White House Tree Ornament Supports Impeachment

On this year’s White House Christmas tree will hang a most unusual ornament: a bulb saluting efforts to impeach President George W. Bush.

A bulb by Washington state artist Deborah Lawrence is decorated with pictures and text commending Rep. Jim McDermott’s (D-Wash.) efforts to impeach the president, the Washington Post reported. First Lady Laura Bush asked McDermott to select a local artist to decorate bulbs for the tree, and McDermott selected Lawrence.

“I was at first nauseated, then realized it was an opportunity…to highlight Jim McDermott because he’s a hero of mine,” Lawrence said.

“It really is too bad,” said Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for the First Lady. “I haven’t seen the ornament, but I would hope that no one would take this as an opportunity to be divisive and partisan. There is a time and place for everything, and I don’t think this is either.”