Pssst. Eight hundred rooms in Washington, D.C. proper and a total of 15,000 rooms "in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District" remain unbooked for the Obama apotheosis inaugural. Pass it on.
"Actually, Hotel Space Remains Available," the Washington Post's Paul Schwartzman quietly reported on page B2 of the January 15 edition's "Inauguration Watch." Staffer Paul Schwartzman cited Washington's "official tourism office, Destination DC" as the source of the stat.
Last Friday, I noted how the Post reported that "Inaugural Renters [Are] Begging For Takers." That 29-paragraph story was given the front page treatment on the paper's January 9 Metro section:
Across the Washington region, homeowners' dreams of a quick and easy payday are evaporating as the days tick down to President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20: The inaugural housing market has gone bust in record time.
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Yup, I guess most of the "3 million" attendees will be locals.
January 15, 2009 - 13:06 ET by jazboCertainly no surprise there.
Happy Coronation Day everyone.
Those who believe in nothing will believe anything.
Not even close to being a sell-out
January 15, 2009 - 13:18 ET by bpjamYou can stay at the Hyatt for $99 a night. Even in March you can't get a $99 room rate.
More people will show up to see the cherry blossoms than The Messiah get annointed. (Obama voters are lazy and will just watch it on MSNBC/NBC/CSB/ABC/FOX/CNN/BET/TVONE/BRAVO/ HDNET/PBS/DISCOVERY/SCIFI/USA/TNT/TBS/WGN/ETC/ETC/
I think you missed the biggy...
January 15, 2009 - 14:44 ET by Mr XBET
edit: sorry see it now.
Could it be that the Obama
January 15, 2009 - 13:14 ET by ForeverOnTheRightCould it be that the Obama is not as popular as the MSM thinks he is? Nah, well just maybe.
Happy Corination Day ya'all.
No worries...if these don't
January 15, 2009 - 13:15 ET by bigtimerNo worries...if these don't get filled by real people, O's minions will book the rooms anyway...why, we can't have any vacancies now can we?
When I first got up this morning I saw something on the screen cap alert saying 'Declaring State of Emergency' regarding this Inauguration.
anybody know what that rhetoric was all about? I assumed it may have had to do with $$$ or protection...blah blah blah...
Seems it has"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
Emergency Protection at Inauguration
January 15, 2009 - 13:27 ET by merlin61bigtimer: Saw this on Drudge this morning. It
has to do with rumblings among the extreme
racist nazi groups and other extreme racist
organizations. That's reason given for
extraordinary law enforcement measures.
why the fear?
January 15, 2009 - 14:51 ET by Mr X" rumblings among the extreme
racist nazi groups and other extreme racist
organizations"
why would they worry about muslums and blacks?
Here in Charlotte
January 15, 2009 - 13:24 ET by dvdaughtryThere was a gal that had a block of 6 hotel rooms. Now they are on craigslist, because, suddenly, they family was not able to go. She is trying to get the rooms filled--for a $100. They are yours for the taking.
Makes me wonder if the original plan was to turn a dollar has backfired?
EDIT found another
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
dvdaughtry
January 15, 2009 - 18:21 ET by choselife3xFellow Charlottean?
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
choselife3x
January 15, 2009 - 22:58 ET by dvdaughtryYes, Cornelius to be specific. There are quite a few NC'ers on NB.
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
dvdaughtry
January 15, 2009 - 23:05 ET by choselife3xWell that makes me feel a little better. I'm still getting over the embarrassment of NC going blue this election.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Already???
January 15, 2009 - 13:23 ET by flyingmonkeyLooks like the quickest case of "Buyers Remorse" in election history. The value of my mint condition Barack Obama Affirmative Action Figure drops by the minute. Damn!!!
Cancel my order for the Barack Obama Sno Cone Maker.
Looks like I got to cancel my order..................
January 15, 2009 - 13:42 ET by BEGRUNTfor the "Obamasham Wow"..........I've had my fill of Obama shams!!
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Not necessarily "buyer's
January 15, 2009 - 13:43 ET by motherbeltNot necessarily "buyer's remorse" but more a case of overhyping.
They were so convinced that people were going to be rushing in from all over the country that they didn't stop to realize that people are not going to spend hundreds of dollars in this economy, just to say they were "in" D.C. for the inauguration when they don't have a snowball's chance in hell of having a better view than they will on TV.
Right you are mb... PLUS
January 16, 2009 - 02:00 ET by bigtimerRight you are mb...
PLUS some of that global warming in their own homes.
