Can Barack Obama do anything right? Here is the story of socialite Michaele Salahi, who long with her dapper husband Tareq Salahi, managed to party crash the State Dinner event in honor of India.
The couple slipped into the White House and headed straight for the booze in the reception room, posing for photographs with Joe Biden among other people. Obama himself had the gumption to thank the White House party crashers for coming.
This is a hilarious story but it is also emblematic of a problem in the White House. This is the first time in the history of the country that an uninvited guest has breached security to crash a White House State Dinner. Barack Obama tenure in office has been one long amateur hour.
The Obamas hired staff who were not vetted, bow to royalty, send offensive gifts to other heads of state, and they cannot even keep a guest list straight. The Obamas are Washington’s version of the Beverly Hillbillies.
Now for the fun part. Who is Michaele Salahi? Her biography is scant but we can tell you that she is a former model who loves the polo ponies. Her birthday is October 1st and her measurements are unknown. Takes a great picture though, and seems to be the life of the party along with her partner in crime Tareq Salahi.
The couple met (fittingly) at a holiday party in 2000 and were married the next year. He was embroiled for years in a family feud over a vineyard started by his father 30 years ago, a controversy which was finally settled by lawyers in 2007.
The two are aspiring to participate in a new reality show called Real Housewives of Washington DC. Much more about their life story is here.
They party-crashed the Obama State Dinner and posed for pictures with such luminaries as Vice President Joe Biden, TV anchor Kate Couric, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Washington Mayor Fenty, and Indian Ambassador Singh. You can see some of those photos below.
On Michaele Salahi’s Facebook page she posted all the images and boasted:
Honored to have attended the state dinner at the White House in honor of India with President Obama and our First Lady. INDIA & the USA will challenege each other for the first time on the DC National Mall in June 2010 in what will be another proud and historic moment.
XO
MICHAELE
But they were not invited according to the Secret Service which is conducting a serious review of the security breach. Her Facebook page is loaded with a zillion comments, all guffaws of congratulations for pulling off the caper. In the comments tell us what you think of Michaele Salahi who along with her accomplice husband Tareq Salahi, are now forever known as the White House party crashers!
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November 26th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I say good for them. It was probably political correctness that let them inside. They say they may be charged with trespassing. Really? Americans are not welcome in the White House anymore?
November 26th, 2009 at 8:47 am
If I’d of gotten in I would of had more fun with that opportunity.
Spike the punch bowl, fake a seizure or an E coli infection, be like Bush and puke on someone, maybe fart my a$$ off etc…
November 26th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Oh, that reminds me…
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE !
November 26th, 2009 at 9:05 am
great security huh ?
what are YOUR favorite Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday memories ?
One Christmas I REALLY wanted a trampoline, I was very disappointed that I got a bongo board instead. As it turns out the bongo board became my favorite Christmas gift ever. I still have it. I got so good on the board that I could take all my clothes off while on the board. I could also do the board using just my butt ( clothed ). Also I had a 180% jump that I did on the board. Needless to say I took a few tumbles while perfecting my skills.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Biden looks pretty happy, doesn’t he ? LOL
November 27th, 2009 at 6:11 am
He does
November 27th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Let’s not totally blame the White House lack of security.
Instead, let’s look at this Washington socialite couple who SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER! Are people no longer acountable for their actions? This was an embarrasment to the country and I hope they get the book thrown at them! They were where they were UNINVITED and where they should not have been.
Reality show? How do these people represent reality — him with a golden spoon in his mouth and her being his little blonde socialite slut?
November 27th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Using the logic of the writer, then George W. Bush (with tascid approval from the entire Bush family) allowed the 911 terrorist to bomb the twin towers. Still using the authour’s logic, it was the first time in history that Moslem-unauthorized Arabs were allowed to commandier US aircrafts and kill 1000’s of Americans, despite numerous warnings from the FBI and concerned citizens. Since the Bushies were known to favour the Moslem-Arabs from Arabia, it follows that the Bushies deliberately allowed the 911 hijackers to blow up the Twin Towers. Does my rational make any sense? If not, then niether does the authour of this aricle, in his attempt to assess blame on the Obama’s. I am a conservative, however, I could no more blame Bush for the 911 attacks, as the authour attempts to do here with Mr. Obama. The blame lies in cost cutting measures adopted by the Secret Service as a direct result of the creation of the Office of Homeland Security. That agency, created by George W. Bush is inept, and problem plagued. This massive bureacracy has diverted funds from the USSS to other areas, such as the “fine” airport security that Americans face today.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:56 am
The only thing missing from this story is the Salahis having the swing flu…
At what level is this debacle?
Can’t run cash for clunkers, can’t manage the swine flu vaccination program, can’t make a decision for our troops, can’t close Club Gitmo, can’t do mathematics for correct numbers on the deficit, now they can’t even run a security detail. And they want to take over healthcare………….WOW!
How’s that hope and change workin’ out for us?
November 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_112409/content/01125112.guest.html
November 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Wow they can’t do anything right.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
michelle is attractive ( the Blonde ).
November 27th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
well arent you all a bunch of nuts… i mean fine american citizens….
November 27th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
The United States Secret Service is currently investigating Michaele Salahi regarding the unauthorized entry into the White House including making of material false statements to a law enforcement officer in an effort to fraudulently gain access to the White House. She and her husband face criminal prosecution arising …out of this incident and … See Morewill be subject to jail time. Michaele Salahi is Chairman of the Board of the Virginia Wine Country Distributors and resides at 14139 Hume RdHume, VA 22639-1724 (540) 622-2505. A full-field background investigation concerning Michaele Salahi and her husband has been initiated by both the US Secret Service and FBI.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:27 am
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November 28th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Where is our sense of humor? Obama doesn’t seem concerned — good for him. Mass paranoid schizophrenia is unhealthy.
Trespassing?? Who owns the White House anyway? We all do. We lease it temporarily to the first family.
November 28th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I agree with Ann, it would be nice to live in a country where a well dressed well behaved couple was able to just wander into a state dinner and sit at the kids table once in a while. Perhaps we should have a designated table and raffle off the seats to a charity but at prices any working stiff can afford. Its the people’s white house, we paid for this extravagant $100,000 dollar meal with all the help and security out of our paychecks and business taxes. periodically, even Jimmy Carter would just go invite himself over to dinner at an ordinary American household and have an engaging chat “with the people.”
November 28th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Yeah Brian, I agree with you, it would be nice for the common American to just wander into a top secret area or nuclear facility because that is paid for by American tax dollars too. Even better, they should let some common working class stiffs just be allowed to go to an F-22 Raptor or Stealth bomber and take it for a cruise. Are you for real man?
November 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
it’s obama’s fault now? that’s pretty hilarious and obvious that the author is not pleased that he’s in the office to begin with (for whatever reason) and so anything that happens will be obama’s fault and only his. because after all he was standing at the door with the guest list in hand right? absolutely absurd.
December 1st, 2009 at 8:14 am
I’ve always enjoyed the musical “My Fair Lady” with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. They snuck into a party too.
What’s the big deal if they didn’t have an invitation to the Rich Man’s Party?! Why is Obama partying anyways, while the rest of us are trying to work ourselves out of a recession? If the party is included in the stimulus package then we should all be invited!!!