thinkprogress.org - 1/7/2009
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In December, President-elect Obama asked the White House if he and his family could move into Blair House — the White House’s guest house — a week early, so that his daughters Malia and Sasha could start school. The White House rebuffed them , saying the house was already ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/7/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
I fail to see what all the ado
is about. The article clearly states that MANY long...
planned events were set for the Blair House, of which the president has every right to use. While I will be at the head of the line to wish Bush good riddance, he is ...
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Blair House Mystery Solved: It's John Howard | 44
huffingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Barack Obama is set to host a press
conference with incoming Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine...
on Thursday in what will ostensibly mark the beginning of a new era for the party and the committee. Noticeably absent from the affair will ...
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Howard Dean Left Out Of Obama/DNC Affair
news.yahoo.com - 1/8/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama appeared Thursday at Democratic
Party headquarters with his hand-picked incoming chairman, Virginia Gov....
Tim Kaine , but his predecessor, outgoing chief Howard Dean , was nowhere in sight. Dean, who has clashed ...
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Obama appears with new DNC chief - Yahoo! News
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The Howard Gambit
Matthew Yglesias —
... Fittingly enough, it seems that there was no genuine guest scheduled to stay in Blair House. Rather, the Bush administration asked former Australian Prime Minister John Howard to stay at the place in order to give them a pretext to turn the Obamas down. Fittingly, from everything I’ve heard about Howard he and Bush are really two peas in a pod in terms of terrible policymaking. ...
Bush Is Not Only Incompetent, He's Rude
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
video via Think Progress
Bush bumps President-elect Obama for a right-wing Aussie.
Not only is our brush clearin’, g droppin’ outgoin’ president completely incompetent. But he’s also got the manners of a bull in a dining room. This is representative of why George W. Bush is reviled by progressives. He cannot even tell the truth about guest bookings, but also goes out of his way to make life difficult for the Obamas and their girls start school. Classless -----. ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
... appears to be: "We can't put out this fire until we're absolutely certain there will never, ever be another fire."
attytood: Is Blago guilty until proven innocent?
Threat Level: A Judge has ruled that U.S. law now demands that he view classified documents to decide whether citizens were spied on illegally and whether Bush's spy program was unlawful.
The Satirical Political Report: Bush invites Obama to stay at Tony Blair's House
OFF THE BEATEN PATH: The Daily Gotham, Ornery ...
The Bush misadministration: classy to the end
WTF Is It Now?!? —
More petty behavior from the petulant boy-king. Suck it, you retarded fuck.
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