A bump in the night: how Howard debunked Obama

[Swagman]

A bump in the night: how Howard debunked Obama
January 7, 2009 - 3:54PM

Thank heavens that John Howard is now our ex-prime minister, for it appears that he has inadvertently bumped President-elect Barack Obama to the waiting list for the official presidential guest-manse, Blair House, forcing the first family into the nearby Hay-Adams Hotel.

Washington has been awash with speculation about the identity of the presidential guest who had caused the Obamas, whose children started school this week, to take up digs in a hotel.

But on Tuesday, the day after the White House announced that Mr Howard, the former British prime minister Tony Blair and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week, it emerged that Mr Howard was the dignitary in question.

Mr Howard and his wife, Janette, had been invited to stay at Blair House some time ago, and "that was the invitation", a spokesman for the former prime minister said.

The couple will stay just one night - January 12 - and will not be accompanied by an entourage as some reports suggested, he said.
***********************************************

thank God we gave this bloke the boot last year !:freak:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/how-man-of-steal-took-the-presidentelects-bed/2009/01/07/1231004089152.html

[Cleita]

1. And what about Alvaro Uribe? Where does he get to stay? n/t

[FrenchieCat]

2. Yeah!

taxpayers really would prefer to foot the Bill for Australia's former PM AND extra security for our future President who now has to move his family three times; chicago to hotel; hotel to Blair House; Blair House to White House.

:sarcasm:

[Cleita]

3. Maybe he should just stay at the hotel until they move into the White House.

Then he should declare the Blair House a conservative free zone then during his administration even for former Presidents and that would be the two Bushes. Let's keep these losers out of Washington for ever.

[struggle4progress]

4. kick

:kick: