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Obama’s speechwriter caught groping Hillary cut-out

President-elect Obama’s speechwriter, Jon Favreau, quickly removed photos of himself at a recent party on Facebook after a couple caught the eyes of reporters.

In one shot, Favreau (whom Obama has appointed to lead the White House’s speech shop) is groping a cardboard cut-out of Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton. From the LA Times:

It might have seemed funny during the party. But a photo has surfaced in recent hours of President-elect Barack Obama’s newly-designated chief speechwriter, Jon Favreau, groping a cardboard cutout of the administration’s newly-designated secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

… The shot of the 27-year-old writer with his hand on the 60-year-old cardboard senator’s breast reportedly appeared for about two hours on a Facebook page Thursday afternoon before disappearing, along with numerous other Favreau pictures, including one of him dancing with the cardboard female secretary-designate.

Kind of embarrassing — and classless. Is this a frat party or a new administration?

At least the Clinton camp has a sense of humor about it. From the Washington Post:

Clinton senior adviser Philippe Reines cast the photos as evidence of increased bonhomie between the formerly rival camps.

“Senator Clinton is pleased to learn of Jon’s obvious interest in the State Department, and is currently reviewing his application,” he said in an e-mail.