Book: Obamas Covered Up Whimsical ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Bash Featuring Johnny Depp & Tim Burton
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Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" -- the inspiration for a whimsical Halloween bash held at the White House in 2009, according to a new book.
A forthcoming book about the president and first lady reveals that they threw a lavish “Alice in Wonderland”-themed Halloween bash featuring actor Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton, the New York Post reported.
“The Obamas” — written by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor and set to be published Tuesday — details the whimsical affair, which coincided with the release of Burton’s Disney film that starred Depp as the colorful Mad Hatter.
It took place in 2009, the Obamas’ first Halloween in the White House, and came at a time when the unemployment rate was at a high of 10.1 percent. Depp, in full costume, greeted guests from atop a table.
“White House officials were so nervous about how a splashy, Hollywood-esque party would look to jobless Americans — or their representatives in Congress, who would soon vote on health care — that the event was not discussed publicly and Burton’s and Depp’s contributions went unacknowledged,” the book says.
The Post, which purchased a copy of the book from a Manhattan bookstore, described further:
Tim Burton decorated it “in his signature creepy-comic style. His film version was about to be released, and he had turned the room into the Mad Hatter’s tea party, with a long table set with antique-looking linens, enormous stuffed animals in chairs, and tiered serving plates with treats like bone-shaped meringue cookies,” reports the book, which The Post purchased at a Manhattan bookstore.
“Fruit punch was served in blood vials at the bar. Burton’s own Mad Hatter, the actor Johnny Depp, presided over the scene in full costume, standing up on a table to welcome everyone in character.”
The Obamas’ daughters, Malia and Sasha, then 11 and 8 respectively, “sat at the table, surrounded by a gaggle of their friends, and then proceeded to the next delight, a magic show in the East Room.”

For the same Halloween, "Star Wars" director George Lucas sent the original Chewbacca costume out to mingle with trick-or-treaters, the book says. (AP)
The White House had hosted toned-down Halloween activities for area schoolchildren earlier in the day, before the Obamas went inside for the exclusive invitation-only party attended by children of military personnel and White House staffers, the Post said.
And Depp and Burton reportedly weren’t the only celebrities in attendance at the White House that day: The Post reported that “Star Wars” director George Lucas even sent the original Chewbacca costume out so the wookiee could mingle with trick-or-treaters.
Previously released details from Kantor’s book revealed Michelle Obama clashed repeatedly with President Obama’s advisers and that she even wanted to stay in Chicago instead of move into the White House right away when her husband began his term.



















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theWellspring
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:39amI believe Nero is tuning up his fiddle!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:20pm.
Report Post »Who brought the cocaine?
Why the drug czar, of course.
Rational Man
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:32pmFailure of a career politician named Ron Paul
Paul, who has served 11 terms in three different stages dating back to 1976, didn’t get a single law passed until 2009, when he authored a bill that allowed for the sale of a customs house in Galveston, Texas. Failure is often the norm in Congress, where only 4 percent of proposed bills get a President’s signature, but Paul’s approach to lawmaking is particularly suited to not getting things done.
Of the 620 bills sponsored by Ron Paul during his long career in the House of Representatives, only four have ever made it to a vote on the House floor and only one of those became an actual law. An analysis by The Washington Post shows that Paul’s success rate of 0.2 percent falls far below that of most legislators, as Paul has chosen to stand up for his personal crusades, rather that build coalitions for more popular, but less ambitious, proposals.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/12/ron-pauls-long-record-glorious-failures-congress/46661/
Uranium Wedge
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:38pmIn the back ground you can see how pissed off the Secret Service agents are.
Report Post »“I can’t believe we have to protect this loser with our lives”.
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:18pmSo when is the Bona Dea?
Report Post »JohnK144
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:19pmHey, Rational Man, I’m not a Paul supporter, but it occurs to me that when you say, “Paul, who has served 11 terms in three different stages dating back to 1976, didn’t get a single law passed until 2009,” my first thought is, I wish that were the case with ALL of our congress critters. Just think of how much horrible, rotten, dirty, no-good legislation we could have avoided in that case.
The problem in Washington is not that they “don’t do enough.” The problem is they do WAY too much.
Rational Man
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:23pm@johnk144
What your arguement for Paul’s failing to get anything done convienently overlooks is that he did try to pass 620 bills and FAILED! He is a career LOSER! Except the one time he partnered with Barney Frank.
Not someting for a so called conservative to boast about. IMO
So what is his great acomplishment in 11 terms and 23yrs? Your saying that nothing is an acomplishment?
