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Artist Gets Invitation To Make White House Ornament, Responds With Crazy “Impeach Bush” Thing



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What in the world are some of these people going to do on the left when they don’t have President Bush around to hate any more?

When Deborah Lawrence got the invitation from the White House, the Seattle-based artist decided to make a lefty political statement

But she never expected it would hang on the official Christmas tree

Laura Bush asked members of Congress to pick local painters to decorate ornaments for this year’s 20-foot Fraser fir in the Blue Room. The globes (to be unveiled by the first lady tomorrow) are supposed to showcase something special about each congressional district. Washington state’s Rep. Jim McDermott contacted a local arts organization, which asked Lawrence, a collage artist, to create the local entry

“I was at first nauseated, then realized it was an opportunity,” said Lawrence, 55, who frequently combines politics and satire in her work and saw this as the perfect way “to highlight Jim McDermott because he’s a hero of mine.”

The nine-inch ball is covered with swirly red and white stripes — and, in tiny glued-on text, salutes the Democratic congressman’s support for a resolution to impeach President Bush. (Also showcased: Washington state’s 1919 labor strike, its suffrage movement and the violent anti-World Trade Organization riots of 1999.) Lawrence sent it off to D.C. in September and was very surprised it was accepted for the tree — and that she was invited to this afternoon’s White House reception for the artists, which she flew to D.C. to attend

“Apparently, they didn’t read it — or Laura Bush is more progressive than I believed,” Lawrence told us.

Or maybe she’s just not in to being mean to people with mental disorders

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