Posted on 01/19/2009 9:30:30 AM PST by mmanager
As newly inaugurated President Obama and his family celebrate his first day in office, the moving vans will be carrying the Obamas' belongings to their new home, but the decorating won't stop there.
The Obamas have chosen celebrity designer Michael Smith to transform the executive quarters to fit the Chicago family's style. But while the inauguration festivities reportedly costing close to $120 million, Smith's budget will be considerably less.
The soon-to-be first family will need to redecorate under a strict budget of $100,000 allocated by Congress.
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Yea right, that will just cover their drapes. Mov'n on up, too the east side.....
No, it shouldn’t be too hard to stay under budget.... I hear there is a Presidential Discount on black lights, shag carpeting and leopard print couches.
Lies, lies, lies. That inauguration doesn’t cost $120 million. It’s 170 million buckaronees.
I hear Barack’s Grandma and Mother-in-Law have Queen Bee problems.
A holdover from the Clinton days.
Strict budget? C’mon, guys, we all know that Rezko and Blago will pony up the rest - because Bush sure won’t be pardoning them in the next 24 hours.
He’ll just go to his fanatic base and say: “I need for you to help me redecorate the White House to suit my needs and to glorify yourselves.” And wait for the money to pour in, I’m sure there will be millions in less than $200.00 donations from Micky Maus, and the other bogus folks who gave all of those “little” campaign donations.
Aren’t we in the greatest economic crisis ever?
Which room will the stripper pole be in?
I heard that they will be throwing alot of parties too. Living the high life in “the worst economy since the depression” won’t look good. Remember everyone is going to “have some skin in the game” except for him and Michelle of course.
I wonder if he saved those Styrofoam columns he had made for his acceptance speech after the convention? He can probably put them somewhere to suit his “style.”
I understand that due to his love of sliding doors (watch Lincoln Memorial Intro) O’bummer will be replacing all conventional doors in the White House with air driven sliding dual doors. Contractor reports they have a “trekky” sound when opening and closing.
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