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Title: Totally Agree Post by: twoiron on January 08, 2009, 12:21:47 PM http://www.theage.com.au/national/get-out-americans-tell-howard-20090108-7cwm.html
Title: Re: Totally Agree Post by: MFAWG on January 08, 2009, 07:39:20 PM Just when you think the twilight of The Shrub's presidency couldn't get any weirder, we get this story and Laura's taking delivery of a half a million dollars worth of new Presidential China in the same week. Still 2 weeks to go, and one would hardly be surprised if Chimpy didn't do donuts on the south lawn in a Bradley before it was all over. My biggest regret is that Dr. Hunter S Thompson didn't live to see how this turned out, after making his bones as a semi-serious journalist covering the bizarre twists of Nixon's campaign. Title: Re: Totally Agree Post by: tdcoly on January 08, 2009, 08:00:10 PM Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail. ;D
Title: Re: Totally Agree Post by: Clive on January 08, 2009, 08:08:01 PM Quote For weeks the name of the occupant booked into Blair House on January 12 was a mystery. President-elect Barack Obama and his family asked to stay there before taking the keys to the White House but were told it was already booked. I'm having trouble understanding how it could be booked considering ...Quote The original Blair House was built in 1824. We describe it as the original Blair House because it is the Pennsylvania Avenue home into which Francis Preston Blair and his family moved in 1837. What is today known as Blair House is in fact the combination of that original home and three other handsome townhouses. While they appear from the outside to be independent of one another, the four homes are connected internally. LINK (http://www.blairhouse.org/h_house.html)Together, the complex is larger than the White House, with 119 rooms and total area of 70,000 square feet. There are 14 guest bedrooms, eight staff bedrooms, 35 bathrooms, four dining rooms, kitchen facilities, laundry and dry cleaning facilities, an exercise room, a flower shop, and a fully equipped hair salon. Blair House strives to be comfortable, discreet and secure, and to provide any service that a visiting dignitary might require. Title: Re: Totally Agree Post by: MFAWG on January 08, 2009, 08:10:26 PM Seriously:
If Obama and his staff move in, they'll figure out that Blair House is where the First Lady has been living since 2005 or earlier, depending on who you ask. I read that in the Enquirer, which is of course the paper of record on these things. |