast new groups of bacteria and micro organisms furthering and continuing
the process of life on a grain of sand in the milky way system.

The photos they have found, they incinerate, for they know the photos display the murderers of vast numbers of once living organisms.
And so will end their existance for all eternity.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:36 PM on 10/22/2008
- tj73 I'm a Fan of tj73 permalink

That is $46,790 that I would love to burn.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:22 PM on 10/22/2008

I give my permission to write off the expense and have this painting destroyed before it is delivered.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:15 PM on 10/22/2008
- dutt I'm a Fan of dutt 9 fans permalink

Why the no bid contract? I work cheap.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:05 PM on 10/22/2008
- freebeer I'm a Fan of freebeer 5 fans permalink

Something along these lines, I presume.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/redsquirrel2007/RzysM8iZbUI/AAAAAAAAAbo/st_cuG8VjWo/121satan%5B6%5D.jpg

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:48 PM on 10/22/2008
- dontomas I'm a Fan of dontomas 10 fans permalink
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I could save the taxpayers a lot of money by doing this portrait. I just take a piece of white carboard lay if flat on the ground then take a dump on it, let it dry and its ready to hang up.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:42 PM on 10/22/2008
- tj73 I'm a Fan of tj73 permalink

I guess you like to insult your own excretion.­.. :)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:31 PM on 10/22/2008
- Mahi Joe I'm a Fan of Mahi Joe 49 fans permalink

Why not just take his pic on an iphone and call it a day and save the taxpayer's all that money.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:26 PM on 10/22/2008

He can go to a local artist and have that scraggy face painted. I hope someone writes a tell all book about Cheney and Rumsfeld's roles in Iraq. It will be very, very interesting.

Rumsfeld will go down in history for sending troops into Iraq:

1) Not enough troops. 140,000 in Iraq vs 500,000 for Desert Storm

2) Ill equipped. No body armor, old equipment. Most of the troops receive donations due to lack of supplies they get.

3) Troops have been lied to and morale is below the desert. 6 month rotations turn into 12 months to 18 months... Plus, the rotations are multiple. Come home, go back, come home, go back, come home, go back.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:11 PM on 10/22/2008
- Jules1 I'm a Fan of Jules1 27 fans permalink

There are people losing their homes and he is using taxpayer money for that?? That is so sick!!!!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:08 PM on 10/22/2008
- wndrwrthg I'm a Fan of wndrwrthg 35 fans permalink
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My first thought was that I would like to deface it, but then I realized that I do not want to stand in a long line.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:59 PM on 10/22/2008
- Heavy I'm a Fan of Heavy 240 fans permalink
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Should look nice in his jail cell.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:45 PM on 10/22/2008
- antaeus I'm a Fan of antaeus 88 fans permalink
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Will he be holding his sickle and hourglass in the portrait?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 PM on 10/22/2008
- bola47 I'm a Fan of bola47 7 fans permalink
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a photo of rummy in his prison garb would be a lot cheaper.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:43 PM on 10/22/2008
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