Posted on 01/06/2013 3:35:37 PM PST by drewh
Hotel rooms remain unbooked ahead of January 21 inauguration ceremony Organizers expecting much lower turnout than 2009 ceremony, when nearly 2 million people flocked to the National Mall
Crowds may have flocked to the National Mall to see President Obama make history in 2009, but the team behind the president's 2013 inauguration bash later this month are bracing themselves for a ton of empty seats. The ceremony that Washington will stage in a few weeks won't be the historic affair it was in 2009, when nearly 2 million people flocked to the Capitol to watch Obama take the oath of office. This time, District of Columbia officials expect between 600,000 and 800,000 people for Obama's public swearing-in on the steps of the Capitol on Monday, January 21.
Two weeks before the big day, plenty of hotel rooms still haven't been booked. Four years ago, some hotels sold out months in advance. There will be just two official inaugural balls this year, both at the Washington Convention Center, rather than 10 official balls at multiple locations around town.
The pair of celebrations are the lowest number since 1953, according to the New York Post.
A political insider told the paper: 'Some on the presidential inaugural committee are starting to seriously worry.' His inaugural committee has also scaled the celebration back to three days of festivities, instead of four.
Some changes are on account of the slowly recovering economy and a desire by planners to ease the security burden on law enforcement.
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If he was on fire.....I wouldn’t cross the street to piss on him.
There are plenty of graveyards. They need to start digging, clearly they constitute the majority of his @#$%! supporters.
The DNC just needs to call rent a monkey
“If the libs were holding their coronation for Barry IN my house, I wouldn’t go.”
Well actually they ARE. The White House is ‘the people’s house.’ Doesn’t that make you feel better?
Couldn’t pay me to go! I’ve made plans to be well outta dodge that weekend.
Hold it in a secret location with his buddy CJ John Roberts presiding. We don’t want to see it. Save the money. You can donate it to the unions. Or hand out more free phones, internet, rent. Just don’t tell us what you did with it.
They should sell tickets to all the dead and non existent people that elected him.
Nah, that piece of sh** will be there.
Barry will be on vacation. They will be swearing in the acting POTUS... the auto-pen!
-PJ
Sounds good!
They can put them on the $2.84 million dollar temporary grandstand!
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2012/12/prepping-for-inauguration-dc.html
...only with a paid day off.
The official Inauguration Day is January 20th. However, as that date falls on a Sunday in 2013, the public swearing-in ceremony will be held on Monday, January 21, 2013.
If she's not, it would mean that the heads of the entire federal government will be gathered together in one place, while Hillary is elsewhere.
But remember, the fact that she is the 4th in line of presidential succession means absolutely, positively, nothing.
Really.
Yeah, like that really matters. Congress can meet on Christmas Eve to shove through bills that no one wants, Obama can sign legislation via autopen while playing in the waves in Hawaii, but a presidential inauguration on a Sunday? No way!
LOL!
Don’t worry. The hookers are now starting to do their bookings at Motel 4 and Howard’s Johnson.
with all the examples of voter fraud, I think it’s
a good possibility that “the Chicago way” put him
over the top
If Chavez can make up a 5 percent deficit...
“It’s hard for dead voters to get a ride to the festivities.”
Post of the day? lol
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