After weeks of speculation, the mystery guest that trumps the President-elect and his family has finally been revealed. The White House offered the house to John Howard, the former Prime Minister of Australia who is set to receive a Medal of Freedom. Instead of arranging other accommodations for Howard’s one-night stay, the Bush administration told the Obama family to stay in a hotel for two weeks. (Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who are also receiving the Medal of Freedom, opted to find other accommodations.)
... more on ThinkProgress after the click.
My comment: Blair House is the residence in DC that the president-elect is extended by the previous administration during the transition as a courtesy. The fact that no one was booked for Blair House at the time the Obama's made the original request is interesting. I suppose the debate now would be over whether this maneuver is more or less petty than when the Clinton administration swiped all the "W"'s from the White House keyboards on the way out.
Personally, I find the missing "W"'s an amusing puerile prank and was, as such, a reflection of the administration. This seems to typify the current administration equally well ... arrogant, petty ... and smaller than life.
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