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
Well, if the average Obama
January 15, 2009 - 13:45 ET by Dad GummitWell, if the average Obama suporter can't make their way out of New Orleans to get away from a storm, how do you expect them to get all the way to DC on their own?
"If you don't read a newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read a newspaper, you are mis-informed."-Mark Twain
It'll be an elitist event...
January 15, 2009 - 13:58 ET by jazbowith a few commoners highlighted just for show. Sort of like the Dem Party itself.
Those who believe in nothing will believe anything.
Good point.
January 15, 2009 - 14:02 ET by attorneygirlExcellent point. And I don't even think you were being sarcastic--just brutally honest.
Quite frankly, no one likes going to these inaugurations because it's always so freaking cold or wet and the parties are too crowded, with bad food and watered-down drinks. After an expensive flight and hotel room, it's just not worth it.
I can't make it
January 15, 2009 - 14:14 ET by Dad GummitI can't make it anyway.
THat's the day I have to clean my nose hair trimmer.
"If you don't read a newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read a newspaper, you are mis-informed."-Mark Twain
You Say Potato(e)...
January 15, 2009 - 14:16 ET by flyingmonkeyI don't know about that motherbelt. First you had Blogo to remind us of the cesspool Obama comes from. Then a Commerce Secretary appointment that had to bow out due to scandal, a Treasury Secretary appointment that didn't pay his taxes, a Secretary of Education who worked on the failed Annenberg Challenge and has run one of the worst public school systems in the country for the last seven years, a CIA Chief with no intelligence background, and a Secretary of State with more skeletons in her closet than a Three Stooges in Scotland marathon. Shall I go on???
I believe that the average Joe is starting to wonder what the hell is going on and I can see and feel the remorse.
flyingmonkey... Add this
January 15, 2009 - 15:49 ET by Clear thinkerflyingmonkey...
Add this to your list... Inaugural Pig Sex
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Stay home
January 15, 2009 - 14:29 ET by Smoking HotIt's going to be cold as I don't even know what this weekend. I'm from South Texas. This weather doesn't happen down there.
The free concert at the Lincoln Memorial looks good though. You could pay a lot more to see U2.
Just Found Out
January 15, 2009 - 14:30 ET by dvdaughtryI just found that my employer (which I will not name, but it's Danish and uses massive ships to move cargo) will have screens in most US offices screens showing the inauguraion coverage from 11pm-2pm.
I asked if they provided this service for Bush, and the local (and vocal) conversative lady thinks they did.
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
So is the City of Dallas
January 15, 2009 - 15:54 ET by Dan The Man 2So is the City of Dallas and funded by the citizens of Dallas. And email authorized by the city came through the sytem to all employees.
2009 Presidential Inauguration: On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 the 56th presidential inauguration ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama will take place. This inauguration marks a significant moment in our nation’s history as the 44th president of the United States commences his term in office. I understand that many of you wish to experience this occasion via live coverage on television. The formal inauguration begins shortly after 11:30 a.m. Central Standard Time. The inauguration will be broadcast in the City Hall lobby with as much seating as possible. You are welcome to take a moment and watch the presidential inauguration as your schedule and job commitments permit. Even with the significance of this event, it is important for us to keep in mind the job responsibilities we have to our residents and corporate citizens. I have requested that department directors provide additional viewing areas at work sites around the city as feasible. Employees wishing to take time off may do so if vacation leave is available, the work schedule permits his/her absence, and they have received their supervisor’s approval.
Director, Marketing & Media Relations
Your tax wasters at work.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
D.C. Sex Hotel... Maybe
January 15, 2009 - 15:47 ET by Clear thinkerD.C. Sex Hotel...
Maybe we can help empty one of the Hotels in D.C...... Inaugural Pig Sex
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Well Clear, that just adds one.....................
January 15, 2009 - 17:01 ET by BEGRUNTmore act to the freak show Obama and his friends have in store for us.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
BEGRUNT... Yeah, but at
January 15, 2009 - 22:57 ET by Clear thinkerBEGRUNT...
Yeah, but at least you can help stop this one. I have a magical number that can stop it here... Inaugural Pig Sex
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Yup!
January 15, 2009 - 15:55 ET by katy the mean old ladyI'll be sitting this one out in South Florida.
All I know is that
January 15, 2009 - 15:56 ET by HelenSAll I know is that Blockbuster is going to be my very best friend next Tuesday. And maybe Monday and Wednesday (have to cover the nauseating pre-Coronation tripe and the post Adulation hyperventilating) I'll be renting as many movies as I can lug out of there so that I won't need to watch a second of the excrement that is bound to ooze out of every nook and cranny of the TV.
Did I mention I live in Fairfax, VA - less than 20 miles from all this Obamanation? Yeah. And it's been in the news even before now.
"Ooh look! Obama just arrived in town to stay in a hotel! OOOH look, he walked down the steps all by himself! And wait, is that... Yes, he's tying his own shoe laces! Oh my goodness, people! I do believe this is a close up of one of his used kleenex left behind on Airforce 3 1/2 - Office of the President Elect Who Can't Get Enough Camera Time! These are truely historic times. Wait! Aaaaahhh!!!! There are his two darling little girls ..."
And my humble apologies, people. I can't even keep up the mockery without having to go puke. And this was all a month ago. I don't dare even turn on the news now for the sake of all the nauseating saturation and gushing.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years. The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Greetings from the I-66
January 15, 2009 - 21:09 ET by HockeyKidGreetings from the I-66 'burbs. I hear ya, I hear ya! Barf bags are in short supply around here.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Millions for the Inaugural
January 15, 2009 - 16:24 ET by NorthCoasterI hope that this is just a sign of the overblown rhetoric from this election cycle. Wouldn't it be interesting to see thousands of unfilled viewing stands? How do you then explain that sight away? You can't fake it with tight shots with a camera like when a handful of protesters are presented as hundreds or thousands.
What's the truth here??
January 15, 2009 - 17:16 ET by PrairieSkyFor almost two months now, all we have heard is how many people are going to be flocking into the D.C. area for "The One's" inauguration/coronation, and how hard it is to find a place to stay. First the estimate was 4 million people...now it's down to maybe 2 million. When it was 4 million, all we heard was "where are they all going to stay???" There were stories of people having to stay as far away as West Virginia.
It seems that the media, again and as usual, has done it's typical job of completely overblowing the hype about their 'annointed one.' The non-stop, unending, relentless Obama fawning by the MSM is becoming nauseatingly ludicrous. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if NBC has one of it's anchors (Olbertwit or Chrissy), riding in a vehicle directly in front of the Obama's during the inaugural procession, throwing roses the whole way.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Democrats bi-modal
January 15, 2009 - 18:13 ET by dasherThere are two types of Democrats. The very rich which includes the Hollywood type who are misguided and theWall Street rich type who use the party for there own betterment. The other group the larger group are the poor, who suck of the teat of the government. Therefore there a plenty of hotel rooms available because the very rich have their hotel rooms, but the masses expected there can't afford a hotel, and will just be camping on the Capitol grounds. It will not be pretty.
"Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P.J.O'Rourke
I'm a little surprised to
January 15, 2009 - 22:02 ET by JasonCI'm a little surprised to see that NB has a huge ad for a PBS special titled Dreams of Obama.
That is all.
Shouldn't they have closed
January 15, 2009 - 22:17 ET by RR GOPShouldn't they have closed all the hotels and put up tent cities and been, like, you know, like, all Green and stuff...man?
Chicks walking around topless in freezing temps, showing off their Obama tattoos, mud sliding, hallucinating and confusing Obama for Hendrix...
That would be too groovy.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
I'm not going and I'm not
January 15, 2009 - 22:50 ET by TN MomI'm not going and I'm not gonna watch.
It would be so funny if Blago calls a timely press conference and reads a witty poem!
Ode to Obama from Corrupt Chicago...
T-Mom.... ROFLMAO just
January 15, 2009 - 22:53 ET by bigtimerT-Mom....
ROFLMAO just thinking about that...of course we know the msm wouldn't dare interrupt THE ONE...for anything.
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
bt
January 15, 2009 - 23:04 ET by TN Momof course we know the msm wouldn't dare interrupt THE ONE...for anything.
I know. I don't watch the MSM anymore. Drudge would post it for me to enjoy :)
The DC AREA "NUREMBERG CORONATION RALLY PROPAGANDA ...
January 16, 2009 - 06:35 ET by Jayke... is on a NON-STOP-HYPER-OVERDRIVE-CONSTANT-POUNDING-IN-YOUR-FACE-HAPPINESS-OVERDOSE. Don't people realize that nearly half of US did not vote for this dope? I did not vote for BARRKY. I'm not happy he will USURP POTUS STATUS. I do not want him to succeed in imposing SOCIALISM. I HOPE HE FAILS and FAILS MISERABLY.
"O" Dumbo
January 16, 2009 - 16:07 ET by rick007LOL It went from 5 million to 150,000 idiots that want to see him.