The Scene at the White House Following Brown’s Historic Upset

Pajamas Media ^ | Jan. 20 | Richard Pollock

[AJKauf]

I went to the White House on Tuesday night, the eve of the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration. On January 20, 2009, Pennsylvania Avenue was packed with a sea of adoring people.

On Tuesday night, following Scott Brown’s seismic victory in Massachusetts, I decided to check out the White House grounds. I drove through Rock Creek Park and got to the White House pretty quickly, in about twenty minutes.

The grounds were eerily silent. They seemed abandoned and dead. Having been in the White House, I know what lights are part of the residence and the East and West Wings. The windows were dark. On the night of one of the greatest political upsets in modern electoral history, someone had ordered all the White House staff to go home. The last one had apparently turned out the lights.....

[icwhatudo]

[edpc]

Eh....not such a big deal. The same atmosphere likely existed when Specter flipped or when Franken officially became number 60.

[jessduntno]

I love a good happy story...hmmmmmmmmmppphhhh...

Hey Barry, keep up the good work, bro. You will save Jimmuh from being the worst President in history...

[Salvation]

**someone had ordered all the White House staff to go home. The last one had apparently turned out the lights....**

Hopefully the lights in Obortion O’s brain got turned off too. Just joking.

[angcat]

I’m sure the kitchen was busy feeding Michelle.

[ConservaTexan]

Instead I asked them what they thought of the stunning result in the bluest state in the nation.

To quote Janet Napolitano: "The system worked."

[jessduntno]

“To quote Janet Napolitano: “The system worked.”

Hahahaha...now THAT was funny...

[smoothsailing]

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Community Organizing ain't what it used to be, Hey Obama?...

[Equalizer]

Well, powder his behind, I think Bammies' all wee wee-ed up!

[Gator113]

Does this mean that Michelle Obama is no longer proud of her country, again?

[WestTexasWend]

[the long march]

What makes you think that he ever had any lights on????

[null and void]

I want to see one of The Wookie captioned ROFLMAO, with the appropriate caboose on the ground behind her.

(Assuming, of course, that any image of her laughing can be found)

[Bobalu]

[OrioleFan]

He's about to become President Full-Pack.

[Slyfox]

The last one had apparently turned out the lights.....

[FunkyZero]

Let's just hope Gibbs keeps treating the press with his lying and arrogance and Olberman keeps calling Americans "irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, teabagging supporters of violence against women"

Let's hope Pelosi and Reid keep on yammering about how they need to pass healthcare for the swimmer.

All of their so-called supporters have destroyed their image. They think they are insulting some fringe group when in fact, they are connecting in a seriously negative way to MOST Americans. It's the funniest thing I've seen

That's right, let's give them every excuse to insult the American public. They are so far out of touch with reality they will never get it.

Voters (even their own) have been telling them outright for months that they don't like what they are doing and yet this morning they are convinced that Brown won because she ran a poor campaign, nothing more. I've never seen people so far out of touch with reality.

November is going to be a cake walk if they keep it up.

[ari-freedom]

he should stay out of NYC then. Bloomberg hates smokers