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Finally Obama Family Moves To Traditional Presidential Guest House
Finally, just five days before moving into the White House, Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha will be moving into the traditional executive guest house known as Blair House. This news comes from Rachel Swarns of the New York Times Politics Blog.It’s a petty matter that it speaks volumes about the Bush administration’s feelings toward the President-elect and his family. The Obamas had made a request to stay at the historic Blair House just across the street from their soon to be official presidential residence 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The parents had hoped to stay there as their daughters were to begin attending the prestigious Sidwell Friends School earlier this month.
White House staffers informed the Obamas Blair House would not be available until nine days after, because it was booked for a diplomatic guest, even though the State Department, folks who should know, said there was no dignitary expected to arrive to stay in Washington. Blair House is often used to house visiting diplomats and dignitaries.
Turns out the visiting foreign guest is a former prime minister of Australia. Say what?! That’s right in the world of diplomacy a foreign former head of state trumps our president-elect.
Instead of the Obamas staying in a hotel why couldn’t this former head of Australia, John Howard, a close ally of George Bush, be made comfortable in a hotel instead of the Obamas? Don’t the same rules apply as when guests come to your home? We think John Howard is a bad guest. He should have shown deference to the incoming president and his family by stating he’d be comfortable in a hotel. We are sure that just as for the president-elect luxurious comfort, security, extra rooms and even floors are part of the booking arrangement.
George Bush is in search of ways to clean up his record before he says his final good-bye to the nation. There were no hard feelings on the part of the Obama family. Barack Obama displayed his usual adroitness. We believe George Bush putting up his friend John Howard in a hotel would not have caused an international scandal; in fact it would have helped to leave a less bitter taste in the mouth of Bush critics worldwide. If John Howard had acquiesced to the request of a family for its children his actions would have shown him to be gracious, considerate and understanding.
We bid a fond farewell to George and his international cronies.
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