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DC hotels less busy for Obama's 2nd inauguration
SRN NEWS ^ | 12/25/12

Posted on 12/26/2012 2:42:51 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

Visitors coming to the nation's capital for President Barack Obama's second inauguration can't stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan's family once called an eight-star hotel. That spot is the White House, and it's booked for the next four years. Still, inauguration-goers have a range of lodging options —from crashing on a friend's couch to rooms that cost thousands of dollars a night.

With second inaugurations tending to draw fewer spectators, finding a place to stay in Washington won't be nearly as difficult as in 2009.

City officials are expecting 600,000 to 800,000 visitors for the Jan. 21 inauguration, far less than the 1.8 million people who flooded the National Mall four years ago to witness the inauguration of America's first black president.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2012; deceiver
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To: tanknetter

Funny how the Tea Party conservatives are the real, practicing enviromentalists.
Expect more trash to be dumped on the streets by those from the Party of Trash. Then again, its rather fitting decorations for the corrupted nations capital in these times.


21 posted on 12/26/2012 5:25:24 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: carriage_hill

I predict it will be largely locals. Most of the visitors will not be there for the inauguration.


22 posted on 12/26/2012 5:26:23 AM PST by AppyPappy (You never see a masscre at a gun show.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

actually this will be his 4th inauguration, inaugurations 2 and 3 being held in secret with no press


23 posted on 12/26/2012 5:28:27 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: AppyPappy
I suspect you're right. The "Free Stuff!" and Taker Crowd will be out, en force.
24 posted on 12/26/2012 5:31:14 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Have A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I’ll bet the unions will be busing in the majority of those 600,000 to 800,000 “visitors”. They’re going to want to make sure the Kenyan remembers who put him there.


26 posted on 12/26/2012 6:36:52 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (U.S. elections have become nothing but another cheap ripoff of American Idol.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

2nd Inaugurals are always less populated. I remember Reagan’s second. He was lucky to have a person attend with all the snow and deep freezing temperatures.


27 posted on 12/26/2012 6:48:18 AM PST by napscoordinator (GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
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To: political1

There has been talks about canceling second inaugurals for same president for years. However, the problem is that they start planning the day after the first inaugural. I don’t think they should cancel any of them. It is a part of our government that we always have a smooth transition from one term to the other regardless of who is President. This is good for our country.


28 posted on 12/26/2012 6:50:57 AM PST by napscoordinator (GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
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To: F15Eagle
A rerun of “Gilligan’s Island” would be more watchable.

I was thinking of "Flipper". If it's good enough for Lex Luthor, it's good enough for me.

29 posted on 12/26/2012 8:22:15 AM PST by NurdlyPeon (New tag line in progress.)
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To: F15Eagle
One question I could have never imagined in my life!



Gilligan or Geraldo?

31 posted on 12/26/2012 1:43:31 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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