PAR
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:39pmRATIONAL MAN – Why can’t you reserve your commentary on Ron Paul for articles that deal with Ron Paul, or are you too irrational to understand the concept here?
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:51pm@PAR
Just trying a Paulistinian tactic that has been used daily on this website for months. The fact that it is so agitating to others is in some onery way gratifying to me. At least my post is true and not made up lies. Thanks for your response.
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:53pm@s.s. lol
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:53pmRational man-
Report Post »The details of all the failed legislation just goes to show how f-ed up the government is and how entrenched the commies are in our government. Freedom or slavery, its your choice. for me it is live free or die.
V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:55pmLmfao @ “Who brought the cocaine?”
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:06pmIf George Bush so much as blew out a candle on a birthday cake the left would be screaming “over-excessive!”
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:14pm…so … do you think Johnny Dipp and Tim Dirton were compensated for this fiasco? Did the American taxpayers get reamed big time for this party? If so, how much was spent on it? American Patriots want to know.
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:31pmWe are afflicted with a corrupt, diseased political system and “Rational Man” decries Paul for not having been successful in that same corrupt, diseased political system. Ummmmm
Maybe he just didn’t fit in to that corrupt, diseased system. Ever considered THAT, RM?
BTW I’m not a R. Paul supporter.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:45pmSocialism is for the people…not the socialist. Let them eat cake…oh and Johnny…the last Pirates sucked.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:52pmJezcruzen
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:31pm
Maybe he just didn’t fit in to that corrupt, diseased system. Ever considered THAT, RM?
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Junkies, the mentally ill, morally corrupt, and such don’t “fit in” either. But I don’t vote for them to hold an office of responsibility and authority either.
Report Post »Ever consider that?
Drives Like Jehu
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 3:03pmThat’s why I “affectionately” refer to him as comrade nero-bama. The irony of a mad hatter’s tea party in the comrade nero-bama white house and the libbie/pinko/progressive/fascist/socialist/commies being totally blind to it is just too much!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 3:44pmobama said later he went to the party as ….uh..er…uh…allah …eh…. uh…..uh……uh…er…uh….God. He forgot the teleprompter.
Report Post »jimtrees
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 5:37pmbarak pretended to be a president, and hasn’t stopped since.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 6:18pmLet them eat cake. I heard Moochelle say that I think.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 7:06pmImho, this is only the first book. It will be followed by Insider Tell-Alls written by the members of the BHOs’ over the top entourage. Everything the BHOs wanted kept on the down-low will be lining the shelves of bookstores and libraries The day could very well come when they’ll be regretting the choice they made to be pretend royalty surrounded by “servants.”
Between the Future History Books and the Tell-Alls, BHO will not only be facing a future with the distinction of being America’s worst president, he’ll be an embarrassment to his grandchildren for all generations to come. The price of being an un-American, Corrupt, Sociopath potus.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:53pm@ Rational Man
While I am no Paul supporter I think a politician not making laws is much better than the inverse.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:15pmThe white house is down the rabbit hole.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 8:07amWait intil you see the baby shower Michelle is planning for Beyonce.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 11:15amObama went in the disguise that he always where’s ,an American.
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 11:41amThe seperation of Hollywood and Government will be the next big issue to address. This is poop in your face people. Are you kidding me! George Bush was an Angel and a Saint compared to this Crook.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 1:42pmlooks more like caligula to me, holding his bacchanalia
big, lavish, drunken, self-indulgent, pompous parties, while the rest of the nation struggles.
We are paying for his debauchery and revelry. obama, himself, said he is lazy. he has shown us he loves to golf and to party and to campaign. he just doesn’t like to do the job he was elected to do! So, why should we keep him in the job he is proving he doesn’t like to do?
Do you realize how many old little ladies could have bought their medications or paid their heating bill on the price of that party!?!? The man is PARTYING on the backs of little old ladies!
Report Post »glassbeadlady
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 2:26pmRome is burning and our king is having parties like it is 1965! Love it, they live it up while the rest of us are wondering were the money for our bills is coming from? This is sad…..just how out of touch is this guy. He ruins the rest of our lives and just keeps up the parties, golf and vacations. Do this guy ever work?
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:38am@ Tsa-ni ..Tso-s-da-nv-tli. Tla-i-go-li-ga. Ga-do-ha-dv-ne-ha?
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:45pmMakes as much sense as an Obama speech. Do you write his TelePrompTer?
