Blair House Which Project—Tuesday, January 6

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By now you probably wonder whether I'll waver. Whether I've the stamina to stay the course and just keep asking the question. Time will tell.

In the meantime, I've been pondering epiphanies—today's the day for it, after all—and wondering whether the press would ever get it...why it matters.

For a moment there, last night, watching John King announcing on the Colbert Report his new Sunday morning gasbag-primetime talk show, I had hopes. After all, he said the most valuable part of the campaign season for him was getting out beyond the beltway to the little towns, talking to the little people about the state of the country. And how he wants to keep that perspective when he launches his new show.

King also reflected on how they [the Very Important Village Media] didn't ask the tough questions of Bush lo' these many years.

And ya know, he's right, and instead of waiting to pile on Obama as Colbert snarked they would, here's a thought.

Because King's replacement over on the White House beat, Kate Bolduan, mentioned something interesting, just in passing yesterday, when talking about the Obama girls leaving the Hay to head to school with the big security convoy.

Did you know the Hay may be a stone's throw away, across Lafayette Park, from the White House? But it's outside the security barrier.

And Blair House is inside the security barrier. Security's the issue, not proximity, seems to me.

So I'm wondering, just what's more important than the security of the incoming president and his family? D'ya think Kate or John or Dancin' Dave or ol' Bob Schieffer or the soon to be only Little George in town or Ruth Marcus or, you know, anybody who moves and shakes in the Village press corps might be persuaded to ask:

Which bunch o’BushCo's “eventing” in Blair House today?
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Any contrary coverage yet that puts a lie to my countdown? All ya gotta do is let me know.
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crossposted at firedoglake's Oxdown Gazette

Blair House Which Project—Monday, January 5

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This links to the Caucus article in the NYT that seems to say that the Obamas will stay at the Hay hyphen Adams until January 20, while other outlets like McClatchy in yesterday’s BHWP post have said the Obamas are livin’ in the Hay until January 15.

Poor handwringing media, they can’t even get their public facts straight. And fergoshsakes, don’t expect ’em to commit an act of reporting — ooh, ooh, booga-booga, don’t make us point out what a no-class thug to the end Bush is being... And what total hypocrites we VVMs are after the media savaging overdrive about the Lincoln Bedroom in the Clinton years now that we’re saying nada about Bush’s confiscation of the entire Blair House.

Party central for outgoing staffers? Is that what’s going on? Or one last round o’fillin’ up the ol’ coffers? Or maybe it’s a book party for Her Ghoulness who evidently has risen from her crypt to press her venomous schtick upon the unwary thanks to the assistance of the lapdog press who built her up.

Is that why there’s been no coverage? No passing reference? No solid reporting? Could it be the Village’s Very Best Media are too ashamed to admit they’re in on the charade? On the guest list for the parties? Like everything else the last eight years?

If so, we deserve to know. It’s a simple question, the tip of the Stunningly Superficial iceberg, one might say.

Which bunch o’BushCo's “eventing” in Blair House today?
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Any contrary coverage yet that puts a lie to my countdown? All ya gotta do is let me know.
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It's Always Darkest Before

The Dawn.

In this, one of America's darkest hours, we are pinning hopes and dreams and, yes, a dawning optimism on the man from Illinois.

Fired up. Resolved. Ready to go.

We shall overcome the worst of what the Worst President Ever is leaving in his callow path. Together, not red state, not blue state, but U.S.
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Blair House Which Project—Sunday, January 4

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Today is Sunday, January 4, 2009...which bunch o'BushCo is “eventing” in Blair House today?

For the last eight years Team BushCo has treated the treasury of the US as its own personal plaything. Breaking it totally in the process. So far I haven’t seen any news reports—just Lester Holt and Michael Beschloss tellin’ me Friday all about the historical significance of the Hay-Adams Hotel and all the high-falutin’ people who have stayed there over the years just a stone’s throw away from the White House.

And Saturday Michelle and the Obama girls arrived in Washington to take up temporary residence in the Hay-Adams because the cheesy innkeeper-in-chief says there’s no room in the Blair. The President-elect is scheduled to join his family today. You’d think the Bushies would’ve had an Epiphany by now...but no, that’s still two days away. For most of us.

So, in the meantime, maybe it seems a small point, but it is a point to ask:

Who’s “eventing” in Blair House today?

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Blair House Which Project—Saturday, January 3

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Today is Saturday, January 3, 2009...which bunch o'BushCo is "eventing" in Blair House today?

For the last eight years Team BushCo has treated the treasury of the US as its own personal plaything. Breaking it totally in the process. So far I haven't seen any news reports—just Lester Holt and Michael Beschloss tellin' me Friday all about the historical significance of the Hay Adams Hotel and all the high-falutin' people who have stayed there over the years just a stone's throw away from the White House.

So maybe it seems a small point, but it is a point to ask:

Who's "eventing" in Blair House today?

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Blair House Which Project

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Today is Friday, January 2, 2009...which bunch o'BushCo is "eventing" in Blair House today?

For the last eight years Team BushCo has treated the treasury of the US as its own personal plaything. Breaking it totally in the process. So maybe it seems a small point, but it is a point to ask:

Who's "eventing" in Blair House today?

Happy New Year!

May your joys be many, your sorrows be few,
Your adventures worth living,
and prosperity, too.

Happy 2009!