Oh dear lord. The president elect is only eligible to use the house for 5 days before the inauguration. After that, it's fair game! Howard had the house booked for weeks before the Obamas requested use of the house. Question (cause, you know, I have to ask) would anyone care if it were the McCains trying to use the house?

edit - haven't had my coffee yet

[edit on 1/8/2009 by CeltAngel]

yeah, i see what your saying, its a non issue that belongs on the smut rags outside a 711.

But still,

Obama is the most admired man in America.
He's going to be the most powerful man in the world, leading the strongest nation on Earth.

You'd think someone like that wouldnt be '' bumped '' from staying in a hotel that is used by president elects before they are innagurated.

And to be bumped by Howard?

Originally posted by Agit8dChop

And to be bumped by Howard?

Hehe, yeah well when you put it that way......

I cant see what people are complaining about, he wont be stopping in a 2 star motel. He will be in a pent house suite if a five star hotel somewhere. His family will be waited on hand and foot. His kids will love the pool.

So why complain, I doubt he even has to pay for it out of his own wages.

i find it laughable that he is actually get a freedom award.. what a crock of sh*t

Aren't there over 200 rooms in this place?

I'm just puzzled why they can't both stay there.

Of course Howard is a mean little prick who would hate seeing a black person having any authority in a western country, and who would be only too glad to go along with his idol, (Bush,) in inconveniencing the Obamas.

Sadly, Howard's replacement here in Australia is yet another prick.

This is the first I've heard of it. I dont care. I wouldnt care if Obama had to stay in some terrible D.C. motel paying hourly rates. Well, maybe. In a motel like that his security would probably be 5 times as big and cost me 5 times as much.

I wonder if war with Australia is coming down the pipe now?

I hope he and his supporters dont go around expecting preferential treatment or the world to stop spinning for the man. He's just that, a man. He looks at his own crap before he flushes and his carcass will rot in the same earth as mine. What the hell is so special about him? Oh, he's an uppity self-righteous politician with a law degree. Yeah, we have a serious shortage of those around here. The man is unicorn rare.

Originally posted by Kryties
Wow, the poor guy, he had to move to this dump of a rat-infested hotel

He is paying ~$5K per night to stay there. He wanted his kids to start school in their new school after the Christmas break, so asked to stay at the Blair House and was snubbed by Bush.

I'm not upset about it. Obama's Mr. Cool. If his feathers are ruffled, it's not showing, so why should I be concerned? He's above it all. He'll do whatever he has to do. On Jan. 20th, things will change.

I think Bush and Howard are both little worms, still trying to throw their weight around. Fine.

The Blair house has 4 "townhouses", with 119 rooms and 35 bathrooms... I think they both could have stayed there. It's just Bush getting his high-school jollies, snubbing the new guy who won the election with the platform of "anti-Bush". Let the baby have his bottle.

what a great moral standard this sets for the populace.

important politicians with their familys, from 2 friendly countries cannot share a luxurious 119 room mansion with a massive property but instead have to sleep at different locations.

is there something wrong with the other 115 rooms?



[edit on 8/1/09 by Obliv_au]

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic

The Blair house has 4 "townhouses", with 119 rooms and 35 bathrooms... I think they both could have stayed there. It's just Bush getting his high-school jollies, snubbing the new guy who won the election with the platform of "anti-Bush". Let the baby have his bottle.

I think it's a combination of Bush/Howard vs Obama connection and the fact that Howard and Obama had a little fight over troop deployments in Iraq or some crap back when Howard was in power and Obama was running for President.

"Howard has never hidden his distaste for Obama and his crazy policies like withdrawing from Iraq."

Oh, I found this out too, Howard is only staying 1 night anyways, that has been his plan for weeks. I mean what the hell? All this kerphuffle over 1 stinking night?