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:35pmAh Shta ima.
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:16pmo si yo
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:18pmhmmm, Navajo
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:20pmGah-tso
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 4:17pmYo mama.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:37amMan, i will be so glad when the adults are back in charge !!! Sheeese
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 3:55pmTis ObamaLand, now!
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:51amI agree however I hope when the Republican elect in running the Whitehouse and there in an ongoing series of government programs, elitest parties, government waste and loated budgets that all of you good conservatives call it as it is and not say well its all good because its our guy in the house.
Bush continued the mess that was started by Clinton (and some by papa Bush), and OBAMIE put it into overdrive. It is the same overall policy with a different party affiliation. I realy do hope people will start to see that its just one party with 2 different waypoints – the end-game is the same.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:37amDid I miss how much the final cost on this party was? Or is it in the book? Anyone know?
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:01pmyes, and who flipped the bill for this shin dig? did everyone get a background check? cuz you know some of the “entertainment stars” are communist. Was this party donated by the “entertainment stars”? how much does it cost to have Jonny Depp fly over from his home in France to dance on tables and greet guests w/his Che medallion bouncing on his chest? didn’t Mubarck hire some celebs to entertain him too. JonnyDepp the courts jester. lol
Report Post »Maji
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:37amI don’t believe this story….all I see is 2009 dem
Report Post »Sen&Congress members!!
See the hairy one?
That’s Michelle Waters
fatsomann
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:35amMore “let them eat cake” moments.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:24amTim Burton is so overrated, his work is the equivalent of watching the same movie over and over…BTW where are the Bush nuts who were so outraged??? I don’t see them anywhere, are any of you here????
Report Post »b.mclane
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:18pmBurton is an acquired taste. Like Fellini and Woody Allen. You either get it or you don’t.
Report Post »conservativemom99
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:23amNo surprise. I’m sure this is the tip of the iceberg…the tip of a very large and ship-sinking iceberg…
Report Post »b.mclane
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:20pmI agree. We know what they spend going on their extravagant, frequent vacations but Heaven knows what they spend daily.
Report Post »Citizen1
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:17amBERRY HUSSAIN OBAMA IS the MAD HATTER!
and
MICHELLE “Alice” OBAMA LIVES in Wonderland
WHAT???
is there something wrong with that?
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:28pmLet’s send the asses back down the rabbit hole.
Report Post »liberalescheisskopf
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:04pmThats Michelle ‘Fatassa’ Obama….
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:17amThese people don’t care what the American people think. They and their buddies are the elite. That gives them special privilege.
Does anyone really think that something like an election is going to get rid of them? They love how they are living, he loves being king and will never step down.
I‘ll go through the motions and vote if there is an election this year but I’ve told people for two years now that something will happen that will cause Obama to declare an emergency and postpone the vote. If that doesn’t happen they will just cheat their way back into the White House.
I really hope I am wrong.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:00pmYou are not wrong. I’ve been saying the exact same thing. Said it on here just recently if you look at my last 10 posts. Like you MOM, I‘ll go through the motions and vote in the primaries and general elections but I know it won’t matter.
I can‘t imagine how those who truly believe we will get rid of the Progressives in the next election will react when it doesn’t happen. It’s going to get ugly.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:12pmI agree 100% with you MOMRULES and COPATRIOTS.
Report Post »PAR
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:33pmAnd then, so be it …. let it get ugly, but be prepared.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:12amAh, nothing quite like aloof Marxists gathering together, spending other people’s money.
Report Post »Citizen1
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:19amYes, borrowed Chinese money too!
Report Post »SageInWaiting
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:10amKim Jung Il lavished himself while the people of North Korea starved…. do we see a pattern here?
Report Post »db321
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:23amIt is not just a pattern it is a plan. Those that Idolize Obama will be happy that his life is so wonderful, while the rest of us grind our teeth.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:33am“Food stamp President”
TEA!
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:16pmIt says in 2009 the Obama’s cared what Americans might think about Such a lavish event during hard economic times…Well by 1212 he no longer cares what we think..This jerk and family have treated themselves like royalty at the tax payers expense..
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:37pmUnfortunately for King Hussein, we aren‘t the North Koreans and they haven’t made a dent in getting our firearms from our homes. If anything gun sales have gone up. Please call for Martial Law it will be your last executive act as King.
