Blair House Mystery Solved: It's John Howard

[firedupdem]

The veil is lifted. We now know who is booked at Blair House, kicking President-elect Barack Obama and his family to the waiting list and across Lafayette Park to the Hay-Adams Hotel.

The only overnight visitor at the presidential guest manse is none other than John Howard, a former Australian prime minister and leading member of President Bush's coalition of the willing in Iraq

Howard and his entourage will be bunking at Blair House on Jan. 12, the night before he, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bush, said Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for first lady Laura Bush. The three current and former heads of state are longtime political allies of Bush, and Blair and Howard were key partners in the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2009/01/06/blair_house_mystery_solved_its.html?hpid=topnews

[NYC_SKP]

1. Nice find...

One guest in a 70,000-square-foot, 119-room mansion.

[Clio the Leo]

2. SO fitting that these two men are buddies.....

... Howard is an ubertwat.

Evil, evil, evil man.

[davidpdx]

8. I think calling him an ubertwat

is being kind. I'm so glad that man got his ass kicked out of office. Thankgod the Aussies came to their senses.

[Clio the Leo]

3. And according to Rachel and Keith...

.... Howard only became a guest there AFTER this broo ha ha with the Obamas. As if he was put in there BECAUSE of the request so they could say, "see, John Howard will be here, you cant come."

[firedupdem]

4. wow...a war appreciation party. how nice. n/t

[Uzybone]

5. Isn't that the fucking Cheney clone?

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/02/24/howie_wideweb__470x382,0.jpg

[firedupdem]

6. thats him. the picture at the link shows a nice smirk on his face. n/t

[Jennicut]

7. Eww. Australia's George Bush.