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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Yep. And especially strange considering that no ObaMao worshipers will have to miss work to attend . . .
They need to round up the OWS crowd. Feed them well to fill their bowels and let them camp out on the WH lawn.
No need to worry. Just have the unions bus in their Purple Shirt Brigade like they do for “grass-roots” protests and voting.
Heard the same BS during the campaign........low turnout at rallies, couldn’t fill venues, no enthusiasm........he is still the POTUS
The planners are making arrangements to line much of the route with large buses ~ that’s so you won’t get to see Obama’s limousine.
this is all well and good ... but I want to know when we start filing charges against the supervisors of elections in every state that did not collect eligibility documentation ... thereby promoting election fraud
I call Barbara Streisand on that one.
Watch out? Here they go the same as always. They are always desperate, the election, blah, blah and blah. I wonder if he will actually be sworn in now they have proven fraud and it looks like Hawaii says they can’t verify him.
DON’T BUT IT.
One thing men can’t control is their nightmares or dreams.
I hope FUBO has every nightmare every night that is available to him from his trashed mind and heart.
Bingo. Exactly what I was thinking.
LOL!
Just bus people in, that’s what dicktators do.
No problem. Just have Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Lil Wayne have a free concert before the ceremony.
By 2016 they can use it to buy a loaf of bread!
Anybody up for a little SCHADENFREUDE?
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