Posted on 12/31/2008 4:59:06 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Barack Obama is to move to Washington this weekend but will be forced to stay in a hotel after President George W. Bush said an official residence was "not available".
The Obama family are bidding farewell to Chicago and moving to the American capital shortly after their Hawaii holiday ends on Thursday because daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, are due to start school.
Mr Obama had requested to stay at Blair House, opposite the White House, but was told by the Bush administration it was booked up for farewell "receptions and gatherings" and was "not available" until January 15, five days before the inauguration.
The Obamas have chosen to stay at the Hay Adams hotel. One of Washingtons most prestigious addresses, it opened in 1928 on the site where John Hay, President Abraham Lincolns personal secretary, once lived.
Built in Italian Renaissance style, it is a favourite stop for visiting foreign dignitaries, Gulf princes and pop stars. The presidential suite in the penthouse normally sells for $2,500 to $5,000 a night.
Its master bedroom overlooks the White House and Lafayette Park and there is a gas-lit corner fireplace in the sitting room.
Although there was no room at the inn for the Obamas, Mr Bush has invited the president-elect to a lunch next Wednesday when they will be joined by former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
The Obama daughters will be attending the private school Sidwell Friends, favoured by Washington's power elite and was chosen by the Clintons for their daughter Chelsea, then 12, in 1993.
Mr Obama has always spent the minimum time possible in Washington. He his wife Michelle initially planned to move the family there when he became a Senator in 2005 and looked at houses in Chevy Chase, Maryland in the well-to-do
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Who’s crying? I did not get that indication at all.
Sounds nice, but does it have an inroom microwave and flat screen TV?
Indeed ... maybe he didn’t have one given his voting record.
Rate Rate Description Room Description
349.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION SUPERIOR QUEEN BEDROOM/INTERIOR VIEW/ AWAY FROM ELEVATORS/ 345SQFT
349.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION SUPERIOR ROOM 2 DOUBLE BEDS/INTERIOR VIEW/345-385 SQFT
399.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION DELUXE EXEC STUDIO QUEEN ROOM W/SOFABED 400 SF/FACES INNER COURTYD/SML SIT AREA
449.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION DELUXE KING ROOM W/VIEW ST JOHNS CHURCH/345 OR 385 SF/EXTERIOR CITYVIEW
819.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION LAFAYETTE PK VIEW JR SUITE 1KING AND SOFABED/ ORNMNTL FRPLC.
1,119.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION 1BDRM DELUXE SUITE/ST JOHNS CHURCH VIEW /1KING/1Q SOFABED/710SQFT
1,819.00 USD SPECIAL PROMOTION 1 BDRM LUXURY SUITE W/LAFAYETTE PARK VIEW/1,040SQFT/326 METERS
349.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS SUPERIOR QUEEN BEDROOM/INTERIOR VIEW/ AWAY FROM ELEVATORS/ 345SQFT
349.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS SUPERIOR ROOM 2 DOUBLE BEDS/INTERIOR VIEW/345-385 SQFT
399.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS DELUXE EXEC STUDIO QUEEN ROOM W/SOFABED 400 SF/FACES INNER COURTYD/SML SIT AREA
449.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS DELUXE KING ROOM W/VIEW ST JOHNS CHURCH/345 OR 385 SF/EXTERIOR CITYVIEW
829.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS LAFAYETTE PK VIEW JR SUITE 1KING AND SOFABED/ ORNMNTL FRPLC.
1,129.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS 1BDRM DELUXE SUITE/ST JOHNS CHURCH VIEW /1KING/1Q SOFABED/710SQFT
1,979.00 USD LEADING WEEKENDS 1 BDRM LUXURY SUITE W/LAFAYETTE PARK VIEW/1,040SQFT/326 METERS
435.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE SUPERIOR QUEEN BEDROOM/INTERIOR VIEW/ AWAY FROM ELEVATORS/ 345SQFT
435.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE SUPERIOR ROOM 2 DOUBLE BEDS/INTERIOR VIEW/345-385 SQFT
485.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE DELUXE EXEC STUDIO QUEEN ROOM W/SOFABED 400 SF/FACES INNER COURTYD/SML SIT AREA
535.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE DELUXE KING ROOM W/VIEW ST JOHNS CHURCH/345 OR 385 SF/EXTERIOR CITYVIEW
935.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE LAFAYETTE PK VIEW JR SUITE 1KING AND SOFABED/ ORNMNTL FRPLC.
1,695.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE 1BDRM DELUXE SUITE/ST JOHNS CHURCH VIEW /1KING/1Q SOFABED/710SQFT
2,695.00 USD HOTEL CORPORATE RATE 1 BDRM LUXURY SUITE W/LAFAYETTE PARK VIEW/1,040SQFT/326 METERS
800.00 USD DAILY RATE SUPERIOR QUEEN BEDROOM/INTERIOR VIEW/ AWAY FROM ELEVATORS/ 345SQFT
800.00 USD DAILY RATE SUPERIOR ROOM 2 DOUBLE BEDS/INTERIOR VIEW/345-385 SQFT
850.00 USD DAILY RATE DELUXE EXEC STUDIO QUEEN ROOM W/SOFABED 400 SF/FACES INNER COURTYD/SML SIT AREA
900.00 USD DAILY RATE DELUXE KING ROOM W/VIEW ST JOHNS CHURCH/345 OR 385 SF/EXTERIOR CITYVIEW
1,500.00 USD DAILY RATE LAFAYETTE PK VIEW JR SUITE 1KING AND SOFABED/ ORNMNTL FRPLC.
2,200.00 USD DAILY RATE 1BDRM DELUXE SUITE/ST JOHNS CHURCH VIEW /1KING/1Q SOFABED/710SQFT
3,200.00 USD DAILY RATE 1 BDRM LUXURY SUITE W/LAFAYETTE PARK VIEW/1,040SQFT/326 METERS
http://www.hayadams.com/washington-dc-suites.php
Of course, Bush offered to make arrangements for the Obamas to stay in Flag housing (where Admirals live) but was turned down. The press will naturally omit this little detail because they're trying to make Bush look like a dick.
Yeah.
It's not like he had a lush taxpayer funded job or anything there.
ROTFLMAO! Happy New Year! You are the first post that made me laugh this year!!!!
He needed someplace to phone in "present" votes.
So is our nations foreign policy also going to be dictated by a 10 year olds school schedule?
Who is forcing BO to stay in a hotel? Why doesn’t the Secret Service protect him from these ruffians?
Adams, that is
black gold, Chicago tea ... ♫
whoops, turned to the wrong page of music! Found the Chicago Hillbillies!
LOL!
whoops, rhyming fault. Make the 4th line read “said Bush was a louse”
That is the most diverse photo-shopped staff I’ve ever seen.
doncha love diversity. the only white guys in picture are gay.
“Ah, whats wrong with the apartment hes been using while he was a Senator?”
There’s nothing newsworthy about that.
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