Report Post »yiska8
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 3:41pmIt’s bulky items and trash days pickup here in San Antonio. There are literally people racing and competing for junk and especially metal to sell for scrap. Times are beyond tough. There are people driving around in new Toyota tundras waiting for people to throw out anything that can be re-used or sold. This was three years ago and the constant lavish life for these two Ghetto reps from Chicago or Hawaii or Kenya or wherever the hell they’re from are *issing off thinking,struggling Americans beyond repair! Obama and Mooch are still partying like two typical totalitarianists. Nothing is any better. Government media is throwing out the numbers and making it look better. Making it look pretty.Cleaning it up for them to stay in power. The media is moving at full speed ahead to re-elect him. They are right on schedule. No surprise here, but Johnny Depp, C’mon!!! I thought he was a little anti government anarchist type (against the man), but he’s a socialista to the core. Johnny, you dressed up like a jester for this worthless rag of a President?
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:08amDoes this surprise anyone? It doesnt me. Lets not forget the $100.00 steaks being inported from Japan for there Wed nite get togethers in the White House. And yet Barrys out there bad mouthing Wall Street and people of wealth. Notice how Wealthy Democrats want to go after everybody else money but by god dont touch theres. HYPOCRTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »quicker
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:16amAnd notice how Wall Street suports democrats more than conservitives.
Report Post »SFYMP
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:14pmYou’re off a little on price. $100 only gets you domestic, real wagyu is $400 a pound and shabu shabu is $1300 a pound as of yesterday.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:04amWhy would anyone be suprised. We can see clearly Obamai is a insane narcissist.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:08amNote that BO is not dressed up …. what could be better than him? (his attitude). What a horses a $$.
Report Post »PAR
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:36pmWith a face and ears like that I think he was dressed up – anyone remember Mad Magazine? Amazing resemblance.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:58amJust goes to show us all, the detachment of the Obama’s to America. They lavished themselves with expensive vacations, NUMEROUS parties at the WH, as evidenced here, remember when Paul McCartney stepped in it, when he said Bush did not know how to use a library…this is narcissim (sp? sorry), at it’s worst. These people don’t care about us, we are the little people, to be used and abused. They know what’s good for us, better than we know what’s good for us, they are the elite! Enjoy yourselves now my little eggheaded elitists, there is a little saying in the NFL, which applies to the immoral and greedy in DC:
Not For Long.
Viva TEA
Report Post »God Bless America (all 57+ states)
Citizen1
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:12amYeah…. there’s “57 states”, let me explain…
The US States PLUS
Iraq, Afganistan, Kuwait, Lybia, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia….
And Soon to be 58 States…. IRAN!
Any questions?…. I didn’t think so
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:23amDid you guys know that there are 57 states in the Organization of the Islamic Conference? I think Barry has visited them all too.His plan is to make the USA state 58.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:58amGrifters in charge.
Report Post »pmacres
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:57amThe Obama’s are royal
Report Post »Unix
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:07ampains.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:20amHemmorhoids
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:34amin my a $$!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:53amBrings to mind things like fiddling while Rome burns and “let them eat cake”. The elitists partying on our dime.
Report Post »Grasshopper42
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:48amTo soon be covered by all major media outlets . . . .
NOT!
Report Post »Sumrknght
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:48amObama was in costume. He went as a dictator.
When they can’t report the TRUE happenings at the party… because of how lavish it is – when the rest of us STRUGGLE to make ends meet… It’s time people. Kick em out in 2012.
Report Post »MS Patriot
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:40pmKing Hussein in all his grandeur.
Report Post »Libtardism
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:48amThat is hard to believe they really cared about how it looked seeing how the money wasted on vacations every month and the amount of golf played and showing up to work at nineish and leaving at 3 or around.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:47amI see two Chewbaccas in that photo.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:04amNope, the other you see is a silver-back in leopard-skin…
Report Post »Unix
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:10amNo, hhmmmmm, I think I see Curious George somewhere there though…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:36amUNIX .. that is what I always see .. ;-) Soros needs a yellow hat (probably has one we just haven’t seen it)
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:42pm@DonaldH – Here’s a Blaze “high-five” to you for excellent observation. Tip ‘o the hat to you!
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:44amAnd let me guess, the Obama’s dressed up as the Potus and Flotus.
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:39am1%ers lol
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:37amgeeeeez…i guess obama didn‘t dress up because he couldn’t find a Mao or Mussolini costume
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:43amObama could have borrowed a Mao suit from Hillary.
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:53amObama went as himself..To full of himself to go as anyone else.Look‘s like the first lady has had the time of her life on the taxpayer’s. So has her husband..I’m more worried about what the people behind the scenes are doing…America is doomed.. please wake up people…
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