Posted on 12/11/2008 5:20:49 PM PST by granite
An Obama rejection ... President-elect Barack Obama just got nixed!
Sneed hears the White House has rejected a recent request by Obama to occupy Blair House, the president-elect's Washington residence, at an earlier date.
• • To wit: Sneed hears Obama wanted to move his family and his transition team to Blair House, which is across from the White House, nearly two weeks before the president-elect historically moves there on Jan. 15 -- five days before the inaugural.
• • The backshot: A source tells Sneed: "There were reportedly two reasons for the request: Obama's children start school in early January -- and the move could be interpreted as a New Year's symbolic gesture showing the president-elect in a presidential capacity across from the White House on Jan. 2, the day after New Year's Day."
• • The buckshot: Blair House, the president's guest house for visiting dignitaries, nixed the request. "It was a polite rejection," the source added. "But I'm told Blair House was appalled."
• • Responses: An Obama spokesman tells Sneed they were told Blair House had guests until Jan. 15. ... Sally McDonough, a spokesman for first lady Laura Bush, tells Sneed: "Respectfully, we are keeping transition conversations quiet. But Jan. 15 is historically the time when incoming presidents occupy Blair House, which is the president's guest house."
The audacity of presumption.
Heard that on Rush today. How TACKY can you get??????? Guess Zero doesn’t want to follow proper protocol or tradition......much less good MANNERS! @sswipe.
Some of us are liable to not live thru 4yrs of this marxist pos
To borrow a phrase from that men’s hair color ad: “RE-JECTED!”
Perhaps another reason being that obambi has yet to prove his citizenship.
HOW TACKY AND CLASSLESS!!!!! WHAT, AN EGO.
This POS just can’t wait. He’s unbelievable. Nah, actually it is believable.
I suddenly feel the urge to go bathe.
Gotta get that foot in the door while its still open...Its hard to evict squatters...
Good.
Just hustlers doing what hustlers do.
~ THE GUARD DOGS STAY
and
~ THE REFRIGERATOR IS FILLED WITH BACON, HAM, & PORK ROASTS FOR YOUR DINING ENJOYMENT
Blair House has an interesting history. Postmaster General Blair lived there at the beginning of the Civil War, and it was there that Colonel Robert Edward Lee was offered field command of the Union Army, with the accompanied rank of Major General. The offer was made by Postmaster General Blair at the behest of President Lincoln and the War Department. The commanding general of the Army, Winfield Scott, thought very highly of Colonel Lee, and thought him the most able officer in the small regular army to command forces against the “rebellion” in the Cotton States.
Lee turned him down because he could not bring himself to turn his sword against his home state (or as he often called it “his country”) of Virginia. Shortly after turning down this offer, his resigned from the U.S. Army but was then offered command of the Virginia Militia within days.
I take no position on whether Lee was right or wrong to do this. However, I will say that as a general and human being he was a great man. Probably one of the most honorably persons on either side.
I bit about history for the day! :-)
Was emailing a friend in Chicago and she said that someone in the Obama admin was looking at a salary for the First Lady?????
Hard to believe!
Obama’s behavior is beyond tacky. It's disgusting!
I'm hardly an expert, but I've never heard this: Reference?
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