Christmas Inflation

At least it's not taxpayer money.  I wonder if they signed them personally, maybe Rumsfeld helped.  I hope they at least got bulk mail rates.

 

"The Bushes broke another personal record this year by sending out two million cards, continuing a trend of Christmas card inflation. (The first couple sent out 1.3 million cards in 2003, 1 million in 2002 and 875,000 in 2001. In contrast, the Clintons sent out 400,000 Christmas cards in their last year in the White House.)"

 

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"If you came in and helped out at a county office as a volunteer, you got a card," said Gordon Johndroe, Laura Bush's press secretary. The cards, which this year feature an oil painting of the White House Red Room by Cindi Holt, a Texas artist, are paid for by the Republican National Committee. So far, the committee said, the postage alone has come to $600,000.

 

Wonkette quotes Alert The Pastry Chefs: 6,500 Guests Are Coming [New York Times]