It's Good To Be the Prince

The White House has coughed up a list of George Bush's gifts from foreign dignitaries, and the most expensive one by far is a "C.M. Russell oil canvas painting of a native American buffalo hunt," valued at $1 million, from Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar, who is known around Kennebunkport circles as "Bandar Bush." According to the Associated Press, "the painting is being stored at the National Archives until a library is built for Bush," thus keeping intact the Saudi streak of funding every presidential library of the past 30 years.

Comments

[Anonymous]

and what a return on investment!

(starting to see why we invaded iraq?)

[Ikram Saeed]

Matt -- I'm no Bandar fan, or Bush fan. But this paragraph from your article is asinine

"Princess Haifa herself gave US$130,000 to a destitute Saudi woman in Virginia, who gave some to a friend, whose husband gave shelter to the Sept. 11 hijackers Khalid Almidhar and Nawaf Alhamzi in San Diego."

A houseguest of a husband of a friend of a friend is considered a terrorist link now? Kevin Bacon certainly qualifies as a terrorist supporter by this logic.

Strip Kevin Bacon of US citizenship and deport him?

[Matt Welch]

"Asinine"? It's *true*. If there is anything asinine about it, that would be bringing it up in a list of items that could be construed as meeting the Justice Department's vague standard of providing "material support" to groups that carry out "terrorist" activities.

[Zathras]

It's a measure of how completely a culture of entitlement has enveloped political Washington that a million dollar gift to a sitting President can pass virtually without comment because the use of said gift will be delayed a few years.

But, if it's good enough for Bill Clinton, why wouldn't it be good for George Bush?

[David]

Charles M. Russell, of Great Falls, Montana!

[David]

"Guard, protect, and cherish your Land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven."
- C.M. Russell

[Jon M. Fagenstrom]

My Grandfather Cregor P. Fagenstrom of Great Falls Montana, Who knew Charles Russell said" If Charles Russell were here now he would be honored that a president would hang his work in a library.