Why Obama Can't Stay at the Blair House

Because we didn't think John Howard was a big enough tool, so this will seal the deal.

It turns out that John Howard, former prime minister of Australia and a longtime ally of President Bush, is spending the night there on Jan. 12, according to Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for Laura Bush.

The next day, Mr. Howard is receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Several receptions are also scheduled at Blair House over the next week.

Mr. Bush is also bestowing the Medal of Freedom on Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, and Alvaro Uribe, the president of Colombia. Ms. McDonough told The Washington Post, which first reported the news, that the Bushes had also invited Mr. Blair and Mr. Uribe to stay at Blair House but that they had declined.

It is not clear how long Mr. Howard will be staying there or whether he — or the White House — knew that he would be bumping Mr. Obama. The White House announced just yesterday that it had selected Mr. Howard and the others to receive the award, but such ceremonies are planned long before they are announced.

Comments

[Mark-NC]

To be fair, the president elect usually comes in five days in advance and the Blair House is available for those five days.

Obama wanted to come earlier to get personal stuff done (school).

[Mark-NC]

However, if Olberman is to be believed, Bush is a petty thug - once again. Blair House has 119 rooms and Howard is the ONLY guest.

[lawton]

Obama is only just the President Elect of the frigging United States.
Bush bitch slapped Obama plain and simple no other way to read it!

[Scotty]

Stop whinging... Howard is staying there for a few days, try having him as your PM for eleven years.
hahaha... just joking, please kick him out of that place but don't send him back here to Australia, put him onto a plane to the Hague... Hell, why not put Bush and Blair on the same plane, we can save some money.
-Scotty :)